University Assistant Mixed Practice Test #442

Question 1

A kilobyte is defined in binary as:

Accepted Answer

1024 bytes — Traditional KB = 2¹⁰ = 1024 bytes (binary); SI kB = 1000 bytes.

Answer

1000 bytes

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1 million bytes

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8 bytes

Question 2

Idiom: 'They were ___.' (accused me wrongly)‌​‍

Accepted Answer

barking up the wrong tree — Barking up the wrong tree = pursuing a wrong line of thought.‌​‍

Answer

one for the road

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looking a gift horse in the mouth

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blowing hot and cold

Question 3

New Criminal Laws 2023:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

BNS, BNSS, BSA — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Sakshya Adhiniyam — effective 1 July 2024.‌​‍

Answer

CrPC continues

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Indian Evidence continues

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IPC continues

Question 4

'The children are playing in the garden.' Tense:

Accepted Answer

Present continuous — am/is/are + verb-ing = present continuous (actions happening now).

Answer

Simple present

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Present perfect

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Past simple

Question 5

Choose the right preposition: 'He was born ___ 1995.'‌​‍

Accepted Answer

in — 'In' for years, months, decades, seasons.‌​‍

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at

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by

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on

Question 6

Kerala's COVID contact tracing called:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Kerala model — Kerala model of COVID-19 response praised globally.‌​‍

Answer

Corona fighter

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Aarogya

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E-Health

Question 7

'The Waste Land' (1922) was written by:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

T. S. Eliot — T. S. Eliot's modernist long poem — Nobel laureate (1948).‌​‍

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Robert Frost

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Ezra Pound

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W. B. Yeats

Question 8

Under the new National Education Policy 2020, which language will be the medium of instruction up to Grade 5, and preferably up to Grade 8 and beyond?

Accepted Answer

C. Mother tongue / local language — NEP 2020 mandates that the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5 should be the mother tongue or local language, and preferably up to Grade 8 and beyond. This aims to preserve linguistic diversity and ensure better comprehension for students. The other options are incorrect as they do not align with the policy's language recommendations.

Answer

A. Hindi

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B. English

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D. Sanskrit

Question 9

Last formed corporation in Kerala:

Accepted Answer

Kannur — Kannur Municipal Corporation — formed 1 November 2015 (most recent at the time of paper).

Answer

Kochi

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Thrissur

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Kollam

Question 10

Who was an American 'Nature' essayist and transcendentalist?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Ralph Waldo Emerson + Thoreau ('Walden') — 19th-century. ‌​‍Self-reliance, civil disobedience (influenced Gandhi). Walden Pond simple living.

Answer

Hemingway

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Twain

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Melville

University Assistant Mixed Practice Test #442