Today’s GK Test Quiz

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

Photoperiodism (Photo means light and period means length of time) affects Vegetative growth, Flowering and Fruiting. Photoperiodism is the developmental responses of plants to the relative lengths of light and dark periods. It affects the vegetative growth as well as the time of flowering and fruiting in plants.

Hashish is a drug made by compressing and processing parts of the cannabis plant, typically focusing on flowering buds (female flowers) containing the most trichomes.

Perishable foods are those likely to spoil, decay or become unsafe to consume. Vegetables are easily perishable because of their high content of water for the growth of microorganisms and moderate pH range which is suitable for the growth of mesophilic microorganism (which grows in a moderate temperature range).

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

From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610.

In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. The writ of certiorari can be issued by the Supreme Court or any High Court for quashing the order already passed by an inferior court, tribunal or quasi-judicial authority.

Ways and means advances (WMA) are temporary advances given by the RBI to the government to tide over any mismatch in receipts and payments.

Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926-2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha.

A mixed economy is partly run by the government and partly as a free market economy. In a mixed economy, government controls part of the economy with restriction and licensing requirements, which includes involvement in such areas as education, courts, roads, hospital care, and postal delivery. The government's role in a mixed economy can also include financial policies, such as monetary and fiscal policies.

When the price level rises and the money wage rate is constant, the real wage rate decrease (as the purchasing power of their wages is lower) and employment increases. When the price level falls and the money wage rate is constant, the real wage rate increases and employment decreases.

The term human capital refers to the economic value of a worker's experience and skills. Human capital includes assets like education, training, intelligence, skills, health, and other things employers value such as loyalty and punctuality.

Population density is the number of individuals per unit geographic area, for example, number per square meter, per hectare, or per square km.

“Bad money tends to drive good money out of circulation when both are full legal tender.” This principle is known as Gresham's Law. Gresham's law was originally based on the composition of minted coins and the value of the precious metals used in them.

Annie Besant was the first woman to have presided the Congress session held at Calcutta in 1917. Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman President of Congress. She was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress Party in 1925.

Remote-sensing device (RSD) has an inbuilt source of infrared Ray. Remote sensing is a type of geospatial technology that samples emitted and reflected electromagnetic (EM) radiation from the Earth's terrestrial, atmospheric, and aquatic ecosystems in order to detect and monitor the physical characteristics of an area without making physical contact.

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.

The Antarctic blue whale is the largest mammal on the planet.

Sikh Guru Hargobind Singh called himself the 'Sachcha Badshah'. He was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Digboi refinery is known as birthplace of the Oil Industry in India. It was commissioned on 11 December 1901. It has the distinction of being Asia's first refinery and one of the oldest still in operation.