Today’s GK Test Quiz

Chandra Gupta I, king of India (reigned 320 to 330 CE) and founder of the Gupta empire. He was the grandson of Sri Gupta, the first known ruler of the Gupta line.

Chlorophyll - Photosynthetic pigment, Nostoc - Diazotroph (bacteria), Transpiration - Loss of water from plant surface, Rust of wheat - Plant disease (fungal disease of wheat).

The respiration process requires oxygen. The main purpose of respiration is to provide oxygen to the cells at a rate adequate to satisfy their metabolic needs. During respiration, inhaled oxygen is used by the cells to produce energy by the breakdown of glucose molecules.

Iodoform, also called triiodomethane, is used as an antiseptic. It is a yellow, crystalline solid belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds, used as an antiseptic component of medications for minor skin diseases.

Brailing is the process of preventing the birds from flying. It is nothing but a piece of tiny ropes of clothes used to cover the bird's wing. So that the bird lost its balance to flight.

When a gas is expanded from a high-pressure region to a low-pressure region; temperature change occurs. This phenomenon is related to the Joule-Thomson effect. The inversion temperature of hydrogen is low thus it shows heating effect (increase in temperature) when it expands adiabatically from high pressure into a region of low pressure.

Vulcanization of rubber is carried out by adding Sulphur. It is a process of improvement of the rubber elasticity and strength by heating it in the presence of sulphur, which results in three-dimensional cross-linking of the chain rubber molecules (polyisoprene) bonded to each other by sulphur atoms.

Peat contains recognisable traces of the original plant material. Peat is a soft, organic material consisting of partly decayed plant and mineral matter. When peat is placed under high pressure and heat, it undergoes physical and chemical changes (coalification) to become coal.

The deepest known depression on the earth is the Mariana Trench, which lies east of the Mariana Islands in the western North Pacific Ocean. It reaches 11,034 metres at its deepest point.

A country is landlocked if it has no access to any oceans or seas. As an example, Austria is landlocked. France is not landlocked because it has access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. A sea is also landlocked if does not have access to an ocean. As an example, the Aral Sea is landlocked.

Article 19 of the Indian constitution mentions six freedoms that are available to the citizens of India: 1. Freedom of speech and expression, 2. Freedom to assemble peacefully and without arms, 3. Freedom to form Associations and Unions, 4. Freedom to move freely throughout the territory of India, 5. Freedom to reside and settle in any part of India, 6. Freedom to practice any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business.

The Finance Commissions are commissions periodically constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. As per the Constitution, the Commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members.

Mahatma Gandhi's moral philosophies were based on Truth, Non-violence, Vegetarianism, Brahmhacharya, Simplicity and Faith. Thus Prohibition of the slaughter of cows in the Directive Principle is based on Gandhi's moral philosophy.

Dumping, in economics, is a kind of injuring pricing, especially in the context of international trade. It occurs when manufacturers export a product to another country at a price below the normal price with an injuring effect.

Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools.

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'.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale met Gandhiji in South Africa. He was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.

Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is an equipment or a system for finding objects underwater using sound waves.

The chakra, which features in the middle of the tricolour, has twenty-four spokes. It was adopted on July 22, 1947. The wheel is called the Ashoka Chakra because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka, the most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka.

The Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand.