Today’s GK Test Quiz

India is one of the few countries which has a forest policy since 1894. The first National Forest Policy in independent India came into effect in 1952.

Nilgiris is known for its eucalyptus oil and tea, and also produces bauxite.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution in 1885.

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.

Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens. There are 4 main blood groups – A, B, AB and O. Blood group is determined by the genes inherited from the parents. AB-positive blood type is known as the “universal recipient” because AB-positive patients can receive red blood cells from all blood types.

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.

Ester has a fruity smell due to its volatile nature caused by its chemical composition and conformations. The aroma of an ester is produced when alcohol combines with a carboxylic group (carbon bonded with oxygen atoms). Esters smell partly because they exhibit weak intermolecular forces.

An emulsifier is an agent which stabilises an emulsion. It is a compound or substance that acts as a stabiliser for emulsions, preventing liquids that ordinarily don't mix from separating.

Four major types of air masses that influence the weather in North America are: Maritime Tropical (mT), Maritime Polar (mP), Continental Tropical (cT) and Continental Polar (cP). The climate of North America is influenced during winter by the Continental Polar air mass. The most common example of continental polar air entering the U.S. comes in winter, when the jet stream dips southward, carrying cold, dry cP air, sometimes as far south as Florida. When it moves across the Great Lakes region, cP air can trigger lake effect snow.

A depository is an organization where the securities of an investor are held in electronic form.

Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase that generally means “all other things being equal.” In economics, it acts as a shorthand indication of the effect one economic variable has on another, provided all other variables remain the same.

Excess reserves are capital reserves held by a bank or financial institution in excess of what is required by regulators, creditors, or internal controls.

Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Sufi tomb (dargah) of the revered Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer, Rajasthan. The shrine has Chishti's grave (Maqbara).

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between the Maratha Empire and King of Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Abdali was supported by Indian Muslim allies but Hindu leaders like Rajputs or Jaats didn't come for Marathas' help. The Marathas lost the battle by the divide within India and Indians.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known as the “Bismarck of India” due to his efforts of consolidating the fragmented parts of a divided India.

Magnetism in materials is due to circular motion of electrons. Magnetism is caused by the motion of electric charges. Every substance is made up of tiny units called atoms. Each atom has electrons, particles that carry electric charges. Spinning like tops, the electrons circle the nucleus, or core, of an atom.

Newton's First Law, sometimes referred to as the law of inertia, describes the influence of a balance of forces upon the subsequent movement of an object.

In a rechargeable cell, chemical energy is stored within the cell. Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules. Batteries, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and coal are examples of chemical energy.

When a body is taken from earth to moon, weight changes but mass remains same. An object's weight is dependent on its mass and how strongly gravity pulls on it. The strength of gravity depends on how far away one object is from another. That's why the same object weighs different amounts on different planets.

The biggest buyers of cut flowers are the EU and the US, but the biggest growers and exporters are the Netherlands, Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Roses, carnations and chrysanthemums are the most popular blooms.