Today’s GK Test Quiz

A mushroom rock, rock pedestal, or gour is a typical mushroom-shaped landform that is formed by the action of wind erosion. These rocks are found in desert land forms.

He was called Siddhartha Gautama in his childhood. His father was King Suddhodana, leader of the Shakya Clan in what was the growing state of Kosala, and his mother was queen Maya.

The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by green plants. Between 98 and 99 percent of solar energy reaching Earth is reflected from leaves and other surfaces and absorbed by other molecules, which convert it to heat.

When formaldehyde and potassium hydroxide (KOH) are heated, we get methyl alcohol and potassium formate. This reaction is known as the Cannizzaro reaction. In Cannizzaro's reaction, one substance is oxidized and the other is reduced.

2HCHO+KOH → HCOOK+CH₃OH.
Thus in this reaction, methyl alcohol (CH₃OH) is produced. This reaction is known as Cannizaro's reaction

Sulphur is added to make natural rubber more strong and more bouncy. Vulcanization is a process of improvement of the rubber elasticity and strength by heating it in the presence of sulphur, which results in three-dimensional cross-linking of the chain rubber molecules (polyisoprene) bonded to each other by sulphur atoms.

Article 80 of the Constitution lays down the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha as 250, out of which 12 members are nominated by the President and 238 are representatives of the States and Union Territories. Article 81 deals with the Composition of the Lok Sabha. The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is 552 members, which is made up by the election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and 2 members to be nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian Community. At present, the strength of the House is 545 (543+2 Anglo-Indian).

The Latin meaning of Habeas Corpus is “we may have the body”. This writ is used to protect the individual against unlawful detention. The person is then freed if the detention is found to be illegal. Hence, this writ is known as the bulwark of personal freedom.

Democratic Socialism aims to gradually and peacefully achieve socialism through established political processes rather than social revolution as advocated by revolutionary socialists.

Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hinduism in particular and few Buddhist and Jain monuments with Artwork dating from the 600–1000 CE period.

If supply is greater than demand, in the short run, firms will increase their inventories, because they store their excess supply.

An indirect tax is charged on producers of goods and services and is paid by the consumer indirectly. It is not directly levied on the income of a person. Instead, he/she has to pay the tax along with the price of goods or services bought by the seller. The person paying the tax to the government and the person bearing the liability to pay the tax are thus, two different people.

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.

The Security Council has five permanent members — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States — collectively known as the P5. It has also ten non-permanent members which are elected for two-year terms.

The British introduced the railways in India in order to facilitate British commerce and administrative control. They introduced the railway to ease their own transportation and faster supply of raw materials.

Crooks glass is used for sunglasses. Crooks glass mainly comprises of cerium oxide (CiO₂), which absorbs the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

Metals are good conductors of electricity and heat because the atoms in the metals form a matrix through which outer electrons can move freely.

A cylindrical lens can be used to treat astigmatism. Astigmatism is a condition that results in the abnormal curvature of your cornea or the lens of your eye.

The full form of IRDA is Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. IRDA is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and is tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India.

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.

The Hundred Years' War was a war involving a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France, that took place during the Late Middle Ages, and lasted for a total of 116 years.