Today’s GK Test Quiz

Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was founded on 13 February 1890. BSI is the apex taxonomic research organization of India which is under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

The concept of “survival of the fittest” was first advocated by Herbert Spencer in his book “The Principles of Biology”. In this book, Spencer introduced the expression survival of the fittest, in the sense of the most appropriate to its environment.

Pulmonary Vein brings clean blood from the lungs into the heart. Its function is to transport oxygenated blood from the lung alveoli into the left atria.

The hybrid between horse and donkey is called Mule. Usually, it's the male donkey (jack) mating with a female horse (mare) to produce a mule, which can come in either male or female. Due to the odd number of chromosomes, they can't reproduce.

Enzymes play a key role in process of digestion. The human body makes enzymes in the digestive system, including the mouth, stomach, and small intestine. Digestive enzymes help the body break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins from food. This is necessary to allow for the absorption of nutrients and to maintain optimal health.

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

When a drop of glycerol is added to crushed KMnO₄ spread on a paper, the paper will ignite. As the glycerin comes in contact with the KMnO₄, the oxidizing properties of the permanganate ion come into play with the glycerin. The oxidation of the glycerin is very exothermic and after a few seconds, the released heat causes the glycerin to also ignite and burst into flame.

Petroleum consists of a mixture of Hydrocarbons. hydrocarbon is an organic compound composed only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). There are four main categories of hydrocarbons Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic hydrocarbons. Aromatic hydrocarbons are an important series of hydrocarbons found in almost every petroleum mixture.

Nucleons are protons and neutrons. They make up the atomic nucleus. The nucleus contains protons and neutrons along with some other particles such as alpha particles and beta particles. A proton is a subatomic particle having a positive electrical charge (+1). A positron is also a positively charged subatomic particle.

Westerlies are called anti-trade wind. The westerlies are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner.

The balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period.

The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' – (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session. The newly adopted tricolour flag was unfurled at this session of the Indian National Congress.

Champaran Satyagraha (1917, first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi); Rowlatt Satyagraha (was in response to Rowlatt Act of 1919); Bardoli Satyagraha (1928, Sardar Vallabh Bhi Patel led the Bardoli Satyagraha.)

Congress held a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 under the presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai. It met to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement.

law of gravitation is defined by Isaac Newton in 1687. Newton's law of universal gravitation is usually stated as that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres.

M.R.I stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI can be used to detect brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, developmental anomalies, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dementia, infection, and the causes of headaches.

MIRV stands for Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle. MIRV is a missile that has several warheads, each one being directed to different enemy targets. Each MIRV allows separately targeted nuclear warheads to be sent on their independent ways after the main propulsion stages of the missile launch have shut down.

The 2021 Census of India, also the 16th Indian Census, will be done in 2021-22.

The Thar Express is an international passenger train that runs between the Jodhpur (Bhagat Ki Kothi) Rajasthan, India and Karachi, Pakistan.

The McMahon Line is the effective boundary between China and India. This line was determined by Sir Henry McMahon, then Foreign Secretary in the Government of British India. The length of this line is 890 km. The McMahon line was the result of the Shimla Treaty of 1914 which took place between India and Tibet.