Today’s GK Test Quiz

colour blindness, inability to distinguish one or more of the three colours red, green, and blue. A man with colour blindness will see red as Green.

Blood pressure is controlled by Adrenal gland. Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress and other essential functions. Adrenal glands are composed of two parts — the cortex and the medulla — which are each responsible for producing different hormones.

The average normal body temperature is generally accepted as 98.6°F (37°C).

Hickey's Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper (English-language) published in India. It was first published on 29th January 1780 by James Augustus Hickey under the British Raj.

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

Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a secondary pollutant present in photochemical smog. It is thermally unstable and decomposes into peroxyethanoyl radicals and nitrogen dioxide gas. It is a lachrymatory substance, meaning that it irritates the lungs and eyes.

Smoke is formed due to solid dispersed in gas. Smoke is a collection of tiny unburnt particles. It is a collection of tiny solid, liquid and gas particles — mostly carbon (soot), tar, oils and ash. Here solid acts as a dispersed phase and gas acts as a dispersed medium.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter (beyond the conventional solids, liquids and gases). It is an ionized gas consisting of approximately equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles.

The maximum permitted length of a cricket bat is 38 inches (965 mm) and the maximum permitted width is 4.25 inches (108 mm).

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

In the U.S.A. the President is elected by the Universal Adult Franchise. The Electoral College is the formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Article 243 as it is today, of the Constitution of India was inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-Third) Amendment Act, 1992. This Amendment has added a new part IX consisting of 16 Articles and the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution. It provides for a 3-tier Panchayat system, which would be constituted in every state at the village level, intermediate level and district level.

“Supply creates its own demand” was said by JB Say. If a businessman produces a good, then he will be keen to sell it. This production creates wages for workers and income for the businessman. Therefore, the production has increased wealth and leads to demand for other goods.

The current account balance of payments is a record of a country's international transactions with the rest of the world. The nation's current account is its imports, exports, net income, asset income, and direct transfers. Short-term commercial borrowings is not included in the current account of India's Balance of Payments.

A liquid asset is an asset that can easily be converted into cash in a short amount of time. Liquid assets include things like cash, money market instruments, and marketable securities. Government securities are quickly and easily marketable.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. ICJ is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. It was established in June 1945. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during Home Rule Movement. He was given the title, 'Lokmanya', which means 'accepted by the people' by his followers.

The oldest type of energy known to man is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is heat (thermal) derived from the earth (geo). Archaeological evidence shows that the first human use of geothermal resources in North America occurred more than 10,000 years ago with the settlement of Paleo-Indians at hot springs.

When a body is taken from earth to moon, weight changes but mass remains same. An object's weight is dependent on its mass and how strongly gravity pulls on it. The strength of gravity depends on how far away one object is from another. That's why the same object weighs different amounts on different planets.

Sam Manekshaw was the first field marshal of India, and was conferred the rank on 1 January 1973. The second was Kodandera M. Cariappa, who was conferred the rank on 15 January 1986.