KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #290

Question 1

Ambalavayal Heritage Museum in Wayanad preserves:‌​‍

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Tribal artefacts and megaliths — Ambalavayal Heritage Museum in Wayanad preserves tribal artefacts, megalithic remains, and tools from the Stone Age.‌​‍

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Muslim manuscripts

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Jewish antiquities

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Portuguese artefacts

Question 2

Article 18 deals with:‌​‍

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Abolition of titles — Article 18 abolishes titles (except military and academic distinctions). ‌​‍No citizen can accept a title from a foreign state.

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Abolition of untouchability

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Right to equality

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Right to freedom

Question 3

Sperm produced in:‌​‍

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Testes — Seminiferous tubules.‌​‍

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Penis

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Prostate

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Kidneys

Question 4

BRICS (original) members are:‌​‍

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa — BRIC term coined 2001 by Jim O'Neill (Goldman Sachs). ‌​‍BRIC became BRICS with South Africa's addition 2010. Expanded 2024 (UAE, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt).

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Brazil, Russia, India, China

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India, UK, USA, Germany

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UK, US, France, China, Russia

Question 5

Study of body functions:‌​‍

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Physiology — Physiology.‌​‍

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Pathology

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Histology

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Anatomy

Question 6

The largest island in the world is:‌​‍

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Greenland — Greenland is the world's largest island (~2.17 million sq km). ‌​‍Australia is a continent, not an island.

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Madagascar

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Borneo

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Iceland

Question 7

Which statement about 'demonetisation' is INCORRECT? ‌​‍(i) Process of invalidating an economic unit (ii) Raghuram Rajan was RBI Governor in 2016 demon (iii) ₹500/₹1000 notes ceased from Nov 9, 2016 (iv) Targeted black money & money laundering

Accepted Answer

(i), (iii) and (iv) — Urjit Patel (not Raghuram Rajan) was RBI Governor during the November 2016 demonetisation. ‌​‍The other three are correct.

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(i), (ii) and (iv)

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All four are true

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(i) and (iv)

Question 8

Who discovered the Edakkal Caves and its rock art in Wayanad?

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Fawcett — F. Fawcett, a British police superintendent, documented Edakkal in 1890.

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Robert Bruce Foote

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Babington

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William Logan

Question 9

Betwa River is a tributary of which major river?

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Yamuna — Betwa is a tributary of the Yamuna, flowing through Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

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Ganga

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Narmada

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Son

Question 10

Nash Equilibrium is:‌​‍

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Each player's strategy is best response to others' strategies — John Nash (Nobel 1994): no player has incentive to change strategy given others' choices. ‌​‍Applies to oligopoly, politics, biology.

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Random outcome

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Cooperation

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Random choice

KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #290