Today’s GK Test Quiz

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east.

disguised unemployment is also known as hidden unemployment. This refers to a situation where labour that is employed in a job is not actually utilised for the production of goods and services. Seasonal unemployment is when people who work in seasonal jobs become unemployed when demand for labour decreases.

Typhoid is not transmitted via blood transfusion. It is a highly contagious disease that's mostly spread through fecal contamination of food and water.

The pituitary gland is a small organ at the base of the brain. It produces and releases several hormones that help carry out important bodily functions. Through secretion of its hormones, the pituitary gland controls metabolism, growth, sexual maturation, reproduction, blood pressure and many other vital physical functions and processes.

Natural radioactivity was discovered by Antoine Henri Becquerel. Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity through his investigations of uranium and other substances. In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie.

West Indies batsman Brian Lara has the highest individual score in Test cricket. He scored 400 not out against England in 2004 to surpass the innings of 380 by Matthew Hayden six months earlier.

Thorium occurs in the minerals thorite, thorianite, orangite, and yttrocrasite, and in monazite sand. Thorium content of monazite is variable and sometimes can be up to 20–30%.

The term Fourth Estate or fourth power refers to the press and news media both in the explicit capacity of advocacy and implicit ability to frame political issues. LEGISLATIVE is the First Estate (the body which makes laws), EXECUTIVE is the Second Estate (executes and enforces laws) and the Third Estate is JUDICIARY (works to protect laws) of democracy.

Indian Constitution originally had eight schedules. Four more schedules were added by different amendments, now making a total tally of twelve.

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in all democracies, the Indian Armed Forces are controlled by the elected political leadership of the Nation - The Government of India.

Supreme Court is the final interpreter, protector and guardian of the Indian Constitution. It is the highest judicial forum and ultimate or final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax used in India on the supply of goods and services. The GST is imposed at every step in the production process, but is meant to be refunded to all parties in the various stages of production other than the final consumer.

Inflation can be controlled by a contractionary monetary policy is one common method of managing inflation. A contractionary policy aims to reduce the supply of money within an economy by lowering the prices of bonds, rising interest rates and rising tax rates.

Antarctica does not have any world cultural heritage site recognised by UNESCO.

On 15 May 1952, after the first general elections in independent India, Mavalankar, who was representing Ahmedabad for Congress, was elected the Speaker of the first Lok Sabha.

Hicky's Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper published on the Indian subcontinent. It was founded in Calcutta, capital of British India at the time, by Irishman James Augustus Hicky in 1779.

The air layer between two shirts behaves like insulating media. Air in general is a good thermal insulator, but it can transmit heat through convection. However, if the air pockets inside the insulating material are separated from each other, heat flow from one air pocket to another cannot happen easily.

A sling psychrometer can be used to find relative humidity, which is expressed as a percentage.

On 16th April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km.

The Ancient University of Nalanda had been founded by the Gupta Dynasty in the 4th century. It was founded during the reign of Kumaragupta. It was located in the historical city of Rajgir in Bihar.