Today’s GK Test Quiz

Rourkela Steel Plant, in Rourkela, Odisha is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with West Germany collabouration in the 1960s. It is operated by Steel Authority of India.

Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by Terrace cultivation. Terrace farming is a method of farming whereby “steps” known as terraces are built onto the slopes of hills and mountains.

Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823) was an English surgeon, who discovered a vaccination for smallpox. It is in fact, the world's first vaccine.

Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by infected Aedes or Haemagogus species mosquitoes. Yellow fever virus is an RNA virus that belongs to the genus Flavivirus. The “yellow” in the name refers to jaundice that affects some patients.

Das Kapital is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics by Karl Marx. It was first published on 14 September 1867.

Fructose is the sweetest sugar. Sucrose is second sweetest followed by glucose and lactose.

The noble gas used in radiotherapy is radon (Rn). Radon is a heavy radioactive gas of Group 18 (noble gases) of the periodic table, generated by the radioactive decay of radium.

A balloon filled with helium rises in the air because helium is less dense (lighter) than air. Helium floats because its molecules are lighter than the nitrogen and oxygen molecules of our atmosphere and so they rise above it.

The Constituent Assembly was constituted in November 1946 under Cabinet Mission Plan. The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was 389. It was comprised of several Committees to deal with different tasks. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India. The Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India.

Part IV of the Constitution of India (Article 36–51) contains the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). Article 37 of the Indian Constitution States the application of the Directive Principles. These principles aim at ensuring socio-economic justice to the people and establishing India as a Welfare State.

Lok Sabha Speaker gives the resignation to Deputy Speaker as per Article 94 (b) of the Constitution of India.

The Union Public Service Commission annually presents to the president of India a report on its performance. The President places this report before both the Houses of Parliament.

An open market operation (OMO) is an activity by a central bank (RBI) to give liquidity in its currency to a bank or a group of banks.

The main functions of CSO are to provide advisory services to other statistical agencies, keep liaison (public relation) with international statistical bodies, prepare and publish national accounts statistics, industrial statistics, conduct economic census, etc.

Radiocarbon Dating (carbon-14 dating) is used to estimate the age of fossils. It is a method of age determination that depends upon the decay to nitrogen of radiocarbon (carbon-14).

A geostationary satellite is an earth-orbiting satellite, placed at an altitude of approximately 35,800 km directly over the equator, that revolves in the same direction the earth rotates (west to east). At this altitude, one orbit takes 24 hours, the same length of time as the earth requires to rotate once on its axis. So they seem stationary, relative to the Earth's surface.

Diamonds are glittering and attractive because light incident on them undergoes multiple internal reflections. Most of the light rays approaching the surface of a diamond are incident with an angle of incidence more than critical angle. Hence, they suffer multiple reflections and ultimately come out of diamond from the top. This gives the diamond a sparking brilliance.

Steam produces more severe burns than boiling water. Steam at 100°C has more heat than water at the same temperature. Water gets converted into steam on gaining heat. Due to this latent heat of vaporisation, steam at 100°C is better for heating than boiling water at 100°C.

Radio City was the first private FM channel of India which was launched in Bangalore in 2001.

The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India.