Today’s GK Test Quiz

* Mahanadi dam is built across the Mahanadi River. It is the longest dam in Chhattisgarh.

South Africa is the world's largest producer of manganese followed by China, Australia, Gabon, Brazil and India respectively.

Fascism is a system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism, controlling all industry and commerce, and promoting nationalism and often racism.

William Harvey made the momentous medical discovery that the flow of blood must be continuous and that its flow must be in one direction only.

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.

Necrosis is cell or tissue death within a living body. It is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis.

Mumps is an infectious disease caused by the mumps virus, which belongs to a family of viruses known as paramyxoviruses. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The cause of syphilis is a bacterium called Treponema pallidum.

The oxygen released during photosynthesis is from the water. The plants absorb water as well as carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Later these water molecules are converted into oxygen and sugar. The oxygen is then released into the atmosphere whereas the sugar molecules are stored for energy.

Scurvy is caused due to the deficiency of Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid). It is caused by not having enough vitamin C in the diet for at least three months. Vitamin C is mainly found in fruit and vegetables.

Biogas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen (anaerobically), primarily consisting of methane and carbon dioxide. Biogas can be produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste. Although, cattle dung has been recognised as the chief raw material for biogas plants.

Cement in different types is made mainly by calcining a mixture of about 75% limestone and 25% clay to form a calcium silicate clinker which is then ground and mixed with a small amount of gypsum.

Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy (extreme), and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are covered with snow for much of the year, but summer brings bursts of wild-flowers. Resident animals have to change what they are hunting and eating as the seasons change (nomadic hoarders).

Mercury and Venus have no natural satellites. Earth has one natural satellite (Moon) and Mars has two tiny natural satellites (Phobos and Deimos).

Interest on public debt is part of Transfer payments by the government. In economics, a transfer payment is a redistribution of income in the market system. Government debt is the debt owed by a central government. In the budget, it is listed among the transfer payments by the government.

Zero is an important invention of India. It may have been invented by either Aryabhata or Brahmagupta. The first modern equivalent of numeral zero comes from a Hindu astronomer and mathematician Brahmagupta (590-668 AD) in 628 AD. Brahmagupta was the first to give rules to compute with zero. Aryabhatta (598-665 AD) a great mathematician and an astronomer used zero in the decimal system.

British member of Parliament (House of Commons) Benziman Disraeli admitted the revolt of 1857 as a National Revolt.

In the process of magnetization of a bar, the entire bulk of the bar gets magnetised. By the process of magnetisation, the formed pieces develop North polarity on one end or side and South polarity on the other end or side, in a very short period of time.

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) is the premier taxonomic research organization in India. It was established on 1 July 1916 to promote the survey, exploration and research of the fauna in the country. The headquarters of ZSI is located in Kolkata.

The Ancient University of Nalanda had been founded by the Gupta Dynasty in the 4th century. It was founded during the reign of Kumaragupta. It was located in the historical city of Rajgir in Bihar.

The Earth's equator is an imaginary planetary line that is about 40,075 km long in circumference. The equator divides the planet into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere and is located at 0 degrees latitude, the halfway line between the North Pole and South Pole.