Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 105

May 02, 2018
Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 105

#1.

  • Capital of Brazil – Brasilia. 
  • Capital of Republic of the Congo – Brazzaville. 

#2. 

  • Currency of 19 states of the EU – European Euro. 
  • Currency of United Kingdom – Pound Sterling. 

#3.

  • Nostro Account – An account which is maintained by an Indian Bank in foreign countries. 
  • Vostro Account - An account which is maintained in India by a foreign bank with their corresponding bank. 

#4. Blood Group:

  • Universal Donor – O- 
  • Universal Recipient – AB+ 

#5.

  • Disruption - A circumstance or event that interrupts or prevents the correct operation of system services and functions 
  • Deception - A circumstance or event that may result in an authorized entity receiving false data and believing it to be true. 

#6.

  • Hacking – It is an attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer. 
  • Cracking – It is the process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system. 

#7.

  • CBER – Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. 
  • CDER – Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. 

#8.

  • First State to become a complete digital state – Kerela. 
  • First state to become a fully organic state – Sikkim. 

#9.

  • First Indian Woman to be the member of the Legion of Honour – Asha Pande. 
  • First Tamil Woman Member of the royal French Legion of Honour – Anjali Gopalan. 

#10.

  • First Hindi newspaper: Udant Martand on 30, May 1826; published and edited by Jugal Kishore Shukla from Calcutta. 
  • First Hindi monthly magazine: Saraswati on 1, January 1900, started by Chintamani Ghosh in Allahabad. 

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