Civil Excise Officer Practice Test 7 — Art & Culture, Current Affairs, English +10 more

Question 1

Indian Councils Act 1861:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Added Indians to Viceroy's council — First step — Indians in legislative council.‌​‍

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Gave voting rights

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Abolished Viceroy

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Created Parliament

Question 2

The Northeast Monsoon primarily brings rainfall to which part of India?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra (Coromandel Coast) — The retreating (NE) Monsoon (Oct–Dec) gives Tamil Nadu most of its annual rainfall.‌​‍

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North-East India

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Punjab

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Western Ghats

Question 3

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) requires banks to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Hold % of NDTL as liquid assets (cash/gold/govt securities) — SLR = minimum % of Net Demand and Time Liabilities in specified liquid assets. ‌​‍Current ~18%.

Answer

Lend % to priority sectors

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Keep % of deposits as cash

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Lend to agriculture

Question 4

Which item is in the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Economic and Social Planning — Economic and social planning is Concurrent List Entry 20. UN, foreign loans are Union List; fisheries is State List.

Answer

United Nations Organization

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Fisheries

Answer

Foreign loans

Question 5

Kerala's Education Index rank in India:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Top 3 — Consistently top.‌​‍

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Bottom

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Middle

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Top 10

Question 6

Smallpox vaccine by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Jenner — Edward Jenner (1796).‌​‍

Answer

Koch

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Pasteur

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Lister

Question 7

Postcolonial theorists include:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Said, Fanon, Spivak, Bhabha — Key postcolonial thinkers: Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhabha — critique of colonialism + constructing new identities.‌​‍

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Smith and Ricardo

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Durkheim and Weber

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Locke and Hobbes

Question 8

International Yoga Day is observed on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

21 June — UN declared 21 June as International Yoga Day from 2015 (proposed by India).‌​‍

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21 May

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21 September

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21 July

Question 9

A lady drives 15 km west, turns left and goes 10 km, then turns right and goes 18 km. ‌​‍Now she is going in which direction?

Accepted Answer

West — W (15) → S (10, after left turn from W) → W (18, after right turn from S). ‌​‍Currently going West.

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South-West

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East

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South

Question 10

Antonym of QUIET:

Accepted Answer

Loud — Quiet ↔ loud.

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Silent

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Still

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Calm

Question 11

'He is (A) senior (B) than (C) me (D).' Error is in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

C — Senior/Junior/Superior/Inferior take 'to' not 'than'. Correct: 'senior to me'.‌​‍

Answer

A

Answer

B

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D

Question 12

Who wrote Balyakalasakhi?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

O.V. Vijayan

Answer

Thakazhi

Answer

Uroob

Question 13

Who wrote Mathilukal?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Basheer — Basheer — novella about prison love story.‌​‍

Answer

Thakazhi

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M.T.

Answer

Pottekkatt

Question 14

Total coastline:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

7,516 km — ~7,516 km.‌​‍

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5,516 km

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6,516 km

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8,516 km

Question 15

Insulin discovered by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Banting and Best — Frederick Banting and Charles Best (1921).‌​‍

Answer

Watson-Crick

Answer

Mendel

Answer

Pasteur

Civil Excise Officer Practice Test 7 — Art & Culture, Current Affairs, English +10 more