Quiz 553: General Socio-Economic Awareness for Bank Exams

1. Who among the following is called the “guardian of the public purse” of India? Comptroller & Auditor General Finance Minister Chairman of Public Accounts Committee Prime Minister 2. Which among the following is the SI physical unit of dynamic ..

When was launched the Wardha Educational Conference ?

On July 31, 1937, Gandhi had published an article in the Harijan. Based upon this article, an all India National Education Conference was held on October 22 and 23, 1937, which was called the Wardha Educational Conference. The following resolutions ..

What are differences between Resourcesat I and Resourcesat II?

The Resourcesat was launched  via the PSLV C-16 on 20.4.2011 . Resourceset-2 will be able to collect data from a wider strip of the Earth’s surface in comparision to Resourcesat I. The profile page of Resourcesat-2 on ISRO website mentions ..

What is skewflation?

Skeflation refers to inflation in some commodities , deflation in others. India’s Economic survey 2010-11 says: The year 2010-11 has been a year of more than one such skewflationary episode. At the beginning of the calendar year 2010 and even ..

Give some examples of Bio-fertilizers?

There are five biofertilizers viz. Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria and mycorrhiza , which have been incorporated in India’s  Fertilizer Control Order (FCO), 1985.  Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum and blue green algae(BGA) have been traditionally used as Biofertilizers. Rhizobiuminoculant is ..

When Ice floating in water dissolves, what will be impact on the level of water when the ice melts away completely?

There are two dimensions of this experiment. One is when Ice floats in water and another is as mentioned in the question. When Ice floats in water, the level of water will remain unchanged when the ice melts away because ..