Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanapeeth Trust, a literary and research organisation.

Commercially important cotton fibres are epidermal hairs of seeds. The cotton is found to grow around the seed coat of the cotton (Gossypium) plant.

The mineral constituent of chlorophyll is Magnesium (Mg). The chlorophyll molecule consists of a central magnesium atom surrounded by a nitrogen-containing structure called a porphyrin ring; attached to the ring is a long carbon-hydrogen side chain, known as a phytol chain. Other elements (not minerals) like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen are also present in chlorophyll.

“Vaishnava Jana To...” is a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language.

Graphite is used in pencil lead because it is soft and leaves an impression on the paper and cleans easily between the layers. It has layered structure layers are held by van der Waal forces.

Radioactive disintegration of uranium ultimately results in formation of lead. The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years. It decays into radium-226, which in turn decays into radon-222. Radon-222 becomes polonium-210, which finally decays into a stable nuclide, lead.

Condensation point is a temperature at which gas changes to liquid. Generally, boiling point is same as condensation point. The boiling and freezing points of helium are lower than those of any other known substance.

The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state of Bihar by the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act of 1947. It was a continued legacy of local self-government started by Lord Ripon in the British era. Rajasthan was the first state to introduce the panchayat system in India after independence. Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru inaugurated the three-tier Panchayati Raj System on 2nd October 1959 in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.

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.

When the quantity of supply of goods matches the demand for goods, it is called the equilibrium price.

NSSO (national sample survey organization) is the organization under the ministry of statistics of the government of India. It conducts socio-economic surveys on various subjects like employment, consumer expenditure, health, unemployment, and medical services, etc.

The law of demand states that other factors remain constant, price and quantity demand of any good and service are inversely related to each other. When the price of a product increases, the demand for the same product will fall.

According to the UN Charter, Article 23, the Security Council consists of fifteen Members of the United Nations. It has five permanent members (China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and ten non-permanent members elected by the UN General Assembly for two-year terms.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale met Gandhiji in South Africa. He was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.

A battery is a DC voltage source that converts chemical energy to electrical energy. The chemical reactions in a battery involve the flow of electrons from one material (electrode) to another, through an external circuit.

A cylindrical lens can be used to treat astigmatism. Astigmatism is a condition that results in the abnormal curvature of your cornea or the lens of your eye.

The Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay On 28 December 1885. A.O. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee was elected president.

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According to the FAO, agriculture leads to around 80% of deforestation. Due to the overgrowing demand for food products, a huge amount of trees are felled to grow crops, and 33% of agriculture-caused deforestation is because of subsistence agriculture.