KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #789

Question 1

Brazil hosted BRICS Summit expansion (to 10+ members) in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2023 Johannesburg → 2024 Kazan (Russia) expansion — BRICS added 5 new members in 2024: Iran, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia (partial). ‌​‍2024 Kazan summit was first with expanded membership.

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2022

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2025

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2024

Question 2

Water is made up of which two elements?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Oxygen — Water (H₂O) is made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen — 2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of Oxygen.

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Hydrogen and Nitrogen

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Oxygen and Carbon

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Nitrogen and Oxygen

Question 3

'Her smile was as bright as the sun' is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Simile — Uses 'as' for explicit comparison = simile.

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Metaphor

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Hyperbole

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Oxymoron

Question 4

The physical quantity with unit 'candela' measures:‌​‍

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Luminous intensity — Candela (cd) is the SI unit of luminous intensity.‌​‍

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Electric current

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Frequency

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Amount of substance

Question 5

Decomposers:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Fungi, bacteria — Break down dead matter.‌​‍

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Viruses

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Plants

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Animals

Question 6

Under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, which category of disability is NOT explicitly included in the definition of 'persons with benchmark disabilities'?

Accepted Answer

C. Specific learning disabilities — The RPwD Act, 2016 includes mental illness, acid attack survivors, and locomotor disability in the definition of 'persons with benchmark disabilities' (40% disability or more). However, specific learning disabilities are included in the Act but are not part of the 'benchmark disabilities' category unless they fall under the 40% disability criterion.

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A. Mental illness

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B. Acid attack survivors

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D. Locomotor disability

Question 7

The idiom 'at your beck and call' means:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

under someone's absolute control — To be at someone's beck and call = always available to do their bidding.‌​‍

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under someone's protection

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without deliberation

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praising himself

Question 8

The Untouchability Offences Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

1955 — Untouchability (Offences) Act passed 1955; renamed Protection of Civil Rights Act 1976.‌​‍

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1972

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1956

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1961

Question 9

Pollination by wind is called:

Accepted Answer

Anemophily — Grasses, pines. Entomophily (insects), hydrophily (water), ornithophily (birds), chiropterophily (bats).

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Entomophily

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Hydrophily

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Ornithophily

Question 10

The 10th Schedule deals with:‌​‍

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Anti-defection — 10th Schedule (52nd Amendment, 1985) = Anti-defection law.‌​‍

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Languages

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Panchayats

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Municipalities

KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #789