Today’s GK Test Quiz

Dialectics is a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned argumentation.

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

Gupta Kingship was hereditary. The throne did not always go to the eldest son. The Guptas made munificent gifts to the brahmanas, who expressed their gratitude by comparing the king to different gods. King was looked upon as Vishnu, the protector and preserver.

Due to the presence of Carotene, a fat-soluble pigment, the colour of cows milk is slightly yellow. β-Carotene is a secondary source of vitamin A, considered a precursor, and is usually present in milk.

Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907 – 2003) was an Indian poet of the Nayi Kavita literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature. He is best known for his early work Madhushala. Prateeksha is one of his famous poems. Writer of Chidambara is Sumitranandan Pant. Kapala Kundala is written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Kamayani is a Hindi epic poem by Jaishankar Prasad.

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe.

The equatorial circumference of Earth is about 40,075 km. However, the meridional circumference (from pole to pole) is about 40,008 km.

The Plural Theory of Sovereignty emphasizes the importance of association. An exponent of pluralist theory Robert Morrison MacIver propounds that state is one of the several human associations, although it exercises unique functions.

Depository services are services in which the securities of investors are kept in an electronic form just as bank keeps all your cash in its account and provides all services related to the transaction of cash, similarly, we help you out in performing the service through a demat account.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya). He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. Yamunacharya renounced kingship and spent his last days in the service of the Lord at Srirangam and in laying the fundamentals of the Vishishta Advaita philosophy by writing four basic works on the subject.

Lord Ripon is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India. His scheme of local self-government developed the Municipal institutions which had been growing up in the country ever since.

Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by Lord Mountbatten. Its members were Vallabh Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liaqat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar.

The Portuguese rule lasted for about 450 years, and heavily influenced Goan culture, cuisine, and architecture. In 1961, the Indian Army invaded and annexed Goa.

The English Education Act 1835 was the Council of India's statutory act, which gave effect to a decision by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, in 1835, to reallocate funds that the British Parliament needed to spend on education and literature in India.

Shock-absorbers are usually made of steel as it has higher elasticity. They are used in vehicles so that the time interval of the jerk increases. Hence, the rate of momentum decreases. Therefore, during the jerk, a lesser force is exerted on the passengers.

Smells travel through the air by a process called diffusion; air particles, and the odour particles within the air, move freely in all directions. They are constantly moving and eventually they spread out through the air around them.

A multimeter is a measuring instrument that can measure multiple electrical properties. A typical multimeter can measure voltage, resistance, and current.

The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory located in Pune. A constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established in 1950. CSIR-NCL is a research and development organization with a focus on chemistry, biology and chemical engineering.

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.