Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Ganga Canal is a canal system that irrigates the Doab region between the Ganges River and the Yamuna River in India. The canal system irrigates nearly 9,000 km² of fertile agricultural land in ten districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Most-spoken language in the world are: English 16.5%, Mandarin Chinese 14.6%, Hindi 8.3%, Spanish 7%, French 3.6%, Arabic 3.6%, Bengali 3.4%, Russian 3.4%, Portuguese 3.3%, Indonesian 2.6%. Out of the world's approximately 7.8 billion inhabitants, 1.35 billion speak English while 0.615 billion speak Hindi. (in the year 2020-21)

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east.

Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has garnered numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award from four nominations.

The Norman Borlaug Award recognises exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. The Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding Performance in Sports. The Dronacharya Award is a sports coaching honour. Dhyan Chand Award is a lifetime achievement sporting honour.

Hard steel contains 0.5 to 1.5 percent carbon. Typically there is less than 0.40% carbon in most steels, though it is possible to have as much as 2%. Once the carbon content exceeds 0.65%, additional carbon can enhance the steel's hardenability and improve performance.

A parachute is usually made of a light, strong fabric. Terylene - A type of polyester fabric that is now being used as a material for parachutes as it is very strong and heat resistant.

Flying balloons are filled with a gas lighter than the atmospheric air. Both hydrogen and helium are lighter than air. Hydrogen is even lighter than helium. Hydrogen, however, is not used in balloons because Helium (Noble Gas) is safe and non-reactive which means it is non-combustible.

Twenty-20 (T20), a style of one-day cricket consisting of 20 overs per side. It was introduced in 2003 with rules changes. As per rule, each bowler can bowl for a maximum of 4 overs in a T20 match.

Article 317 of the Indian Constitution deals with the Removal and suspension of a member of a Public Service Commission. As per this article, The Chairman or any other member of UPSC shall only be removed from his/her office by order of the President of India on the basis of an inquiry and report by the Supreme Court.

The residuary powers of legislation are vested in Parliament. Article 248(2) of the Constitution of India says that the Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Union, State or Concurrent lists of the Constitution.

Balwantrai Mehta Committee was the first committee set up in 1957 to look into the problems of democratic decentralization in independent India. The specific recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee were: Establishment of a 3-tier Panchayati Raj system - Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zilla Parishad at the district level.

In public finance, internal national debt or domestic debt is the component of the total government debt in a country that is owed to lenders within the country. The major holders of India's national debt are: Commercial Banks, Provident Funds, Others Foreign Portfolio Investors, Co-operative Banks, State Governments, Mutual Funds Institutions, Corporates Non-Bank. Premium collected in the form of different life insurance policies does not contribute to any kind of debt.

In India, one-rupee coins and notes and subsidiary coins are issued by the Central Government. The Indian 1-rupee note (₹1) is the smallest Indian banknote in circulation and the only one being issued by the Government of India, as all other banknotes in circulation are issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

A final good is a final product ready for sale that is used by the consumer to satisfy current wants or needs, unlike producer goods which are utilized to produce other goods. Final goods are available for consumption or can be used for capital formation. A refrigerator in a chemist shop is an example of a producer's good as it helps to satisfy human wants indirectly.

A satellite in vacuum does not require any energy for orbiting. A satellite orbits Earth when its speed is balanced by the pull of Earth's gravity. The gravitational force between the earth and the satellite provides the necessary centripetal force to move around the earth.

Energy is transferred from the sun to Earth via electromagnetic waves, or radiation. Radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.

When a ship enters the sea from a river it rises a little because seawater has more density than river water. Due to the higher density of seawater, the upthrust produced by the seawater on the ship is greater as compared to that produced by river water.

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. It consists of five major islands and about 30 smaller groups. There are total number of 17,508 islands of which about 6000 are inhabited.

Integral Coach Factory is a manufacturer of rail coaches. It is located in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1955 and is owned and operated by the Indian Railways.