Today’s GK Test Quiz

The National Highway No. 2 (currently National Highway 19) of India is passing or connecting the state of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India.

Tea grows best in regions which enjoy a warm, humid climate with a rainfall measuring at least 200 centimetres a year. Ideally, it likes deep, light, acidic and well-drained soil. Given these conditions, tea will grow in areas from sea level up to altitudes as high as 2,100 metres above sea level.

Chlorophyll - Photosynthetic pigment, Nostoc - Diazotroph (bacteria), Transpiration - Loss of water from plant surface, Rust of wheat - Plant disease (fungal disease of wheat).

Python (Ajgar) snakes killed for their beautiful skin have been declared an endangered species. Indian Rock Python is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Venomous snakes such as King Cobra and Russell's Viper are protected under Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Schedule I covers endangered species that need rigorous protection while Schedule II covers animals accorded high protection.

Monocot and dicot plants have different pollen structures. In a monocot, the pollen grain produced by the flower has a single furrow or pore through the outer layer. In a dicot plant, the pollen grain has three furrows or pores.

Brailing is the process of preventing the birds from flying. It is nothing but a piece of tiny ropes of clothes used to cover the bird's wing. So that the bird lost its balance to flight.

German Silver is an alloy of copper (60%), zinc (20%) and nickel (20%). It is used for making daily utensils and jewellery.

Equatorial regions experience hot and humid climates because this region receives direct sunlight, water from the sea gets heated and is evaporated at a high rate. The moistures in the water vapours cause humidity.

The ocean is the most stable ecosystem. It is stable due to its natural liquid nature (saline), dissolved oxygen, light and temperature.

The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted on the basis of the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946. The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation.

Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the event that a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional provisions, the Union government can take direct control of the state machinery.

Gandhiji's support to decentralisation of power means decentralization of the means of production (i.e. say economic power). They argue that it is desirable to go in for decentralization because huge capital accumulation is needed to industrialize the country through large-scale industries.

Through the establishment of village industries, Mahatma Gandhi strives to bridge economic inequalities. Gandhiji conceived Khadi Programme as a key to solve the economic problems of the country. Gandhi had commented about khadi “It connotes the beginning of economic freedom and equality of all in the country.”

The World Bank was established in 1944 to help rebuild Europe and Japan after World War II. Its official name was the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). It is headquartered in Washington DC which is the lending arm of the World Bank Group.

The human blood groups were discovered by Austrian-born American biologist Karl Landsteiner in 1901. In 1900 Karl Landsteiner found out that the blood of two people under contact agglutinates, and in 1901 he found that this effect was due to contact of blood with blood serum. As a result, he succeeded in identifying the three blood groups A, B and O, which he labelled C, of human blood.

Dhanvantari is the Hindu god of medicine and an avatar of Lord Mahavishnu. He is mentioned in the Puranas as the god of Ayurveda.

The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in October 1884, and with a span of just a few months, it founded the Fergusson College in January 1885.

The Bardoli Satyagraha took place in Gujarat in the year 1928. This was the period during the British rule and was considered a major part of the Civil Disobedience Movement. Vallabhbhai Patel eventually led this Satyagraha and its success gave him the title 'Sardar'.

Flat-footed camels can walk easily in sandy deserts because the pressure per unit area on the sand is decreased by increasing the area of the surface in contact.

The function of ball bearings in a wheel is to convert kinetic friction (sliding friction) into rolling friction.