HSA Mixed Practice Test #1002

Question 1

Sperm produced in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Testes — Seminiferous tubules.‌​‍

Answer

Penis

Answer

Prostate

Answer

Kidneys

Question 2

Isaiah Berlin's 'Two Concepts of Liberty' (1958) distinguished:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Negative (freedom from) and Positive (freedom to) liberty — Berlin: negative liberty = absence of external constraints; positive liberty = self-mastery, realising one's potential.‌​‍

Answer

Natural and civil

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Social and economic

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Active and passive

Question 3

Political participation includes:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Voting, campaigning, protests, writing, joining parties — all forms of civic engagement — Broad spectrum: institutional (voting, office) and extra-institutional (protests, petitions, civil disobedience).‌​‍

Answer

Only parliamentary debate

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Only voting

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Only rebellion

Question 4

Three words: Barbarous, Crude, Rude. Pick the class word.

Accepted Answer

unrefined — All three describe lack of refinement.

Answer

gentlemanly

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rude

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cultured

Question 5

Tapti river flows:

Accepted Answer

East to West — Tapti also flows westward like Narmada.

Answer

West to East

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North to South

Answer

South to North

Question 6

Who founded the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Subhas Chandra Bose — Subhas Chandra Bose reorganised the Indian National Army (originally formed by Captain Mohan Singh) and established the Azad Hind Government in 1943.‌​‍

Answer

Mahatma Gandhi

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Bhagat Singh

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Sardar Patel

Question 7

Why does a ball thrown upward come back?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Gravity — Earth's gravitational force pulls objects toward its centre. ‌​‍The ball decelerates, stops, and falls back.

Answer

Air resistance

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Magnetic force

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Friction

Question 8

Master gland:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Pituitary — Pituitary — controls other glands.‌​‍

Answer

Thyroid

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Liver

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Adrenal

Question 9

The Year of Revolutions in Europe was:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

1848 (Spring of Nations) — 1848 revolutions swept Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary). ‌​‍Mostly failed short-term but liberal/nationalist ideas persisted.

Answer

1989

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1917

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1789

Question 10

Indirect: 'The sun rises in the east,' he said.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

He said the sun rises in the east — Universal truth: tense does NOT change in indirect speech.‌​‍

Answer

He said the sun rose in the east

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He said the sun had risen in the east

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He said the sun was rising in the east

HSA Mixed Practice Test #1002