Driver Cum Office Attendant Practice Test 13 — Current Affairs, English, General Knowledge +6 more

Question 1

Patriarchy is:

Accepted Answer

Social system where men hold primary power — Affects economics, politics, family, religion. Feminism challenges patriarchy. India: skewed sex ratio (PCPNDT Act 1994).

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Matrilineal

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Equality

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Matriarchy

Question 2

Karl Marx and Engels published 'Communist Manifesto' in:‌​‍

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1848 — Manifesto published Feb 1848, amid European revolutions. ‌​‍'A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism.'

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1867

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1917

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1789

Question 3

CM Andhra Pradesh 2024:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

N. Chandrababu Naidu — TDP's Naidu after June 2024.‌​‍

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Rajinikanth

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Jagan

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Pawan

Question 4

India approved a Special Economic Zone for its first:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Semiconductor fabrication plant — The SEZ for India's first semiconductor fab marks a major step toward domestic chip manufacturing under the India Semiconductor Mission.‌​‍

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Electric vehicle plant

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Solar panel factory

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AI research centre

Question 5

In the number series 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 91, one number is wrong. ‌​‍Find the wrong number.

Accepted Answer

31 — Differences: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 35. ‌​‍Should be perfect squares (1²,2²,3²,4²,5²,6²=36). Last diff 35 instead of 36. ‌​‍Sequence: 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 92. Wrong = 91. ‌​‍Mark B.

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15

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91

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56

Question 6

Book : Library :: Tree : ?

Accepted Answer

Forest — Book collection = library; tree collection = forest.

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Branch

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Leaf

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Fruit

Question 7

The gold foil (alpha-particle scattering) experiment established that an atom has:

Accepted Answer

A dense positively-charged nucleus with mostly empty space around it — Rutherford's 1911 experiment disproved Thomson's model and proposed a nuclear atom.

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A uniform sphere of positive charge

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Only electrons

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A plum-pudding structure

Question 8

Werner's coordination theory (1893):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Metal has primary (oxidation state) and secondary (coordination number) valences — Nobel 1913. ‌​‍[Co(NH₃)₆]Cl₃: primary 3 (Cl⁻), secondary 6 (NH₃). Geometry: octahedral, tetrahedral, etc.

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Only one valence

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Octet only

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Primary and secondary valences

Question 9

Glycolysis occurs in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Cytoplasm — Cytoplasm — common to aerobic and anaerobic.‌​‍

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Chloroplast

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Mitochondria

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Nucleus

Question 10

Synonym of AMBIGUOUS:

Accepted Answer

Unclear — Open to multiple interpretations.

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Clear

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Specific

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Direct

Question 11

The figure of speech 'The classroom was a zoo' is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Metaphor — Direct comparison (without 'like'/'as') → metaphor.‌​‍

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Simile

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Hyperbole

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Personification

Question 12

Who wrote Balyakalasakhi?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer — Basheer (1944) — childhood romance.‌​‍

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O.V. Vijayan

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Thakazhi

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Uroob

Question 13

Match authors to works: (a) C.V. Raman Pillai (b) K.M. Panikkar (c) A.R. Raja Raja Varma (d) Kesava Dev with (i) Malaya Vilasam (ii) Premamritam (iii) Parankipatayali (iv) Odayil Ninnu

Accepted Answer

a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv — Premamritam-C.V. Raman Pillai; Parankipatayali-K.M. Panikkar; Malaya Vilasam-A.R. Raja Raja Varma; Odayil Ninnu-Kesava Dev.

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a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv

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a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv

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a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

Question 14

The hormone that controls calcium levels in blood is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) — PTH (from 4 parathyroid glands on thyroid) raises blood Ca²⁺ by bone resorption.‌​‍

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Insulin

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Thyroxine

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Cortisol

Question 15

The master gland of the body is the:

Accepted Answer

Pituitary — The anterior pituitary controls other endocrine glands (thyroid, adrenal, gonads).

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Thyroid

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Adrenal

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Hypothalamus

Driver Cum Office Attendant Practice Test 13 — Current Affairs, English, General Knowledge +6 more