Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram Range. They are located in the southeast Karakoram on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the two longest glaciers outside the polar regions.

Indian Air Force Academy is a Defence Service training institute located in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Academy was established in 1969 and started operations in 1971.

Indian agriculture is typically characterised as land scarce, labour surplus economy.

Terminator seeds, also called suicide seeds, contain genetically engineered properties to prevent multiplication. It is a seed that is genetically modified so that any crops grown from it do not produce fertile seeds. Because the crops produce sterile seeds, farmers need to buy a new batch of seeds every year rather than using the traditional farming method of saving, reusing and sharing seeds.

“The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” is a book by English economist John Maynard Keynes. It was published in 1936. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology – the “Keynesian Revolution”.

The indicator used in the titration of sodium carbonate with sulphuric acid is Methyl orange. Methyl orange is a pH indicator frequently used in titration because of its clear and distinct colour variance at different pH values. Methyl orange shows red colour in the acidic medium and yellow colour in the basic medium.

The gas used for filling weather balloons is helium. Hydrogen is lighter than air and can be used in filling air balloons but due to its highly inflammable nature, it is not used in air balloons.

Diamond is harder than graphite because of tetrahedral structure of diamond. In a diamond, the carbon atoms are arranged tetrahedrally. Each carbon atom is attached to four other carbon atoms 1.544 × 10^-10 meter away with a C-C-C bond angle of 109.5 degrees. It is a strong, rigid three-dimensional structure that results in an infinite network of atoms.

A tsunami is a series of extremely long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean, usually the result of an earthquake below or near the ocean floor.

Amicus Curiae is a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as a friend of the court, that refers to someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information on a point of law or some other aspect of the case to assist the court in deciding a matter before it.

As per Article 110 of the Constitution of India, the Finance Bill is a Money Bill. It is a Bill that, as the name suggests, concerns the country's finances — it could be about taxes, government expenditures, government borrowings, revenues, etc. Since the Union Budget deals with these things, it is passed as a Finance Bill.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical Sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. He was awarded India's second-highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan in 2001.

The national anthem of india “Jana Gana Mana” was first published under the title “Bharat Vidhata” in Tattva Bodhini Patrika in January 1912.

An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination. It was invented by Ernst Ruska (physicist) and Max Knoll (electrical engineer), from the University of Berlin in 1931.

A cylindrical lens can be used to treat astigmatism. Astigmatism is a condition that results in the abnormal curvature of your cornea or the lens of your eye.

A nano particle is an ultra fine unit with dimensions measured in nano metres (1 nm = 10⁻⁹ metre).

Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the “Birdman of India”, Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India.

China (380 metric tons), Australia (320 metric tons), Russia (300 metric tons), and the United States (190 metric tons) are respectively the largest producers of gold in the world. Global production of gold reached approximately 3,200 metric tons in 2020.

Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, Jammu and is the longest (railway) tunnel in India, measuring 11.215 km. Pir Pranjal runs through the heart of the Himalayas at an altitude of 11215 metres. Atal Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh, formerly known as the Rohtang Tunnel, is the longest highway tunnel in the world measuring 9.02 km. It is located in the Himalayas at an altitude of 3000 metres.

Russian astronaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was the first man to walk in space. The first spacewalk was on March 18, 1965. The Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched from its base in Baikonur, in modern-day Kazakhstan. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.