Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Shivanasamudra Falls is on the Cauvery (Kaveri) River after the river has found its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls.

Diu Island is an island off the Southern coast of Gujarat's Kathiawar peninsula, separated from the mainland by a tidal creek.

Cellular respiration releases stored energy in glucose molecules. During cellular respiration, glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. The energy released during the reaction is captured by the energy-carrying molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate). The chemical equation of respiration is: C₆H₁₂O₆ (glucose) + 6O₂ →(releases energy) 6CO₂ + 6H₂O.

Ashtadhyayi is a Sanskrit treatise on grammar written in the 6th to 5th-century BCE by the Indian grammarian Panini. This work set the linguistic standards for Classical Sanskrit.

Bhavabhuti was an 8th-century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. Uttararamacarita is a Sanskrit play in 7 acts in the Nataka style by Bhavabhuti.

A biome is a large geographical area that contains distinct plant and animal groups which are adapted to live in that environment. They are the interactions between biota, such as plants and animals, within the environment, and many ecosystems can make up a single biome.

Supreme Court is the final interpreter, protector and guardian of the Indian Constitution. It is the highest judicial forum and ultimate or final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.

The Marginal Utility Curve slopes downward from left to right indicating an inverse relationship between marginal utility and the stock of commodity. Marginal utility diminishes as additional units are consumed, which means that each subsequent unit of a good consumed provides less additional utility.

A mixed economy is partly run by the government and partly as a free market economy. In a mixed economy, government controls part of the economy with restriction and licensing requirements, which includes involvement in such areas as education, courts, roads, hospital care, and postal delivery. The government's role in a mixed economy can also include financial policies, such as monetary and fiscal policies.

It refers to the right or ability of an industrial unit to withdraw from or leave an industry or in other words to close down.

Sir John Hicks was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972 for his work in general equilibrium and welfare economics.

Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative forgone as a result of making a decision. When economists refer to the “opportunity cost” of a resource, they mean the value of the next-highest-valued alternative use of that resource.

The invention of Portland cement usually is attributed to Joseph Aspdin of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, who in 1824 took out a patent for a material that was produced from a synthetic mixture of limestone and clay. Portland cement is named after the high-quality building stones quarried in Portland, England.

The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' – (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session. The newly adopted tricolour flag was unfurled at this session of the Indian National Congress.

The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by the Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793.

The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar.

The major difference between laser light and other light sources (such as a light bulb) is that laser light is monochromatic, directional and coherent. Monochromatic means that all of the light produced by the laser is of the same frequency, amplitude and phase.

Lord Ripon is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India. In 1882 the then Viceroy of India, Lord Ripon, passed a resolution of local self-government which lead the democratic forms of municipal governance in India.

Sriharikota Range is a rocket launch centre operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan.

The Black Forest is a mountainous region in southwest Germany, bordering France. Known for its dense, evergreen forests and picturesque villages, it is often associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.