Today’s GK Test Quiz

Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the hinterland is the inland region lying behind a port and is claimed by the state that owns the coast. Mumbai has a vast hinterland covering the whole of Maharashtra and large parts of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan.

“Your Perfect Banking Partner” is the slogan of Federal Bank.

Radio-immunoassay (RIA) is a therapy used to detect antibody hormones present in blood samples. It is an immunoassay that uses radiolabeled molecules in the stepwise formation of immune complexes.

Cirrhosis is usually a result of liver damage from conditions such as hepatitis B or C, or chronic alcohol use. Heavy metals like copper may exacerbate liver damage. The toxicity of copper can result in brain damage, liver failure, or death if it is not treated.

Noble gas (also called inert gases) is any of the seven chemical elements that exhibit great stability and extremely low reaction rates. The elements are helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon (Rn), and oganesson (Og). Hydrogen is not a noble gas.

Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) was an English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the electron (1897). Electron was discovered by him when he was studying the properties of the cathode rays.

The ratio of pure gold in 18-carat gold is 75 percent. 'Caratage' is the measurement of purity of gold alloyed with other metals. 24 carat is pure gold with no other metals. Lower caratages contain less gold; 18-carat gold contains 75 percent gold and 25 percent other metals, often copper or silver.

Anthracite is the highest grade and best equality coal. It is a hard, very low content of volatile compact variety of coal that has a high luster. It has the highest carbon content (92.1% to 98%), the fewest impurities, and the highest calorific content.

Epicentre, point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.

Venus is the brightest planet in our Solar System. It can be seen with the unaided eye from Earth.

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.

Under the Seventh Schedule (Article 246) of the Indian Constitution, there are three lists – Union List, State List and Concurrent List. These Lists specify the divisions of power between the Union and States. The Union List has 100 (it originally had 97) subjects, the State List has 61 (it originally had 66) subjects and the Concurrent List has 52 (it originally had 47) numbered topics.

The break-even point (BEP) is the point at which total cost and total revenue are equal, i.e. “even”. In investing, the break-even point is said to be achieved when the market price of an asset is the same as its original cost.

Rabindranath Tagore is said to have used this title for Gandhi on 6 March 1915.

The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement, best described by his call to Do or Die.

It was the Danish astronomer, Olaus Roemer, who, in 1676, first successfully measured the speed of light. His method was based on observations of the eclipses of the moons of Jupiter.

Water and petrol are immiscible with each other and petrol which forms the upper layer continues to burn. Water is heavier than petrol, petrol will come above the water and continue the contact with the atmosphere (oxygen).

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.

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.

Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.