KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #159

Question 1

India gained Independence from Britain on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

15 August 1947 — Indian Independence Act 1947 made India a Dominion on 15 August.‌​‍

Answer

26 November 1947

Answer

26 January 1948

Answer

14 August 1947

Question 2

Grey Revolution:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Fertilizers — Fertilizer production.‌​‍

Answer

Fish

Answer

Cotton

Answer

Milk

Question 3

Ease of Doing Business (World Bank) used to rank countries (discontinued 2021):

Accepted Answer

10 indicators — starting business, construction permits, electricity, property, credit, etc. — India rose from 142 (2014) to 63 (2020). Replaced by B-READY (Business Ready).

Answer

Single factor

Answer

Random

Answer

Only finance

Question 4

Right to Information is the most effective tool because: (i) accepts people's right to know (ii) makes political system accountable (iii) makes people aware (iv) makes administration innovative‌​‍

Accepted Answer

(i), (ii) and (iii) — RTI primarily empowers citizens (i, ii, iii). ‌​‍'Innovative administration' is a stretch — primary purposes are first three.

Answer

(i), (ii) and (iv)

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(ii), (iii) and (iv)

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(i), (iii) and (iv)

Question 5

Dockyard evidence of Harappan civilization is found at:

Accepted Answer

Lothal (Gujarat) — Lothal's tidal dockyard (~2400 BCE) is the world's earliest known. Indicates long-distance maritime trade, possibly with Mesopotamia.

Answer

Harappa

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Mohenjo-Daro

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Kalibangan

Question 6

Net force on a 50 kg rider with acceleration 5 m/s²:

Accepted Answer

250 N — F = m × a = 50 × 5 = 250 N.

Answer

25 N

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125 N

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1250 N

Question 7

NTA (National Testing Agency):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2017 — Established 2017.‌​‍

Answer

2018

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2020

Answer

2019

Question 8

The poem 'Daffodils' ('I wandered lonely as a cloud') was written by:

Accepted Answer

William Wordsworth — Wordsworth (Romantic poet) celebrated nature in 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' (1807).

Answer

John Keats

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Robert Frost

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William Blake

Question 9

'The car is parked _____ the garage.' Fill in:

Accepted Answer

in — 'In' for enclosed spaces like a garage, room, building.

Answer

on

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at

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by

Question 10

The first president of the Indian National Congress was:

Accepted Answer

W. C. Bonnerjee — Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee presided over the 1885 Bombay session.

Answer

Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer

A. O. Hume

Answer

Surendranath Banerjee

KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #159