Today’s GK Test Quiz

Gir Forest National Park is a wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, western India. It was established to protect Asiatic lions, who frequent the fenced-off Devalia Safari Park, along with leopards and antelopes.

The first synagogue in India was built in the 4th century in Kodungallur when the Jews had a mercantile role in the South Indian region (now called Kerala). When the community moved to Kochi in the 14th century, it built a new synagogue there.

Both male and female mosquitoes eat the same things—Plant sap, nectar and plant derivatives—for energy. But only female mosquitoes imbibe a blood meal.

The femur is the longest bone found in the human body. It is almost 19.9 inches long and is commonly known as the thigh bone.

Jaundice is caused due to infection of the liver. It happens when there's too much bilirubin, a yellow-orange substance, in your blood. Jaundice may occur if the liver can't efficiently process red blood cells as they break down.

Caesium is a chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal. Caesium ionizes easily when heated or exposed to light because it is strongly photoelectric (easily loses electrons when struck by light). Cesium 133 is the element most commonly chosen for atomic clocks.

Cooking oil is converted into vegetable ghee by the process of Hydrogenation. Hydrogenation is a process where manufacturers add hydrogen to cooking oil, to turn it into a solid fat at room temperature.

Only Mercury and Venus do not have any moons. By comparison, Earth has one moon and Mars has two. Jupiter has the most of any planet.

Mahatma Gandhi was not a member of the Constituent Assembly established in July 1946. The 389-member assembly (reduced to 299 after the partition of India) took almost three years to draft the constitution holding eleven sessions over a 165-day period.

The preamble to the Constitution: WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity, and to promote among them all, FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this 26th day of November 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

His term of office is five years, and he is eligible for re-election. His removal from office is to be in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Article 61 of the Constitution. He may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office. If there is no vice president then to the justice of the supreme court of India.

Perumanoor Gopinathan Pillai (Guru Gopinath) was a well-known actor-cum-dancer. He was one of the greatest masters and performers of Kathakali.

Infrastructure investments are a form of real assets, which contain physical assets we see in everyday life like bridges, roads, highways, railways, sewage systems, telecommunication or energy.

After the recent (2020) mergers of government banks, there are a total of 12 nationalized banks in India. They are: Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and State Bank Of India.

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor and scientist who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone in 1876. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.

The two states which had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were Bengal and Punjab. In Bengal, Muslim league and Krishak Praja party made the government and in Punjab, the government was made by the Unionists and Muslim league after the elections.

The first such Commission was established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Lord Macaulay which recommended codification of the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and a few other matters.

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The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory based in Pune. It is a constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). NCL was established in 1950.