Today’s GK Test Quiz

South Africa is the world's largest producer of manganese followed by China, Australia, Gabon, Brazil and India respectively.

Aristotle was a Greek scientist and a philosopher who said: “A good citizen makes a good state and a bad citizen makes a bad state”.

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It is the nerve tissue where no cell division occurs after birth. Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells with the same genetic material. There are two types of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. There is absence of centrioles in the nerve cells and because of this they are unable to perform mitosis and meiosis and hence these cells do not divide.

“The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” is a book by English economist John Maynard Keynes. It was published in 1936. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology – the “Keynesian Revolution”.

The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are synthetic). Bacteria are responsible for both the production and consumption of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄).

Dry powder fire extinguishers contain sand and sodium bicarbonate. It sprays a very fine powder of sand and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃, baking soda) or potassium bicarbonate (KHCO₃) or monoammonium phosphate ((NH₄)H₂PO₄).

In general, the surface temperature decreases with increasing distance from the sun. Venus is an exception because its dense atmosphere acts as a greenhouse and heats the surface to above the melting point of lead, about 471 degrees Celsius.

Our Constitution provides that Parliament shall consist of the President and the two Houses known respectively as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). The power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha vests with the President.

Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Nyaya Panchayat (Justice panchayat) are the institutions of the Panchayati Raj System. A cooperative society is a voluntary association of individuals having common needs who join hands for the achievement of common economic interests.

Fiscal policy refers to the use of the government budget to affect the economy. This includes government spending and levied taxes. In deficit financing, a government spends more money than it receives as revenue, the difference being made up by borrowing or minting new funds.

A commercial bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits, offers checking and savings account services, and makes loans. A commercial bank can grant a loan only if it has the permission of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Monetary policy is the policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation (RBI) to control either the interest rate payable for very short-term borrowing (borrowing by banks from each other to meet their short-term needs) or the money supply, often as an attempt to reduce inflation or the interest rate, to ensure price stability and general trust of the value and stability of the nation's currency.

A new coin called the 'Rupia' was issued by Sher Shah Suri in 1540-45. Today, the Reserve Bank of India issues currency under the RBI Act 1934.

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

The civil disobedience movement commenced with the Dandi March when Gandhi left the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad on foot with 78 other members of the Ashram for Dandi on 12 March 1930. After reaching Dandi, Gandhi broke the salt law.

The full form of ISRO is Indian Space Research Organization. It is the space agency of the Indian government and has its headquarters in Bengaluru.

Odontologists combine the work of a dentist, a forensic scientist and a police investigator. While a dentist specializes in treating teeth, including filling cavities and removing damaged teeth, while an odontologist focuses on studying teeth, not treating them.

RAF stands for “Rapid Action Force”. It is a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of India to deal with riot and crowd control situations.

The Nuremberg Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Trials (1945–1948) Following World War II, the victorious Allied governments established the first international criminal tribunals to prosecute high-level political officials and military authorities for war crimes and other wartime atrocities.