Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 98

April 16, 2018
Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 98

#1.

  • Judiciary Capital of Chhattisgarh – Bilaspur. 
  • Legislative Capital of Chhattisgarh – Raipur. 

#2. Economic Terms

  • Deflation: It is a state in monetary market when money in circulation has decreased. 
  • Inflation: A sustained and appreciable increase in the price level over a considerable period of time. 

#3.

  • Cathode Rays – Sir William Crooke. 
  • Canal Rays – Goldstein. 
  • X-Rays – Roentgen. 

#4.

  • Serpentology – Study of Snakes. 
  • Gerontology – Study of growing old. 

#5.

  • Spyware – A type of malicious software installed on computers and collects information about users without their knowledge and may send such information to another entity. 
  • Malware – A software which is specifically designed to disrupt or damage a computer system. 

#6.

  • Lightest Gas – Hydrogen. 
  • Lightest Metal – Lithium. 

#7.

  • White Book – An official publications of China, Germany and Portugal. 
  • White Paper – An official paper of the Governments of Britain and India on a particular issue. 

#8.

  • First Telegraph Line in India – Diamond harbour to Kolkata. 
  • First International Telephone Service in India – Mumbai to London (1851) 

#9.

  • Frank X McNamara invented Credit cards. 
  • John Adrian Shepherd-Barron invented ATM cards. 

#10.

  • Aquinas of Hinduism – Shankaracharya. 
  • Calvin of Hinduism – Dayananda Saraswati. 

#11.

  • Capital of North Korea – Pyongyang 
  • Capital of South Korea - Seoul 

#12.

  • Mango Festival – New Delhi 
  • Orange Festival - Poland 

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