Today’s GK Test Quiz

The top five salt-producing states in India are Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Gujarat contributes a whopping 76 percent of India's total salt production because of its arid climate and large land availability.

The river originates from the Kailash ranges of the Himalayas at an elevation of 5300 m. After flowing through Tibet it enters India through Arunachal Pradesh.

South Africa is the world's largest producer of manganese followed by China, Australia, Gabon, Brazil and India respectively.

“Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people” is said by Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th president of the United States.

Allopathy is the branch of medicine involving synthetic chemical compounds. It is the treatment of disease by conventional means, i.e. with drugs having effects opposite to the symptoms.

Araneology is the study of spiders. It is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. The raising of bees is known as apiculture. The study of aphids is known as aphidology. Acarology is the study of mites and ticks.

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Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.

Anthracite is the highest rank of coal. It contains a high percentage of fixed carbon and a low percentage of volatile matter. It is the most metamorphosed type of coal (but still represents low-grade metamorphism), in which the carbon content is between 86% and 98%.

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.

A party is recognised as a state or regional party in a state if any of the following conditions is fulfilled:

1. If it secures 6% of the valid votes polled in the state assembly election of the state concerned and wins 2 seats in that assembly or
2. If it secures 6% of the valid votes polled in the Lok Sabha election from the state concerned and wins 1 seat in the Lok Sabha from that state or
3. If it wins 3% of seats in the legislative assembly of the state concerned or 3 seats in the assembly, whichever is more or
4. If it wins 1 seat in the Lok Sabha for every 25 seats or any fraction thereof allotted to the state at a general election to the Lok Sabha from the state concerned or
5. If it secures 8% of the total valid votes polled in the state assembly election of the state concerned or Lok Sabha from that state. This condition was added in 2011.

GNP (Gross national product) includes what is produced domestically and what is produced by domestic labour and business abroad in a year. NNP (Net national product) is GNP minus depreciation. Depreciation is the process by which capital ages over time and therefore loses its value.

Scheduled Banks in India refer to those banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Reserve Bank of India in turn includes only those banks in this Schedule which satisfy the criteria laid down vide section 42 of the said Act.

The statement “Supply creates its own demand” is given by Prof JB Say. Say's Law was later simply summarized by economist John Maynard Keynes in his 1936 book, General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

Gunpowder was originally developed by the Taoists (China) for medicinal purposes. It was first used for warfare around 904 AD. Roger Bacon (1220-1292) was the first to describe in detail the process of making gunpowder, and he proposed flying machines and motorized ships and carriages.

The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar, during the British colonial period.

Rocket engines and boosters carry both fuel and an oxidizer. For solid fuel, the components are aluminium and ammonium perchlorate. For liquid fuel, the components are liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. When combined, the fuels release water, which allows the rocket to leave the ground.

RAF stands for “Rapid Action Force”. It is a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of India to deal with riot and crowd control situations.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was nationalised with effect from 1st January 1949 on the basis of the RBI (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948. All shares in the capital of the Bank were deemed transferred to the Central Government on payment of a suitable compensation.

Rousseau's theories of sovereignty and law had a direct influence on French revolutionaries.