Miscellaneous GK Quiz 2

Rome is called the Eternal City because ancient Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world, or how many empires rose or fell, that Rome would go on forever.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he also became known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology.

The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947 in the expectation that it would soon be replaced by a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) to be called the International Trade Organization (ITO).

Varada Grameen Bank has been named after a Varada river. The Varada river originates near Vardamoola in Sagara of Karnataka.

The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning 'Truth Alone Triumphs', are inscribed below the national emblem in the Devanagari script.

The first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru had used these words in delivering the speech to the Constituent Assembly close to the midnight hour on 14 August 1947.

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.

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

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.

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.