Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #118

Question 1

Thekkady:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Periyar wildlife — Wildlife sanctuary.‌​‍

Answer

Hill only

Answer

Beach

Answer

Tea

Question 2

Which institution, established in 1815 as a seminary and later upgraded, is widely recognized as the first college in Kerala to provide higher education in the Western style?

Accepted Answer

C. CMS College, Kottayam — CMS College, Kottayam, founded as a seminary in 1815 and upgraded to a college in 1817, holds the distinction of being the first institution in Kerala to offer higher education in the Western style. University College, Thiruvananthapuram, though a significant institution, became a full-fledged college much later in 1866.

Answer

A. University College, Thiruvananthapuram

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B. Maharaja's College, Ernakulam

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D. Government Victoria College, Palakkad

Question 3

The Residual powers belong to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Centre (Union) — Residual powers (subjects not in any list) belong to the Centre/Union Government — unlike USA where they go to states.‌​‍

Answer

States

Answer

Both

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Judiciary

Question 4

How many hours is Indian Standard Time (IST) ahead of GMT?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

5.5 hrs — IST = GMT+5:30.

Answer

4 hrs

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6 hrs

Answer

3 hrs

Question 5

To which country was the first Akash SAM exported?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

To Armenia — First export of Akash to Armenia.‌​‍

Answer

US

Answer

None

Answer

Cancelled

Question 6

A federal form of government, as in India, divides powers between:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Centre and States — Federalism divides powers between a central government and constituent units (states/provinces).‌​‍

Answer

Citizens and Government

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Executive and Judiciary

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Legislature and Executive

Question 7

OSI reference model layers:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

7 — Physical, Data link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, Application — ISO standard. ‌​‍TCP/IP model has 4 (Network Access, Internet, Transport, Application). Most used in practice.

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

3

Question 8

Number of diagonals in a polygon of n sides is:

Accepted Answer

n(n−3)/2 — Formula for diagonals in an n-gon: n(n−3)/2; e.g., hexagon has 9.

Answer

n

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n(n−1)/2

Answer

n−2

Question 9

If a=3, b=4, hypotenuse:

Accepted Answer

5 — √(9+16) = √25 = 5.

Answer

6

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 10

Which of the following best describes the Von Neumann architecture?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Single memory storing program and data, sequential execution — Stored-program concept. ‌​‍Basis of almost all modern computers. CPU (ALU + CU) + memory + I/O. ‌​‍Harvard architecture separates program/data memory.

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Parallel

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Distributed

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Separate memory

Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #118