Today’s GK Test Quiz

Jharia coalfield is a large coal field located in Jharia, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the largest coal reserves in India having estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of coking coal.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he also became known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology.

The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, established in 1960, is one of the constituent labouratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), dedicated to R&D in the hydrocarbon sector.

Ajanta Paintings belong to the period 2nd century BCE to 7th century CE. These paintings are mainly religious in their content depicting Buddhism.

Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a disinfectant. It is an active agent which is used to kill germs and bacteria in drinking water. The main content of the bleaching powder is the Chlorine element which acts as the main disinfectant material.

Methylated spirit is a mixture of ethyl alcohol (95%) and methyl alcohol (%5). The methyl alcohol is poisonous and is added to prevent the methylated spirits from being used as cheap drinking alcohol.

Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Boron and Cadmium are strong neutron absorbers and are the most common materials used in control rods.

Heavy water (D₂O) is water that contains heavy hydrogen - also known as deuterium - in place of regular hydrogen. The boiling point of heavy water (101.4°C ) is higher than that of ordinary water (100°C). The density of heavy water (1.11 g/cm³) is higher than that of ordinary water (1.00 g/cm³). The freezing point of heavy water (3.8°C) is higher than that of ordinary water (0°C).

Ultraviolet radiation striking the earth is due to the depletion of ozone. The ozone layer in the stratosphere absorbs a portion of the radiation from the sun, preventing it from reaching the planet's surface. Most importantly, it absorbs the portion of UV light called UVB.

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion.

From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610.

The best estimate for Earth's age is based on radiometric dating of fragments from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite. From the fragments, scientists calculated the relative abundances of elements that formed as radioactive uranium decayed over billions of years.

The Supreme Court is a central authority body and is responsible for the protection of citizens Fundamental rights.

Mungara Yamini Krishnamurthy is an Indian dancer of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi styles of dancing. Bharatanatyam is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu.

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Inventory is the accounting of items, component parts and raw materials a company uses in production or sells.

Bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called demand deposits. A demand deposit account (DDA) is a bank account from which deposited funds can be withdrawn at any time, without advance notice.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru were associated with the Lahore conspiracy case.

A bolometer is an instrument for measuring radiation by means of the rise in temperature of a blackened metal strip in one of the arms of a resistance bridge.

According to the FAO, agriculture leads to around 80% of deforestation. Due to the overgrowing demand for food products, a huge amount of trees are felled to grow crops, and 33% of agriculture-caused deforestation is because of subsistence agriculture.