Today’s GK Test Quiz

Cooperative farming is not a cause of low productivity in Indian agriculture. Cooperative farming refers to an organisation in which each member-farmer remains the owner of his land individually. But farming is done jointly. Profit is distributed among the member-farmers in the ratio of land owned by them.

The crops grown after the summer monsoon are called Rabi. Rabi crops are sown in winter and harvested in the summer season.

The Kalinga Prize was established in 1951 by UNESCO with a generous grant from Late Shri Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust. The Prize is presented annually by UNESCO to a person or persons, who make outstanding contributions to the interpretation of science and technology to the general public. The First Kalinga Prize was awarded in 1952.

The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanapeeth Trust, a literary and research organisation.

Iodine test is used to detect starch (carbohydrates). When starch is present, the iodine changes from brown to blue-black or purple.

A compound leaf consists of several or many distinct parts (leaflets) joined to a single stem. Coconut, Shame plant, Rose, Clover, Baobab, Neem, Buckeye, Desert cotton, Horse chestnut, Poison ivy, etc. are some examples of a compound leaf. Papaya, Guava, peepal, hibiscus, oregano, pear plant, etc are simple leaves.

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.

Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. Pure matter can be either Elements or Compounds. Carbon dioxide is a pure matter. Examples of pure matter include carbon, oxygen, iron, table salt and water. Air is a homogeneous mixture. Brass and Steel are alloys, therefore it is a mixture.

The reason there is not much hydrogen in the atmosphere is because it is lighter than air, and so can easily escape the Earth's gravity.

Peat contains recognisable traces of the original plant material. Peat is a soft, organic material consisting of partly decayed plant and mineral matter. When peat is placed under high pressure and heat, it undergoes physical and chemical changes (coalification) to become coal.

The major constituent of air is Nitrogen (N₂), which is about 78%. Oxygen (O₂) is the second most abundant gas at about 21%. The inert gas Argon (Ar) is the third most abundant gas at 0.93%.

LBW (Leg before wicket) is one of the ways in which a batsman can be out. The umpire may rule a batter out lbw if the ball would have struck the wicket, but was instead intercepted by any part of the batsman's body (except the hand holding the bat).

The economy is in equilibrium only when saving is equal to investment. If saving and investment are equal at a time, they will be soon brought into equilibrium by automatic changes in the rate of interest. Given the rate of investment, if saving increases, then the rate of interest will fall. With the decline in the rate of interest, investment demand will rise.

Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. It was designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The dome of Taj Mal has exactly the same height and length of base i.e. 35metres.

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. It became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, following the Aligarh Muslim University Act.

Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.

A cantilever is any rigid object that is fixed at one end and extends out over empty space. Street signs, airplane wings, shelves, fan blades, and some bridges are all examples of cantilevers.

Apiculture is the scientific rearing of honey bees for the commercial production of honey and other bee products like wax, pollen, bee venom and royal jelly. It is also called Bee Keeping.

Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.