HSA Mixed Practice Test #1009

Question 1

Why do we feel cool when we sweat?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Evaporation causes cooling — Evaporation is a cooling process — sweat absorbs body heat when it evaporates, cooling the skin.‌​‍

Answer

Sweat is cold

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Wind blows

Answer

Blood pressure drops

Question 2

Rajya Sabha maximum strength:

Accepted Answer

250 — 250 members max (238 elected + 12 nominated by President).

Answer

238

Answer

245

Answer

252

Question 3

District Panchayats:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

14 — 14 — one per district.‌​‍

Answer

12

Answer

20

Answer

28

Question 4

Gondwana supergroup in India contains:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Major coal-bearing sedimentary strata (Permo-Carboniferous) — Damodar, Mahanadi, Godavari, Son-Narmada basins. ‌​‍~98% of India's coal reserves. Name from part of Gondwanaland.

Answer

Granites

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Crystalline

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Basalts

Question 5

Meenachil River flows through:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kottayam — Small river in Kottayam district.‌​‍

Answer

TVM

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Palakkad

Answer

Idukki

Question 6

Who declared 'Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it'?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Tilak's famous declaration from Pune in 1916.‌​‍

Answer

Subhash Chandra Bose

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Bhagat Singh

Question 7

A large industrial unit in Kerala is observed to be consistently violating environmental norms by discharging untreated industrial waste into a nearby wetland, leading to severe ecological damage and public health concerns. Under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, what is the most appropriate action the Central Government can take to address this situation directly?

Accepted Answer

B. Issue specific directions, including the closure, prohibition, or regulation of the industry's operations, even in the absence of specific rules for that particular type of waste. — Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, grants the Central Government extensive powers to issue directions to any person, officer, or authority. These directions can include orders for the closure, prohibition, or regulation of any industry, operation, or process to prevent or control environmental pollution, making it the most direct and effective action. Options A, C, and D represent indirect actions, responsibilities of other bodies, or defer immediate regulatory action, which are not the primary direct power of the Central Government under EPA for such a violation.

Answer

A. Direct the State Pollution Control Board to initiate criminal proceedings against the industrial unit's management for environmental negligence.

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C. Advise the local self-government to impose heavy fines on the industrial unit for violating municipal waste disposal regulations.

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D. Form a high-level committee to conduct a detailed study on the long-term environmental impacts before any regulatory action can be taken.

Question 8

Identify correctly matched facts: (i) Congress Socialist Party-Jayaprakash Narayan-1934 (ii) Forward Bloc-Subhas Chandra Bose-1939 (iii) Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha-Bhagat Singh-1926 (iv) CPI-M.N. ‌​‍Roy-1920

Accepted Answer

All of the above — All four organization-founder-year triplets are historically correct.‌​‍

Answer

i, iii and iv

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None of the above

Answer

i and iii only

Question 9

Antonym of CONDENSE:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Expand — Condense ↔ expand.‌​‍

Answer

Thicken

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Shrink

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Compact

Question 10

Normal body temp:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

37°C — 37°C (98.6°F).‌​‍

Answer

36°C

Answer

38°C

Answer

39°C

HSA Mixed Practice Test #1009