Today’s GK Test Quiz

“Your Perfect Banking Partner” is the slogan of Federal Bank.

Indian Air Force Academy is a Defence Service training institute located in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Academy was established in 1969 and started operations in 1971.

Sporozoite is the infective stage of the Malarial Parasite. Malaria infection begins when an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, injecting Plasmodium parasites, in the form of sporozoites, into the bloodstream. The sporozoites pass quickly into the human liver. The sporozoites multiply in the liver cells, causing no symptoms.

Hypothalamus is the gland that holds the body's thermostat. It is involved in different daily activities like eating or drinking, in the control of the body's temperature and energy maintenance, and in the process of memorizing and in stress control. It acts as the body's smart control coordinating centre.

Bharatanatyam is thought to have been created by Bharata Muni, who wrote the Natya Shastra. It is said to be originated in Thanjavoor of Tamil Nadu.

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.

High octane fuel contains high content of lead. If tetraethyl lead, Pb(CH₂CH₃)₄, was put into petrol, particles of lead and lead oxide PbO are formed on combustion. This helps the petrol to burn more slowly and smoothly, preventing knocking and giving higher Octane ratings.

Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere.

After a general election and formation of a new government, a list of senior Lok Sabha members prepared by the Legislative Section is submitted to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who selects a protem speaker. The appointment has to be approved by the President. The main duty of the protem speaker is to administer the oath of office to new members of the house.

The National Development Council (Rashtriya Vikas Parishad) is the apex body for decision creating and deliberations on development matters in India, presided over by the Prime Minister. The Council comprises the Prime Minister, the Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers of all States or their substitutes, representatives of the Union Territories and the members of the NITI Aayog.

The sarod is a stringed instrument, used mainly in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. The conventional sarod is a 17 to 25-stringed lute-like instrument — four to five main strings used for playing the melody, one or two drone strings, two chikari strings and nine to eleven sympathetic strings.

Per capita income or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita income is national income divided by population size.

A prime cost is the total direct costs of production, including raw materials and labour. Indirect costs, such as utilities, manager salaries, and delivery costs, are not included in prime costs. The prime cost equation is equal to the cost of raw materials plus direct labour. All the prime costs are variable costs and they are directly attributable. They do not include indirect variable costs and any fixed costs.

Hicky's Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper published on the Indian subcontinent. It was founded in Calcutta, capital of British India at the time, by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779.

The two states which had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were Bengal and Punjab. In Bengal, Muslim league and Krishak Praja party made the government and in Punjab, the government was made by the Unionists and Muslim league after the elections.

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.

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

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The euro is the official currency for 19 of the 27 European Union (EU) member countries.

Gol Gumbaz is the tomb of king Mohammed Adil Shah. It is in Bijapur, Karnataka. Construction of the tomb was started in 1626 and was completed in 1656.