HSA Mixed Practice Test #1062

Question 1

Chandragupta Maurya was guided by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kautilya (Chanakya) — Chanakya authored Arthashastra.‌​‍

Answer

Kalidasa

Answer

Panini

Answer

Patanjali

Question 2

The Kerala government has actively promoted sustainable fishing practices to ensure the long-term health of its marine ecosystems and livelihoods. Which of the following regulatory measures is primarily designed to prevent the overfishing of young fish and allow them to reach reproductive maturity?

Accepted Answer

C. Implementing a minimum legal size (MLS) and minimum mesh size (MMS) for commercially important fish species. — Implementing a Minimum Legal Size (MLS) directly prevents the capture and sale of fish before they reach a certain size, allowing them to grow and reproduce. Similarly, Minimum Mesh Size (MMS) for fishing nets ensures that smaller, immature fish can escape, preventing their premature capture. While a closed season (B) is also a conservation measure, its primary aim is often to protect breeding populations or during adverse weather, whereas MLS and MMS are specifically targeted at protecting juvenile fish. Options A and D relate to fishing technology or location, not directly to the protection

Answer

A. Providing financial incentives for the adoption of modern trawling nets.

Answer

B. Establishing a closed season for fishing during monsoon periods.

Answer

D. Subsidizing the conversion of traditional fishing boats to deep-sea vessels.

Question 3

One-word substitute for the killing of women and girls because of their gender:

Accepted Answer

Femicide — Femicide = gender-based killing of women.

Answer

Foeticide

Answer

Filicide

Answer

Fratricide

Question 4

Which part of the EM spectrum has the longest wavelength?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Radio waves — Radio waves (km to mm) have longest wavelengths in the EM spectrum.‌​‍

Answer

Gamma

Answer

X-ray

Answer

Visible

Question 5

Which district is known as the 'Gateway to Kerala'?

Accepted Answer

Palakkad — Palakkad, with the Palakkad Gap in the Western Ghats, serves as the natural gateway to Kerala from Tamil Nadu.

Answer

Kasaragod

Answer

Wayanad

Answer

Thrissur

Question 6

Which of the following hormones is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland?

Accepted Answer

C. Oxytocin — Oxytocin is stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, whereas growth hormone, prolactin, and ACTH are secreted by the anterior pituitary.

Answer

A. Growth hormone

Answer

B. Prolactin

Answer

D. Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 7

Babur's autobiography is called:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Baburnama — Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) was written in Chagatai Turkish.‌​‍

Answer

Akbarnama

Answer

Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri

Answer

Padshah Nama

Question 8

Schedule 6:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

NE tribal areas — Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram tribal councils.‌​‍

Answer

Anti-defection

Answer

Languages

Answer

Scheduled Areas

Question 9

Who founded Advaita Ashram at Aluva?

Accepted Answer

Sree Narayana Guru — Sree Narayana Guru founded Advaita Ashram at Aluva in 1913.

Answer

Sankaracharya

Answer

Chattampi Swamikal

Answer

Swami Chinmayananda

Question 10

The Punnapra-Vayalar uprising (1946) was against:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Dewan Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer — The Punnapra-Vayalar uprising (1946) was a communist-led workers' revolt in Alappuzha against the Travancore Dewan Sir C.P. ‌​‍Ramaswami Iyer's oppressive policies.

Answer

British colonial rule

Answer

Zamorin of Calicut

Answer

Cochin kingdom

HSA Mixed Practice Test #1062