Most Confusing GK Pointers- Part 96

#1.

• First Metro Train service in India - Kolkata, 1984.
• First Metro Train service in the World – London, 1863.

#2.

• Unit of Luminous Flux – Lumen 
• Unit of Magnetic Flux – Weber 

#3.

• Apiphobia – Fear of bees
• Entomophobia – Fear of bugs and insects
• Myrmecophobia – Fear of ants
• Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders
• Ophidiophobia – Fear of Snakes

#4.

• Memorial Place of Mahatma Gandhi – Raj Ghat, New Delhi
• Memorial Place of P.V. Narasimha Rao – P.V. Ghat, New Delhi
• Memorial Place of Choudhary Charan Singh – Kisan Ghat, New Delhi
• Memorial Place of Lal Bahadur Shastri – Vijay Ghat, New Delhi
• Memorial Place of Gulzarilal Nanda – Narayan Ghat, Gujarat
• Memorial Place of Morarji Desai – Abhay Ghat, Gujarat

#5.

• Gas Constant – 8.314 J / mol. K. 
• Boltzmann Constant - 1.38064852 × 10−23 joule per kelvin (J/K)

#6.

• Harbour City – Sydney
• Fair City – Dublin

#7. Nicknames

• Milkha Singh – The Flying Sikh
• Kapil Dev – Haryana Hurricane
• Dhyan Chand Singh – Magician of Hockey
• PT Usha – Payyoli Express / Queen of Indian Track

#8.

• The currency of Central African Republic – Central African CFA Franc
• The currency of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) – West African CFA Franc

#9.

• First Muslim President of Indian National Congress (INC) – Badruddin Taiyabji
• First Muslim President of India- Zakir Hussain

#10.

• First Garden City in the World – Letchworth, UK
• First Garden City in India – Bangalore, Karnataka

#11. Different Names of Grasslands

• Steppes – Asia
• Prairies – North America
• Pampas, Lianos and Cerrados – South America
• Savannahs and Velds – Africa
• Rangelands - Australia

#12. Old Names New Names

• British Guiana – Guyana
• Spanish Guinea – Guinea
• Gold Coast – Ghana
• Dutch Coast – Suriname

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