Today’s GK Test Quiz

The greatest development of the Kushana period was in the field of art. Gandhara School of art had developed during the reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka.

Kanishka (flourished 1st-century CE) was the greatest king of the Kushan Dynasty. Nagarjuna (Born 150 CE, Buddhist thinker and philosopher); Asvagosha (Born 80 CE, Buddhist philosopher) and Vasumitra (Reign: 131–124 BCE, Fourth ruler of the Shunga Empire) were contemporaries of Kanishka.

There are two main types of cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad” cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is considered to be the best cholesterol because it helps remove other forms of cholesterol from the bloodstream.

In Bacteria generally hormone is not found but it can produce hormones that can affect host metabolism, immunity and behavior.

Due to Vitamin D deficiency, the limb bones of children become bent. Vitamin D deficiency can cause children to get rickets. Rickets is a disease that causes thin, weak and deformed bones. In adults, not having enough vitamin D and calcium causes osteoporosis (loss of bone density) and can lead to fractures.

Bullets contain lead, and once in the body, it can cause lead poisoning. Most pistol bullets are made of a lead-antimony alloy encased in a soft brass or copper-plated soft steel jacket. In rifle and machine-gun bullets, a soft core of lead is encased in a harder jacket of steel or cupronickel.

A limnic eruption (lake overturn) is a natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, forming a gas cloud capable of suffocating wildlife, livestock, and humans.

Detergents are better cleansing agents than soaps because they can be used even with hard water. Detergents contain ammonium or sulphonate salts of long-chain carboxylic acids, they are better than soaps. With calcium and magnesium present in hard water, the charged ends of these will not precipitate. Soaps, on the other hand, will precipitate with the calcium and magnesium ions in hard water.

The isotope ²³⁵U is important because under certain conditions it can readily be split, yielding a lot of energy. It is therefore said to be 'fissile' and we use the expression 'nuclear fission'.

A geyser is a spring characterized by an intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam.

Article 17 of the Indian constitution mainly deals with the account of untouchability. This article states that “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

Cheap money means low rates of interest. Cheap money is money that can be borrowed with a very low-interest rate or price for borrowing.

Only once was the term of the Lok Sabha extended up to 6 years. This can happen in case of a National Emergency. The term of the fifth Lok Sabha was supposed to end on 18 March 1976 but was extended by one year up to 18 March 1977 by the House of the People (Extension of Duration) Act, 1976.

Infrastructure investments are a form of real assets, which contain physical assets we see in everyday life like bridges, roads, highways, railways, sewage systems, telecommunication or energy.

Consumer sovereignty is a theory that states the fact that consumers have the power to determine which products or services are actually produced in a given economy. It is an idea that places the customer's preferences in the centre of the product development funnel.

The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was the second Satyagraha movement after the Champaran Satyagraha aimed to support the cotton mill workers.

Diamonds are glittering and attractive because light incident on them undergoes multiple internal reflections. Most of the light rays approaching the surface of a diamond are incident with an angle of incidence more than critical angle. Hence, they suffer multiple reflections and ultimately come out of diamond from the top. This gives the diamond a sparking brilliance.

When a ship enters the sea from a river it rises a little because seawater has more density than river water. Due to the higher density of seawater, the upthrust produced by the seawater on the ship is greater as compared to that produced by river water.

TRAI stands for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. It is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India.

The National School of Drama (NSD) is one of the foremost theatre training institutions in the world and the only one of its kind in India. It is situated in Delhi.