Today’s GK Test Quiz

Haryana accounted for 41% of the total sulphur production and it was followed by Gujarat 23%, Maharashtra 13% and Uttar Pradesh 11%.

The largest irrigated area in India is occupied by rice. The total area under irrigated rice is about 22.00 million hectares, which accounts about 49.5 percent of the total area under rice crop in the country.

There are 23 chromosomes in a human ovum and 23 chromosomes in human sperm. Healthy humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes in which 22 pairs are autosomes and 2 are sex chromosomes. The ovum (female gamete) is formed by the meiosis due to which they have only the half number of chromosomes, which means 22 autosomes (11 pairs) and 1 sex chromosome.

The Ain-i-Akbari is a 16th-century detailed document recording the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abul Fazl in the Persian language.

“Vaishnava Jana To...” is a Hindu bhajan, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language.

Brass is a metal alloy primarily composed of copper and zinc. The composition of brass is generally 67% copper and 37% zinc. By varying the amount of copper and zinc, brass can be made harder or softer.

The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 in Hamilton, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, has taken place every four years since then.

A vote-on-account, as defined by Article 116 of the Indian Constitution, is a grant in advance for the central government to meet short-term expenditure needs from the Consolidated Fund of India, generally lasting for a few months till the financial year kicks in.

Social justice is mentioned in the Preamble of the Constitution — “We the People of India... to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political...”.

Only the ordinary bill can be instructed in the legislative council. Any ordinary bill which is submitted in the Legislative Assembly will move to the Legislative Council after passage, the Legislative Council then can pass the bill, modify the bill, or can postpone the bill for a maximum period of 4 months.

The provisions of a Federation with a strong centre, Residuary powers of the Centre, the appointment of State governors by the Centre and the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, have all been borrowed from the Canadian constitution.

Article 17 of the Indian constitution mainly deals with the account of untouchability. This article states that “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that “bad money drives out good”. For example, if there are two forms of commodity money in circulation, which are accepted by law as having similar face value, the more valuable commodity will gradually disappear from circulation.

The Battle of Waihand in 1008-09 AD was fought between Mahmud of Ghazni and Anandapala. Anandapala was a ruler of the Hindu Shahi dynasty in present-day Pakistan. His reign began in 1001 CE and ended in or about 1010.

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

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful. Major Changes Introduced by the British after the 1857 Revolt: The British Parliament passed a new Act in 1858 and transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British Crown (royal family).

The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T=2π√(l/g). The value of g is less on the moon than that on the surface of the earth. So T increases. Hence, the time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would increase.

The function of the choke is to provide high voltage initially between the filaments (across the two ends of the tube light) for ionization. Again once the gas in the tube is ionized the choke limits the current flow across the tube.

A rocket works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum. Rocket ejaculates gases in backward direction which creates momentum of the gases backward and thus by conservation of momentum, the rocket gets momentum in the forward direction making it move forward.

Hasrat Mohani was a great freedom fighter. He gave the revolutionary slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' during the country's freedom struggle in 1921. After bombing the Central Assembly in Delhi the slogan was shouted by Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh popularized this slogan during the late 1920s through his speeches and writings.