Today’s GK Test Quiz

Tobacco, tapioca and pineapple cultivation was introduced to India by Portuguese.

The medical term used for sleeplessness is Insomnia. It is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep or cause to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep.

The atom bomb is discovered by German chemist Otto Hahn. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and godfather of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium.

Soda water is a carbonated drink where CO₂ is dissolved in water to form carbonic acid, hence it is acidic in nature.

The maximum strength of the House is 552 members - 530 members to represent the States, 20 members to represent the Union Territories, and 2 members to be nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian Community.

A smaller part of their income

The Kamakhya Temple is situated on Nilachal Hill in the western part of Guwahati city in Assam.

The World Bank Chennai is the extension of the World Bank headquartered in Washington, DC. The Chennai office offers corporate financial, accounting, administrative and IT services for the Bank's offices in around 150 countries.

A budgetary deficit is referred to as the situation in which the spending is more than the income. budgetary deficit is met by the net addition of the treasury bills issued by the RBI and drawing down of cash balances kept with the RBI. So when it is estimated, drawing down of cash balances is excluded.

According to Keynes interest is purely a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is a payment in money and for money. Interest is a reward for parting with liquid for specified period.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance, founded in 2001 in Shanghai, China. The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).

Herodotus (484-425/413 BCE) was a Greek writer who invented the field of study known today as history. He was called 'The Father of History' by the Roman writer and orator Cicero for his famous work The Histories.

The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–1932 were a series of peace conferences organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India.

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.

A parabolic concave mirror is used in torches and car headlamps as reflectors. This type of mirror is capable of directing the light at a particular point as they have converging power. These mirrors provide clear visibility.

The sounds having a frequency range of 20Hz to 20kHz are known as audible sounds. All the frequencies residing between the limit of 20Hz and 20KHz can be perceived by human beings.

Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (Islamic law) and the Qur'an.

The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory located in Pune. A constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established in 1950. CSIR-NCL is a research and development organization with a focus on chemistry, biology and chemical engineering.

Darwin finches are a group of about 18 species of passerine birds. They are well known for their remarkable diversity in beak form and function. They are often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae.

The depletion of the ozone layer leads to the formation of the ozone hole which is maximum over Antarctica. The ozone hole has developed because people have polluted the atmosphere with chemicals containing chlorine and bromine.