University Assistant Mixed Practice Test #166

Question 1

Speaker Lok Sabha 18th:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Om Birla — Om Birla re-elected Speaker.‌​‍

Answer

Rajnath Singh

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Sumitra Mahajan

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Meira Kumar

Question 2

PMLA Act:

Accepted Answer

2002 — Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002.

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2005

Answer

2010

Answer

2015

Question 3

The Meiji Restoration in Japan (1868) led to:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Rapid modernisation + industrialisation — Emperor Meiji ended Tokugawa shogunate; rapid Western-style reforms. ‌​‍Japan became first Asian industrial power; defeated Russia 1905.

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Revolution

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Isolation

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Decline

Question 4

Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Kerala:

Accepted Answer

Statutory — State vigilance agency.

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Political

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Administrative

Answer

None

Question 5

Make in India initiative launched:

Accepted Answer

2014 — September 25, 2014. 25 sectors. Objectives: increase manufacturing GDP share, create jobs, attract FDI. Sectors: defense, automobile, pharma.

Answer

2016

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2010

Answer

2020

Question 6

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a controlled nuclear chain reaction, a principle crucial for sustainable energy production?

Accepted Answer

C. The continuous generation of electricity in a nuclear power plant reactor. — A nuclear power plant reactor utilizes control rods to absorb excess neutrons, thereby maintaining a sustained and controlled chain reaction that generates heat for electricity. An atomic bomb represents an uncontrolled chain reaction, leading to a massive, instantaneous energy release. Spontaneous decay is a natural radioactive process, not a chain reaction, and nuclear fusion is a distinct process where light nuclei combine.

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A. The spontaneous decay of Uranium-238 into Thorium-234.

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B. The rapid, uncontrolled release of energy in an atomic bomb explosion.

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D. The fusion of hydrogen isotopes in the sun's core.

Question 7

The gas responsible for global warming is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide — CO₂ is the primary greenhouse gas causing global warming through the greenhouse effect.‌​‍

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Oxygen

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Nitrogen

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Helium

Question 8

President's salary:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

₹5 lakh — ₹5 lakh per month.‌​‍

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₹10 lakh

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₹3 lakh

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₹1.5 lakh

Question 9

Which Constitutional Amendment made right to free and compulsory education a fundamental right?

Accepted Answer

86th — 86th Amendment (2002) added Article 21A — RTE.

Answer

73rd

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52nd

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74th

Question 10

'Once in a blue moon' means:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Very rarely — Very rarely.‌​‍

Answer

Monthly

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At night

Answer

Never

University Assistant Mixed Practice Test #166