Most Confusing GK Pointer - Part 63

September 02, 2016
gk pointers

# 1. 

  • Wind Vane – Is used to Measures wind direction
  • Anemometer – Is used to measure Velocity of wind

#2. 

  • Clock wise Cyclone – Southern Hemisphere
  • Anticlockwise Cyclone – Northern Hemisphere

# 3.

  • Isolex – Lines connecting point of same vocabulary usage
  • Isoline – Line connecting points on map having some similar feature

# 4.

  • Mistral – Is a cold winds flows in Alps over France
  • Blizzard – Is a cold winds flows in Tundra region

# 5.

  • Great bear lake – Canada
  • Great slave lake – Canada

# 6.

  • Suez canal – Mediterrean sea to Red sea
  • Kiel canal – North sea to Baltic sea

# 7.

  • Old name of Iran – Persia
  • Old name of Iraq – Mesopotamia

# 8.

  • Order Neisse Line – Germany & Poland
  • Maginot Line – Germany & France

# 9.

  • North South Extent – 3214KM
  • East West Extent – 2933 KM

# 10.

  • Isothermobath – Equal temperature at given ocean depth
  • Isothermobrose – Equal ration of summer rainfall to annual rainfall

# 11.

  • Highest peak of Mahendragiri – 1501 m
  • Highest peak of Anaimudi – 2695 m

# 12.

  • Arctic Circle – 66*1/2 degree N
  • Antartic Circle – 66 * ½ degree S

# 13.

  • Highest Award – Bharat Ratna
  • Highest Gallantry award – Param vir chakra

# 14.

  • Founder of Maurya Dynasty – Chndragupta Maurya
  • Founder of Gupta Dynasty – Chandragupta 1

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