Today’s GK Test Quiz

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. With support from JRD Tata, TIFR was founded on 1 June 1945. Homi Jehangir Bhabha was the founder director and professor of physics at TIFR.

The 'Kannauj assembly' organised by Harsha (Harshavardhana) was held in honour of Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang in 643 AD. Harshavardhana was a Mahayana Buddhist. He organised this assembly to popularise the Mahayana sect of Buddhism.

The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the Guptas. During Gupta period education flourished and many great discoveries were made in these fields. Aryabhatta and Varahamihira, the two great mathematicians contributed to the field of Vedic Mathematics.

Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality and contribution to the emergence of art in India remains unquestionable.

Pulitzer Prize is awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher and is administered by Columbia University.

Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542) was an Indian Sufi poet. He wrote in the Awadhi language, which is an Eastern Hindi language of the Indo-Aryan branch spoken in northern India (Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh). He composed Akhari Kalam and Padmavat.

The gas that is used in the manufacture of vanaspati ghee is hydrogen. Hydrogenation is a process where manufacturers add hydrogen to a liquid fat, such as vegetable oil, to turn it into a solid fat at room temperature.

Gypsum is a mineral and is hydrated calcium sulphate in chemical form. It slows down the hydration process of cement once it is mixed with water. It is mainly used for preventing the rapid setting of cement.

Heavy water (D₂O) is water that contains heavy hydrogen - also known as deuterium - in place of regular hydrogen. The boiling point of heavy water (101.4°C ) is higher than that of ordinary water (100°C). The density of heavy water (1.11 g/cm³) is higher than that of ordinary water (1.00 g/cm³). The freezing point of heavy water (3.8°C) is higher than that of ordinary water (0°C).

A country is landlocked if it has no access to any oceans or seas. As an example, Austria is landlocked. France is not landlocked because it has access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. A sea is also landlocked if does not have access to an ocean. As an example, the Aral Sea is landlocked.

Four major types of air masses that influence the weather in North America are: Maritime Tropical (mT), Maritime Polar (mP), Continental Tropical (cT) and Continental Polar (cP). The climate of North America is influenced during winter by the Continental Polar air mass. The most common example of continental polar air entering the U.S. comes in winter, when the jet stream dips southward, carrying cold, dry cP air, sometimes as far south as Florida. When it moves across the Great Lakes region, cP air can trigger lake effect snow.

The Supreme Court of India has Original, Appellate and Advisory Jurisdiction. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over all the courts and tribunals in India. Under Article 143 the Supreme Court of India has got the Advisory Jurisdiction under which it may advise the President of India on matters which are related to public importance.

Charles John Canning was the governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction in that colony.

Tanzania is located east of Africa's Great Lakes north of Mozambique and south of Kenya, it has a coastline at the Indian Ocean in the east. Tanzania has two capitals, Dar-es-Salaam (executive) and Dodoma (legislative).

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.

Bachendri Pal, an Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Santosh Yadav is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.

With only a 21 sq. km area, Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind Vatican City and Monaco. It is the smallest republic.

Infrastructure sector includes power, bridges, dams, roads, and urban infrastructure development. Food production is not in the infrastructure sector.

On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed.