Miscellaneous GK Quiz

A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, bottle bomb, grenade, firebomb, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons. It is a breakable glass bottle containing a flammable substance such as petrol, alcohol, etc.

The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%).

The veena is the oldest of Indian musical instruments. From the reference to Vedic writings, it can date back to around the first millennium B.C.

Gandhi regarded pure non-violence as the most powerful one. It was non-violence of the brave satyagrahi. According to Gandhi, one should be brave and not a coward. He should present his views, suggestions and thoughts without being violent. One should fight a war with the weapons of truth and non-violence.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), known as “The Lady With the Lamp,” was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing. Her experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War were foundational in her views about sanitation.

Sidi Bashir Mosque (built-in 1452 AD) is a former mosque in the city of Ahmedabad. Only the central gateway and two minarets survive; they are known as the Jhulta Minar or Shaking Minarets.

The olive ridley is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.

Forming an integral part of the emblem is the motto inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script: Satyameva Jayate.

Ashoka Chakra (Dharma Chakra) is at the centre of the Flag of India (adopted on 24 July 1947). It is rendered in a navy blue colour on a white background, replacing the symbol of charkha (spinning wheel) of the pre-independence versions of the flag.

Colonel Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. He is best known for having Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, named in his honour.