Today’s GK Test Quiz

Colonel Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. He is best known for having Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, named in his honour.

Grain crops contributed about 127 million Hectare (59%) of the gross cropped area of the country. Rice and wheat occupied 22% and 15% of the total net cultivable area in India.

Pulakeshin II was the most famous ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi. During his reign, the Chalukya kingdom expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award) is the highest sporting honour of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Awardees receive a cash prize of ₹25 lakhs (increased from ₹7.5 lakhs in 2020) and a certificate.

The immunity caused by the B-lymphocytes is called Humoral Immunity. Humoral immunity is the process of adaptive immunity manifested by the production of antibodies by B-lymphocytes. It develops in bone marrow.

Protein is known as a bodybuilder. It has a special role in bodybuilding because it contains the very building blocks of muscle tissue called amino acids. Protein is a slow-digesting nutrient, which is needed for the repair and growth of muscles and tissues.

Noble gas (inert gases) are odorless, colourless, and have a very low reactivity rate. The six naturally occurring noble gases are helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and radioactive radon (Rn). Radon due to its radioactive nature is used in the treatment of cancer (Radiotherapy).

Kiratarjuniya is a Sanskrit epic poem by Bharavi. Amuktamalyada is a Telugu epic poem composed by Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagara Emperor in the early 16th century. Nagananda is a Sanskrit play attributed to emperor Harshavardhana. Ritusamhara is a long poem or mini-epic in Sanskrit attributed to Kalidasa.

Mulching, shelter belts and vegetative cover are some methods by which soil can be conserved in semi-arid and arid regions. The shelter belt is most effective in arid areas. Shelter belts are rows of trees, usually along fence lines.

Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal and provided with tenure of 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier (Article 148).

When the offices of both the President and Vice President of India are vacant, the Chief Justice of India or, in his absence, the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court of India will discharge the functions.

Domestic private savings is the domestic source of planned finance. Private saving is the total amount of savings done by the private (financial and non-financial) corporations and household sectors.

The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to 1327. They were able to conquer the area around Indus River and crossed to invade Punjab. Iltutmish was the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate during these invasions.

The Swadeshi Movement was launched against the decision of the British Government (Lord Curzon) to divide Bengal along communal lines. This movement was formally started from Town Hall Calcutta on 7 August 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production. Swadeshi was a focus of Mahatma Gandhi, who described it as the soul of swaraj (self-rule).

1. Prarthana Samaj: 1860s (Dadoba Pandurang and his brother Atmaram Pandurang)
2. Brahmo Samaj: 1828 (Ram Mohan Roy)
3. Arya Samaj: 1875 (Dayananda Saraswati)
4. Rama Krishna Mission: 1897 (Swami Vivekananda)

Herman Hollerith (1860-1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman. He was the inventor of the punched card tabulating machine—the precursor of the modern computer—and one of the founders of modern information processing. His machine was used to gather information for the 1890 census more efficiently.

The function of the choke is to provide high voltage initially between the filaments (across the two ends of the tube light) for ionization. Again once the gas in the tube is ionized the choke limits the current flow across the tube.

A cryogenic rocket engine is a rocket engine that uses a cryogenic fuel and oxidizer; that is, both its fuel and oxidizer are gases which have been liquefied and are stored at very low temperatures.

The full name of the National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) is is a research and higher education institute operating under the Ministry of Agriculture, located at Jaipur.

The most literate union territory in India is Lakshadweep (91.85%). According to Census 2011, Kerala has the highest total literacy rate and female literacy rate whereas Lakshadweep had the highest male literacy rate.