Kerala PSC Repeated Questions 2014: Part 9

Kerala PSC Repeated Questions - Part 9

Kerala PSC asked these ‘Countries with Changed/ Alternate Names’ Questions more than ten times.

Countries with Changed Names

New Name	Old Name
Iraq	Mesopotamia
Iran	Persia
Zimbabwe	Rhodesia
Malaysia	Malaya
Ghana	Gold Coast
Surinam	Dutch Guiana
Myanmar	Burma
Guyana	British Guiana

Countries with Alternate Names

• Japan – Nippon


• Taiwan – Formosa


• India – Bharat