Today’s GK Test Quiz

India lies in the Northern hemisphere, with the mainland extending between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E. Since India lies in Asia, which is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru had used these words in delivering the speech to the Constituent Assembly close to the midnight hour on 14 August 1947.

There will be a decrease in the number of rats simply because the rat is prey to all three of them.

A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, bottle bomb, grenade, firebomb, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons. It is a breakable glass bottle containing a flammable substance such as petrol, alcohol, etc.

Darjeeling tea is a well-known tea variety that is exported around the world. It grows in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Darjeeling tea is unique because the leaves can be processed in different ways, resulting in black, green, white, or oolong tea.

The Norman Borlaug Award recognises exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. The Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding Performance in Sports. The Dronacharya Award is a sports coaching honour. Dhyan Chand Award is a lifetime achievement sporting honour.

False fruit (Accessory fruit) is a fruit in which some of the flesh is not derived from the ovary but some adjacent tissues exterior to the carpel. Some examples of false fruit are apple, pear, and cucumber that develop from the thalamus, cashew-nut develops from the peduncle, jackfruit and pineapple develop from the entire inflorescence.

El Nino is a warm ocean current. El Nino condition occurs when surface water in the equatorial Pacific becomes warmer than average and east winds blow weaker than normal. The opposite condition is called La Nino.

The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. All of its members are directly elected by citizens of India on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise.

Ben Kingsley, original name Krishna Bhanji, (born 1943, England, Gujarati father and British mother), British actor recognized for playing a wide range of roles, including that of the title character in Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award for best actor in 1983. Gandhi is a 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. A co-production between India and the United Kingdom, it is directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley.

Inflation is a measure of the rate of rising prices of goods and services in an economy. Increasing the money supply faster than the growth in real output will cause inflation. The reason is that there is more money chasing the same number of goods.

Petrol and car are complementary goods as when the price of petrol rises, the demand for car falls. Hence, cross elasticity of demand between petrol and car is negative.

High infant mortality rate, high death rate and high birth rate, along with low life expectancy rate are some characteristics of the population of a Developing country.

The statement is taken from Keyne's Investment Demand Function. According to Keynes Investment expenditure refers to the creation of new assets i.e. an addition to the stock of existing capital assets.

Sir B.N. Rau was appointed as the Constitutional Adviser on the establishment of the Constituent Assembly on July 1, 1946, which he accepted to serve on an honourary basis.

Indian Universities were first founded during the period of Lord Canning. The University of Calcutta is the oldest of the modern universities in India. It was founded in 1857 during the administration of Lord canning (1856-1862).

A barometer measures air pressure. A rising barometer indicates increas­ing air pressure and a falling barometer indicates decreasing air pressure. When atmospheric pressure drops suddenly, this usually indicates that a storm is on its way.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to contribute in the skill building for the external trade sector of India. It is located in New Delhi.

OTEC stands for Ocean thermal energy conversion. It uses the ocean's warm surface water with a temperature of around 25°C to vaporize a working fluid, which has a low-boiling point, such as ammonia. The vapor expands and spins a turbine coupled to a generator to produce electricity.

As per Census 2011, top five states/Union territories which have the highest sex ratio are Kerela (1,084) followed by Puducherry (1,038), Tamil Nadu (995), Andhra Pradesh (992) and Chhattisgarh (991). Five states which have the lowest sex ratio are Daman and Diu (618), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (775), Chandigarh (818), NCT of Delhi (866) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (878). Haryana has the lowest sex ratio (877) in Indian states.