Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Atomic Energy Commission of India is the governing body of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The DAE is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister. The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was set up on 3 August 1948 under the late Department of Scientific Research.

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. It reduces reliance on one set of nutrients, pest and weed pressure, and the probability of developing resistant pest and weeds.

A glass snake (glass lizard) is a long, slender, legless lizard that superficially resembles a snake but is not a true snake. It has no legs but is not a snake, making it a unique and interesting member of the reptile kingdom.

The mineral constituent of chlorophyll is Magnesium (Mg). The chlorophyll molecule consists of a central magnesium atom surrounded by a nitrogen-containing structure called a porphyrin ring; attached to the ring is a long carbon-hydrogen side chain, known as a phytol chain. Other elements (not minerals) like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen are also present in chlorophyll.

The human-infective stage of malaria is sporozoites from the salivary gland of an infected mosquito. The sporozoites grow and multiply in the liver to become merozoites.

The edible part in the onion is concentric fleshy, enlarged and scaly leaf bases.

Denatured spirit is ethanol mixed with Pyridine. It is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul-smelling, or nauseating to discourage its recreational consumption.

The Morarji Desai government eventually scrapped the fundamental right to property with the 44th amendment in 1978. In its place came Article 300-A that makes it possible for a citizen to be dispossessed without compensation through an act of legislation.

The major aim of devaluation is to encourage exports. Devaluation is the deliberate downward adjustment of the value of a country's money relative to another currency. One reason a country may devalue its currency is to combat a trade imbalance. Devaluation reduces the cost of a country's exports and increases the cost of imports.

The best way for a bank to avoid loss is to accept sound collateral. In lending agreements, collateral is a borrower's pledge of specific property to a lender, to secure repayment of a loan.

The Net National Product (NNP) at Factor Cost is the net money value of all goods and services produced by ordinary citizens of a country. It includes income earned by Indian citizens, whether they live in India or abroad. It is calculated net of national income, which implies it excludes depreciation.

The Government of India (Ministry of Finance) has the sole right to mint coins. The responsibility for coinage vests with the Government of India in terms of the Coinage Act 1906. The Reserve Bank puts the coins into circulation on behalf of the Government of India.

Inflation allows borrowers to pay lenders back with money worth less than when it was originally borrowed, which benefits borrowers.

1. Ilbari Turks: Slave Dynasty or Mamluks or Ilbari Turks (AD 1206-1290)
2. Khiljis: The Khalji or Khilji dynasty was a Turko-Afghan dynasty which ruled nearly three decades between 1290 and 1320.
3. Tughlaqs: Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. The dynasty ended in 1413.
4. Sayyids: The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, with four rulers ruling from 1414 to 1451.
5. Lodis: Lodī dynasty, (1451–1526), the last ruling family of the Delhi sultanate of India.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his early life was a symbol of Hindu - Muslim unity and also in favour of Gandhiji's policies for swaraj. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.

The sky appears blue to the human eye as the short waves of blue light are scattered more than the other colours in the spectrum, making the blue light more visible.

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The Prithvi was India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile produced by the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).

The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory based in Pune. It is a constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). NCL was established in 1950.

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is funded by the Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in 1958. NEERI is a pioneer labouratory in the field of environmental science and engineering and part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).