Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Konkan Railway was constructed to fill the missing gap between Roha (near Mumbai) and Mangalore.

Euphenics is the manipulation of genes. It is the science of making phenotypic improvements to humans after birth, generally to affect a problematic genetic condition. It deals with the treatment of hereditary defects through medical means.

Dinosaurs were reptiles that became extinct. They are archosaurs, a larger group of reptiles that first appeared about 251 million years ago, near the start of the Triassic Period.

The adult human brain weighs about 1200–1400 gm which is about 2% of the total body weight. The weight of an average human brain is about 1.36 kg.

In 1574 Akbar began a Maktab Khana (a place of translation works) in Fatehpur Sikri. He wanted his court poets to translate the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana, and Mahabharata into the Persian language. Abdul-ul-Qader-Badauni translated Ramayana into Persian. Akbar asked him to translate the Ramayana into Persian. It took him four years to complete the task.

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion.

Dolomite is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO₃)₂. It is a type of limestone.

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is a minimum percentage of deposits that a commercial bank has to maintain in the form of liquid cash, gold or other securities (or any bond). It is basically the reserve requirement that banks are expected to keep before offering credit to customers.

Companies issue stocks and bonds (securities) to the public to raise funds. A company decides to sell stock when it needs long-term access to capital.

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By January 1613, the first East India Company factory had come up at Surat.

Due to the presence of pores (narrow space) in the wick, capillary action takes place, which makes the oil rise in the wick. Capillary action is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, any external forces like gravity.

The centre of gravity of a sprinter during the race lies ahead of his feet. It is an imaginary point in a body of matter where the total weight of the body may be thought to be concentrated. Running with a lean allows gravity to pull the runner forward.

The freezing and melting point of water is 0°C. The liquid form of water starts to become solid (ice) and solid (ice) starts to become liquid (water) at this temperature. Hence, at 0°C water exists in both liquid (water) and solid (ice) states.

Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. The hair of a shaving brush clings together when removed from water due to Surface tension.

Pure water is a bad conductor of electricity because it is feebly ionized. The presence of ions is necessary in order for any solution to conduct electricity. Pure water is free from any kind of acids, bases or salts. Hence, it does not conduct electricity due to the absence of ions.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins. All of the world's continents could fit into the Pacific Ocean.

Gen. K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. He led Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949.

Sam Manekshaw was the first field marshal of India, and was conferred the rank on 1 January 1973. The second was Kodandera M. Cariappa, who was conferred the rank on 15 January 1986.

Africa was known as the “Dark Continent” because it remained unexplored for a fairly long period of time.