Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Grammy Award is presented by the Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry. The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually.

The Norman Borlaug Award recognises exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. The Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding Performance in Sports. The Dronacharya Award is a sports coaching honour. Dhyan Chand Award is a lifetime achievement sporting honour.

Protein is most important for the growth of children up to the age of 14 as during the teenage, children experience rapid changes in their physical development. Protein is a slow-digesting nutrient, which is needed for the repair and growth of muscles and tissues. It is also essential for the production of enzymes and hormones.

Jaundice is caused due to infection of the liver. It happens when there's too much bilirubin, a yellow-orange substance, in your blood. Jaundice may occur if the liver can't efficiently process red blood cells as they break down.

Ischemia is insufficient blood supply in the human body. It is a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive).

The graphite bricks act as a moderator. They reduce the speed of neutrons and allow a nuclear reaction to be sustained.

A former tributary glacier valley that is incised into the upper part of a U-shaped glacier valley, higher than the floor of the main valley. Hanging valley streams often enter the main valley as waterfalls. A hanging glacier connects the upper valley to the lower valley.

In the Indian Parliament, a bill may be sent to a select committee at any stage at the discretion of the Speaker. When a Bill comes up before a House for general discussion, it is open to that House to refer it to a Select Committee of the House or a Joint Committee of the two Houses.

Article 243 as it is today, of the Constitution of India was inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-Third) Amendment Act, 1992. This Amendment has added a new part IX consisting of 16 Articles and the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution. It provides for a 3-tier Panchayat system, which would be constituted in every state at the village level, intermediate level and district level.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who according to the convention, invites the leader of the majority party (or alliance) in the Lok Sabha to form the Government.

Lok Sabha's term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner. No term limits are specified for the prime minister. The Prime minister may remain in office indefinitely, so long as the president has confidence in him/her. However, a prime minister must have the confidence of the Lok Sabha.

A closed economy is one that has no trading activity with outside economies. The closed economy is therefore entirely self-sufficient, which means no imports come into the country and no exports leave the country.

Open Market Operations (OMO) is the simultaneous sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI. The objective of OMO is to regulate the money supply in the economy.

Economies of scale are the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, and are typically measured by the amount of output produced. A decrease in cost per unit of output enables an increase in scale.

Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools.

JP Narayan convened a meeting in Patna on 17 May 1934, which founded the Bihar Congress Socialist Party. He was a Gandhian Socialist. Narayan became general secretary of the party and Acharya Narendra Deva became president.

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.

An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination. It was invented by Ernst Ruska (physicist) and Max Knoll (electrical engineer), from the University of Berlin in 1931.

Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.

White coal is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire. It differs from charcoal which is carbonised wood. It was used in England to melt lead ore from the mid-sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. Over the course of the early twentieth century, the term white coal was used for Hydroelectricity, particularly in Europe, because of its capability to produce more energy than any other source except coal.