Driver Cum Office Attendant Practice Test 4 — Current Affairs, English, General Knowledge +8 more

Question 1

India's national bird is:

Accepted Answer

Peacock — Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the national bird since 1963.

Answer

Eagle

Answer

Sparrow

Answer

Parrot

Question 2

India's first ambassador to US:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

VL Pandit — Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1949).‌​‍

Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer

MC Chagla

Answer

Sardar KM Panikkar

Question 3

India's net zero target year:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2070 — PM Modi announced net zero emissions by 2070 at COP26.‌​‍

Answer

2050

Answer

2060

Answer

2080

Question 4

Which statement about Han Kang (Nobel Prize in Literature 2024) is INCORRECT? ‌​‍(i) Began career in 1993 as poet (ii) Famous works: Vegetarian, Human Acts, We Do Not Part (iii) 'The Vegetarian' first published in 2017 (iv) Story of graphic designer who stops eating meat

Accepted Answer

(iii) only — 'The Vegetarian' was originally published in Korean in 2007 (English translation 2015), not 2017.‌​‍

Answer

(iv) only

Answer

(i) only

Answer

(i) and (iv)

Question 5

What comes next: J, F, M, A, M, J, J, ?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

A — Months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug. Next = A (August).‌​‍

Answer

N

Answer

O

Answer

S

Question 6

If HOBBY is coded as TOBY and LOBBY is coded as MOBY, then BOBBY is coded as:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

COBY — Replace double B+Y with shifted letter+OBY pattern. BOBBY → COBY.‌​‍

Answer

BOBY

Answer

OOBY

Answer

NOBY

Question 7

Mirage is caused by:

Accepted Answer

Refraction and total internal reflection of light in air layers of different densities — Hot air near the ground has lower density; light bends and undergoes TIR creating the illusion.

Answer

Reflection from the ground

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Dispersion

Question 8

Primary amines are distinguished by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Carbylamine test (foul smell when heated with CHCl₃ + alcoholic KOH) — R-NH₂ + CHCl₃ + 3KOH → RNC + 3KCl + 3H₂O. ‌​‍Only primary amines. Secondary and tertiary negative.

Answer

Iodoform

Answer

Aldol

Answer

Phenol

Question 9

Bats navigate using:

Accepted Answer

Ultrasound echolocation — Bats emit ultrasonic waves and detect echoes to navigate and locate prey.

Answer

Vision only

Answer

Magnetic field

Answer

Starlight

Question 10

Neither...nor takes ___ verb:

Accepted Answer

Verb agrees with nearest subject — Proximity rule.

Answer

Plural always

Answer

Singular always

Answer

Any verb

Question 11

'She has a pet dog, ___?' (Question tag)‌​‍

Accepted Answer

doesn't she — 'Has' here means possess → main verb → tag uses do/does/did.‌​‍

Answer

hasn't she

Answer

isn't she

Answer

haven't she

Question 12

Who is known as the 'Father of Malayalam literature'?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan — Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan is the Father of Malayalam literature. ‌​‍He wrote Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu and standardised the Malayalam script.

Answer

Cherusseri Namboothiri

Answer

Poonthanam

Answer

Melpathur

Question 13

First Malayalam prose writer:

Accepted Answer

Arnos Pathiri (1700s) — Arnos Pathiri — early Malayalam prose.

Answer

Ezhuthachan

Answer

CV Raman Pillai

Answer

Basheer

Question 14

Who discovered the Edakkal Caves and its rock art in Wayanad?

Accepted Answer

Fawcett — F. Fawcett, a British police superintendent, documented Edakkal in 1890.

Answer

Robert Bruce Foote

Answer

Babington

Answer

William Logan

Question 15

The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was amended by the:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

42nd Amendment — The 42nd Amendment (1976) added 'Socialist', 'Secular', and 'Integrity' to the Preamble. ‌​‍The original Preamble did not contain these words.

Answer

73rd Amendment

Answer

44th Amendment

Answer

86th Amendment

Driver Cum Office Attendant Practice Test 4 — Current Affairs, English, General Knowledge +8 more