Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #37

Question 1

10th Schedule deals with:

Accepted Answer

Anti-defection — Anti-defection law (52nd Amendment).

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Languages

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Panchayats

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Municipalities

Question 2

Pattanam archaeological site:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Associated with Muziris — Roman-era artefacts.‌​‍

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Harappan

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Unknown

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Chola

Question 3

The headquarter of Kerala Sahitya Akademi transferred from Thiruvananthapuram to Thrissur in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

1957 — HQ shifted to Thrissur in 1957.‌​‍

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1961

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1958

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1956

Question 4

A high school history teacher is planning a lesson on the Indian independence movement. He wants to encourage critical thinking, research skills, and collaborative learning among his students. Which ICT-enabled activity would best facilitate these objectives?

Accepted Answer

C. Facilitating group projects where students use online archives and digital tools to create presentations or digital timelines. — Facilitating group projects using online archives and digital tools (Option C) directly promotes critical thinking, research skills, and collaboration as students analyze information and synthesize it into a presentation. While other options use ICT, they are more passive or individualistic. Showing a documentary (A) is largely passive, reading e-textbooks (B) is individual recall, and using an interactive whiteboard for copying (D) primarily supports note-taking rather than higher-order thinking or collaboration.

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A. Showing a documentary film on the movement and conducting a Q&A session.

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B. Assigning individual students to read specific chapters from an e-textbook.

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D. Using an interactive whiteboard to display key dates and events for students to copy down.

Question 5

Art 370 case key principle:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Temporary article — SC: 370 was always temporary.‌​‍

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Federation breach

Answer

None

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Permanent

Question 6

Value of e (Euler's number):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2.718... — Limit (1+1/n)^n as n→∞. ‌​‍Natural logarithm base. e^(iπ) + 1 = 0 (Euler's identity).

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3.14...

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1.414...

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2.0

Question 7

A school principal in a government higher secondary school in Kerala needs to obtain official sanction for a new infrastructure project and ensure its financial allocation as per government norms. Which of the following bodies is the primary administrative authority responsible for overseeing such matters related to the functioning and management of government schools in the state?

Accepted Answer

C. Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) — DPI is the administrative and executive head of school education in Kerala, responsible for implementing government policies, managing schools, approving infrastructure projects, and financial allocations. SCERT focuses on academics, SSA on elementary education access, and KITE on IT education.

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A. State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT)

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B. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

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D. Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE)

Question 8

A dispute arises between two UN member states regarding the interpretation of an international treaty. Both states are parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Under what circumstances can this dispute be brought before the ICJ for a binding judgment?

Accepted Answer

C. If both states agree to submit the dispute to the ICJ, either through a special agreement or by having previously accepted the Court's compulsory jurisdiction. — The International Court of Justice's jurisdiction in contentious cases, leading to a binding judgment, is fundamentally based on the consent of the states involved. Both states must either agree to submit the specific dispute via a special agreement or have previously accepted the Court's compulsory jurisdiction under Article 36(2) of its Statute. The General Assembly and Security Council can request advisory opinions or enforce judgments, respectively, but cannot unilaterally compel states to submit to the Court's binding jurisdiction for a dispute.

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A. If the United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution, by a simple majority, requesting the ICJ to adjudicate the dispute.

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B. If one state unilaterally refers the case to the ICJ, provided the dispute involves a matter of customary international law.

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D. If the UN Security Council, by a non-procedural vote, directs the ICJ to hear the case to maintain international peace and security.

Question 9

Congress President 2024-26:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Mallikarjun Kharge — Mallikarjun Kharge since Oct 2022.‌​‍

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Shashi Tharoor

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Rahul Gandhi

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Sonia Gandhi

Question 10

Synonym of OMNISCIENT:

Accepted Answer

All-knowing — Knowing everything.

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Ignorant

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Forgetful

Answer

Limited

Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #37