Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Ahom crossed the Patkai Range from Burma (now Myanmar) and conquered the local chieftains of the upper Assam plain. In the 15th century the Ahom, who gave their name to the region, were the dominant power in upper Assam.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), known as “The Lady With the Lamp,” was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing. Her experiences as a nurse during the Crimean War were foundational in her views about sanitation.

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Copper was the first metal used by the vedic people. During the Rig Vedic period only copper was used for which the general term - 'ayas' has been used. In a later period when iron came into use, copper and iron came to be known as 'lohit ayas' and 'syam ayas' respectively.

Itai-itai disease is a well-known health hazard induced by cadmium (Cd) that was first reported in the Cd-polluted Jinzu River basin of Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

Ringworm is a fungal disease. It is a common infection of the skin that is caused by a type of fungus called dermatophytes.

False fruit (Accessory fruit) is a fruit in which some of the flesh is not derived from the ovary but some adjacent tissues exterior to the carpel. Some examples of false fruit are apple, pear, and cucumber that develop from the thalamus, cashew-nut develops from the peduncle, jackfruit and pineapple develop from the entire inflorescence.

Anthracite is the highest grade and best equality coal. It is a hard, very low content of volatile compact variety of coal that has a high luster. It has the highest carbon content (92.1% to 98%), the fewest impurities, and the highest calorific content.

Magnalium is an aluminium alloy with 5% magnesium and 95% aluminium.

The atomic clock is based on transitions in Caesium. The caesium atomic clock is the most accurate type of clock yet developed. This device makes use of transitions between the spin states of the cesium nucleus and produces a frequency which is so regular that it has been adopted for establishing the time standard.

Flint glass is optical glass that has relatively high refractive index and low Abbe number (high dispersion). For this reason, it is used for making the lens and prism.

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.

Article 51-A in Part IV A of the Constitution of India deals with Fundamental Duties. It was added by the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976. Originally ten fundamental duties were listed. Later on, by virtue of 86th Constitution the Amendment in year 2002, 11th duty was added.

An indirect tax is charged on producers of goods and services and is paid by the consumer indirectly. It is not directly levied on the income of a person. Instead, he/she has to pay the tax along with the price of goods or services bought by the seller. The person paying the tax to the government and the person bearing the liability to pay the tax are thus, two different people.

A mixed economy combines the characteristics of capitalism and socialism. Essentially, a country with this kind of economy comprises public and private sectors, wherein private enterprises aim for profit maximisation, while the Government sector works towards the welfare of the citizens.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping that promotes economic, political, and security cooperation among its ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Sir Thomas Roe arrived at the port of Surat in September 1615 with a letter from King James I to the then reigning Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, seeking a trade agreement.

Congress held a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 under the presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai. It met to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement.

The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIMLM) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

Agro-based and Mine-based is the classification of Industries on the basis of raw materials.