Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #738

Question 1

DPDPA (Digital Personal Data Protection Act):‌​‍

Accepted Answer

2023 — Passed 2023.‌​‍

Answer

2024

Answer

2021

Answer

2019

Question 2

Bayes' theorem:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

P(A|B) = P(B|A)·P(A)/P(B) — Updates prior P(A) to posterior P(A|B) given evidence. ‌​‍Used in spam filters, medical diagnosis.

Answer

P(AB)=P(A)P(B)

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P(A+B) = P(A)+P(B)

Answer

P(A) = 1-P(B)

Question 3

A patient diagnosed with a terminal illness consistently blames their family for not taking them to the doctor earlier, despite having delayed seeking medical attention themselves. Which defense mechanism is this patient primarily exhibiting?

Accepted Answer

C. Projection — Projection involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to another person. In this scenario, the patient is blaming their family for their own delay in seeking medical attention. Denial would be refusing to accept the diagnosis, repression would be unconsciously forgetting, and rationalization would be justifying their own actions with false but plausible reasons.

Answer

A. Denial

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B. Repression

Answer

D. Rationalization

Question 4

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) visited India during:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Harsha's reign (629-645 CE) — Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang — 'Great Tang Records on the Western Regions.' Studied at Nalanda. ‌​‍Detailed eyewitness of Harsha's India.

Answer

Chola era

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Chalukya era

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Gupta era

Question 5

Tiger:

Accepted Answer

All — National animal since 1973.

Answer

National Animal

Answer

State

Answer

Sacred

Question 6

Harshavardhana (Vardhana dynasty) ruled from:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Thanesar (→Kannauj) — Harshavardhana (r. ‌​‍606-647 CE) shifted capital from Thanesar to Kannauj. Controlled N India. ‌​‍Convert to Buddhism in later life.

Answer

Kannauj

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Ujjain

Answer

Pataliputra

Question 7

Relation that is reflexive, symmetric, transitive:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Equivalence — Partitions set into equivalence classes. e.g., 'has same birthday' on people.‌​‍

Answer

Function

Answer

One-one

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Identity

Question 8

State Election Commission conducts:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Panchayat elections — Panchayat and Municipality elections. ECI does LS and Assembly.‌​‍

Answer

LS elections

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Assembly elections

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Presidential election

Question 9

NHRC established:

Accepted Answer

1993 — Protection of Human Rights Act 1993.

Answer

1995

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2000

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2005

Question 10

The problem was ___ difficult that I could not solve it.‌​‍

Accepted Answer

so — 'so + adjective + that' construction — 'so difficult that…'.‌​‍

Answer

much

Answer

very

Answer

too

Secretariat Assistant Mixed Practice Test #738