Surveyor Mixed Practice Test #439

Question 1

Synonym of NONCHALANT:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Casual — Unconcerned.‌​‍

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Concerned

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Worried

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Angry

Question 2

Monazite sands of Kerala contain:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Thorium (major nuclear fuel source) — Chavara and Neendakara (Kollam). ‌​‍IREL (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) processes. India has world's largest thorium reserves.

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Iron

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Gold

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Copper

Question 3

Modernist novelist — stream of consciousness:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

James Joyce (Ulysses), Virginia Woolf — Interior monologue technique. ‌​‍Also Faulkner ('The Sound and the Fury'). Early 20th century modernism.

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Dickens

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Shakespeare

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Hemingway

Question 4

Hurricane Atlantic season:

Accepted Answer

Jun-Nov — Peak Aug-Oct.

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Dec-May

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Year-round

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Unknown

Question 5

Pipe A fills tank in 10 hrs, pipe B in 15 hrs. Together:

Accepted Answer

6 hrs — 1/10 + 1/15 = 1/6. Together = 6 hrs.

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5 hrs

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7 hrs

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8 hrs

Question 6

When an adolescent prioritizes spending time with their peer group over family activities and increasingly seeks independence from parental control, which primary social developmental task are they demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

C. Achieving autonomy and forming peer relationships. — Adolescence is a critical period for achieving autonomy from parents and forming strong, influential peer relationships, which are essential for identity formation and social skill development. Developing early attachment bonds and overcoming stranger anxiety are tasks of infancy, while establishing a sense of industry is a task of middle childhood (Erikson's stages).

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A. Developing early attachment bonds.

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B. Establishing a sense of industry.

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D. Overcoming stranger anxiety.

Question 7

Gondwana comprised:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

S hemisphere continents + India — S continents + India.‌​‍

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Only Antarctica

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Only Africa

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All continents

Question 8

Largest bone:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Femur — Femur (thigh bone).‌​‍

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Humerus

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Tibia

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Spine

Question 9

The Malayali newspaper 'Swadeshabhimani' was edited by:

Accepted Answer

Ramakrishna Pillai — Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai edited the paper; he was exiled by the Travancore government in 1910 for criticism.

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Kumaran Asan

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C. V. Kunhiraman

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K. P. Kesava Menon

Question 10

The 1812 Kurichyar-Kurumbrar Rebellion in Wayanad was led by:

Accepted Answer

Rama Nambi (Rama Mooppan) — Rama Nambi (Rama Mooppan) led the Kurichyar tribal rebellion in Wayanad against British tax policies.

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Pazhassi Raja

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Thalakkal Chandu

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Velu Thampi

Surveyor Mixed Practice Test #439