SSC CGL 2016: General Awareness Test – Day 16

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The process of RNA synthesis is known as transcription .Transcription is the process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

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Hippocrates was born around 460 BC on the island of Kos, Greece. He became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time

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Hydropower is a renewable source of energy which uses the force or energy of moving water to generate power. It is done by water Cycle.The water cycle is driven directly by solar energy

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Sucrose is a common, naturally occurring carbohydrate. Saccharose is an obsolete name for sugars in general, especially sucrose

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The nucleus of an atom is made up of positively-charged protons.The nucleus is only 1/100, 000th the diameter of the atom

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Venus is also known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star.It is the brightest of all the planets.

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On June 19, 1981 India launched its first geostationary satellite called APPLE. It was an experimental communication satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with a C-band transponder.

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Prathama Bank is the first Regional Rural Bank of India, sponsored by Syndicate Bank established on 2nd October, 1975, with its Head Office at Moradabad

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Masudur Rahman Baidya was an Indian swimmer who was the world’s first physically handicapped swimmer to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Burma was separated from India in the year 1937 by the British Government

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Lala Lajpat Rai himself led one such procession against Simon Commission. His slogan was “Simon Go back”.

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Ustad Isa Shirazi was a Persian architect, often described as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

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Devi was the mother of Ashoka’s first son Mahinda(Mahendra) who was born two years after their marriage in the year 285CE when Ashoka was 20 years old. 3 years later was born Sanghamitra, Samrat Ashoka and Maharani Devi’s second child.

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Shahzadi Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal Princess, the daughter of Emperor Babur of the Mughal Empire, she is most known as the author of Humayun Nama,

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Arunchal Pradesh tops the list followed by Mizoram & Jammu & Kashmir.

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The government constituted the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Y.V. Reddy to review the distribution of resources among the Centre, states and local bodies.

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ARTICLE. 5. Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution

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The West Indies won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, winning its first international tournament since the 2004 Champions.

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Adiyan or Adiya people live in the northern hill districts of Kerala.

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First man who introduced printing press in India is
James Hicky.The art of printing first entered India through Goa.