LDC Mixed Practice Test #608

Question 1

Writ jurisdiction of High Courts is under:

Accepted Answer

Article 226 — Article 226: HCs can issue writs to enforce Fundamental Rights AND for any other purpose (wider than SC's Article 32).

Answer

Article 32

Answer

Article 131

Answer

Article 246

Question 2

Which of the following options lists novels written by Jane Austen?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park — Early 19th century English gentry life. ‌​‍Novels of manners. Unsparing social commentary with irony.

Answer

War and Peace

Answer

1984

Answer

Dracula

Question 3

Vaccination principle established by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Edward Jenner (1796) — cowpox against smallpox — Smallpox eradicated 1980 (WHO). Pasteur extended to rabies, anthrax.‌​‍

Answer

Pasteur

Answer

Fleming

Answer

Koch

Question 4

One word: Story with moral:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Fable — Fable.‌​‍

Answer

Novel

Answer

Short story

Answer

Drama

Question 5

Set-Mundu:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Two-piece Kerala women's traditional dress — Set-mundu or Mundum Neriyathum.‌​‍

Answer

One-piece

Answer

Male

Answer

Religious

Question 6

Speaker's decision on defection:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Final (subject to judicial review) — Final but subject to judicial review (Kihoto Hollohan 1992).‌​‍

Answer

EC reviews

Answer

Cannot be challenged

Answer

CJI reviews

Question 7

World Quantum Day is observed on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

14 April — 14 April is World Quantum Day. ‌​‍India's first quantum facility (AQRF) was inaugurated on this day in Amaravati.

Answer

12 April

Answer

16 April

Answer

18 April

Question 8

Which spice is Kerala most famous for globally?

Accepted Answer

Black Pepper — Kerala is known as the 'Land of Spices' and is particularly famous for Black Pepper, historically traded worldwide.

Answer

Turmeric

Answer

Cardamom

Answer

Cinnamon

Question 9

X (Twitter) sold to Musk:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Oct 2022 — $44B acquisition Oct 2022.‌​‍

Answer

2023

Answer

2021

Answer

2024

Question 10

Two events A and B independent iff:

Accepted Answer

P(A∩B) = P(A)·P(B) — Equivalently P(A|B) = P(A). Mutually exclusive ≠ independent.

Answer

P(A∩B) = 0

Answer

P(A∪B) = 1

Answer

P(A|B) = 0

LDC Mixed Practice Test #608