25 Confusing Facts for PSC | Part 9

The majority of Kerala PSC exams have confusing multiple-choice questions that might easily mislead us (now with statement questions everything is very confusing, anyhow...).

In the eighth monthly edition of this series, we'll go through 25 such confusing GK questions and answers that may come in handy for upcoming Kerala PSC exams.

25 Confusing Questions & Answers for Kerala PSC

#1  

  • ജീവിതസമരം – സി. കേശവൻ.
  • ജീവിതം ഒരു സമരം – അക്കാമ്മ ചെറിയാൻ.
  • സമരം തന്നെ ജീവിതം – വി. എസ്. അച്യുതാനന്ദൻ.

#2  

  • സമരം തന്നെ ജീവിതം – വി. എസ്. അച്യുതാനന്ദൻ.
  • ജീവിതം തന്നെ സന്ദേശം – ചാവറ കുര്യാക്കോസ് ഏലിയാസ്.

#3  
  • 'The Alchemist' (Novel) was written by – Paulo Coelho (Brazil, 1988).
  • 'The Alchemist' (Poem) was written by – Louise Bogan (1923).

#4 

  • Feldspar is an ore of  – Aluminium.
  • Fluorspar is an ore of  – Calcium.

#5
  • Caustic Soda / Lyle – Sodium Hydroxide.
  • Caustic Potash – Potassium Hydroxide.
  • Caustic Lotion – Silver Nitrate.

#6

  • Iron Lady – Margaret Thatcher.
  • Iron Lady of India – Indira Gandhi.
  • Iron Lady of Orissa – Nandini Satpathy.
  • Iron Lady of Manipur – Irom Chanu Sharmila.

#7
  • First British Governor of Bengal – Robert Clive (1757-60).
  • First British Governor-General of Bengal – Warren Hastings (1773 May 8).
  • Last British Governor-General of Bengal – William Bentinck (1828-1833).

#8

  • World Consumer Rights Day – March 15.
    • 2022 Theme – Fair Digital Finance.
  • National Consumer Rights Day – December 24.
    • 2022 Theme – Tackling Plastic Pollution.

#9

  • National Women's Day – February 13. 
  • International Women's Day – March 8.
    • 2022 Theme – Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.

#10

  • National Institute of Ayurveda – Jaipur (Rajasthan).
  • National Institute of Siddha – Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
  • National Institute of Unani Medicine – Bengaluru (Karnataka).


#11

  • Queen of  Himalayas – Darjeeling.
  • Queen of Saptura – Pachmari.
  • Queen of Western Ghats – Neelakurinji.
  • Queen of South Indian Mountains – Ooty.
  • Queen of the Eastern Hill Lands – Ranni.

#12

  • Nobel Prize of the Arab World – Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
  • Nobel Prize of Environment / Green Nobel Prize – Goldman Environmental Prize.
  • Nobel Prize of Mathematicians – Abel Prize.

#13

  • Red Cross – Henry Dunant (1863).
    • Headquarters – Geneva (Switzerland).
  • Green Cross – Mikhail Gorbachev (1993).
    • Headquarters – Geneva (Switzerland).

#14

  • First Russian president who won the Nobel Peace Prize – Mikhail Gorbachev (1990).
    •  for his “leading role in the peace process” in Europe.
  • First American president who won the Nobel Peace Prize – Theodore Roosevelt (1906).
    • for having negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5 and also resolved a dispute with Mexico by resorting to arbitration.

#15

  • First Man to win both Bharat Ratna & Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Satyajit Ray (1992 & 1985).
  • First Woman to win both Bharat Ratna & Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Lata Mangeshkar (2001 & 1989).

#16

  • Guru of Shivaji – Guru Ram Das.
  • Guru of Tansen – Guru Hari Das.

#17

  • Political Guru of Gandhi – Gopal Krishna Gokhle.
  • Spiritual Guru of Gandhi – Shrimad Rajchandra.

#18

  • വിഷാദത്തിന്റെ കവയിത്രി – സുഗതകുമാരി.
  • വിഷാദത്തിന്റെ കഥാകാരി – രാജലക്ഷ്മി.

#19

  • President's Ordinance Article – Article 123 of the Constitution.
  • Governor's Ordinance Article – Article 213 of the Constitution.

#20

  • No. of members President can appoint for Lok Sabha – 2.
  • No. of members President can appoint for Rajya Sabha – 12.

#21

  • Green hydrogen – hydrogen produced by splitting water by electrolysis resulting in the production of Hyrdrogen and Oxygen.
  • Blue hydrogen – hydrogen produced by splitting natural gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide either by Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) or Auto Thermal Reforming (ATR).
  • Grey hydrogen – formed from natural gas which throws off  massive amount of carbon dioxide.
  • Brown hydrogen – formed through coal gasification.

#22

  • Inner Membrane of the Meninges – Pia Matter.
  • Outer Membrane of the Meninges – Dura Mater.
  • Middle Membrane of the Meninges – Arachnoid.
* Meninges – 3 layers of membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord.

#23

  • ECG (Electrocardiogram) was discovered by – Willem Einthoven (1901).
  • EEG (Electroencephalography) was discovered by – Hans Berger (1929).

#24

  • Ozone layer was discovered by – Charles Fabry & Henri Buisson (1913).
  • Ozone hole was discovered by – Jonathan Shanklin (1985).
    • First discovered at Halley Bay (Antartica).

#25

  • Deepest point in the Pacific Ocean – Challenger Deep (10,924m, Mariana Trench).
  • Deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean – Milwaukee Depth / Milwaukee Deep / Brownson Deep (8,378m, Puerto Rico Trench).
  • Deepest point in the Indian Ocean – unnamed deep in Java Trench (7,187m)
  • Deepest point in the Antarctic Ocean /  Southern Ocean  – Factorian Deep (South-Sandwich-Trench, 7,432m)
  • Deepest point in the Arctic Ocean – Molloy Hole in unnamed Trench (5,551m).
    *as mapped by the Five Deeps Expedition, 2021.

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