Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #827

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the core principle of NCF 2005 regarding learning?

Accepted Answer

B. Constructing knowledge through activity-based learning — NCF 2005 emphasizes constructing knowledge through activity-based learning, promoting a child-centered approach. Rote learning (A) and teacher-centered instruction (C) contradict this principle, while standardized testing (D) is not its primary focus.

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A. Rote learning and memorization

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C. Teacher-centered instruction

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D. Standardized testing as the primary assessment method

Question 2

Kerala State Election Commission:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Statutory for local bodies — Conducts local body elections.‌​‍

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Political

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Judicial

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None

Question 3

The Old Man and the Sea was written by:

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway — Hemingway won the Pulitzer (1953) and Nobel (1954) after this 1952 novella.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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John Steinbeck

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William Faulkner

Question 4

A and B play football and cricket. B and C play cricket and hockey. A and D play basketball and football. C and D play hockey and basketball. Who plays football, basketball and hockey?

Accepted Answer

D — D plays basketball (with A and C) and hockey (with C). D also plays football? A and D play basketball and football → D plays football too. So D plays all three.

Answer

A

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B

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C

Question 5

Kamala Harris 2024 election:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Lost — Lost to Trump.‌​‍

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Withdrew

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Won

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Running mate

Question 6

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Poet and historian — Poet of Kavithrayam.‌​‍

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Politician

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King

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Filmmaker

Question 7

Pointing to a man, a woman says 'His mother is the only daughter of my mother.' The woman is the man's:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Mother — 'Only daughter of my mother' = the woman herself. ‌​‍So the man's mother is the woman = Mother.

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Sister

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Aunt

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Grandmother

Question 8

A patient is diagnosed with an obstruction in the superior vena cava. This would primarily impair venous return from which part of the body to the heart?

Accepted Answer

A. Head, neck, and upper limbs — The superior vena cava collects deoxygenated blood from the head, neck, upper limbs, and thorax and empties it into the right atrium. An obstruction here would impede venous return from these specific regions. The inferior vena cava collects blood from the abdomen and lower limbs. The lungs return oxygenated blood via pulmonary veins, and the liver and digestive organs drain into the hepatic portal system, eventually to the inferior vena cava.

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B. Abdomen and lower limbs

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C. Lungs

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D. Liver and digestive organs

Question 9

Which of the following options lists novels written by Jane Austen?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park — Early 19th century English gentry life. ‌​‍Novels of manners. Unsparing social commentary with irony.

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War and Peace

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1984

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Dracula

Question 10

Identify the reported speech: He said, 'I am tired.' →‌​‍

Accepted Answer

He said that he was tired — Present → past; 'I' → 'he'.‌​‍

Answer

He said that he is tired

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He said that I am tired

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He says he was tired

Junior Clerk Mixed Practice Test #827