General Knowledge and Current Affairs Test - 1

Kangra painting is a mixture of Rajasthan and Mughal. The pictorial art of Kangra is one of the finest gifts of India to the art world. It originated in a small hill state ‘Guler’ in lower Himalayas in 18th century when a family of Kashmiri painters trained in Mughal Style of painting sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh of Guler.

Haryana launched the Mukhya Mantri Bagwani Bima scheme portal on April 2022 To compensate for the damage caused to the crops due to adverse weather and natural calamities.

The Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through Bolivia.

The Tropic of Capricorn passes through 10 countries, 3 continents and 3 waterfalls. It passes through South America, Africa and Australia. In the continent of South America, it passes through 4 countries which include Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. In the continent of Africa, it passes through Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar.

Tropic of Capricorn passes through 3 oceans which include Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

Reliance Industries, in collaboration with premier engineering institutions, is introducing 'Hanooman', a ChatGPT-style AI service.

"Khuded" is one of the famous folk songs of Uttarakhand. The song describes the misery and pain of a lady who has been living apart from her husband. This song is very painful and emotional. It echoes the suffering of the woman who is left alone after her husband leaves her and goes to another place in search of a job. This song depicts the life of a low-income family where the husband has to move out in search of a better job so that he can run his family. Each and every word of this folk song has a very deep meaning attached to it.

The Governor of a State shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.

The 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the division of powers between the Union government and State governments.

It is a part of 12 Schedules of the Indian Constitution.

The headquarter of MIDHANI (MIDHANI-Alloy Nigam Limited) is located in Hyderabad.

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) was established in the year 1973 under the Ministry of Defence as Government of India Enterprise.

• MIDHANI has been set up with a view to achieving self-reliance in the production and supply of various superalloys, special steels, materials to Defence, other Strategic Sectors for Nuclear, aeronautical and Space applications.
• The guiding factors for setting up of MIDHANI were the demand for Defence oriented technologies, which come under the national priorities.
• Presently, more than seventy per cent of MIDHANI’s products (value-wise) cater to strategic customers viz. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) etc. In addition, MIDHANI also supplies special alloys and products to the commercial sector including Larsen & Toubro, BHEL, Titanium equipment, etc.

By order of Lord Dalhousie, General of the East India Company, the king of Avadh (Wajid Ali Shah) was deposed, and its kingdom was annexed to British India under the terms of the Doctrine of lapse on the grounds of alleged internal misrule.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a $23 million loan to foster fintech education, research, and innovation within Gujarat's GIFT.