Today’s GK Test Quiz

Patna is the northern-most city among the given cities/towns.

India lies in the Northern hemisphere, with the mainland extending between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E. Since India lies in Asia, which is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Bihar is not the leading state in groundnut production.

It is believed that the Saka Era was founded by King Kanishka in 78 AD. Kanishka the Great, was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. V. Shantaram was awarded in 1986, Raj Kapoor was awarded in 1988 and Lata Mangeshkar was awarded in 1989 by Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Mukesh Bhatt is not a recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Vertebrae is a series of bones that form the spinal column (backbone) of all vertebrates. The average person is born with 33 vertebrae that interact and connect with each other through flexible joints called facets. By the time a person becomes an adult most have only 24-26 vertebrae because some vertebrae at the bottom end of the spine fuse together during normal growth and development.

“Plant - Rabbit - Tiger” represents a food chain involving a producer, a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian.

The natural source of hydrocarbon is Crude oil. A hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons that exists as a liquid in underground geologic formations.

The orbits of the planets are ellipses with the Sun at one focus, though all except Mercury are very nearly circular. The orbits of the planets are all more or less in the same plane (called the ecliptic and defined by the plane of the Earth's orbit).

The Fundamental Duty, given in Article 51A of the Indian Constitution clearly mentions the duty of the citizen to protect the environment. As of now, there are 11 Fundamental duties.

The 8th Schedule to the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages: 1. Assamese, 2. Bengali, 3. Gujarati, 4. Hindi, 5. Kannada, 6. Kashmiri, 7. Konkani, 8. Malayalam, 9. Manipuri, 10. Marathi, 11. Nepali, 12. Oriya, 13. Punjabi, 14. Sanskrit, 15. Sindhi, 16. Tamil, 17. Telugu, 18. Urdu 19. Bodo, 20. Santhali, 21. Maithili and 22. Dogri.

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.

Export diversification refers to the move from “traditional” to “non-traditional” exports. Diversification helps countries to hedge against adverse terms of trade shocks by stabilizing export revenues.

British India's first telegraph line and office was opened in October 1851, between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour along the busy shipping route on the Hooghly. Telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was started in 1853, and this was further connected to Bombay and Madras.

4. Treaty of Salbai (17 May 1782); 3. Treaty of Seringapatam (18 March 1792); 2. Treaty of Bassein (31 Dec 1802); 1. Treaty of Amritsar (16 March 1846)

Charles John Canning was the governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction in that colony.

With a view to improving the condition of peasants, Curzon opened some banks, passed the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900 and the Cooperative Credit Societies Act in 1904, framed the 'Suspension and Remissions Resolution' in 1905, established an Imperial Agriculture Department and established an Agriculture Research.

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.

Ventilation is mainly used to control indoor air quality, temperature, humidity, and air motion. It is provided near the ceiling of the room because the exhaled warmer air rises up and goes out.

Chandni Chowk (Delhi) is the smallest Parliamentary Constituency in India in terms of area (Total area: 10 sq km). Lakshadweep is the smallest Parliamentary Constituency in terms of electors (Number of Electors: 49,922).