Today’s GK Test Quiz

Sandy loam rich in organic matter with good drainage is ideal for cultivation of watermelon. This crop requires a moderate warm temperature.

Acetabularia is the biggest single-celled organism. It is genus of single-celled green algae (family Polyphysaceae) found in subtropical seas. The algae are among the largest single-celled organisms and also feature an unusually large nucleus.

The human body is home to millions of microorganisms (microbes). Some microbes make us sick, others are important for our health. The most common types are bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi. Viruses are the most adaptable and versatile microorganisms. Viruses can do nothing until they enter a living cell but when enter a living cell they would be able to multiply.

The process involved in the industrial production of vegetable ghee is reduction. Vegetable ghee is made from cooking oil by hydrogenation. Hydrogenation reaction of unsaturated fatty acids is basically the reaction where the hydrogen gets added in the double bond of the alkene or alkyne in presence of nickel. Nickel acts like a catalyst in solid-state.

Photochemical smog is a mixture of pollutants that are formed when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react to sunlight, creating a brown haze above cities. The major chemical pollutants in Photochemical smog are NO and NO₂, VOCs, Ozone (O₃) and PAN (Peroxyacetyl Nitrate).

Cobalt oxide (Co₃O₄) imparts a deep blue colour to the glass. Before the glass can cool and solidify, cobalt can be added to the mixture to give the glass a deep blue colour.

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympics Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won gold in the Men's 10-metre air rifle event. KD Jadhav is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal (bronze) for an individual event (men's freestyle bantamweight) at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Colourado, a western USA state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colourado River.

Isobars are lines on a weather map that join places that have the same air pressure at a particular time.

In order to get formal recognition in either upper or lower houses, the concerned party (not an alliance) must have at least 10% (1/10th) of the total strength of the house.

Article 32 deals with the 'Right to Constitutional Remedies', or affirms the right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution. Article 32 is the protector of the rights of the citizens of India and is regarded as the 'heart and soul of the constitution'.

Article 1 of the constitution of India describes India as A Union of States. This article states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases. The term progressive refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer's average tax rate is less than the person's marginal tax rate.

Economists and statisticians use several methods to track economic growth. The most well-known and frequently tracked is the gross domestic product (GDP).

The Government of India (Ministry of Finance) has the sole right to mint coins. The responsibility for coinage vests with the Government of India in terms of the Coinage Act 1906. The Reserve Bank puts the coins into circulation on behalf of the Government of India.

Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The basis for vaccination began in 1796 when He noticed that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox were protected from smallpox.

Magnetism in materials is due to circular motion of electrons. Magnetism is caused by the motion of electric charges. Every substance is made up of tiny units called atoms. Each atom has electrons, particles that carry electric charges. Spinning like tops, the electrons circle the nucleus, or core, of an atom.

The function of ball bearings in a wheel is to convert kinetic friction (sliding friction) into rolling friction.

As per the census of India 2011, the most densely populated State in India is Bihar (1,106) followed by West Bengal (1,028) and Kerala (860). National Capital Region area of Delhi possesses the highest population density among the states of India having a statistic of 11,297 per square kilometre, the state of Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest record of population density having just 17 per square kilometre.

Hasrat Mohani was a great freedom fighter. He gave the revolutionary slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' during the country's freedom struggle in 1921. After bombing the Central Assembly in Delhi the slogan was shouted by Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh popularized this slogan during the late 1920s through his speeches and writings.