Today’s GK Test Quiz

Assam has 4 refineries-Noonmati refinery, Namuligarh Refinery, Bongaigaon Refinery and Digboi Refinery.

Non-conventional energy (also known as Renewable energy) sources are sources that are renewed by natural processes on a continual basis. Energy generated by using wind, solar, small hydro, tides, geothermal heat and biomass is known as non-conventional energy. Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy source. It uses the energy of running water, without reducing its quantity, to produce electricity.

A biopsy test is typically associated with the diagnosis of cancer. Doctors use biopsies to test whether abnormalities in the body are caused by cancer or by other conditions.

Arboreal animals are those animals that spend most of their life on trees. Examples of such animals include chameleons, lizards, green tree pythons, tree snails, koalas, squirrels, cats, monkeys, parrots, etc.

“Hamsa Damayanti” Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma is his very famous painting and was done in 1899. Damayanti is the protagonist and heroine in the Sanskrit epic, Nala and Damayanti. According to the story, Damayanti and Nala fall in love despite being miles away. A swan (Hamsa) acts as their messenger of love.

Stains of rust on clothes can be removed by oxalic acid (ethanedioic acid). Oxalic acid is widely used as an acid rinse in laundries, where it is effective in removing rust and ink stains because it converts most insoluble iron compounds into a soluble complex ion.

The fuel used in an atomic reactor is Uranium. Uranium is the most widely used fuel by nuclear power plants for nuclear fission.

Isoneph is a line on a map connecting points that have the same average percentage of cloudiness.

Only the ordinary bill can be instructed in the legislative council. Any ordinary bill which is submitted in the Legislative Assembly will move to the Legislative Council after passage, the Legislative Council then can pass the bill, modify the bill, or can postpone the bill for a maximum period of 4 months.

Cheap money means low rates of interest. Cheap money is money that can be borrowed with a very low-interest rate or price for borrowing.

Supreme Court is the final interpreter, protector and guardian of the Indian Constitution. It is the highest judicial forum and ultimate or final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.

Consumer sovereignty is a theory that states the fact that consumers have the power to determine which products or services are actually produced in a given economy. It is an idea that places the customer's preferences in the centre of the product development funnel.

Mutual funds and stock markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). SEBI is additionally the apex regulator of capital markets and its intermediaries. SEBI is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1992 and given Statutory Powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.

Alternative cost is otherwise known as Opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The concept is useful simply as a reminder to examine all reasonable alternatives before making a decision.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development. It is headquartered at the UN Office in Vienna, Austria. The headquarters of: UNESCO — Paris, IMF — Washington DC, ILO — Geneva.

The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a political Organisation formed under the leadership of B.R. Ambedkar on 15 August 1936. Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) was an organisation in India founded by B.R. Ambedkar in 1942 to campaign for the rights of the Dalit community.

Gopal Hari Desmukh, popularly known as “Lokahitawadi”, was a product of Western learning in India. He was a judge and a member of the Governor-General's Council in 1880.

Due to inertia of motion, as long as the ball stays in the air, both the boy and the ball move in the same direction which cause the ball falls into his hand.

When a vibrating tuning fork is placed on a table, a loud sound is heard due to forced vibrations. The tendency of one object to force another adjoining or interconnected object into vibration motion is referred to as forced vibration.

OTEC stands for Ocean thermal energy conversion. It uses the ocean's warm surface water with a temperature of around 25°C to vaporize a working fluid, which has a low-boiling point, such as ammonia. The vapor expands and spins a turbine coupled to a generator to produce electricity.