Today’s GK Test Quiz

Gibbons are apes which live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast India to southern China and Indonesia.

Belgium is known as the 'Cockpit of Europe' because it is where the largest number of European battles have taken place in history.

Jawahar Tunnel is a road tunnel in Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It has been operational since 22 December 1956.

Terminator seeds, also called suicide seeds, contain genetically engineered properties to prevent multiplication. It is a seed that is genetically modified so that any crops grown from it do not produce fertile seeds. Because the crops produce sterile seeds, farmers need to buy a new batch of seeds every year rather than using the traditional farming method of saving, reusing and sharing seeds.

According to WHO, the Bird Flu virus cannot be transmitted through food cooked beyond 70 degrees Celsius.

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 state of Jammu and Kashmir was given temporary provisions (special status) by Article 370 of the Constitution of India. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked this status under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. At the same time, a reorganisation act was also passed, which would reconstitute the state into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana.

During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in Agriculture. This era saw the introduction and proliferation of many crops as cash crops such as Indigo, cotton, jute, tea, tobacco.

Devaluation reduces the cost of a country's exports, rendering them more competitive in the global market, which, in turn, increases the cost of imports.

Operating Surplus arises in the Enterprise Sector. The operating surplus of an enterprise measures the difference between revenue and expenditure - i.e. the surplus or deficit - accruing from production.

₹50 among Mahatma Gandhi Series of currency notes issued by the RBI has a drawing of the Parliament House depicted on it.

Gross domestic product (GDP) at factor cost is GDP at market prices minus net indirect taxes plus subsidies.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru were associated with the Lahore conspiracy case.

Dyarchy is a system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India.

In a rechargeable cell, chemical energy is stored within the cell. Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules. Batteries, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and coal are examples of chemical energy.

An integrated circuit (IC) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon. IC can function as an amplifier, oscillator, timer, microprocessor, or even computer memory.

Interference may be defined as waves emerging from two different sources, producing different wave-fronts. It is demonstrated by the light reflected from a film of oil floating on water. Another example is the thin film of a soap bubble, which reflects a spectrum of beautiful colours when illuminated by natural or artificial light sources.

As per the Census 2011 India, the most populated state in India is Uttar Pradesh with a population of 19.96 crores. Sikkim is the least populous state of India. The total population of Sikkim is 610,577. The state with Lowest Population Density is Arunachal Pradesh.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.