25 Confusing Facts for PSC

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Key Takeaway

In most Kerala PSC exams, there are one or two tricky multiple-choice questions that may often confuse us.

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25 Confusing Facts for PSC

In most Kerala PSC exams, there are one or two tricky multiple-choice questions that may often confuse us. In this post, we will discuss 25 such confusing facts, which might prove helpful for upcoming psc and LDC exams.

#1(2)

Indian Academy of Sciencewas established by
C.V
Indian Institute of Science
Jamsetji Tata

#2(2)

Vishnu Gopan
Banabhatta
Vishnu Gupta
Chanakya

#3(4)

First President to declare an internal emergency
Fakhruddin
Prime Minister during the emergency of 1975*
Indira Gandhi
First President to declare a national emergency
Dr. Sarvepalli
Prime Minister during the first national emergency*
Jawaharlal Nehru

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#4(2)

Servants of Indiawas founded by
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Servants of God
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

#5(2)

A Passage to India
E.M. Forester
A Passage to England
Nirad C. Chaudhary

#6(4)

Deshabandhu
C.R. Das
Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujeeb Rahman
VedaBandhu
R. Venkatachalam Iyer
DalitBandhu
N. K. Jose

#7(4)

King of Spices
Black Pepper
Queen of Spices
Cardamom
Princess of Spices
Vanilla
Prince of Spices
Cumin

#8(5)

Land of the Rising Sun
Japan
Land of Sunrise(India)
Arunachal Pradesh
Land of the Setting Sun
United Kingdom
Land of the Setting Sun(India)
Rajasthan
Land of Midnight Sun
Norway

#9(5)

Grand Old Man of India
Dadabhai Navaroji.(Previous Year PSC Questions: Stenographer, 2014; Assistant Engineer(Mechanical), Irrigation 2017)
Grand Old Man of England
William Gladstone
Grand Old Man of Bengal
Surendranath Banerjee.(Previous Year PSC Questions: Cine Assistant (Unit Boy) (NCA) KFDC LTD 2014)
Grand Old Man of South India
G. Subramania Iyer
Grand Old Man of Kerala
K.P. Kesava Menon

#10(2)

Toxic gas released when plastic is burned
Dioxin
Toxic gas released when petrol is burned
Carbon monoxide

#11(2)

Founder of Pondicherry
Francis Martin
Founder of Madras
Francis Day

#12(2)

Father of Economy
Adam Smith
Father of Mixed Economy
John Maynard Keynes

#13(2)

Lokamanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayanan

#14(3)

King of Fruits
Mango
Queen of Fruits
Mangosteen.(Previous Year PSC Question:ย Lab Technical Assistant, Agriculture Plant Protection, 2015)
Princess of Fruits
Pineapple

#15(2)

National Anthem(Jana Gana Mana)composed by
Rabindranath Tagore
National Song(Vande Mataram)composed by
Bankim Chandra

#16(2)

Most abundant metal present on the earth's surface
Aluminium
Most abundant metal present on earth
Iron

#17(2)

First university established in India by the British
Kolkata
First university established in India outside British administration
University of Mysore

#18(21)

Rabindra Setu(Howrah Bridge)is across the river
Hooghly
Nehru Setu(Railway bridge)is across the river
Son(Bihar)
Ram Setu(Rama's bridge / Adam's bridge)is across
Indian ocean(connecting Pamban Island of Tamil Nadu & Mannar Island of Sri Lanka).#19Author of Ningalenne Communistakki(เดจเดฟเด™เตเด™เดณเต†เดจเตเดจเต†
เด•เดฎเตเดฎเตเดฏเต‚เดฃเดฟเดธเตเดฑเตเดฑเดพเด•เตเด•เดฟ)
Thoppil Basi
เด•เดฎเตเดฎเตเดฏเต‚เดฃเดฟเดธเตเดฑเตเดฑเดพเด•เตเด•เดฟ)
Civic Chandran
Nanippam Communistakum(เดžเดพเดจเดฟเดชเตเดชเด‚ เด•เดฎเตเดฎเตเดฏเต‚เดฃเดฟเดธเตเดฑเตเดฑเต เด…เด•เตเด•เตเด‚)
P. Kesava Dev
Ningalenne Congressakki(เดจเดฟเด™เตเด™เดณเต†เดจเตเดจเต† เด•เต‹เตบเด—เตเดฐเดธเดพเด•เตเด•เดฟ)
A
Earth
Astatine
Rarest unstable metal
Francium(half-life - 22
Rarest stable metal
Tantalum
Rarest and most expensive metal
Rhodium.#21
First Republican country of Africa
Liberia(1847)
First Independent country in Africa
Ghana(1957).#22
Soul of the Indian Constitution
Preamble(byย Thakurdas Bhargav)
The necessary evil of the Indian Constitution
Article 22(Fundamental Right: 'Protection against arrest and detention in certain case').#23King of Diseases / The Disease of Kingsโ€“ Gout
Kingโ€™s disease / Rajayakshma(India)
Tuberculosis
Royal Disease
Hemophilia.#24Perumpadappu Swaroopam(เดชเต†เดฐเตเดฎเตเดชเดŸเตเดชเตเดชเต เดธเตเดตเดฐเต‚เดชเด‚)โ€“ Kingdom of Cochin
Nediyiruppu Swaroopam(เดจเต†เดŸเดฟเดฏเดฟเดฐเตเดชเตเดชเต เดธเตเดตเดฐเต‚เดชเด‚)
Kingdom of
Calicut.#25First Malayali to win theJnanpith Award
G. Shanakara Kurup(1965)
First Malayali novelist to win the Jnanpith Award
S. K
times
1962(Indo-China war), 1971(Indo-Pak war), & in