Today’s GK Test Quiz

Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery (Kaveri) flow eastwards and drain into the Bay of Bengal. West flowing rivers such as the Narmada, the Tapi drained into the Arabian Sea. Flowing into the Arabian Sea: Narmada, Tapi, Sindhu, Sabarmati, Mahi, Purna. Flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Brahmaputra, Yamuna, Ganga (with its main tributaries), Meghna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna (and their main tributaries), Cauvery.

Purvanchal Range lies towards the south of the Brahmaputra valley. These ranges cover Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and eastern Assam states.

Tea grows best in regions which enjoy a warm, humid climate with a rainfall measuring at least 200 centimetres a year. Ideally, it likes deep, light, acidic and well-drained soil. Given these conditions, tea will grow in areas from sea level up to altitudes as high as 2,100 metres above sea level.

The virus without capsid but only with nucleic acids is called Nucleoid. Nucleoid represents the viral chromosome. It is made of a single molecule of nucleic acid. Nucleoid is the infective part of the virus. The nucleic acid is either DNA or RNA but never both.

Taste buds are small cells on the tongue that allow to recognize the flavours of food and drink. The tip of the tongue contains the 'sweet' taste buds while the 'bitter' taste buds are present in the back. Either side of the front tongue contains 'salt' taste buds while the 'sour' taste buds are present behind this.

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.

The author of “Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law” is John Austin (1790-1859). He was a pre-eminent British jurist of the 19th century. The book is based on lectures given by Austin. (Remember, “Lectures on Jurisprudence” is a different book. It is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures).

The process involved in the industrial production of vegetable ghee is reduction. Vegetable ghee is made from cooking oil by hydrogenation. Hydrogenation reaction of unsaturated fatty acids is basically the reaction where the hydrogen gets added in the double bond of the alkene or alkyne in presence of nickel. Nickel acts like a catalyst in solid-state.

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain. Nitrogen oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) are collectively known as nitrogen oxides (NO_x).

The reason there is not much hydrogen in the atmosphere is because it is lighter than air, and so can easily escape the Earth's gravity.

Winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in Northern Hemisphere because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere. Northern Hemisphere is 39% land and 61% ocean while Southern Hemisphere is 19% land and 81% ocean. As absorbing rate of land is much higher then water, land heat up quickly but water(ocean) take time. That is the reason the average temp in northern hemisphere is 15.2 degree C while that of southern hemisphere is 13.3 degree C.

The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was constituted by the Central Government of India on 22 December 1953 to recommend the reorganisation of state boundaries. In 1956, the Commission recommended that India's state boundaries should be reorganised to form 14 states and 6 territories.

The basic features of the Indian Constitution which are not amendable under Article 368 are Sovereignty, territorial integrity, federal system, judicial review and parliament system of government. As per the Basic Structure Doctrine, any amendment that tries to change the basic structure of the constitution is invalid.

The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee that was constituted by the Government.

Bank rate is the rate charged by the central bank (RBI) for lending funds to commercial banks. Lower bank rates can help to expand the economy by lowering the cost of funds for borrowers, and higher bank rates help to reign in the economy when inflation is higher than desired.

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor and scientist who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone in 1876. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. It became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, following the Aligarh Muslim University Act.

Milk is put in a container in a centrifuge machine and the container is spun at a very high speed. The centrifugal forces act on milk and separate the milk into a cream that is lighter thus floats on top and skimmed milk which is at the bottom. Then cream can be separated from the milk.

Gen. K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. He led Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949.

Cartography is the method through which maps are studied, created and designed. A confluence between practice, science, and art, cartography guides the principles and practical standards behind maps and map-making.