Today’s GK Test Quiz

Although cyclones affect the entire coast of India, the East coast (Bay of Bengal) is more prone as compared to the West coast. Four states - Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and one Union Territory - Pondicherry on the East Coast are most vulnerable to cyclone disasters. Coastal Andhra (Coromandal) is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase food production in order to alleviate hunger and poverty.

The Kalinga war was fought between Ashka and the state of Kalinga 261 BC. The massive bloodshed filled Ashoka with remorse and he adopted Buddhism under the Buddhist monk Upagupta and abandoned the policy of physical conquest and adopted the policy of cultural conquest.

Diphtheria is a highly contagious, infectious disease caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It is a serious bacterial infection that usually affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

The Symphony No.1 was written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of eight years. A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.

Inflammable gas is a gas that burns in the presence of an oxidant when provided with a source of ignition. inflammable gasses can include methane, acetylene, ammonia, hydrogen, propane, and propylene. The risk of a fire starting increases in relation to the amount of gas present.

India won a gold medal in football in an international tournament last in 1962 Jakarta Asian Games.

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

About 2.1% of all of Earth's water is frozen in glaciers. About 70% of Earth's freshwater is stored in glaciers.

Under Section 151 of The Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) preventive detention is an action taken on grounds of suspicion that some wrong actions may be done by the person concerned.

Article 51-A of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties. There are eleven Fundamental Duties are included in the Indian Constitution. The fundamental duties were added by the 42nd Amendment Act of the Constitution in 1976.

The National Development Council (Rashtriya Vikas Parishad) is the apex body for decision creating and deliberations on development matters in India, presided over by the Prime Minister. The Council comprises the Prime Minister, the Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers of all States or their substitutes, representatives of the Union Territories and the members of the NITI Aayog.

Tripitaka is a traditional term used for various Buddhist scriptures. The three pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The Upanishads are late Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hindu philosophy which form the foundations of Hinduism. Angas are 45 sacred Jain texts based on the tirthankara's discourse. The Aranyakas are part of the ancient Indian Vedas.

Inflation is a measure of the rate of rising prices of goods and services in an economy. Increasing the money supply faster than the growth in real output will cause inflation. The reason is that there is more money chasing the same number of goods.

An indirect tax is charged on producers of goods and services and is paid by the consumer indirectly. It is not directly levied on the income of a person. Instead, he/she has to pay the tax along with the price of goods or services bought by the seller. The person paying the tax to the government and the person bearing the liability to pay the tax are thus, two different people.

The Hunter Commission of 1882 was the first Indian Education Commission and the Hunter Commission of 1920 investigated the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh. The government formed a committee of inquiry to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh shootings. The committee was commonly known as Hunter Commission after the name of the chairman, Lord William Hunter.

Communication satellites are used to receive and retransmit communication signals. A satellite is basically a self-contained communications system with the ability to receive signals from Earth and to retransmit those signals back with the use of a transponder—an integrated receiver and transmitter of radio signals.

'Therm' is a non-SI unit of heat energy. 1 therm is equal to 100000 British thermal units (BTU).

Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.

Kazakhstan produces the largest share of uranium from mines (approx 42% of world supply), followed by Canada (13%) and Australia (12%).