HSA Mixed Practice Test #255

Question 1

Makaravilakku:

Accepted Answer

Sabarimala festival — Major Sabarimala festival (January).

Answer

Onam

Answer

Vishu

Answer

Navratri

Question 2

Laterite in:

Accepted Answer

Kerala hills, Karnataka, MH, Odisha — Heavy rain tropics.

Answer

Punjab

Answer

Rajasthan

Answer

UP

Question 3

Hall-Héroult process extracts:

Accepted Answer

Aluminium (electrolysis of Al₂O₃ in molten cryolite) — Cryolite (Na₃AlF₆) lowers m.p. from 2000°C to ~950°C. Carbon anode, steel cathode.

Answer

Iron

Answer

Copper

Answer

Zinc

Question 4

Samudragupta prashasti at:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Allahabad Pillar — Allahabad Pillar by Harisena.‌​‍

Answer

Sanchi

Answer

Rummindei

Answer

Junagarh

Question 5

Kerala's first Health Minister:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

A.R. Menon — Dr. A.R. Menon — first Health Minister (1957).‌​‍

Answer

K.R. Narayanan

Answer

A.K. Antony

Answer

K.M. Mani

Question 6

In which INC session was Jawaharlal Nehru elected president and Poorna Swaraj proclaimed?

Accepted Answer

Lahore — Lahore Session of 1929 — Nehru elected president, Poorna Swaraj declared, 26 Jan 1930 set as Independence Day.

Answer

Bombay

Answer

Karachi

Answer

Madras

Question 7

Gram Sabha means:

Accepted Answer

A body of all registered voters of the village — Gram Sabha = assembly of all adult registered voters of a village. Supreme body at village level.

Answer

A body of elected panchayat members

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Village elders only

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The District Magistrate's office

Question 8

Art 51:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

International peace — Promotion of international peace.‌​‍

Answer

Child labour

Answer

Education

Answer

UCC

Question 9

He is superior ___ me in rank.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

to — Superior, inferior, senior, junior, prior, and posterior all take 'to', NOT 'than'. ‌​‍This is one of the most common PSC error-spotting traps.

Answer

than

Answer

from

Answer

of

Question 10

Sundarbans National Park is a UNESCO site in which state?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

West Bengal — Sundarbans in West Bengal is the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to the Royal Bengal Tiger.‌​‍

Answer

Odisha

Answer

Jharkhand

Answer

Andhra Pradesh

HSA Mixed Practice Test #255