LDC Mixed Practice Test #727

Question 1

'The wind whispered through the trees' uses:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Personification — Attributing human action (whispering) to wind = personification.‌​‍

Answer

Onomatopoeia

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Metaphor

Answer

Simile

Question 2

The Malayali Memorial (1891), petitioning for government jobs for Kerala's educated, was led by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

G. P. Pillai — G. ‌​‍P. Pillai drafted the Malayali Memorial to the Travancore Maharaja demanding fair representation in jobs.

Answer

Dr. Palpu

Answer

C. V. Raman Pillai

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K. P. Kesava Menon

Question 3

I.R. Coelho case:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

9th Schedule review — Laws placed in 9th Schedule after 1973 can be reviewed.‌​‍

Answer

GST

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Art 21

Answer

Emergency

Question 4

Ethics in business:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

CSR, honesty, stakeholder fairness — Indian Companies Act 2013 mandates 2% CSR spend for large companies. ‌​‍Triple bottom line: people, planet, profit.

Answer

Only profit

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Optional

Answer

Unnecessary

Question 5

If a cube has volume 216 cm³, each edge is:

Accepted Answer

6 cm — ∛216 = 6 cm; surface area = 6·36 = 216 cm².

Answer

4 cm

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5 cm

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8 cm

Question 6

Indirect: 'Are you coming?' she asked.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

She asked if I was coming — Yes/No question → if/whether. 'She asked if I was coming.'‌​‍

Answer

She asked are you coming

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She asked that I was coming

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She asked whether am I coming

Question 7

The Right to Education Act became effective on:

Accepted Answer

1 April 2010 — RTE Act (2009) came into force 1 April 2010. Made elementary education (6-14) a fundamental right under Article 21A.

Answer

15 August 2009

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26 January 2010

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1 July 2010

Question 8

Cashew Capital:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kollam — Kollam.‌​‍

Answer

Alappuzha

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Kannur

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Kasaragod

Question 9

Contour lines on topographic map:

Accepted Answer

Join points of equal elevation — Spacing: close = steep slope; wide = gentle. Closed loops = hills or depressions (hachures for depression).

Answer

Roads

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Boundaries

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Rivers

Question 10

A teacher asks students to work in pairs to plan a hypothetical trip to a new city, including discussing places to visit, transport, and accommodation, and then present their plan to the class. Which language teaching method is primarily being employed here?

Accepted Answer

C. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) — The activity emphasizes meaningful interaction, negotiation of meaning, and task completion, which are hallmarks of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Students are using language for a real-world purpose, developing communicative competence. Grammar-Translation focuses on rules and translation, Audio-Lingual on drills and habit formation, and the Direct Method on direct association without translation but often less on complex collaborative tasks.

Answer

A. Grammar-Translation Method

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B. Audio-Lingual Method

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D. Direct Method

LDC Mixed Practice Test #727