Today’s GK Test Quiz

The dissolution of the Soviet Union was on December 31, 1991. The former Soviet Union disintegrate into 15 independent Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Vintage cars are those cars which were built between 1919 and 1930. Antique cars are those cars which should be more than 45 years old. Classic Car are those cars which should be more than 20 years old.

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.

Madame Curie (Marie Curie) won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines. She received the Physics Prize in 1903 for her work on radioactivity and the Chemistry Prize in 1911 for the isolation of pure radium.

The femur is the longest bone found in the human body. It is almost 19.9 inches long and is commonly known as the thigh bone.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease, involving inappropriately elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels. Diabetes happens when your body can't take up sugar into its cells to use as fuel.

Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. It can be removed by using a water softener which works on the principle of ion exchange in which calcium and magnesium ions are exchanged with sodium or potassium ions, reducing the concentration of hardness minerals to tolerable levels.

Cement is usually a mixture of calcium silicate and calcium aluminate. cement is a powdery substance made with calcined lime and clay as major ingredients. The clay used provides silica, alumina, and iron oxide, while calcined lime basically provides calcium oxide.

According to Article 358, when a proclamation of National Emergency (Article 352) is made, the six fundamental rights under article 19 are automatically suspended. Article 19 is automatically revived after the expiry of the emergency.

National emergency could be declared on the basis of external aggression or war and internal disturbance in the whole of India or a part of its territory under Article 352.

A Minister who is a member of Lok Sabha has the right to speak in and take part in the proceedings of Rajya Sabha but has no right to vote in Rajya Sabha and vice-versa.

Alternative cost is otherwise known as Opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The concept is useful simply as a reminder to examine all reasonable alternatives before making a decision.

Ceteris paribus is a Latin phrase that generally means “all other things being equal.” In economics, it acts as a shorthand indication of the effect one economic variable has on another, provided all other variables remain the same.

Disinvestment in Public sector is a process of public asset sales done by the Government to the private sector.

The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty.

The magnificent 'Ratha' cave temples of Mahabalipuram (Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu) was built by the Pallava king Narsimha in the 7th and 8th centuries.

The shape of our milky way galaxy is spiral. The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust and gas. It's called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pin-wheel.

Most metals are good conductors of heat as solid at room temperature. But mercury is the only good conductor of heat in a liquid state due to its high coefficient of expansion.

Among the given materials sound travels fastest in steel. 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. Sound cannot travel in a vacuum as there is no medium.

Dehradun is not in UP, it is the capital of Uttarakhand.