Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Indus is the western most River system in the subcontinent. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj are its main tributaries of Indus. It originates from the Bokhar Chu (glacier) of Mt. Kailash (6714m). It drains the largest number of glaciers and mountain slopes of the Karakorum, Ladakh, Zaskarand Himalayan Ranges.

The Indus valley civilisation is also called the Harappan culture. The civilization was first identified in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and then in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro (Mohenjodaro), near the Indus River in the Sindh (Sind) region. Both sites are in present-day Pakistan, in Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively.

Euphenics is the manipulation of genes. It is the science of making phenotypic improvements to humans after birth, generally to affect a problematic genetic condition. It deals with the treatment of hereditary defects through medical means.

The plant life in an ecosystem supports animal life and vice versa. Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone. Thus the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order of decreasing productivity is Ocean, mangroves, lakes and grasslands.

A gland is an organ that makes one or more substances, such as hormones, digestive juices, sweat, tears, saliva, or milk. Stomach is not a gland but a muscular, hollow organ.

Soybean is the richest known source of edible protein. The protein content of soybeans is 36–56% of the dry weight. Soybean protein is known as a complete protein as it provides all of the essential amino acids for human nutrition.

Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. In 1980, the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated.

The most influential social-contract theorists were the 17th-18th century philosophers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

The four largest planets (with diameter in Km) of the Solar System in decreasing size are: Jupiter (142,800), Saturn (120,660), Uranus (51,118) and Neptune (29,528).

Only one of the following can be the ex-officio Chairman of the Niti Aayog.

A member of either House of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from sessions without permission of the House for 60 days.

As per article 356, parliamentary approval is necessary for the imposition of the President's Rule on any state. The proclamation of President's Rule should be approved in both Houses of Parliament within two months of its issue. The approval is through a simple majority. The President's Rule is initially for a period of six months. Later, it can be extended for a period of three years with parliamentary approval, every six months.

Tripitaka is a traditional term used for various Buddhist scriptures. The three pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The Upanishads are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hindu philosophy which form the foundations of Hinduism. Angas are 45 sacred Jain texts based on the tirthankara's discourse. The Aranyakas are part of the ancient Indian Vedas.

₹50 among Mahatma Gandhi Series of currency notes issued by the RBI has a drawing of the Parliament House depicted on it.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states. The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Subsidiary Alliance was framed by Lord Wellesley, the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was brought into effect by the East India Company headed by Governor-General Lord Cornwallis in 1793. Doctrine of lapse formula devised by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848–56). The first Partition of Bengal was Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India.

In this case the given equation shows that the velocity is linear with time and therefore the particle is moving with constant acceleration. If you travel with a constant acceleration, your velocity is always changing, but it's changing by a consistent amount each second.

A sling psychrometer can be used to find relative humidity, which is expressed as a percentage.

Energy is transferred from the sun to Earth via electromagnetic waves, or radiation. Radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.

Ventilation is mainly used to control indoor air quality, temperature, humidity, and air motion. It is provided near the ceiling of the room because the exhaled warmer air rises up and goes out.