Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 104

April 30, 2018
Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 104

#1.

  • First Governor General of Independent India – Lord Louis Mountbatten.
  • First Indian Governor General of independent India – Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari. 

#2.

  • Orology: Study of mountains and their mapping.
  • Otology: Study of the ear.

#3.

  • Dysoxia: Abnormal oxygen metabolism in cells and tissues.
  • Hypoxia: Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues.

#4.

  • Male hormones – Testosterone.
  • Female hormones – Estrogen and Progesterone.

#5.

  • Phishing: A scam using spoofed emails from well-known companies to direct consumers to fraudulent websites.
  • Spoofing: Spoofing is a type of scam where an intruder attempts to gain unauthorized access to a user's system or information by pretending to be the user.
  • Vishing: Vishing (voice or VoIP phishing) is an electronic fraud tactic in which individuals are tricked into revealing critical financial or personal information to unauthorized entities.
  • Smishing: A form of phishing, SMiShing occurs when a fraudster sends you an SMS/textmessage asking you to provide sensitive, personal, and/or financial information via a Web link and false website, or via a telephone number.

#6.

  • Spiritual Capital of India – Varanasi.
  • Cultural Capital of India – Calcutta.

#7.

  • Ergophobia – Fear of work.
  • Chorophobia – Fear of dancing.

#8.

  • Capital of Jamaica – Kingston.6
  • Capital of Saint Vincent and Grenadines – Kingstown.

#9.

  • First President – Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
  • First Vice President – Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.

#10.

  • Legislative Capital of Assam – Guwahati.
  • Judiciary Capital of Assam– Dispur.

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