Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #379

Question 1

Kerala's unique panchayat reform:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

People's Planning Campaign — People's Planning Campaign 1996.‌​‍

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Digital

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Industrial

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Green

Question 2

A 'Vicious / Virtuous' categorisation describes a region's stage of growth and human development. ‌​‍Kerala currently belongs to:

Accepted Answer

Human-development lop-sided — Kerala is classed as 'human-development lop-sided' — high human-dev indicators but lower GDP growth.‌​‍

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Growth lop-sided

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Virtuous

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Vicious

Question 3

Shakespeare's 'seven ages of man' ends with the stage characterised by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Second childhood (sans teeth, sans eyes…) — Final age: 'second childishness and mere oblivion / sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything'.‌​‍

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Infancy

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Youth

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Middle age

Question 4

Which unit is usually used to denote intensity of pollution?

Accepted Answer

Parts per million — Pollution concentration is measured in ppm.

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Milligrams

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Nanograms

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Kilogram

Question 5

Antonym of OPAQUE:

Accepted Answer

Transparent — Opaque = not transparent. Antonym = transparent.

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Dark

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Cloudy

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Thick

Question 6

'Sadhujana Paripalana Yogam' was started by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Ayyankali — Ayyankali founded SJPS in 1907.‌​‍

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V.T. Bhattathiripad

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Chattampi Swamikal

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Sree Narayana Guru

Question 7

FIFA 2026 hosted by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

USA/Canada/Mexico — First tri-hosted World Cup.‌​‍

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Qatar

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India

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Australia

Question 8

The play 'Hayavadana', blending Indian folk themes with Western forms, was written by:

Accepted Answer

Girish Karnad — Girish Karnad's play 'Hayavadana' (1971) draws on Indian mythology.

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Vijay Tendulkar

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Mahesh Dattani

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Badal Sircar

Question 9

The longest wall in the world is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Great Wall of China — Great Wall of China (~21,196 km). ‌​‍Built over centuries to protect against invasions.

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Berlin Wall

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Hadrian's Wall

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Western Wall

Question 10

If ax² + bx + c = 0 has real roots, discriminant:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

b² - 4ac ≥ 0 — >0: two distinct real; =0: equal; <0: complex conjugate pair. ‌​‍Roots: (-b ± √D)/(2a).

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= 0 only

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< 0

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≠ 0

Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #379