Plus 2 Lecturer Practice Test 2 — Current Affairs, English, Physics +8 more

Question 1

Who wrote 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Dadabhai Naoroji — Dadabhai Naoroji's 1901 drain-of-wealth critique.‌​‍

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M.G. Ranade

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R.P. Dutt

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Question 2

Parallel governments during Quit India Movement were established in Ballia (under Chittu Pandey), Tamluk (Bengal), and:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Satara (Maharashtra) under Nana Patil — Nana Patil led the Satara parallel government (1943–45).‌​‍

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Calicut under Kelappan

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Lahore

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Pune under Tilak

Question 3

The southernmost point of the Indian Union (including islands) is:

Accepted Answer

Indira Point (Great Nicobar) — Indira Point at the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island is India's southernmost point.

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Kanyakumari

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Pamban

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Dhanushkodi

Question 4

Mandal Commission (1980):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Recommended 27% reservation for OBCs in central government — Implemented by V.P. ‌​‍Singh (1990). Indra Sawhney case (1992): SC upheld, introduced 'creamy layer' exclusion.

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Identified SCs

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Partition

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Anti-Sikh

Question 5

Populism typically refers to:

Accepted Answer

Political style pitting 'pure people' against 'corrupt elite' — Populism (Cas Mudde definition): thin ideology dividing society into 'pure people' vs 'corrupt elite' — can be left or right.

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Democratic socialism

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Technocracy

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Liberal centrism

Question 6

Price elasticity of demand measures:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Responsiveness of quantity demanded to % change in price — E_d = % change in Q_d / % change in P. ‌​‍|E_d|>1 elastic, =1 unitary, <1 inelastic.

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Income change

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Taste change

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Responsiveness of supply

Question 7

Speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

3 × 10⁸ m/s — c = 1/√(μ₀ε₀). ‌​‍Maxwell predicted; Hertz confirmed. All EM waves travel at c in vacuum.

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1.5 × 10⁸

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3 × 10¹⁰

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3 × 10⁶

Question 8

If 1 = A, 2 = B..., 15 = ?:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

O — 15th letter O.‌​‍

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N

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M

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P

Question 9

If 1 Jan 2024 is Monday, 1 Jan 2025 is:

Accepted Answer

Wednesday — 2024 is leap year (366). 366 mod 7 = 2. Mon+2 = Wed.

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Sunday

Question 10

PM WANI scheme is related to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Public Wi-Fi access — PM WANI (Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) aims to set up public Wi-Fi hotspots across India through small entrepreneurs.‌​‍

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Water distribution

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Animal welfare

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Women empowerment

Question 11

Which Kerala social reformer consecrated the Siva idol at Aruvippuram in 1888, challenging caste-based temple worship?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Sree Narayana Guru — At Aruvippuram in 1888, Sree Narayana Guru consecrated a Siva idol — a revolutionary act rejecting Brahminical monopoly. ‌​‍The famous 'Kannadi Pratishta' (mirror consecration) was later at Kalavankode in 1927.

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Vagbhatanandan

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Chattambi Swamikal

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Ayyankali

Question 12

Gayathripuzha is a tributary of which river?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Bharathapuzha — Gayathripuzha is the largest tributary of Bharathapuzha.‌​‍

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Chaliyar

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Periyar

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Pamba

Question 13

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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Metaphor

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Simile

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Oxymoron

Question 14

Synonym of EXORBITANT:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Excessive — Unreasonably high.‌​‍

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Moderate

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Normal

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Cheap

Question 15

The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kanchenjunga — Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) in Sikkim is the highest in India (Everest is in Nepal; K2 in POK).‌​‍

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Nanda Devi

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K2 (Godwin Austen)

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Everest

Plus 2 Lecturer Practice Test 2 — Current Affairs, English, Physics +8 more