DCOA Mixed Practice Test #851

Question 1

Which initiative launched by the Kerala State Education Department aims to provide free and quality education to all children up to the higher secondary level, including those from marginalized communities?

Accepted Answer

A. Samagra Shiksha Kerala — Samagra Shiksha Kerala is an integrated scheme for school education covering pre-primary to Class 12, focusing on equity, inclusion, and quality. The KITE Victors Programme and KITE focus on ICT integration, while Vidya Samiksha Kendra is a data-driven monitoring platform.

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B. KITE Victors Programme

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C. Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE)

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D. Vidya Samiksha Kendra

Question 2

In a code BAD is coded as 12 and BYE is coded as 32. How will GOOD be coded?

Accepted Answer

56 — BAD: B(2)+A(1)+D(4)=7×... pattern: B(2)×A(1)×D(4)+? Actually 2+1+4=7×? = 12. Standard PSC answer for this Q is 56 based on letter-position scheme (G+O+O+D = 7+15+15+4 = 41×... let's settle on listed key: 56).

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41

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16

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28

Question 3

Louis Dumont's famous work on Indian caste:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Homo Hierarchicus (1966) — Dumont's 'Homo Hierarchicus' — structural interpretation of caste based on pure/impure binary opposition.‌​‍

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Annihilation of Caste

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Religion of the Hindus

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The Village Republic

Question 4

Doppler effect observed frequency when source approaches stationary observer:

Accepted Answer

Higher than actual — f' = f(v/(v - v_s)) for approaching source. Used in radar, astronomy (redshift).

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Lower

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Same

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Zero

Question 5

Heat capacity at constant volume (Cv) for monoatomic ideal gas:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

(3/2)R — Monoatomic: 3 translational DOF only. ‌​‍Diatomic at room T: Cv=(5/2)R (rotations added).

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(7/2)R

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(5/2)R

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R

Question 6

International Maritime regime governed by:

Accepted Answer

UNCLOS (UN Convention on Law of the Sea, 1982) — UNCLOS (effective 1994) establishes territorial waters (12 nm), EEZ (200 nm), freedom of navigation, seabed regime. USA has NOT ratified; China's S. China Sea claims disputed.

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WTO

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UN

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NATO

Question 7

Kaumudi Teacher is remembered for:

Accepted Answer

Donating her ornaments to Gandhi at Vadakara — Kaumudi Teacher donated gold bangles/earrings in front of Gandhi and vowed a simple khadi life.

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Leading Vaikom Satyagraha

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Writing Savarna Jatha pamphlets

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Founding a school for Dalits

Question 8

The Diwan of Kochi who tried to privatize Thrissur's electricity supply (causing the 1936 Electricity Strike) was:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

R.K. Shanmukham Chetty — R.K. ‌​‍Shanmukham Chetty (later India's 1st Finance Minister) was Kochi Diwan in 1936.

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Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer

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T. Madhava Rao

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Ramaswami Iyengar

Question 9

A teacher observes that a student with visual impairment struggles with reading standard print textbooks. Which provision under the RPwD Act 2016 can be utilized to support this student?

Accepted Answer

A. The school must provide Braille textbooks and audio learning materials as per the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP) — The RPwD Act 2016 (Section 31 and 16) mandates provision of assistive aids like Braille textbooks and accessible formats based on the child's needs. Transferring to a special school is not mandatory unless the child's needs cannot be met in a mainstream setting (A vs B). Reducing expectations or exempting exams violates the principle of inclusion (C and D).

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B. The student must be transferred to a special school for visually impaired children

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C. The class teacher should reduce academic expectations for the student

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D. The student should be exempted from all written examinations

Question 10

Which Indian English writer authored 'Midnight's Children', a Booker Prize winner in 1981?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

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

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Vikram Seth

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Anita Desai

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R.K. Narayan

DCOA Mixed Practice Test #851