Today’s GK Test Quiz

The Aravalli Range is a mountain range in Northwestern India, running approximately 670 km in a southwest direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Gujarat.

India lies in the Northern hemisphere, with the mainland extending between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E. Since India lies in Asia, which is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union was on December 31, 1991. The former Soviet Union disintegrate into 15 independent Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in recognition of outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television during the previous year.

Biome is the total interaction between animals and plants in any well-defined area. It refers to the community of plants and animals that occur naturally in an area, often sharing common characteristics specific to that area.

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

The tusks of an elephant are upper incisors that are modified to become long and curved. They replace deciduous milk teeth at 6–12 months of age and grow continuously at about 17 cm (7 in) a year.

The author of the book “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind” is Deepak Chopra. The book is published in 1993. This book goes beyond current anti-aging research and ancient mind/body wisdom to dramatically demonstrate that we do not have to grow old!

Graphite is used in pencil lead because it is soft and leaves an impression on the paper and cleans easily between the layers. It has layered structure layers are held by van der Waal forces.

In diamonds, all carbon atoms are quaternary in nature. A quaternary carbon is a carbon atom bound to four other carbon atoms. Diamond has a giant covalent structure in which each carbon atom is bound to four other carbon atoms by covalent bonds.

A substance which readily forms colloidal solution in contact with water is called Hydrophilic colloid. Hydrophilic colloids contain an outer shell of groups that interact favorably with water, whereas hydrophobic colloids have an outer surface with little affinity for water. Emulsions are prepared by dispersing a hydrophobic liquid in water.

The mixture of Propane (C₃H₈) and Butane (C₄H₁₀) gases is mainly stored as a liquid under pressure in LPG cylinder.

A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. It does not belong to the solar system.

Planning and controlling are interrelated to each other. Planning sets the goals for the organization and controlling ensures their accomplishment. Planning decides the control process and controlling provides sound basis for planning. In reality planning and controlling are both dependent on each other.

Fiscal policy refers to the use of the government budget to affect the economy. This includes government spending and levied taxes. In deficit financing, a government spends more money than it receives as revenue, the difference being made up by borrowing or minting new funds.

GNP is the total value of all finished goods and services produced by a country's citizens in a given financial year. Basically, GNP signifies how a country's people contribute to its economy. It is commonly calculated by taking the sum of personal consumption expenditures, private domestic investment, government expenditure, net exports, and any income earned by residents from overseas investments, minus income earned within the domestic economy by foreign residents.

National income is referred to as the total monetary value of all services and goods that are produced by a nation during a period of time.

Tungsten metal is used exclusively for making the filament of electric bulbs because it has a very high melting point. Due to its high melting point, the tungsten filament can be kept white-hot without melting away.

A battery is a DC voltage source that converts chemical energy to electrical energy. The chemical reactions in a battery involve the flow of electrons from one material (electrode) to another, through an external circuit.

The Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia) is the longest railway in the world. It was built between 1891 and 1916 to connect Moscow with the Far-East city of Vladivostok (9,198 km).