LDC Mixed Practice Test #848

Question 1

Sternberg's triarchic theory:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Analytical, Creative, Practical — Robert Sternberg. ‌​‍Successful intelligence involves all three. Practical = 'street smarts'.

Answer

Only analytical

Answer

Verbal

Answer

Linguistic only

Question 2

Acculturation refers to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Process where one culture adopts traits of another through contact — Acculturation involves cultural exchange and change through prolonged contact. ‌​‍Assimilation is fuller absorption into dominant culture.

Answer

Learning own culture

Answer

Enculturation

Answer

Assimilation only

Question 3

2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___‌​‍

Accepted Answer

37 — Differences: 3,5,7,9 (odd numbers). Next diff = 11. 26+11 = 37.‌​‍

Answer

35

Answer

39

Answer

41

Question 4

The Arab Spring uprisings began in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2010 (Tunisia) - 2011 — Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation (Dec 2010) in Tunisia triggered Arab Spring. ‌​‍Regimes fell in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen. Syria descended into civil war.

Answer

2015

Answer

2020

Answer

2008

Question 5

A primary group is characterised by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Face-to-face intimate interaction (family, close friends) — C. ‌​‍H. Cooley (1909) — primary groups: intimate, face-to-face, emotional. ‌​‍Secondary: impersonal, goal-oriented (workplace, political party).

Answer

Bureaucratic

Answer

Large size

Answer

Impersonal

Question 6

India's first green hydrogen plant in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Andhra Pradesh — NTPC set up India's first green hydrogen blending project in Andhra Pradesh.‌​‍

Answer

Gujarat

Answer

Rajasthan

Answer

Ladakh

Question 7

Which is NOT an Ayurvedic text?

Accepted Answer

Mukundamala — 'Mukundamala' is a Sanskrit devotional poem by King Kulasekhara — not an Ayurvedic text.

Answer

Mathangaleela

Answer

Aalathur Manipravaalam

Answer

Yogamritham

Question 8

Statements about Mission AXIOM-4 that are NOT correct: (i) Shubhanshu Shukla was India's first astronaut on ISS (ii) Carried KAU & IIST seeds (iii) Crew from India, USA, France, Germany (iv) Falcon 9 designed by NASA‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Only iii & iv — AXIOM-4 crew: India, USA, Poland, Hungary (not France or Germany). ‌​‍Falcon 9 is by SpaceX, not NASA.

Answer

Only i & iii

Answer

Only ii & iv

Answer

Only i & ii

Question 9

Who started Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, a Dalit liberation movement in Kerala?

Accepted Answer

Poykayil Yohannan — Poykayil Yohannan founded PRDS in 1909.

Answer

Pandit Karuppan

Answer

Thycaud Ayya

Answer

Nataraja Guru

Question 10

Replace the underlined phrase with a word: He is a person who eats too much.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Glutton — Glutton = person who eats and drinks excessively.‌​‍

Answer

Man

Answer

Lion

Answer

Obese

LDC Mixed Practice Test #848