Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #781

Question 1

A group of adolescents, despite knowing the risks, decide to engage in a minor act of vandalism to impress their peers. This scenario best illustrates which common aspect of adolescent social development?

Accepted Answer

C. Peer conformity — The act of engaging in risky behavior specifically to impress peers is a clear example of peer conformity, a powerful social influence during adolescence. Imaginary audience and personal fable are forms of adolescent egocentrism, while post-conventional moral reasoning would likely deter such behavior due to an understanding of universal ethical principles.

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A. Imaginary audience

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B. Personal fable

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D. Moral reasoning at the post-conventional level

Question 2

If COME is DPNF (+1 each), then HELP is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

IFMQ — H→I, E→F, L→M, P→Q = IFMQ.‌​‍

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GDKO

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JGNR

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IFNQ

Question 3

The assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) was:

Accepted Answer

Gavrilo Princip (Bosnian Serb) — Princip, of Young Bosnia group, shot Archduke in Sarajevo. Triggered alliance system to activate, leading to WWI.

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Vladimir Lenin

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Stalin

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Hitler

Question 4

A man says 'This woman is the wife of my mother's son.' Who is she?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Wife — Mother's son = the man himself. Wife of himself = his wife.‌​‍

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Mother

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Sister

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Daughter-in-law

Question 5

Matrilineal society means inheritance passes through:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Mother's line — Matrilineal (e.g., Nayars of Kerala, Khasis of Meghalaya, Garos) — descent and property through mother. ‌​‍Different from matriarchy (rule by women — rare).

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Both

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Neither

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Father's line

Question 6

Highest mountain SA:

Accepted Answer

Aconcagua — Aconcagua, Argentina.

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Huascarán

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Chimborazo

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Cotopaxi

Question 7

Kerala's folk dance — women:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

All of these — All are Kerala folk dances for women.‌​‍

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Thiruvathirakali

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Margamkali

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Oppana

Question 8

'Paradise Lost' was written by:

Accepted Answer

Milton — John Milton's epic (1667) recounts the Fall of Man.

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Chaucer

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Shakespeare

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Donne

Question 9

Who founded Muhammadeeya Sabha in Kannur?

Accepted Answer

Sayyed Sanahulla Makti Thangal — Sayyid Sanaullah Makti Thangal founded Muhammadeeya Sabha for Muslim reform.

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Sheikh Muhammed Hamadani Thangal

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Ummar Khasi

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Vakkom Maulavi

Question 10

In the number series 5, 11, 23, 47, ___ — what comes next?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

95 — Pattern: each number × 2 + 1. 5×2+1=11, 11×2+1=23, 23×2+1=47, 47×2+1=95.‌​‍

Answer

93

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97

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91

Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #781