KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #588

Question 1

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a crucial tool for understanding poverty beyond monetary measures, assesses deprivations across health, education, and living standards. Considering the methodology for calculating MPI, which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

D. A person is identified as multidimensionally poor if they are deprived in at least one-third of the weighted indicators. — The correct answer is D. The MPI identifies individuals as multidimensionally poor if they are deprived in at least one-third (approximately 33.3%) of the weighted indicators across health, education, and living standards. Option A is incorrect as it states 50%. Option B is incorrect because MPI is designed to go beyond income, focusing on direct deprivations. Option C is incorrect because while dimensions are equally weighted, indicators within dimensions may have different weights (e.g., in living standards, each of the six indicators typically carries a weight of 1/18).

Answer

A. A household is considered multidimensionally poor if it is deprived in at least 50% of the weighted indicators across all three dimensions.

Answer

B. The MPI calculation primarily relies on per capita income data collected through national household surveys.

Answer

C. It assigns equal weight to all ten indicators across health, education, and living standards, irrespective of their perceived importance.

Question 2

Champakulam Moolam Vallam Kali:

Accepted Answer

Oldest — Oldest Kerala snake boat race.

Answer

Most famous

Answer

Longest

Answer

None

Question 3

It has been a controversial topic whether ___ should be made legal or not.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

euthanasia — Euthanasia (mercy killing) is the contested legal/moral topic.‌​‍

Answer

anaesthesia

Answer

militia

Answer

blasphemy

Question 4

The Sufi orders (Silsilas) in India included:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiriyya, Naqshbandi — Major Sufi silsilas in India. ‌​‍Chishti most popular (Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer, Nizamuddin Auliya at Delhi). Emphasised love, music, tolerance.

Answer

Vaishnava sects

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Bhakti orders

Answer

Only Chishti

Question 5

Gandhi's first Satyagraha in India:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Champaran — Champaran (1917, Bihar).‌​‍

Answer

Dandi

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Kheda

Answer

Ahmedabad

Question 6

Vitiligo:

Accepted Answer

Loss of skin pigment patches — Autoimmune melanocyte loss.

Answer

Excess pigment

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Dry skin

Answer

Acne

Question 7

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'He sat under the tree.' ('under'):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Preposition — 'Under' shows relation between 'sat' and 'tree' → preposition.‌​‍

Answer

Noun

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Conjunction

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Adverb

Question 8

Widow Remarriage Act:

Accepted Answer

1856 — Hindu Widow Remarriage Act 1856 — efforts of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Answer

1829

Answer

1872

Answer

1891

Question 9

Which organizations were banned during the Emergency period (1975–77)? ‌​‍(1) Jamaat-i-Islami (2) RSS (3) Anand Marg (4) Maoist CP(ML)

Accepted Answer

All four — The Indira Gandhi government banned 26 organisations during the Emergency, including all four listed.‌​‍

Answer

Only (1, 2, 4)

Answer

Only (1, 2, 3)

Answer

Only (1, 2)

Question 10

Green Revolution phases:

Accepted Answer

1960s-70s — Mid-1960s through 1970s.

Answer

1980s

Answer

1990s

Answer

2000s

KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #588