LDC Mixed Practice Test #373

Question 1

Vizhinjam Port:

Accepted Answer

International deepwater — India's first deep-water international container transshipment port.

Answer

Fishing only

Answer

Regional

Answer

Inland

Question 2

In which year was Ayya Vaikundar born in Swamithoppu?

Accepted Answer

1815 — Ayya Vaikundar was born in 1815 (some sources 1809; standard PSC: 1815).

Answer

1809

Answer

1850

Answer

1875

Question 3

What is the typical demand elasticity for essential goods like salt and medicine?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Inelastic (people buy similar quantities regardless of price) — Necessities have few substitutes → inelastic demand. ‌​‍Luxuries have many alternatives → elastic demand.

Answer

Perfectly elastic

Answer

Highly elastic

Answer

Zero

Question 4

Synonym of PARAGON:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Model of excellence — Model of excellence.‌​‍

Answer

Ordinary

Answer

Failure

Answer

Sinner

Question 5

Synonym of CRYPTIC:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Mysterious — Mysterious in meaning.‌​‍

Answer

Obvious

Answer

Clear

Answer

Simple

Question 6

NDA coalition first PM:

Accepted Answer

Vajpayee 1998 — BJP-led NDA.

Answer

Rajiv

Answer

Deve Gowda

Answer

Gujral

Question 7

A teacher in a Kerala government school observes that one of her students, a child with low vision, is struggling to read the blackboard from the back of the classroom. Which of the following inclusive practices should the teacher prioritize first?

Accepted Answer

B. Providing the child with a magnifying glass and ensuring seating closer to the blackboard. — Inclusive education focuses on adapting the environment and teaching methods to meet the needs of all students within the mainstream classroom. Providing a magnifying glass and ensuring appropriate seating are direct, practical, and reasonable accommodations that allow the child to access the learning material independently. Other options either promote segregation, lower expectations, or create undue dependency, which are not primary inclusive practices.

Answer

A. Suggesting to the parents that they consider enrolling the child in a special school for visually impaired children.

Answer

C. Giving the child simplified assignments and exempting them from blackboard-based activities.

Answer

D. Asking a classmate to constantly assist the child by reading out everything written on the blackboard.

Question 8

Identify correct punctuation: 'Its raining heavily today.'‌​‍

Accepted Answer

It's raining heavily today. — Contraction of 'it is' requires apostrophe: 'it's'. ‌​‍Possessive 'its' has no apostrophe.

Answer

Its' raining heavily today.

Answer

Correct as is

Answer

It raining heavily today.

Question 9

Distance 360 km, time 4 hrs. Speed:

Accepted Answer

90 km/h — 360/4=90.

Answer

72 km/h

Answer

80 km/h

Answer

100 km/h

Question 10

Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) is widely used in diagnostic imaging due to its ideal physical properties. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic contributing to its suitability?

Accepted Answer

D. Emission of alpha particles — Tc-99m is ideal for diagnostic imaging because it has a short half-life (6 hours), emits gamma rays (which can be detected externally), and results in a low patient radiation dose. Alpha particles are highly energetic and would deliver a high, localized radiation dose, making them unsuitable for diagnostic imaging.

Answer

A. Short half-life

Answer

B. Emission of gamma rays

Answer

C. Low patient radiation dose

LDC Mixed Practice Test #373