Today’s GK Test Quiz

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.

Visakhapatnam Port is the only major port of Andhra Pradesh. It is India's third largest state-owned port by volume of cargo handled and largest on the Eastern Coast.

Cultivators are agricultural Labourers. A person who worked in another person's land for wages in cash, kind or share was regarded as an agricultural labourer.

Black soils are most suitable for the cotton crop hence it is also known as black cotton soil.

Prince Ellara was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty, also known as “Manu Needhi Cholan”, who upon capturing the throne became king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 205 BCE to 161 BCE.

AIDS is a viral disease caused by Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). When a person becomes infected with HIV, the virus attacks and weakens the immune system. As the immune system weakens, the person is at risk of getting life-threatening infections.

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) was an English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the electron (1897). Electron was discovered by him when he was studying the properties of the cathode rays.

The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are synthetic). Bacteria are responsible for both the production and consumption of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄).

Heavy water (D₂O) is water that contains heavy hydrogen - also known as deuterium - in place of regular hydrogen. The boiling point of heavy water (101.4°C ) is higher than that of ordinary water (100°C). The density of heavy water (1.11 g/cm³) is higher than that of ordinary water (1.00 g/cm³). The freezing point of heavy water (3.8°C) is higher than that of ordinary water (0°C).

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympics Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won gold in the Men's 10-metre air rifle event. KD Jadhav is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal (bronze) for an individual event (men's freestyle bantamweight) at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, and is also where nearly all weather conditions take place. It contains 75% of the atmosphere's mass and 99% of the total mass of water vapour and aerosols. Troposphere is the warmest because it is closest to the ground, where the heat is coming from.

The primary object of an adjournment motion is to draw the attention of the House to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences. Adjournment motion is introduced only in the Lok Sabha (or legislative assembly).

Using Defence Strategies a seller or buyer protects his business or holdings from changing prices and takes action against it.

Fiscal policy refers to the use of the government budget to affect the economy. This includes government spending and levied taxes. In deficit financing, a government spends more money than it receives as revenue, the difference being made up by borrowing or minting new funds.

Quasi-rent is the surplus which is received in a short period because of demand exceeding the supply by the man-made factors besides land.

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS) are rules that are applicable to the domestic regulations a country applies to foreign investors, often as part of an industrial policy.

Charles John Canning was the governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857.

The melting point increases with an increase in pressure except for ice. The melting point of ice decreases when pressure increases. This strange behaviour of the ice is observed because water expands when it freezes i.e. ice occupies more volume than liquid water.

Pure water is a bad conductor of electricity because it is feebly ionized. The presence of ions is necessary in order for any solution to conduct electricity. Pure water is free from any kind of acids, bases or salts. Hence, it does not conduct electricity due to the absence of ions.

Ostriches (Struthio camelus) are the largest living birds in the world, with an average mass of 104 kg and average length of 210 cm. They lay the largest eggs and hold the record for the fastest land speed of any bird, reaching speeds of 70 kmph.