Today’s GK Test Quiz

India and Pakistan won independence on 15 August 1947. The Indian Independence Act of 1947, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom split undivided British India into two independent nations. According to the Act, the two independent dominions would come into being on 15 August 1947. However, Pakistan adopted August 14 as its Independence Day as the transfer of power took place on that date.

The Green Revolution was a period when agriculture in India was converted into an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides, and fertilizers. The production of wheat has produced the best results in fueling self-sufficiency of India.

Unlike Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization did not build large, monumental structures. There is no conclusive evidence of temples and the largest structures may be granaries. Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro may have been used for ritual purposes.

Outside the nucleus, DNA is found in Mitochondria. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nucleus DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA).

The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is utilised through microorganisms. Plants get the nitrogen from the soil, where it has already been fixed by microorganisms (bacteria and archaea). Bacteria and archaea in the soil and in the roots of some plants have the ability to convert nitrogen from the air (N₂) to ammonia (NH₃), thereby breaking the tough triple bond of molecular nitrogen.

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.

About 2.1% of all of Earth's water is frozen in glaciers. About 70% of Earth's freshwater is stored in glaciers.

The different types of clouds are cumulus, cirrus, stratus and nimbus. Cirrus clouds are short, detached, hair-like clouds found at high altitudes. These delicate clouds are wispy, with a silky sheen, or look like tufts of hair.

In order to be chosen a member of Parliament (Article 84(b)), a person must be a citizen of India and not less than 30 years of age in the case of Rajya Sabha and not less than 25 years of age in the case of Lok Sabha.

A non-money undergoes three readings in each House, i.e., the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha before it is submitted to the President for assent.

The Constitution of India does not mention either a Confidence or a No-Confidence Motion. Although, Article 75 does specify that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. A motion of “No Confidence Motion” against the Government can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. No-Confidence Motion can be admitted when a minimum of 50 members, support the motion in the house.

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FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) was repealed by the Parliament of India in 1999 by the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which liberalized foreign exchange controls and removed many restrictions on foreign investment. FERA came into force in 1974.

Herodotus (484-425/413 BCE) was a Greek writer who invented the field of study known today as history. He was called 'The Father of History' by the Roman writer and orator Cicero for his famous work The Histories.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French merchant and traveller of the Mughal period. He had left an expert's description of the Peacock Throne (Takht-i-Taus). Takht-i-Taus was a dazzling and spectacular display of Mughal architecture.

The word Swaraj was first of all used by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Lokmanya Tilak's slogan “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it...” caught the imagination of a country fighting to free itself from colonial rule.

Mahatma Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol of unity, economic independence and equality of Indians. He used to say that Khadi is a respectable business of earning bread for the poor.

Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as Morley- Minto Reform. It was instituted to placate the Moderates (Congress) and introduces separate electorates on the basis of religion. Therefore, Lord Minto came to be known as Father of Communal Electorate in India.

Lake Superior (in North America) is the world's largest freshwater lake (surface area – 82,100 sq km) and holds 10 percent of the world's surface freshwater. By volume, it's the third-largest, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa.

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.