Today’s GK Test Quiz

Cyclones form due to very low air pressure above the warm tropical waters of an ocean. The Bay of Bengal is prone to cyclones because a lot of typhoons that originate in the southwestern Pacific ocean get carried northwest towards India (Andhra Pradesh and Orissa).

Ocean currents do not have influence over the climate in India. Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics.

New York is also known as the “Big Apple”. The nickname “The Big Apple” originated in the 1920s in reference to the prizes (or “big apples”) rewarded at the many racing courses in and around New York City.

Bengaluru is widely regarded as the “Silicon Valley of India” because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.

There are archaeological evidence that there was an urban kind development during the Harappan civilization that is there where drainage systems, planned cities, massive structure and use of kiln bricks.

Non-conventional energy (also known as Renewable energy) sources are sources that are renewed by natural processes on a continual basis. Energy generated by using wind, solar, small hydro, tides, geothermal heat and biomass is known as non-conventional energy. Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy source. It uses the energy of running water, without reducing its quantity, to produce electricity.

Melanin is a type of pigment that gives colour to the hair, skin, and eyes in humans and animals. It is a complex polymer derived from the amino acid tyrosine.

Gandhi composed his 'translation' of Plato's Apology while he was in South Africa. Gandhi was responding to political restrictions against the Indian community and was also influenced by John Ruskin's Unto This Last.

A substance which readily forms colloidal solution in contact with water is called Hydrophilic colloid. Hydrophilic colloids contain an outer shell of groups that interact favorably with water, whereas hydrophobic colloids have an outer surface with little affinity for water. Emulsions are prepared by dispersing a hydrophobic liquid in water.

Golak Nath's case (Golaknath vs the State Of Punjab) was a 1967 Indian Supreme Court case, in which the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution.

Absolute poverty is when household income is below a certain level, which makes it impossible for the person or family to meet basic needs of life including food, shelter, safe drinking water, education, healthcare, etc.

Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish pharmacist, botanist and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms 'gene', and for his 1903 'pure line' experiments in genetics.

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. It became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, following the Aligarh Muslim University Act.

The energy crisis is a result of many different strains on our natural resources. There is a strain on fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal due to overconsumption – which then, in turn, can put a strain on our water and oxygen resources by causing pollution.

Top ten largest countries by area in square miles are: Russia (6,599,921), Canada (3,854,083), China (3,746,887), United States (3,617,827), Brazil (3,287,086), Australia (2,969,121), India (1,269,010), Argentina (1,073,234), Kazakhstan (1,051,811) and Algeria (919,352).

Roorkee Engineering College (I.I.T. Roorkee) is the earliest Engineering Educational Institution in India. It was established in 1847 AD in the British Empire. It was formerly known as the University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering.

ISRO was founded on August 15, 1969. It is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India. Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai is considered the founding father of space programmes in India.

George Yule became the first British president of Indian National Congress (INC) and presided over the Allahabad session in 1888.

An exclusive economic zone, as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. the coastal country may establish an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending 200 nautical miles (370 km) from shore.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China is the world's biggest hydroelectric facility.