LDC Mixed Practice Test #994

Question 1

Split-defection provision was removed and size of Council of Ministers capped at 15% of Lok Sabha by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

91st Amendment (2003) — 91st Amendment: (a) capped CoM size at 15% of Lok Sabha/State Assembly, (b) removed the split provision (defectors must now lose seat).‌​‍

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86th Amendment

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101st Amendment

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52nd Amendment

Question 2

The Rosetta Stone helped decipher:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Egyptian hieroglyphs (by Champollion, 1822) — Discovered 1799 by Napoleon's troops. ‌​‍Same decree in 3 scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic, Greek). Champollion cracked hieroglyphs 1822.

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Linear B

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Chinese

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Cuneiform

Question 3

The Constitution of India was adopted on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

26 November 1949 — The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 (Constitution Day) and came into effect on 26 January 1950.‌​‍

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15 August 1947

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26 January 1950

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26 January 1949

Question 4

Kerala cabinet Chief Secretary (top bureaucrat):

Accepted Answer

IAS officer — Senior-most IAS officer of state.

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Political

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Elected

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Judge

Question 5

Athirappilly Falls is on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Chalakudy River — Athirappilly Falls on Chalakudy River, Thrissur district.‌​‍

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Bharathapuzha

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Periyar

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Pamba

Question 6

Gandhi Jayanti is on:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2 October — 2 October = Gandhi Jayanti (his birthday). 30 January = Martyrs' Day.‌​‍

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30 January

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15 August

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26 January

Question 7

Synonym of COPIOUS:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Plentiful — Abundant.‌​‍

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Rare

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Scanty

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Few

Question 8

The Kundara Proclamation of 1809 called upon the people to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Rise against the British — Velu Thampi's Kundara Proclamation rallied the people of Travancore against the British East India Company.‌​‍

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Worship at temples

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Support the Zamorin

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Pay taxes promptly

Question 9

Identify the figure of speech: 'Oh death, where is thy sting?'

Accepted Answer

Personification / Apostrophe — Addressing an abstract concept (death) as if it were a person = apostrophe/personification.

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Oxymoron

Question 10

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan opposed the Delimitation Bill 2026 on grounds of penalising states that:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Implemented population control policies — CM Vijayan argued that southern states like Kerala, TN, Karnataka that sincerely implemented the National Population Policy of 1976 would lose seats.‌​‍

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Have low GDP

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Have fewer Lok Sabha seats

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Border other countries

LDC Mixed Practice Test #994