Today’s GK Test Quiz

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. The term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25 biologically rich areas around the world that have lost at least 70 percent of their original habitat. India has four biodiversity hotspots, i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB bacteria spread through the air from one person to another. When a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or speaks, TB bacteria can get into the air. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.

A third molar is commonly known as a wisdom tooth. It is one of the three molars per quadrant of the human dentition. It is the most posterior of the three. The age at which wisdom teeth come through (erupt) is variable, but this generally occurs between late teens and early twenties.

The mixture of Propane (C₃H₈) and Butane (C₄H₁₀) gases is mainly stored as a liquid under pressure in LPG cylinder.

Cooking oil is converted into vegetable ghee by the process of Hydrogenation. Hydrogenation is a process where manufacturers add hydrogen to cooking oil, to turn it into a solid fat at room temperature.

Duncan Passage is a strait in the Indian Ocean. It is located in between South Andaman and Little Andaman. It is about 48 km wide; it separates Rutland Island to the north, and Little Andaman to the south. West of Duncan Passage is the Bay of Bengal; east is the Andaman Sea.

In order to be chosen a member of Parliament (Article 84(b)), a person must be a citizen of India and not less than 30 years of age in the case of Rajya Sabha and not less than 25 years of age in the case of Lok Sabha.

The national income of a country is total productive income. It can be defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a year.

The Qutb Minar 72.5 m tall, built as a celebratory victory tower. The minar is attached to the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque. The construction of Qutb Minar was begun by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1192 and was completed by Iltutmish in 1215.

The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty.

The Battle of Chausa was a notable military engagement between the Mughal emperor, Humayun, and the Afghan, Sher Shah Suri. It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa. Humayun escaped from the battlefield to save his life.

Sant Ramdas was a philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master, who was the political strategist and religious guru (teacher) of Chatrapati Shivaji.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah became disillusioned with politics after the failure of his attempt to form a Hindu-Muslim alliance, and he spent most of the 1920s in Britain. The leadership of the League was taken over by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, who in 1930 first put forward the demand for a separate Muslim state in India.

Partition Committee was formed which was chaired by Lord Mountbatten. Its members were Vallabh Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Liaqat Ali Khan and Abdur Rab Nishtar.

Lord Dufferin's tenure was from 1884 to 1888. During his tenure, the Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885. Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28 to 31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume. Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president. In the first session of the Indian National Congress, some government officials were also present.

The fundamental scientific principle in the operation of a battery is dissociation of electrolytes. In dissociation of electrolytes, the addition of a solvent or of energy in the form of heat causes molecules or crystals of the substance to break up into ions (electrically charged particles).

A nano particle is an ultra fine unit with dimensions measured in nano metres (1 nm = 10⁻⁹ metre).

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 21 July 1960.

The full form of NATO is North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

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.