Plus 2 Lecturer Mixed Practice Test #620

Question 1

Kerala Vidyalakshmi Scheme for:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Girl child savings — Savings scheme for girl child.‌​‍

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Education loans

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Women pension

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Elderly

Question 2

Who founded Jatinasini Sabha?

Accepted Answer

Anandatheerthan — Anandatheerthan (Swami Anandatheertha) founded Jatinasini Sabha to fight caste system.

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Chattampi Swamikal

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Pandit Karuppan

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Thycaud Ayya

Question 3

A language teacher wants to develop a strong foundation in listening comprehension and immediate oral response among her beginner-level students. She designs lessons that involve repetitive drills, memorization of dialogues, and pattern practice, with a strong emphasis on correct pronunciation and intonation. Errors are immediately corrected by the teacher. Which language teaching method is this approach most characteristic of?

Accepted Answer

B. Audio-Lingual Method (ALM) — The described approach, with its focus on repetitive drills, memorization of dialogues, pattern practice, and immediate error correction for habit formation, is characteristic of the Audio-Lingual Method (ALM). ALM aims to develop automatic responses through extensive practice of structures. Other methods like TBLT focus on completing tasks, Silent Way on student discovery, and CLL on a client-counselor relationship.

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A. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)

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C. Silent Way

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D. Community Language Learning (CLL)

Question 4

Urine pH:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Acidic ~6 — Slightly acidic (4.5-8 range).‌​‍

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Neutral

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Alkaline 9

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Strongly acidic

Question 5

A student who was initially enthusiastic about learning a new language has started to show decreased interest after the teacher introduced a system of daily points and public leaderboards for vocabulary memorization. This scenario best illustrates which potential drawback of extrinsic motivation?

Accepted Answer

B. Extrinsic rewards can sometimes diminish intrinsic motivation. — This scenario demonstrates the 'overjustification effect,' where the introduction of extrinsic rewards for an activity that was previously intrinsically rewarding can lead to a decrease in intrinsic motivation. The student's initial enthusiasm declined when the focus shifted from the joy of learning to external points and competition. While extrinsic motivation can be effective in certain contexts, over-reliance or inappropriate application can sometimes have negative consequences on internal drive.

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A. Extrinsic motivation is always ineffective for learning.

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C. Extrinsic motivation works best for complex tasks.

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D. Extrinsic motivation exclusively targets lower-order skills.

Question 6

One word: Opposite-meaning word:

Accepted Answer

Antonym — Antonym.

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Synonym

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Homonym

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Acronym

Question 7

The State Human Rights Commission is constituted under which section of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Section 21 — Section 21 of the PHRA, 1993 empowers state governments to constitute a State Human Rights Commission.‌​‍

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Section 3

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Section 12

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Section 31

Question 8

Elevated levels of serum amylase and lipase are highly indicative of inflammation or damage to which organ?

Accepted Answer

C. Pancreas — Amylase and lipase are digestive enzymes primarily produced by the pancreas. Significantly elevated levels of both enzymes in the serum are highly specific and sensitive indicators of acute pancreatitis or other pancreatic damage. Other organs like the gallbladder, stomach, or spleen do not release these enzymes in high concentrations in response to inflammation.

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A. Gallbladder

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B. Stomach

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D. Spleen

Question 9

Allotropes of oxygen:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

O₂ and O₃ (ozone) — Ozone in stratosphere absorbs UV. O₃ is bent, stronger oxidiser than O₂.‌​‍

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O₄

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Only O₂

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O, O₂

Question 10

Indian sociology pioneer:

Accepted Answer

All — Ghurye: 'Caste and Race in India'. Srinivas: coined 'Sanskritisation'. Karve: kinship in India. Also D.P. Mukherji, A.R. Desai.

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G. S. Ghurye

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M. N. Srinivas

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Irawati Karve

Plus 2 Lecturer Mixed Practice Test #620