Plus 2 Lecturer Mixed Practice Test #928

Question 1

India's rank in Ease of Doing Business 2020:

Accepted Answer

63rd — India ranked 63rd in World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report.

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43rd

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53rd

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73rd

Question 2

Photosynthesis occurs in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Leaves — Leaves contain chloroplasts with chlorophyll that carry out photosynthesis.‌​‍

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Roots

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Stem

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Flowers

Question 3

The process by which kidneys clean blood using an artificial membrane is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Dialysis — Haemodialysis removes wastes when kidneys fail.‌​‍

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Diffusion

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Active transport

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Osmosis

Question 4

'Open-source' software means:

Accepted Answer

Source code freely available and modifiable — Open-source licenses (GPL, MIT, Apache) allow inspection, modification, redistribution.

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Expensive and closed

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Only runs on Linux

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Only for developers

Question 5

Which part of speech is the word 'quickly'?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Adverb — Adverbs of manner typically end in -ly (quickly, slowly, bravely).‌​‍

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Noun

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Adjective

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Verb

Question 6

The idiom 'bite the bullet' means:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Endure a painful or difficult situation bravely — From era before anaesthesia — soldiers bit bullets to endure pain.‌​‍

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Eat quickly

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Damage teeth

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Shoot a gun

Question 7

Kerala Press Academy:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kochi — Kochi.‌​‍

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Thrissur

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TVM

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Kozhikode

Question 8

Nykaa founder:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Falguni Nayar — Falguni Nayar.‌​‍

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Kiran

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Others

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VSS

Question 9

Dr. Kalam is popularly known as the:

Accepted Answer

Both Missile Man and People's President — Kalam is known as the 'Missile Man' (for SLV-3, Agni, Prithvi) and 'People's President'.

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Iron Man of India

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Missile Man of India

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People's President

Question 10

A Gram stain is performed on a bacterial sample from a patient's wound. The results show purple-colored cocci arranged in clusters. This finding most likely indicates the presence of a:

Accepted Answer

B. Gram-positive coccus. — Gram-positive bacteria retain the crystal violet stain and appear purple under the microscope, whereas Gram-negative bacteria appear red/pink. Cocci refer to spherical bacteria, and their arrangement in clusters is characteristic of Staphylococcus species. Therefore, purple-colored cocci in clusters indicate a Gram-positive coccus.

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A. Gram-negative bacillus.

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C. Gram-negative coccus.

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D. Gram-positive bacillus.

Plus 2 Lecturer Mixed Practice Test #928