Static GK Test: June 7, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• India's first floating post office was established in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
• It is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, now moored on the western edge of Dal Lake.
• It was inaugurated in the year 2011 by Omar Abdullah.
• It is the only post office in the world to be located on a lake.
• Dal lake is the second largest in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
• It is also named the Lake of Flowers or Srinagar's Jewel.
• It is also an important source for commercial operations in fishing and water plant harvesting.

● Osakothi is a waning form of mural painting of the Odisha state.

● Shiva is the only male deity to appear in Osakothi paintings.

● It is a unique cultural tradition that reflects paintings, songs, dance, trance and rituals.

● It is being observed by the underprivileged class of people in south Odisha.

● The Mural Paintings of Odisha can be divided into three categories from the point of view of medium:

• Paintings on cloth
• Paintings on walls
• Palm leaf engravings

● Odisha has the third-largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India and It is the 8th largest state by area.

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore against the British East India Company and the Hyderabad Deccan in 1798–99. This was the final conflict of the four Anglo-Mysore Wars. The British captured the capital of Mysore. The ruler Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle. Tipu was defeated first by British General Stuart and then by General Harris.

• Pillar Edict I - Ashoka’s principle of protecting his people.
• Pillar Edict III - Avoiding practices of cruelty, sin, harshness, pride and anger among his subjects.
• Pillar Edict IV - Responsibilities of the Rajukas.
• Pillar Edict VII - Ashoka’s work for fulfilling Dhamma. Tolerance for all sects.

The Ninety-Second Amendment Act, 2003 included four more languages in the Eighth Schedule. They are Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Maithili (Maithili) and Santhali. With this, the total number of constitutionally recognised languages increased to 22.

The leaves of plants have tiny pores on their surface which are called stomata. The exchange of gases in the leaves during respiration takes place through stomata. This happens as follows: Oxygen from the air enters into a leaf through stomata and reaches all the cells by the process of diffusion. This oxygen is used in respiration in cells of the leaf. The carbon dioxide produced during diffuses out from the leaf into the air through same stomata.

• The nephron is related to the excretory system.
• It is the functional unit of kidney consisting of renal corpuscle and tubule for blood filtration. The renal corpuscle filters out large solutes from the blood, delivering water and small solutes to the renal tubule for modification.

Banabhatta adorned the royal court of Harshavardhana. Besides Harshacharita, Banabhatta wrote Kadambari. Harsha was a great patron of learning. Other literary figures in Harsha’s court were Matanga Divakara and the famous Bharthrihari, the poet, philosopher, and grammarian.

• There are 1549 verses (except 75 verses, all have been taken from Rigveda).
• There are two Upanishads embedded in Samaveda – Chandogya Upanishad and Kena Upanishad.
• The Samaveda is considered the root of Indian classical music and dance.
• It is considered as the storehouse of the melodious chants.

Atharvaveda:

• The daily procedures of life are very well enumerated in this Veda.
• It has 730 hymns/suktas, 6000 mantras, and 20 books.

Rigveda:

• The oldest Veda is the Rigveda. It has 1028 hymns called ‘Suktas’ and is a collection of 10 books called ‘Mandalas.’
• Out of 10 books or mandalas, books number 1 and 10 are the youngest ones as they were written later than books 2 to 9.
• Rigvedic books 2-9 deal with cosmology and deities.
• The ninth Rigvedic book/mandala is solely dedicated to Soma.

Yajurveda:

• Stands to mean ‘Worship Knowledge’, Yajurveda dates to 1100-800 BCE; corresponding with Samaveda. It compiles ritual-offering mantras/chants. These chants were offered by the priest alongside a person who used to perform a ritual (in most cases yajna fire.).
• It has two types – Krishna (Black/Dark) & Shukla (White/Bright).
• The oldest layer of Yajurveda has 1875 verses mostly taken up from Rigveda.

Gujarat has the longest coastline in India which lies in the Kathiawar region of the state and is 1,600 km long. This coastline is surrounded by the Arabian Sea and is dotted with 41 ports-- 1 Major and 40 Intermediate or Minor. Some of the beaches of Gujarat are-- Diu, Dwarka, Porbandar, etc.