Today’s GK Test Quiz

Cultivators are agricultural Labourers. A person who worked in another person's land for wages in cash, kind or share was regarded as an agricultural labourer.

Charak was the famous court physician of Kanishka (Kushan dynasty). He was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda. He is known as an editor of the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda.

Pulitzer Prize is awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University.

The smallpox vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, which is a poxvirus similar to smallpox, but less harmful. It contains live vaccinia virus, not a killed or weakened virus like many other vaccines. Other live virus vaccines currently used include measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox.

Warm-blooded animals are the animals which can maintain a body temperature higher than their environment. Mammals and birds are warm-blooded. Dolphins, whales, seals, sea lions, and otters are all mammals. Some examples of warm-blooded are whales, dogs, lions, cats, vultures, and raccoons. Reptiles, insects, and fish (amphibians) including snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodiles are cold-blooded.

Caffeine is an alkaloid (naturally occurring organic compound) in the xanthine family. It is a drug that stimulates (increases the activity of) the brain and nervous system. Caffeine is found in many drinks such as coffee, cocoa, cola nut, soft drinks and energy drinks.

A parachute is usually made of a light, strong fabric. Terylene - A type of polyester fabric that is now being used as a material for parachutes as it is very strong and heat resistant.

Detergent is a sodium salt of long-chain benzene sulphonic acid or sodium salt of long-chain alkyl hydrogen sulphate, which has cleansing properties in water. Like soaps, Detergents contain anionic groups such as sulphonate groups or sulphate groups and long-chain hydrocarbon, a non-ionic group.

Vulcanization of rubber is carried out by adding Sulphur. It is a process of improvement of the rubber elasticity and strength by heating it in the presence of sulphur, which results in three-dimensional cross-linking of the chain rubber molecules (polyisoprene) bonded to each other by sulphur atoms.

When the offices of both the President and Vice President of India are vacant, the Chief Justice of India or, in his absence, the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court of India will discharge the functions.

On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950. The Government of India declared 26 November as Constitution Day on 19 November 2015 by a gazette notification.

Article 37 says that Directive Principles are not enforceable but are fundamental to the Governance of the Country, and the State has the duty in applying the Directive Principles of State Policies (DPSPs). If they are not acted upon by the State, no one can move the Courts.

Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was an Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography.

Social infrastructure includes the construction and maintenance of facilities that support social services. These can include healthcare, education and Civil amenities.

The internal value of money is the value of money when buying goods and services. The external value of money is what the currency is worth, as measured in foreign currency. This is the exchange rate. Devaluation is the deliberate downward adjustment of the value of a country's money relative to another currency.

Bank rate is the rate charged by the central bank (RBI) for lending funds to commercial banks. Lower bank rates can help to expand the economy by lowering the cost of funds for borrowers, and higher bank rates help to reign in the economy when inflation is higher than desired.

Classical economics or classical political economy is a school of thought in economics that flourished, primarily in Britain, in the late 18th and early-to-mid 19th century. Its main thinkers are held to be Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, and John Stuart Mill.

A mixed economy combines the characteristics of capitalism and socialism. Essentially, a country with this kind of economy comprises public and private sectors, wherein private enterprises aim for profit maximisation, while the Government sector works towards the welfare of the citizens.

1. Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the Somnath Temple located on the coast of Kathiawar in 1025 AD and destroyed it in 1026 AD. 2. Sindh was conquered in c. 711 by Muhammad ibn Qasim. 3. The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroho) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British. 4. Chengez Khan of the Mongol Empire invaded India during the reign of Iltumish.

Lake Superior (in North America) is the world's largest freshwater lake (surface area – 82,100 sq km) and holds 10 percent of the world's surface freshwater. By volume, it's the third-largest, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa.