Miscellaneous GK Quiz 2

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.

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. The term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25 biologically rich areas around the world that have lost at least 70 percent of their original habitat. India has four biodiversity hotspots, i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Descending order of given countries based on their population literacy are: Sri Lanka (literacy rate 96.3%), India (literacy rate 74.04%, as per 2011 census), Bangladesh (literacy rate 72.8%), and Pakistan (literacy rate 59%).

“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” This statement was given by Geneva-born political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau stated the above statement during the French revolution where man doesn't have freedom and liberty. This quote made Rousseau world-famous.

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

Agni-II is the second strategic ballistic missile of Agni family. It is an Indian medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile (MRBM) with a range of over 2,000 km.

Devprayag is the confluence of two holy rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi to form Ganga. River Bhagirathi originates from Gangotri and Alaknanda originates from Badrinath.

Nine countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States (first test 1945), Russia (first test 1949), the United Kingdom (first test 1952), France (first test 1960), China (first test 1964), India (first test 1974), Pakistan (first test 1998), Israel (not officially declared, first test estimated 1963 or 1966), and North Korea (first test 2006). India had conducted its first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974.

Vintage cars are those cars which were built between 1919 and 1930. Antique cars are those cars which should be more than 45 years old. Classic Car are those cars which should be more than 20 years old.

Bengaluru is widely regarded as the “Silicon Valley of India” because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.