Today’s GK Test Quiz

NTPC Kawas is located at Aditya Nagar, Hazira in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is the gas-based combined cycle power plants of NTPC. Korba Super Thermal Power Plant is located in Chhattisgarh; Ramagundam in Telangana and Talcher in Odisha.

The first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru had used these words in delivering the speech to the Constituent Assembly close to the midnight hour on 14 August 1947.

Most houses of the Indus Valley Civilization were built of fired and mortared brick (Pucca bricks); some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Sites were often raised, or built on man-made hills. This could be to combat flooding in the nearby areas.

Vitamin E is particularly important for the normal activity of sex glands as it improves blood flow and oxygen to sexual organs. It is an antioxidant that helps to maintain healthy skin, eyes and hormonal balance. It also enhances immune function and prevents clots from forming in heart arteries.

Tetanus is an infection caused by bacteria called Clostridium tetani. Spores of tetanus bacteria are everywhere in the environment, including soil, dust, and manure. The spores develop into bacteria when they enter the body.

Saliva helps in the digestion of starch (complex carbohydrates). It contains special enzymes called amylase that help digest the starches in food. Amylase breaks down starches into sugars, which the body can more easily absorb.

The polymerisation of ethylene is used in the manufacturing of polythene in industry. Polyethylene (also called polythene) is made through an addition polymerization reaction that utilizes an ethylene monomer (–C₂H₄–) repeated along the chain.

Oxygen is the most abundant element in the human body accounting for approximately 65% of a person's mass. Each water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom, but the mass of each oxygen atom is much higher than the combined mass of the hydrogen.

The biggest score in an international hockey match is the 24-1 victory of India over the USA, played on August 11, 1932. Roop Singh holds the record for the most goals scored in a single hockey game, with ten in a 24-1 defeat of the United States.

Isoneph is a line on a map connecting points that have the same average percentage of cloudiness.

NSSO (national sample survey organization) is the organization under the ministry of statistics of the government of India. It conducts socio-economic surveys on various subjects like employment, consumer expenditure, health, unemployment, and medical services, etc.

Export diversification refers to the move from “traditional” to “non-traditional” exports. Diversification helps countries to hedge against adverse terms of trade shocks by stabilizing export revenues.

In 2020-21, 28.5% of the revenue came from Goods and Services Tax (GST) followed by Corporate Tax, Personal Income Tax, Union Excise Duty and Customs Duty 28.1%, 26.3%, 11% and 5.7% respectively.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the sciences, and culture. The headquarters of UNESCO is located in Paris.

In 1922 Albert Hoyt Taylor and Leo C. Young, researchers working with the U.S. Navy invented Radar. Albert Hoyt Taylor (1879-1961) was an American electrical engineer and Leo C. Young was an American radio engineer. Sir Robert Watson-Watt was also One of the greatest radar pioneers who developed the first practical radar system that helped defend the British in world war II. Watson was widely known as the 'father of radar'.

Ballistic Missile was developed by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s under the direction of Wernher von Braun. It was invented by Walter Dornberger and Wernher Von Braun, and was first used in 1944, to attack London, England.

On 15 May 1952, after the first general elections in independent India, Mavalankar, who was representing Ahmedabad for Congress, was elected the Speaker of the first Lok Sabha.

Shivaswami Iyer examined the Simon commission Report and said that this report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish. He was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911.

Bats produce echolocation by emitting ultrasound waves through their mouth or nose and listening to the echo. With this echo, the bat can determine the size, shape and texture of objects in its environment.

As per Census 2011, top five states/Union territories which have the highest sex ratio are Kerela (1,084) followed by Puducherry (1,038), Tamil Nadu (995), Andhra Pradesh (992) and Chhattisgarh (991). Five states which have the lowest sex ratio are Daman and Diu (618), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (775), Chandigarh (818), NCT of Delhi (866) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (878). Haryana has the lowest sex ratio (877) in Indian states.