DCOA Mixed Practice Test #156

Question 1

Jio Financial Services:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Demerged 2023 — Demerger 2023.‌​‍

Answer

Still Reliance

Answer

Cancelled

Answer

IPO

Question 2

A.R. Raja Raja Varma:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kerala Panini — Linguist — 'Kerala Panini'.‌​‍

Answer

Historian

Answer

Musician

Answer

Poet only

Question 3

Projective personality test:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Rorschach Inkblot, TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) — Ambiguous stimuli reveal unconscious. ‌​‍Projective — subject projects internal conflicts. Psychodynamic tradition.

Answer

IQ

Answer

MMPI

Answer

NEO-PI

Question 4

A District Health Officer is planning to establish new Sub-Centres in a plain area of Kerala. According to the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), what is the ideal population norm for a single Sub-Centre in plain areas?

Accepted Answer

B. 3,000 population. — As per Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), a Sub-Centre is designed to cover a population of 3,000 in plain areas and 2,000 in hilly/tribal/difficult areas. The population norms for PHCs are 30,000 (plain) and 20,000 (hilly/tribal), and for CHCs are 80,000-1,20,000 (plain) and 80,000 (hilly/tribal).

Answer

A. 2,000 population.

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C. 5,000 population.

Answer

D. 10,000 population.

Question 5

Which of the following institutions holds the distinction of being the first medical college established in India?

Accepted Answer

C. Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata — Calcutta Medical College, established in 1835 in Kolkata, is officially recognized as the first institution in India to provide formal Western medical education. Grant Medical College was established in 1845, Christian Medical College in 1918, and AIIMS in 1956, all significantly later.

Answer

A. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

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B. Christian Medical College, Vellore

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D. Grant Medical College, Mumbai

Question 6

Copper is refined by:

Accepted Answer

Electrolytic refining — Impure Cu (anode) → pure Cu (cathode) in CuSO₄ electrolyte.

Answer

Distillation

Answer

Freezing

Answer

Oxidation

Question 7

A postoperative patient complains of pain and shows signs of infection at the surgical site. Which step in the chain of infection is the patient demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

B. Susceptible host — The patient is exhibiting characteristics of a 'susceptible host' due to their postoperative state, which compromises their immune response. The 'portal of entry' is the surgical site, 'infectious agent' is the pathogen causing infection, and 'reservoir' is the source of the infection.

Answer

A. Portal of entry

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C. Infectious agent

Answer

D. Reservoir

Question 8

Margamkali by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Syrian Christians (St. Thomas tradition) — Kerala Syrian Christian folk dance.‌​‍

Answer

Muslims

Answer

Tribals

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Hindus

Question 9

Which Indian English writer won the Booker Prize in 1981 for 'Midnight's Children'?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Salman Rushdie — Magical realism. ‌​‍Won Booker of Bookers. 'Satanic Verses' (1988) controversial — fatwa by Khomeini.

Answer

Anita Desai

Answer

Vikram Seth

Answer

R.K. Narayan

Question 10

What is oil of vitriol?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Sulphuric Acid — Sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) is historically called oil of vitriol.‌​‍

Answer

Sodium Chloride

Answer

Hydrochloric Acid

Answer

Nitric Acid

DCOA Mixed Practice Test #156