LDC Mixed Practice Test #550

Question 1

A patient undergoing long-term corticosteroid therapy for an autoimmune condition is at increased risk for developing opportunistic infections. This is primarily because corticosteroids:

Accepted Answer

C. Suppress the immune system. — Corticosteroids are potent immunosuppressants that reduce the body's inflammatory and immune responses. This suppression of the immune system makes patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy highly susceptible to opportunistic infections, as their natural defenses are compromised. They do not directly enhance bacterial growth or increase antibody production.

Answer

A. Directly enhance bacterial growth.

Answer

B. Increase antibody production.

Answer

D. Improve phagocytic activity.

Question 2

If PROSE is coded as PPOQE, how is LIGHT coded?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

LGGFT — Pattern: each letter shifted by -2 except first and last unchanged. ‌​‍P-P, R-2=P, O-O, S-2=Q, E-E. Apply to LIGHT: L,I-2=G,G,H-2=F,T → LGGFT.

Answer

LIGFT

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LLGFE

Answer

JIEHR

Question 3

'Alma mater' means:

Accepted Answer

One's school/college — Latin — institution one attended.

Answer

Mother tongue

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Mother figure

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Native land

Question 4

Kerala's first IT park:

Accepted Answer

Technopark — Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram — India's first technology park (1990).

Answer

Infopark

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Cyberpark

Answer

SmartCity

Question 5

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and dismantled in:

Accepted Answer

1989 — Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 — symbolic end of Cold War division.

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1985

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1991

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1995

Question 6

UN Secretary-General's term is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

5 years (renewable) — SG serves 5-year term, renewable. ‌​‍Current (2017-): António Guterres (Portugal). Previous: Ban Ki-moon (S.Korea), Kofi Annan (Ghana), Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt).

Answer

10 years

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3 years

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7 years

Question 7

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) relates to:

Accepted Answer

Panchayati Raj Institutions — 73rd Amendment — three-tier Panchayati Raj (village/intermediate/district).

Answer

GST

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Right to Education

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Fundamental Duties

Question 8

Globalisation refers to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Intensification of worldwide social, economic, cultural, political connections — Globalisation includes trade, finance, migration, information, culture flows — connecting nations more intensively since 1990s.‌​‍

Answer

Only trade

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Only immigration

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Only internet

Question 9

Kerala's first woman district collector:

Accepted Answer

Anna Malhotra — Anna Malhotra — IAS, first woman collector.

Answer

Renuka Sudhakar

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Padmaja Venugopal

Answer

Sheela Thomas

Question 10

The 'Dowry Prohibition Act' in India was enacted in:

Accepted Answer

1961 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — first anti-dowry legislation.

Answer

1955

Answer

1976

Answer

1986

LDC Mixed Practice Test #550