SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
originated in USA. Success Tip
l Lok Sabha Speaker decides whether a particular India has won the first-ever South Asian Regional
bill is a Money Bill or not. Badminton Team Championship. In the title clash
l Uttar Pradesh sends the maximum number of played in Guwahati on 6th December 2017, India
members to the Rajya Sabha. defeated Nepal, 3-0.
Economy Miscellaneous
l DD is called a ‘banker’s cheque’. l Madhya Pradesh passed a bill awarding death
l The place where bankers meet and settle their penalty to those found guilty of raping minors in
mutual claims and accounts is known as Clearing December, 2017.
House. l Union Government has framed a scheme for
l Finance Ministry formulates fiscal policy. setting up 12 special courts to fast track criminal
l The Zero Base Budgeting in India was first cases against tainted MP and MLA leaders.
experimented from 1987. l India’s Manushi Chhillar won the coveted Miss
World 2017 crown. It was held in China.
l In economic terms, the factors determine the
l “Non–Stop India” is written by Mark Tully.
‘Individual’s demand’ of a product/commodity are: l Musical artist T. M. Krishna won the Indira Gandhi
a. price of a commodity Award for National Integration in October 2017.
b. income of the consumer l ‘Festival of India’ was organized in Brazil from
c. taste and Preference of consumer 31 August to 9 September 2017.
Physics l MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on state
water utility reform in India has been signed
l Virtual image is always formed by a convex mirror.
between India and Israel in July 2017.
l There is a circular coil having n turns. The field l Insaniyat operation was launched by Indian
produced is n times larger than produced by a Government to help Rohingya refugees in
coil of single turn. Bangladesh.
l Atomic energy is not an example of a biomass l Servers are computers that provide resources
energy source whereas wood, gobar gas and coal which are connected to a network.
are the examples of biomass energy. l 100101 is a binary number whereas 2341, 101C11
l Density of water decreases when it freezes. and 5F6034 are not the binary numbers.
Chemistry SSC Junior Engineer
l Bronze is made of essentially copper and tin.
l Incomplete combustion of a fuel gives poisonous Held on: 29.01.2018 Evening Shift
carbon monoxide gas. Ancient History
l 7.0 is value of pH of a neutral solution.
l Terracotta ‘plough’ was found Banawali Harappan
l Sodium hydroxide base is generally found in site.
soaps.
l Kalinga’s King Kharvela was associated with
Biology Mahameghavahana dynasty.
l Bone gets majorly affected due to Vitamin D Medieval History
deficiency.
l Persian traveller Abdur Razzaq came to India in
Transport/organ of plants Purpose Deva Raya of Vijayanagara Empire.
a. Stomata Transpiration
Modern History
b. Xylem Transport of water
l Robert Clive introduced in diarchy system in
c. Root hairs Absorption of water
Bengal.
d. Phloem Transport of food
l The process of fusion of the male and the female Success Tip
gametes is called fertilisation. Major -General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive,
l Bacteria is in Monera group. Commander-in-Chief of British India, was a Biritish
l Eyes must be removed within 6 hours after the officer and privateer who established the military and
death for eye donation. politcal supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal.
l The agents of infection are physical contact, l “All India Kisan Sabha” was founded in 1936 AD.
vectors and water.
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Sports
All India Kisan Sabha (All India Peasants Union, also
l Saudi Arab hosted a world chess tournament for
known as the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha), was the
the first time in year 2017.
name of the peasants front of the undivided
l India won the first–ever South Asian Regional
Communist Party of India (CPI), an important peasant
Badminton Team Championship. India defeated
movement formed by Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936.
Nepal.
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