Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Delhi–Lahore Bus, officially known as Sada-e-Sarhad, is a passenger bus service connecting the Indian capital of Delhi with the city of Lahore, Pakistan via the border transit post at Wagah.

Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is an international centre of study, teaching and research in Sanskrit. Jurisdiction of the university extends all over India and it has more than 1,000 affiliated and recognised colleges.

A plantation is a large-scale farm that specializes in cash crops. The crops grown include cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits.

Charak was the famous court physician of Kanishka (Kushan dynasty). He was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda. He is known as an editor of the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award) is the highest sporting honour of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Awardees receive a cash prize of ₹25 lakhs (increased from ₹7.5 lakhs in 2020) and a certificate.

The visual system of an ant is comprised of a pair of compound eyes and a set of simple eyes called ocelli.

An endemic species refers to a species that is native to where it is found. A species can be endemic to a particular small geographical area, such as a single island, or to a larger area, such as a continent. India has nine hornbill species, of which four are found in the Western Ghats: Indian Grey Hornbill (endemic to India), the Malabar Grey Hornbill (endemic to the Western Ghats), Malabar Pied Hornbill (endemic to India and Sri Lanka) and the widely distributed but endangered Great Hornbill.

Sarkaria Commission was set up in 1983 by the central government of India. The Sarkaria Commission's charter was to examine the central-state relationship on various portfolios and suggest changes within the framework of the Constitution of India.

In economics, the demand for inferior goods decreases as income increases or the economy improves. When this happens, consumers will be more willing to spend on more costly substitutes. Some of the reasons behind this shift may include quality or a change to a consumer's socio-economic status.

An open market operation (OMO) is an activity by a central bank (RBI) to give liquidity in its currency to a bank or a group of banks.

A want turns into a demand just when it is supported by the capacity or the ability to buy. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the ability to purchase.

FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) was repealed by the Parliament of India in 1999 by the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which liberalized foreign exchange controls and removed many restrictions on foreign investment. FERA came into force in 1974.

Vira Narasimha was succeeded by his brother Krishna Deva Raya (reigned 1509–29), generally regarded as the greatest of the Vijayanagar kings.

When Rays from a distant point source travel parallel to each other in a particular direction, it forms a parallel Light Beam. The sun-ray is an example of a parallel Beam of Light.

The melting point increases with an increase in pressure except for ice. The melting point of ice decreases when pressure increases. This strange behaviour of the ice is observed because water expands when it freezes i.e. ice occupies more volume than liquid water.

Spread his hands outwards should a person on a freely rotating turntable do to decrease his (angular) speed. A person on the rotating table will maintain approximately the same angular momentum during the spin. When he spreads his hands outward, the angular rotation is decreased.

Reason of weightlessness in a spacecraft is Zero reaction force by spacecraft surface. When spacecraft is moving with constant speed along the orbit, the spacecraft as well as the person inside it, both fall towards the earth with acceleration 'g'.

Optical fibre works on the principle of total internal reflection. When light ray strikes at the internal surface of an optical fibre cable called such that incidence angle is greater than critical angle, then incident light ray reflects in the same medium and this phenomenon repeats.

Roorkee Engineering College (I.I.T. Roorkee) is the earliest Engineering Educational Institution in India. It was established in 1847 AD in the British Empire. It was formerly known as the University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering.

Infrastructure sector includes power, bridges, dams, roads, and urban infrastructure development. Food production is not in the infrastructure sector.