HSA Mixed Practice Test #1020

Question 1

Kerala HC location:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kochi — Kochi (Ernakulam).‌​‍

Answer

TVM

Answer

Thrissur

Answer

Kozhikode

Question 2

Which organ is responsible for producing bile, detoxifying harmful substances, and metabolizing nutrients?

Accepted Answer

D. Liver — The liver is a vital organ with numerous functions, including the production of bile for fat digestion, detoxification of drugs and harmful substances, and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The pancreas produces digestive enzymes and hormones, the stomach digests food, and the spleen filters blood.

Answer

A. Pancreas

Answer

B. Stomach

Answer

C. Spleen

Question 3

Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Accepted Answer

G.V. Mavalankar — G.V. Mavalankar was the first Lok Sabha Speaker (1952–1956).

Answer

Sivraj Patel

Answer

Jagjivan Ram

Answer

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Question 4

The opposite of 'success' is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Failure — Success ↔ failure.‌​‍

Answer

Triumph

Answer

Achievement

Answer

Victory

Question 5

The Chauri Chaura incident (February 1922) led Gandhi to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement — After protesters burned a police station (Chauri Chaura), Gandhi suspended the movement citing violence.‌​‍

Answer

Launch Quit India

Answer

Boycott Simon

Answer

Start Salt March

Question 6

Kaipad rice farming is practised in which district?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kannur — Kaipad is a traditional system of rice cultivation in the brackish water marshes of Kannur district.‌​‍

Answer

Wayanad

Answer

Palakkad

Answer

Alappuzha

Question 7

World Environment Day is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

5 June — 5 June = World Environment Day. ‌​‍22 April = Earth Day. 22 March = World Water Day.

Answer

22 March

Answer

22 April

Answer

16 September

Question 8

Subaltern Studies (from 1982, ed. Ranajit Guha) focused on:

Accepted Answer

History 'from below' — peasants, tribals, workers — Contributors: Partha Chatterjee, Gyanendra Pandey, Dipesh Chakrabarty. Reaction to Cambridge school's 'politics of elite.'

Answer

Elite politics only

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Economic history only

Answer

Only Mughal elites

Question 9

The process of converting unsaturated oils to saturated fats by adding hydrogen is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Hydrogenation — Vegetable oil + H₂ (Ni catalyst) → vanaspati/margarine.‌​‍

Answer

Halogenation

Answer

Hydration

Answer

Hydrolysis

Question 10

What is the primary function of the lymphatic system?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Fluid balance, immunity — Lymph circulation.‌​‍

Answer

None

Answer

Respiration

Answer

Digestion

HSA Mixed Practice Test #1020