Today’s GK Test Quiz

The language used to write source materials in ancient times was Sanskrit. Sanskrit had been a language that was in vogue from the Vedic period. Sanskrit, which is considered an Indo-Aryan language, was the liturgical language of Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Pali is considered a Prakrit language or a middle Indo-Aryan language.

The pituitary gland is sometimes called the 'master gland' of the endocrine system because it controls the functions of many of the other endocrine glands. It is located at the base of the brain.

Kapalkundala, Published in 1866, is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. It is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust herself with the city life.

Paraffin wax is a colourless soft, solid wax obtained from petroleum, coal or oil shale. It consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between twenty and forty carbon atoms. It's often used in skin-softening salon and spa treatments on the hands, cuticles, and feet.

The colour of the most popular emerald is pure deep green. Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be₃Al₂(SiO₃)₆) coloured green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes in history.

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympics Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won gold in the Men's 10-metre air rifle event. KD Jadhav is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal (bronze) for an individual event (men's freestyle bantamweight) at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

The deepest known depression on the earth is the Mariana Trench, which lies east of the Mariana Islands in the western North Pacific Ocean. It reaches 11,034 metres at its deepest point.

Article 246 of the Indian Constitution, distributes legislative powers including taxation, between the Parliament of India and the State Legislature. Taxes of Central government under constitutionally established scheme of taxation are: taxes on income other than agricultural income; duties of customs; corporation tax; taxes on capital value of assets, taxes on capital of companies, etc.

Developmental expenditure refers to the expenditure on activities that are directly related to the social and economical development of the country. The expenditures incurred on agriculture, health, education, etc are referred to as development expenditures.

The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1864) looked at biology in terms of themes, such as Function, Adaptation and Variation. In this book Spencer introduced the expression 'survival of the fittest', in the sense of 'the most appropriate to its environment'.

Shivaji Maharaj was formally crowned as Chhatrapati at the Raigad fort in Maharashtra on June 6, 1674.

Ganesh Vasudev Joshi attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hands-pun Khadi. The Delhi Durbar was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire.

When the ice was floating, the volume of water displaced had a mass equal to that of ice. After melting, that mass of ice has been converted into water. Therefore, there is no change in water level.

When atmospheric pressure drops suddenly, this usually indicates that a storm is on its way. At the onset of a storm, low pressure occurs, which in turn would lead to rapid or violent movement of air from the high-pressure areas.

A simple microscope is a magnifying glass that has a single or double convex lens with a short focal length.

Dadabhai Naoroji is known as “Grand Old Man of India”. He was also known as “Unofficial Ambassador of India”. He was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar and writer who was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895. He was the first Asian to be a British MP.

Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. Portugal established a colony here in 1510, bringing with it not only Christianity but European culture. Not until 1961 did the Portuguese leave, giving Goa its freedom. It wasn't until 1987 that Goa officially became a state in India.

The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory based in Pune. It is a constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). NCL was established in 1950.

According to the FAO, agriculture leads to around 80% of deforestation. Due to the overgrowing demand for food products, a huge amount of trees are felled to grow crops, and 33% of agriculture-caused deforestation is because of subsistence agriculture.