Today’s GK Test Quiz

Upagupta was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit text Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.

Foramen Magnum (also called great hole) is an aperture found in the skull. It is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull.

Terminator seeds, also called suicide seeds, contain genetically engineered properties to prevent multiplication. It is a seed that is genetically modified so that any crops grown from it do not produce fertile seeds. Because the crops produce sterile seeds, farmers need to buy a new batch of seeds every year rather than using the traditional farming method of saving, reusing and sharing seeds.

The mercury and sodium street lamps light up because of atomic emission. An electric discharge takes place when electricity is passed through sodium vapors at low or high pressure. As a result, the valence electron present in sodium atoms becomes excited and emits light. The mercury vapor lamp works by creating an electric current to mercury vapor within a sealed glass jacket.

24 carat is pure gold with no other metals. Lower caratages contain less gold. 18-carat gold contains 18 parts (75 percent) gold and 6 parts (25 percent) other metals (often copper or silver).

Isobars are lines on a weather map that join places that have the same air pressure at a particular time.

Article 32 falls under Part III of the Constitution that includes the fundamental rights of individuals. It is the Right to Constitutional remedies which is considered as 'the heart and soul of the Constitution'. During the Constituent Assembly debate, Dr. B.R Ambedkar had said that Article 32 is the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Operating Surplus arises in the Enterprise Sector. The operating surplus of an enterprise measures the difference between revenue and expenditure - i.e. the surplus or deficit - accruing from production.

Risk-bearing is the most essential function of an entrepreneur. He has to pay to all the other factors of production in advance. There are chances that he may be rewarded with a handsome profit or he may suffer a heavy loss. Therefore, risk-bearing is the final responsibility of an entrepreneur.

A liquid asset is an asset that can easily be converted into cash in a short amount of time. Liquid assets include things like cash, money market instruments, and marketable securities. Government securities are quickly and easily marketable.

The Report of Vijay Kelkar Committee (Task Force on direct taxes 2002) relates to Direct Tax Reforms. The main recommendations of this committee related to the income tax exemption limit, abolition of wealth tax, etc.

When the price of a commodity falls, we can expect the demand for it to increase. The law of demand states that the quantity purchased varies inversely with price.

Full convertibility would mean the rupee exchange rate would be left to market factors without any regulatory intervention. There may be no limit on inflow or outflow of capital for various purposes including investments, remittances, or asset purchases/sales.

ILO, WHO and FAO are agencies of the United Nations. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is an economic union comprising 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and other countries in Asia.

Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition from the Portuguese. He used these cannons and ammunition to attack the English.

Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other air pollutants collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth's surface. The burning of fossil fuels is an important cause of global warming.

The word “laser” is an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”. It was invented by the American engineer and physicist Theodore Harold Maiman in 1960.

Elasticity is an ability of a deformed material body to return to its original shape and size when the forces causing the deformation are removed. It is measured as the ratio of stress to strain (modulus of elasticity).

Raindrops start to form in a roughly spherical structure due to the surface tension of water. Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.

Presence of more plankton that are food for fish avail large numbers of fish. In the northern hemisphere, there are extensive continental shelves which favour fishing grounds. The rugged and hilly terrain make agriculture difficult, many people opt for fishing as the main economic activity hence its development.