Today’s GK Test Quiz

Smallest Union Territory: Lakshadweep (32 Sq km). Largest Union Territory: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8,249 Sq km).

Waterloo is located in Belgium. It is known for the famous Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo, which took place on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.

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.

Agni missiles are surface-to-surface ballistic missiles developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is a family (Agni-I to Agni-V, Agni-P) of medium to long-range nuclear weapons capable missiles.

India and Pakistan won independence on 15 August 1947. The Indian Independence Act of 1947, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom split undivided British India into two independent nations. According to the Act, the two independent dominions would come into being on 15 August 1947. However, Pakistan adopted August 14 as its Independence Day as the transfer of power took place on that date.

The Grammy Award is presented by the Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry. The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually.

Both male and female mosquitoes eat the same things—Plant sap, nectar and plant derivatives—for energy. But only female mosquitoes imbibe a blood meal.

Jellyfish are marine invertebrates with no brains, no bones, no heart, and no eyes. Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) is not a fish but an insect.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas is used in a fire extinguisher because it displaces or reduces the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere around the fire. CO₂ is suitable for both electrical and flammable liquid fire types.

Acetic acid (CH₃COOH) is the chemical name of vinegar. A dilute solution of acetic acid produced by fermentation and oxidation of natural carbohydrates is called vinegar; a salt, ester, or acylal of acetic acid is called acetate.

Ethylene glycol is added to aviation gasoline because it prevents the freezing of petrol. It is an organic compound and has a low freezing point. In the US and Latin countries, the term gasoline is used, but in Europe and Asian countries, it's called petrol.

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.

The state of Jammu and Kashmir was given temporary provisions (special status) by Article 370 of the Constitution of India. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked this status under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. At the same time, a reorganisation act was also passed, which would reconstitute the state into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

In the Lok Sabha, the speaker and the deputy speaker both are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the house (Article 93). The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in all democracies, the Indian Armed Forces are controlled by the elected political leadership of the Nation - The Government of India.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture. The headquarters of UNESCO is located in Paris.

The videotape recorder was invented by Charles Ginsberg in 1951. In 1953, Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki developed a prototype helical scan videotape recorder. Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition.

Ibn Batuta (1333-1347 AD) was a Moroccan traveller. He reached Delhi during the reign of Muhammad-bin Tughluq and with him, he bought several precious presents for the Sultan of Delhi.

A cantilever is any rigid object that is fixed at one end and extends out over empty space. Street signs, airplane wings, shelves, fan blades, and some bridges are all examples of cantilevers.

Angiology is concerned with the body's complex system of blood vessels, particularly the arteries and veins.

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be elected to Parliament in Britain. Naoroji travelled to Britain in 1885 as a business partner of Cama and Company. A member of several businesses, he became Professor of Gujarati at University College, London (1856–65).