Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Konkan Railway was constructed to fill the missing gap between Roha (near Mumbai) and Mangalore.

Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by Terrace cultivation. Terrace farming is a method of farming whereby “steps” known as terraces are built onto the slopes of hills and mountains.

Ellora temples were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves, and the Yadava dynasty, which constructed a number of the Jain caves.

As non-biodegradable wastes like plastic bags, glass bottles, etc., cannot be broken down by decomposers, their disposal poses a big problem. Recycling is one of the best solutions to get rid of non-biodegradable wastes.

Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes).

Oxygen is the most abundant element in the human body accounting for approximately 65% of a person's mass. Each water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom, but the mass of each oxygen atom is much higher than the combined mass of the hydrogen.

The air above the land warms up and rises and the cool air over the sea moves in to take its place, resulting in the sea breeze in the daytime. At night, as the sea maintains its temperature better and is warmer than the land, the roles of land and sea reverse and convection of air results in the land breeze.

The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 provided for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for the States. These institutions are statutory bodies without any constitutional status.

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Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that “bad money drives out good.” It is primarily used for consideration and application in currency markets. when two coins are equal in face value but unequal in intrinsic value (cost of material), the one having less intrinsic value tends to remain in the market circulation, whereas the other disappears to be hoarded.

Mahatma Gandhi developed the idea that “means justify the ends”. For Gandhi, the end is satya or truth which requires no justification and the means- ahimsa or non-violence must be justified not only with reference to the end but also in itself. Every act must be justified with reference to satya and ahimsa.

Household final consumption expenditure is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. The World Wide Web is an information system where documents and other web resources are identified by URL (Uniform Resource Locators), which may be interlinked by hyperlinks, and are accessible over the Internet.

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.

Kanchipuram was the capital of the Pallava dynasty who ruled most of present-day Tamil Nadu from the 6th to 9th centuries AD.

Dyarchy is a system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India.

1. Prarthana Samaj: 1860s (Dadoba Pandurang and his brother Atmaram Pandurang)
2. Brahmo Samaj: 1828 (Ram Mohan Roy)
3. Arya Samaj: 1875 (Dayananda Saraswati)
4. Rama Krishna Mission: 1897 (Swami Vivekananda)

Our body supplies the heat, and the clothes help to trap body heat and keeps the heat from escaping into the air. This is what keeps us warm.

Pycnometers are used for measuring and comparing densities or specific gravities of liquids and solids, including soil.

The full form of ATM is “Automated teller Machine”. It is an electro-mechanical machine that is used for making financial transactions from a bank account.