KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #805

Question 1

The Quit India Movement was launched by Gandhi on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

8 August 1942 — Gandhi's 'Do or Die' address in Bombay on 8 August 1942 launched the Quit India Movement.‌​‍

Answer

15 August 1942

Answer

6 April 1930

Answer

2 October 1942

Question 2

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1901 (first-ever) went to:

Accepted Answer

Sully Prudhomme (France) — Sully Prudhomme received the first Nobel Literature prize in 1901.

Answer

Kipling

Answer

Yeats

Answer

Tagore

Question 3

The male reproductive part of a flower is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Stamen — Stamen (anther + filament) is the male part. ‌​‍Pistil (stigma + style + ovary) is the female part.

Answer

Pistil

Answer

Petal

Answer

Sepal

Question 4

India's total area is approximately:

Accepted Answer

3.29 million sq km — India's area ≈ 3,287,263 sq km — 7th largest country.

Answer

1.3 million sq km

Answer

5.6 million sq km

Answer

1.6 million sq km

Question 5

Kerala maritime history — Muziris:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Ancient port near Kodungallur — Roman-era trade port.‌​‍

Answer

Medieval only

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Modern port

Answer

Unknown

Question 6

Arundhati Roy's Booker winner (1997):

Accepted Answer

The God of Small Things — Set in Kerala's Ayemenem. Explores caste, forbidden love, family. Also notable for her political essays.

Answer

Beloved

Answer

Midnight's Children

Answer

A Fine Balance

Question 7

Curie temperature is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Temperature above which ferromagnet becomes paramagnet — Thermal agitation destroys domain alignment. For iron Tc ≈ 1043 K.‌​‍

Answer

Absolute zero

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Boiling point

Answer

Melting point

Question 8

Last Peshwa:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Baji Rao II — Baji Rao II — defeated 1818, Peshwa system ended.‌​‍

Answer

Madhav Rao

Answer

Baji Rao I

Answer

Nana Sahib

Question 9

A nucleotide consists of:

Accepted Answer

Base + sugar + phosphate — Each nucleotide = nitrogenous base + pentose sugar + phosphate group.

Answer

Only a base

Answer

Two sugars

Answer

Two bases

Question 10

During the 1857 Revolt, the rebels proclaimed which Mughal ruler as Emperor of India at Delhi?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Bahadur Shah II — After Delhi fell to the rebels, Bahadur Shah II was declared Emperor; the British later exiled him to Rangoon.‌​‍

Answer

Shah Alam II

Answer

Akbar II

Answer

Mirza Jahangir

KAS Prelims Mixed Practice Test #805