Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #64

Question 1

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Jon Fosse — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse won the 2023 Literature Nobel for his plays and prose.‌​‍

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Louise Glück

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Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Annie Ernaux

Question 2

PM GatiShakti is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Infrastructure master plan — National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity and infrastructure planning.‌​‍

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Highway project

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Smart city project

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Sports scheme

Question 3

A teacher observes that a typically calm 16-year-old student frequently experiences intense mood swings, from extreme happiness to sudden irritability, often in response to minor events. Which explanation is most developmentally appropriate for this observation?

Accepted Answer

B. These mood swings are a normal part of hormonal changes and emotional development during adolescence. — Intense mood swings are a common and normal aspect of adolescent emotional development, largely influenced by hormonal changes and the ongoing development of emotional regulation skills. Attributing it to a personality disorder, attention-seeking, or lack of discipline without further evidence is premature and generally inaccurate for typical adolescent development.

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A. The student is likely experiencing early signs of a personality disorder.

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C. The student is deliberately seeking attention through dramatic behavior.

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D. This indicates a lack of parental discipline and guidance.

Question 4

Superlative of 'good':‌​‍

Accepted Answer

best — Good - better - best.‌​‍

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gooder

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better

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goodest

Question 5

G. Aravindan:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Filmmaker — Parallel cinema director.‌​‍

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Poet

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Politician

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Novelist

Question 6

Punnapra-Vayalar uprising (1946) occurred in which present-day district?

Accepted Answer

Alappuzha — The Punnapra-Vayalar communist uprising took place in the Alappuzha (Alleppey) region in 1946.

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Ernakulam

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Kollam

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Kottayam

Question 7

Plate tectonics theory explains:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Movement of lithospheric plates driving geological features — 7 major + several minor plates. ‌​‍Divergent, convergent, transform boundaries. Sea-floor spreading (Harry Hess).

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Only mountains

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Only earthquakes

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Only volcanism

Question 8

What are the '5 Ws and 1 H' commonly used in news reporting?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

What, When, Where, Why, Who, How — Core questions of news writing. ‌​‍Inverted pyramid: most important first. Lead paragraph, body, conclusion.

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Only what

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3 Ws

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Random

Question 9

The first systematically organised agitation in Kerala against orthodoxy to secure rights of depressed classes:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Vaikom Satyagraha — Vaikom Satyagraha (1924-25) — first major organised satyagraha for temple road access.‌​‍

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Mappila Lahala

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None

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Guruvayoor Satyagraha

Question 10

'Physics ___ my favourite subject.'

Accepted Answer

is — 'Physics' (like mathematics, economics) ends in -s but is singular → 'is'.

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are

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have

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has

Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #64