Today’s GK Test Quiz

The developing countries are located in the Southern Hemisphere, whereas developed countries are located in the Northern Hemisphere. Due to this geographical fact, scholars have termed developed countries as 'North' and developing countries as 'South'. When the countries of the South or developing countries cooperate in various fields, it is known as South-South Cooperation or Dialogue.

Keratin is a type of structural protein which makes the skin layer impervious to water. It is found on epithelial cells, which line the inside and outside surfaces of the body. Keratins help form the tissues of the hair, nails, and the outer layer of the skin.

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.

The chemical name of Gypsum is calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO₄⋅2H₂O). Milk of lime is the common name for saturated calcium hydroxide solution (Ca(OH)₂). Glauber's salt is the common name for sodium sulphate decahydrate (Na₂SO₄·10H₂O). Saltpeter is one name for the compound called potassium nitrate, which has the chemical formula KNO₃.

Magnesium is present in seawater in amounts of about 1300 ppm. The six most abundant ions of seawater are chloride (Cl⁻), sodium (Na⁺), sulphate (SO²₄⁻), magnesium (Mg²⁺), calcium (Ca²⁺), and potassium (K⁺). By weight, these ions make up about 99 percent of all sea salts.

Galvanizing is a process of coating iron or steel with zinc in order to provide greater protection against corrosion for the iron or steel base.

Tropical storm in the Chinese Sea is known as Typhoon. It is the most intense typhoon in the South China Sea in the month of May. Tropical Cyclones also known as Hurricanes in the Atlantic.

Part IV of the Constitution of India (Article 36–51) contains the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). Article 37 of the Indian Constitution States the application of the Directive Principles. These principles aim at ensuring socio-economic justice to the people and establishing India as a Welfare State.

There are three important standing committees dealing with financial affairs. These committees are Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee and Committee on Public Undertakings.

Zero Hour is the time when Members of Parliament (MPs) can raise Issues of Urgent Public Importance. It is an Indian parliamentary innovation. Zero Hour denotes the time immediately following the Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament. This is about 12 noon which is why it is called Zero Hour.

Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana.

GNP (Gross national product) includes what is produced domestically and what is produced by domestic labour and business abroad in a year. NNP (Net national product) is GNP minus depreciation. Depreciation is the process by which capital ages over time and therefore loses its value.

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.

The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIMLM) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

The dynamo converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. The dynamo is made up of stationary magnets (stator) which create a powerful magnetic field, and a rotating magnet (rotor) which distorts and cuts through the magnetic lines of flux of the stator. When the rotor cuts through lines of magnetic flux it makes electricity.

The freezer in a refrigerator is fitted near the top so that it can cool the whole interior by setting up convection currents. The natural law of convection is that warm air rises while cold air falls, so the freezer at the top provides cold air for the other compartments at the bottom of the freezer.

Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first woman Chief Minister (Uttar Pradesh), serving from 1963 to 1967.

Red Dragon was the first English ship that came to India. The Red Dragon fought the Portuguese at the naval Battle of Swally in 1612. The naval Battle of Swally took place on 29–30 November 1612 off the coast of Surat between the British and the Portuguese.

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.

In 343 BC, King Philip called on the great philosopher Aristotle to tutor his son. Aristotle sparked and fostered Alexander's interest in literature, science, medicine and philosophy.