PSC GK-1

1 London smog is found in ? 
A. Summer during day time 
B. Summer during morning time
C. Winter during day time 
D. Winter during morning time

2  What is BOD5?
A. Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 hrs
B. Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 days
C. Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 months
D. Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 minutes

3. Who started the Chipko Movement?
A. Kiran Bedi
B. S. L Bahuguna
C. Medha Patkar
D. Amrita Devi

4. Dachigam National Park is in which state?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. J&K
C. Tamilnadu
D. Sikkam 

5. “Where the mind is without fear” were lines by
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
D. Sardar Bhagat Singh 

6. The right to property is
A. A fundamental right
B. A citizen’s right
C. A legal right
D. All of these

7. The earth has an axial tilt of 23.4°. This means that
A. The earth wobbles around its axis
B. The earth has varied weather during the year
C. The hemispheres of earth are exposed to the sun for different times during the year
D. The earth is a sphere  

8.  The science that deals with the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena is called
A. Paleontology
B. Geography
C. Biology
D. Sociology

9. Who took charge as Prime Minister at the death of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A. Gulzarilal Nanda
B. Morarji Desai
C. Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. Indira Gandhi

10. Who was Pliny?
A. A poet who wrote on the history of India
B. A warrior King who settled in Afghanistan
C. A Roman scholar who mentioned India as a trading nation trading with the Roman empire
D. All the above