Today’s GK Test Quiz

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant fondly called Vizag steel. It is the first shore-based Integrated Steel Plant in India.

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. It reduces reliance on one set of nutrients, pest and weed pressure, and the probability of developing resistant pest and weeds.

Ketone bodies are chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat instead of the sugar glucose for energy. Testing for ketones in urine is important in people with diabetes.

Mycobacterium Bovis, a bacterial species of the M. tuberculosis complex, is a pathogen that primarily infects cattle. However, humans also can become infected, most commonly through the consumption of unpasteurized milk products from infected cows.

Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher. He is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. Lectures on Jurisprudence is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures. It contains the formative ideas behind The Wealth of Nations. Social Contract is written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC.

Ethanol containing 5 percent water is known as rectified spirit. Rectified spirit is a mixture of ethanol (95-96 percent) and water produced as an azeotrope by distillation.

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

The first recorded Olympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC, but it is generally accepted that the Olympics were at least 500 years old at that time. The ancient Olympics, held every four years, occurred during a religious festival honouring the Greek god Zeus.

Pluto is farthest from the Earth. Our Solar System has eight planets which orbit the sun. In order of distance from the sun they are; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto, which until recently was considered to be the farthest planet, is now classified as a dwarf planet.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. Most of the mass (about 75-80%) of the atmosphere is in the troposphere. Most types of clouds are found in the troposphere, and almost all weather occurs within this layer.

Zero Hour is the time when Members of Parliament (MPs) can raise Issues of Urgent Public Importance. It is an Indian parliamentary innovation. Zero Hour denotes the time immediately following the Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament. This is about 12 noon which is why it is called Zero Hour.

Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926-2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha.

Charles Babbage was an English polymath. He originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Babbage is called the 'Father of the Computer'.

The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIMLM) at a joint session of both parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar.

A colour-blind person cannot distinguish between certain colours. Colour blindness often happens when someone cannot distinguish between certain colours. This usually happens between greens and reds, and occasionally blues.

The full form of IRDA is Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. IRDA is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and is tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India.

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in India and second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It lies in the Karakoram range, in part in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The Golden Crescent of South Asia comprises Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. This region is considered a global hub for heroin and morphine production.