LGS Mixed Practice Test #5

Question 1

What is the most critical public health concern associated with the improper disposal of hospital biomedical waste?

Accepted Answer

B. Potential for the spread of infectious diseases — Improper disposal of biomedical waste, which often contains pathogenic microorganisms and sharps, presents a significant risk for the transmission of infectious diseases to healthcare workers, waste handlers, and the community. While other options are also negative consequences, disease spread is the most direct and severe public health threat.

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A. Environmental pollution affecting aesthetics

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C. Increased cost of waste management

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D. Attraction of pests like rodents and insects

Question 2

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia exhibits flat affect, alogia, and avolition. These symptoms are primarily categorized as:

Accepted Answer

B. Negative symptoms — Negative symptoms of schizophrenia involve a loss or decrease in normal functions and behaviors, such as flat affect (lack of emotional expression), alogia (poverty of speech), and avolition (lack of motivation). Positive symptoms, in contrast, are an excess or distortion of normal functions, like hallucinations and delusions.

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A. Positive symptoms

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C. Cognitive symptoms

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D. Affective symptoms

Question 3

Neurotransmitter at neuromuscular junction (vertebrates):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Acetylcholine — Broken down by acetylcholinesterase. ‌​‍Myasthenia gravis: autoimmune disease affecting ACh receptors.

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Dopamine

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Serotonin

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GABA

Question 4

Snake boat Malayalam term:

Accepted Answer

Chundan Vallam — Chundan Vallam — snake boat (100+ rowers).

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Odi Vallam

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Veppu Vallam

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Churulan Vallam

Question 5

Literacy rate of Kerala (2011):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

93.91% — 93.91% — highest literacy rate among Indian states.‌​‍

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90.86%

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88.72%

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95.06%

Question 6

Which of the following interventions is most effective in breaking the chain of infection at the 'mode of transmission' link in a hospital setting?

Accepted Answer

B. Ensuring proper hand hygiene among healthcare workers. — The 'mode of transmission' refers to how the infectious agent travels from the reservoir to the susceptible host. Proper hand hygiene by healthcare workers is the single most effective measure to prevent the spread of microorganisms, especially via direct or indirect contact, thereby directly breaking the chain at the mode of transmission link. While isolation targets the reservoir and portal of exit, and antibiotics/nutrition target the susceptible host, hand hygiene directly interrupts the vehicle of transmission.

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A. Administering prophylactic antibiotics to all high-risk patients.

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C. Isolating patients with known multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs).

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D. Providing nutritional support to enhance patient immunity.

Question 7

Under the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' (SSA) in Kerala, which intervention specifically targets the enrollment and retention of girls from marginalized communities in government schools?

Accepted Answer

C. 'Kanya' Scholarships — Gender Sensitization Programmes under SSA Kerala focus on creating awareness and addressing barriers to girls' education, including social norms and stereotypes, to improve enrollment and retention in schools. Kuttikootam is a daycare initiative, 'Kanya' Scholarships are merit-based, and 'Sankalpam' is a general quality improvement program, not specifically for girls.

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A. Kuttikootam

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B. Gender Sensitization Programmes

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D. 'Sankalpam' for Girls

Question 8

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is India's largest:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Contemporary art exhibition — The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, held every two years since 2012, is India's largest contemporary art exhibition.‌​‍

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Music festival

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Film festival

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Literary festival

Question 9

Solar-powered airport:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kochi — Cochin International Airport (CIAL) — world's first fully solar-powered airport (2015).‌​‍

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TVM

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Kozhikode

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Kannur

Question 10

One who studies rocks is a:

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Geologist — Geology = study of Earth, rocks, geological processes.

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Zoologist

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Botanist

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Astronomer

LGS Mixed Practice Test #5