Today’s GK Test Quiz

The concept of “survival of the fittest” was first advocated by Herbert Spencer in his book “The Principles of Biology”. In this book, Spencer introduced the expression survival of the fittest, in the sense of the most appropriate to its environment.

Dengue viruses (DENV) are the causative organism of dengue fever. They are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.

Nerve cell is the longest cell in the human body. It is made of billion neurons. The largest cell in the human body is ovum (egg cell). Smallest cell in the human body is gametes (sperm cell). The largest cells is an egg cell of ostrich.

Amebiasis is an intestinal (bowel) illness caused by a microscopic (tiny) parasite called Entamoeba histolytica, which is spread through human feces (poop).

Cadmium does not react with water to produce Hydrogen. The alkali metals (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr) are the most reactive metals in the periodic table - they all react vigorously or even explosively with cold water, resulting in the displacement of hydrogen.

The raw materials used for the manufacture of glass are 71 percent silica (sand), 14 percent soda ash (sodium carbonate), 11 percent limestone (calcium) and 4 percent other ingredients. These raw materials are melted at very high temperature to form a new material 'glass'.

Article 317 of the Indian Constitution deals with the Removal and suspension of a member of a Public Service Commission. As per this article, The Chairman or any other member of UPSC shall only be removed from his/her office by order of the President of India on the basis of an inquiry and report by the Supreme Court.

Article 1 of the constitution of India describes India as A Union of States. This article states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

A one-party state is a type of unitary state in which only one political party has the right to form the government. Despotism is possible in a One-party state as single entity rules with absolute power.

Printing of currency notes in India is done on the basis of Minimum Reserve System (MRS). This system is applicable in India since 1956. Under the MRS, the RBI has to keep a minimum reserve of ₹200 crore comprising of gold coin and gold bullion and foreign currencies. Out of the total ₹200 crores, ₹115 crore should be in the form of gold coins or gold bullion and the rest in the form of foreign currencies.

An open market operation (OMO) is an activity by a central bank (RBI) to give liquidity in its currency to a bank or a group of banks.

IMF (established in 1944), WHO (established in 1948), ILO (established in 1919) and FAO (established in 1945) are United Nations agencies.

The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22-23 October 1764, between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. The battle resulted in the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad, in which the Mughal Emperor surrendered sovereignty of Bengal to the British.

The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T=2π√(l/g). The value of g is less on the moon than that on the surface of the earth. So T increases. Hence, the time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would increase.

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Shrimp is a kind of fish. It is a small sea creature with a shell and a lot of legs that turns pink when you cook it. The Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh is known as the 'Shrimp Capital of India'. Nellore has the best and the most cultured shrimp farming in India. Mazatlan, Mexico is the shrimp capital of the world.

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a Government. On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India. Britain's Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in the Indian diet.

Bamboo is not tree but grass. However, the Indian Forest Act, 1927 considered it a tree. The Dragon bamboo also known as Giant Bamboo or Giant Burmese Bamboo- Dendrocalamus giganteus is the tallest known Grass in the world.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China is the world's biggest hydroelectric facility.

Plato, Machiavelli and Herbert Spencer are thinkers who influenced Fascism. The Greek philosopher Plato supported many similar political positions to fascism. Niccolo Machiavelli is known to have influenced Italian Fascism, particularly through his promotion of the absolute authority of the state.