Today’s GK Test Quiz

Silent Valley National Park is a national park in Kerala. It is located in the Nilgiri hills. This national park has some rare species of flora and fauna. The flora of the valley includes about 1000 species of flowering plants, 107 species of orchids, 100 ferns and fern allies, 200 liverworts, 75 lichens and about 200 algae.

Most houses of the Indus Valley Civilization were built of fired and mortared brick (Pucca bricks); some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Sites were often raised, or built on man-made hills. This could be to combat flooding in the nearby areas.

Acetabularia is the biggest single-celled organism. It is genus of single-celled green algae (family Polyphysaceae) found in subtropical seas. The algae are among the largest single-celled organisms and also feature an unusually large nucleus.

The pituitary gland is sometimes called the 'master gland' of the endocrine system because it controls the functions of many of the other endocrine glands. It is located at the base of the brain.

A diuretic, also called water pill, is a medicine which promotes the secretion of urine. It is a medication designed to increase the amount of water and salt expelled from the body as urine.

Pneumatic bones are hollow and found in birds. Due to pneumatic bones, birds can fly in the air.

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.

Oxalic acid is manufactured using sawdust. The heating of sawdust with Potassium hydroxide (KOH) results in the production of oxalic acid.

Cadmium is not a radioactive element. Uranium, Thorium and Radium are radioactive elements.

Epicentre, point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.

Sarkaria Commission was set up in 1983 by the central government of India. The Sarkaria Commission's charter was to examine the central-state relationship on various portfolios and suggest changes within the framework of the Constitution of India.

Disguised unemployment is unemployment that does not affect aggregate economic output. It occurs when productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs. It can refer to any part of the population that is not employed at full capacity. In India, disguised unemployment is generally observed in the Agricultural sector.

Charles Babbage was an English polymath. He originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Babbage is called the 'Father of the Computer'.

British engineer John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945) invented the first vacuum tube in 1904. It was also called a thermionic valve, vacuum diode, kenotron, thermionic tube, or Fleming valve.

In 1918, Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy, produced their scheme of constitutional reforms, known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, which led to the enactment of the Government of India Act of 1919.

In December 1922, Chittaranjan Das, Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar and Motilal Nehru formed the Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party with Das as the president and Nehru as one of the secretaries.

The surface tension of oil is less than cold water, and hence, oil spreads over cold water. However, the surface tension of oil is greater than that of hot water.

From this, we can estimate the radius of the earth as the point of the horizon must cover the circumference of the Earth.

The Prithvi was India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile produced by the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).

Kisan Kanya, released in 1937, was known as India's first colour film but did not start the colour era in Indian Cinema. Kisan Kanya was shot in Cinecolour. Colour era in Indian Cinema started in the mid-1950s.