Today’s GK Test Quiz

Koderma is the leading producer of Mica. It is located in Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand. Earlier it was famous for production of world-class mica and was known as the Mica Capital of India

Tobacco, tapioca and pineapple cultivation was introduced to India by Portuguese.

The Shivanasamudra Falls is on the Cauvery (Kaveri) River after the river has found its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls.

The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, established in 1960, is one of the constituent labouratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), dedicated to R&D in the hydrocarbon sector.

The Catch-line “The Joy of Flying” is associated with Jet Airways.

Excretory products of a mammalian embryo are eliminated out by Placenta. The placenta is a temporary organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy. It provides the nutrients and oxygen to the baby for development and growth. Excretory products eliminated from the embryo such as urea, uric acid, and creatinine are transferred to the maternal blood by diffusion across the placenta.

Darwin defined evolution as “descent with modification,” the idea that species change over time, give rise to new species, and share a common ancestor. According to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, long necks in giraffes arose because of a constant attempt to reach leaves on tall trees, generation after generation.

Iodine is obtained from the Laminaria Digitata algae. Laminaria Digitata is a large brown alga in the family Laminariaceae, also known by the common name oarweed. It is found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if a State fails to comply with the Directives of the Central Government, the President can declare the breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State and assume responsibility for the governance of the State.

A sunk cost is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are contrasted with prospective costs, which are future costs that may be avoided if action is taken.

When the price of a commodity falls, we can expect the demand for it to increase. The law of demand states that the quantity purchased varies inversely with price.

Antarctica does not have any world cultural heritage site recognised by UNESCO.

Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi.

The sky appears blue when the scattering of light takes place. As there is no atmosphere in space and hence light does not scatter into its constituent colours that is why the sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut in space.

A geostationary satellite is an earth-orbiting satellite, placed at an altitude of approximately 35,800 km directly over the equator, that revolves in the same direction the earth rotates (west to east). At this altitude, one orbit takes 24 hours, the same length of time as the earth requires to rotate once on its axis. So they seem stationary, relative to the Earth's surface.

The angle of friction and angle of repose are equal to each other. The angle which the resultant of force of limiting friction F and normal reaction R makes with direction of normal reaction R is called angle of friction. Angle of repose is the steepest angle at which a sloping surface formed of loose material is stable.

A lighthouse is a high tower equipped with a bright light and lenses that help guide ships to port at night and alert sailors about sandbars, reefs, and rocky coastlines. Each lighthouse features a large lamp on top of the building. At night, it lights up when everything around is dark.

The English Channel is considered the busiest shipping lane in the world and a critical route in the European shipping network. It connects the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.

The concept of political sovereignty was advocated by Rousseau. Rousseau uses the term 'sovereign' as a label for the person holding the supreme power in a state. This confirms the fundamental notion of sovereignty that a sovereign has absolute and inalienable power overs its subjects.