Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 87

March 27, 2018
  Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 87

#1.

  • North Pole – Robert Peary 
  • South Pole - Amundsen 

#2.

  • Air Transport started in India - 1911 
  • Water Transport started in India - 1887 

#3.

  • Horticulture – Art of garden cultivation 
  • Pisciculture – Art of rearing fish 

#4.

  • The yellow colour of cow’s milk is due to the presence of riboflavin 
  • The yellow colour of human urine is due to the presence of urochrome 

#5.

  • Gold Mining – Johannesburg (South Africa) 
  • Diamond Mining – Kimberly (South Africa) 

#6.

  • Unit of Luminosity – Candela 
  • Unit of Conductivity- Mho 

#7.

  • Purga – cold wind in Russian Tundra 
  • Levanter – cold wind in Spain 

#8.

  • NH 7 – Longest highway of India 
  • NH 47 A – Smallest highway of India 

#9.

  • Chairman of Finance Commission N.K. Singh 
  • Chairman of Planning Commission (NITI Aayog) Narendra Modi 

#10.

  • National Postal Day - October 10 
  • International Postal Day - October 09 

#11.

  • Indian Space Research Organization – Bangalore 
  • Space Application Centre – Ahmedabad 

#12.

  • Land of Cakes – Scotland 
  • Land of Thousand Lakes - Finland 

#13.

  • Concology – Study of Shells 
  • Oology – Study of Eggs

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