Today’s GK Test Quiz

Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia.

Earthworms are called the friends of the farmer because of the multitude of services they provide that improve soil health and consequently plant health.

Loris, Alligator and Cow have teeth. Peacock, Ostrich, Tortoise, Owl, Crow and Kiwi do not have teeth. Birds do not have teeth, although they may have ridges on their bills that help them grip food. Turtles and tortoises don't have teeth. Instead, their mouths have a hard, sharpened edge that they use to bite with, kind of like a bird's beak.

Gregor Mendel formed the Laws of Heredity (the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment) from his pea plant experiments.

Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with thermoregulation. Its main function is to control body temperature. As the water in the sweat evaporates, the surface of the skin cools.

Saliva helps in the digestion of starch (complex carbohydrates). It contains special enzymes called amylase that help digest the starches in food. Amylase breaks down starches into sugars, which the body can more easily absorb.

Electric bulbs are filled with Argon. The heat from the tungsten filament generates light and the argon helps prevent the filament from decaying.

The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Article 368 of the Constitution of India. The major part of the Constitution can be amended by the Parliament alone either by a special majority or by a simple majority. Only in a few cases, the consent of the state legislatures is required and that too, only half of them.

National income is the sum total value of all goods and services produced in the country during a period of one year.

In economics, the marginal product of labour is the change in output that results from employing an added unit of labour. It is a feature of the production function, and depends on the amounts of physical capital and labour already in use.

Tea and coffee are examples of Substitute goods. Substitutes present the consumer with alternative choices. If the price of one good falls, then demand for the substitute is likely to decrease.

He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856. He established the foundations of the modern educational system in India by adding mass education in addition to elite higher education. Lord Dalhousie introduced Postage stamp, he also introduced Railway, Telegram and PWD.

Government of India Act 1858 passed which changed the name of post-Governor General of India by Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was appointed directly by the British government. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.

Charter Act 1813 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which renewed the charter issued to the British East India Company, and continued the Company's rule in India. This Act was a provision that Company should invest ₹. 1 Lakh every year on the education of Indians. Wood's Despatch of 1854 is called the Magna Carta of English Education in India. In accordance with Wood's despatch, universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

Sound travels fastest through solids. This is because molecules in a solid medium are much closer together than those in a liquid or gas, allowing sound waves to travel more quickly through it. The speed of sound: in glass is 5640 m/s, in steel is 5960 m/s, in the air is 343 m/s and in water is 1452 m/s.

A dynamo is a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. In a dynamo, the mechanical energy of rotation is converted into electrical energy in the form of a current in the armature.

Decibel (db) is the unit used for the intensity of sound. The 'normal' hearing frequency range of a healthy young person is about 20 to 20,000Hz. Though a 'normal' audible range for loudness is from 0 to 180dB, anything over 85dB is considered damaging.

The Tin Bigha Corridor is a strip of land belonging to India on the West Bengal–Bangladesh border which, in September 2011, was leased to Bangladesh so the country could access its Dahagram–Angarpota enclave from the mainland.

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.