LDC Mixed Practice Test #50

Question 1

President's pardoning power under Article:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

72 — Article 72 — President can grant pardons, reprieves, respites.‌​‍

Answer

71

Answer

70

Answer

73

Question 2

A teacher wants to implement Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in an English classroom. Which of the following classroom practices would be most consistent with the core tenets of CLT?

Accepted Answer

B. Students work collaboratively on a project to design a travel itinerary for a foreign visitor, presenting their plan in English. — CLT emphasizes meaningful interaction and authentic language use to achieve communicative goals. Working collaboratively on a project like designing a travel itinerary requires students to use English for a real-world purpose, fostering communicative competence. Options A, C, and D represent other methodologies like Grammar-Translation, traditional grammar teaching, and Audio-lingualism, respectively.

Answer

A. Students spend most of the class time translating literary texts from English to their mother tongue.

Answer

C. The teacher presents grammar rules explicitly and then provides drills for students to practice sentence structures.

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D. Students memorize dialogues and perform them without deviation, focusing on perfect pronunciation.

Question 3

Synonym of MOROSE:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Gloomy — Sullen, ill-tempered.‌​‍

Answer

Bright

Answer

Happy

Answer

Cheerful

Question 4

Iambic pentameter:

Accepted Answer

5 feet, iamb (unstressed-stressed) — Shakespeare's plays, sonnets. Da-DUM five times. Trochee: stressed-unstressed. Dactyl: stressed-unstressed-unstressed.

Answer

4 feet

Answer

7 feet

Answer

No meter

Question 5

Meghalaya from:

Accepted Answer

Assam — Carved out of Assam 1972.

Answer

Bengal

Answer

Bihar

Answer

Tripura

Question 6

The largest four-digit number that is a perfect square of a whole number is:

Accepted Answer

9801 — 99² = 9801, the largest 4-digit perfect square.

Answer

9604

Answer

9216

Answer

9025

Question 7

A teacher wants to foster a genuine love for reading in her elementary students. Which of the following strategies is most likely to cultivate intrinsic motivation for reading?

Accepted Answer

C. Creating a comfortable reading corner with a diverse selection of engaging books and allowing free choice. — Creating an environment that encourages free choice and provides engaging resources directly supports intrinsic motivation by making the activity enjoyable and personally relevant. Options A, B, and D are all examples of extrinsic motivators, relying on external rewards or punishments.

Answer

A. Awarding a prize to the student who reads the most books each month.

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B. Requiring students to write detailed book reports for extra credit.

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D. Threatening to assign additional homework if reading goals are not met.

Question 8

Gram Sabha:

Accepted Answer

All registered voters of village — All adult registered voters — direct democracy.

Answer

Elected body

Answer

Ward committee

Answer

Appointed

Question 9

Kerala Legislative Assembly has:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

140 seats — Kerala has 140 assembly seats. ‌​‍Kerala has a unicameral legislature (no upper house).

Answer

120 seats

Answer

126 seats

Answer

150 seats

Question 10

The Monroe Doctrine (1823) declared:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Americas off-limits to further European colonisation; US non-interference in Europe — President James Monroe's annual address (2 Dec 1823). ‌​‍Cornerstone of US foreign policy in Western Hemisphere for over a century.

Answer

Free trade only

Answer

US neutrality in all conflicts

Answer

US to conquer Europe

LDC Mixed Practice Test #50