Most Confusing GK Pointer - Part 48

#1

• Chinook - Hot,dry wind in Rockies also called 'Snow Eater'
• Foehn - Hot , dry wind in The Alps

#2

• Part IX - The Panchayat
• Part IX A - The Muncipalitie

#3

• Ranthambore Fort - Located at Sawaimadhopur , Rajasthan
• Kumbhalgarh Fort - Located at Rajsamand , Rajasthan

#4

• First American president who won the Nobel Prize - Theodore Roosevelt
• First Russian president who won the Nobel Prize - Mikhail Gorbachev

#5

• Calungate&Baga Beach - Goa
• Marina &Covelong Beach - Chennai

#6

• Seasons of India - (Generally People Mistake Here as 3 but ans is 4)

1. Winter Season (Mid Dec to Mid March)
2. Summer Season (Mid March to May)
3. Rainy Season (June to September)
4. Season of Retreating Monsoon (Oct to Mid Dec)

#7

• First Train ran between - Bombay to Thane (1953)
• Second train ran between - Howrah to Hoogly (1954)
• The soil most common in Indo-gangentic plains – Alluvial
• The Soil which swells when wet & develops cracks when dry - Black

#8

• Toe Bones or Phalanges - 14 (Each foot)
• Wrist Bones or Carpals - 8 (Each Wrist)

#9

• Currency Printing Press in India –

1. Dewas - M.P
2. Nasik – Maharashtra
3. Mysore - Karnataka
4. Salboni - West Bengal

#10

• Mahatma Gandhi left for England to become a baristor - 1888
• Mahatma Gandhi Returned India after Becoming Baristor - 1891

#11

• Age of Retirement for a Member of UPSC - 65 Years
• Age of Retirement for a Member of PSC - 62 Years

#12

• Kiel Cananl - North Sea & Baltic Sea
• Suez Cananl - Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

#13

• Sun Temple Located at - Konark , (Orissa)
• Shore Temple - Mahabalipuram , T.N

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