Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Idukki Hydroelectric Project is the biggest hydroelectric project in Kerala. It is built on the Periyar River.

The Konkan Railway is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation, with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi and Mangalore. The total length of the line is about 756.25 km.

Dialectics is a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned argumentation.

Chandra Gupta I, king of India (reigned 320 to 330 CE) and founder of the Gupta empire. He was the grandson of Sri Gupta, the first known ruler of the Gupta line.

A unique style of Buddhist sculpture called Gandhara art developed in ancient times in the Gandhara region of the Indian subcontinent. The Gandhara School of art had developed in the first century AD during the reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka.

A snake has a maximum number of ribs. On each vertebra on a snake is a set of ribs, just like a human. Humans have 24 ribs that protect the important organs within, as well as provide structure to house those organs. Snakes have two ribs attached to every single vertebra that they have, meaning that a snake with 200 vertebrae would have 400 ribs.

Amebiasis is an intestinal (bowel) illness caused by a microscopic (tiny) parasite called Entamoeba histolytica, which is spread through human feces (poop).

Brass is a metal alloy primarily composed of copper and zinc. The composition of brass is generally 67% copper and 37% zinc. By varying the amount of copper and zinc, brass can be made harder or softer.

Gunpowder consists of a mixture of nitre (potassium nitrate), sulphur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. The sulphur and charcoal act as fuels while the nitre is an oxidizer.

Lala Amarnath (1911-2000) scored a century in the first-ever Test he played, against England at Mumbai's Gymkhana Ground on 17th December 1933. He is known as the father of Indian Cricket.

The allocation of seats is made on the basis of the population of each State.

The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted on the basis of the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946. The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation.

Gandhiji believed that means Justify end. For Gandhi, the end is satya or truth which requires no justification and the means- ahimsa or non-violence must be justified not only with reference to the end but also in itself. Every act must be justified with reference to satya and ahimsa.

After the recent (2020) mergers of government banks, there are a total of 12 nationalized banks in India. They are: Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and State Bank Of India.

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek is commonly known as the father of microbiology and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists. He discovered bacteria in 1676.

The videotape recorder was invented by Charles Ginsberg in 1951. In 1953, Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki developed a prototype helical scan videotape recorder. Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition.

It was commissioned in the early 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan and was located in the Diwan-i-Khas in the Red Fort of Delhi. The original throne was subsequently captured and taken as a war trophy in 1739 by King Nadir Shah of Iran along with other spoils.

The Congress Socialist Party was a socialist group within the Indian National Congress (INC). It was founded in 1934 by socialists such as Acharya Narendra Dev, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and Minoo Masani.

When the pendulum is taken to the moon, the value of 'g' will decrease and hence time period will increase.

The time increases at a rate of 4 minutes per one degree of longitude, east of the Prime Meridian.