Surveyor Mixed Practice Test #828

Question 1

Forest types in India (5 major):

Accepted Answer

Tropical evergreen, deciduous, thorn, tidal, montane — Five broad types.

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Only evergreen

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Only deciduous

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Alpine only

Question 2

Before initiating a research study involving human subjects, what is the primary purpose of obtaining informed consent from participants?

Accepted Answer

C. To ensure participants understand the study's purpose, risks, benefits, and their right to withdraw. — Informed consent is a fundamental ethical principle in research, ensuring that participants voluntarily agree to participate after fully understanding the study's nature, potential risks, benefits, and their rights, including the right to withdraw at any time without penalty. It upholds autonomy and protects participant welfare, not just researcher liability or data publication.

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A. To ensure participants will complete the entire study duration.

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B. To protect the researcher from legal liability.

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D. To obtain a written agreement for publishing their personal data.

Question 3

Ms. Leena, an HSA teacher, observes her students becoming increasingly restless and disengaged during a long explanation of a new concept. To proactively manage potential disruptive behavior, which of the following strategies would be most effective?

Accepted Answer

B. Pause the explanation and introduce a quick, relevant energizer activity. — Proactive strategies aim to prevent issues before they escalate. Introducing an energizer re-engages students and breaks monotony, preventing restlessness from escalating into misbehavior. Assigning silent work or issuing warnings are often reactive, and ignoring the behavior is not an effective management technique.

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A. Immediately assign individual silent work to calm them down.

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C. Warn students that any talking will result in immediate detention.

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D. Ignore the restlessness, assuming they will eventually settle down.

Question 4

Arctic circle countries:

Accepted Answer

8 (Russia, Canada, USA, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark(Greenland), Iceland) — Eight nations.

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Only Russia

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5

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3

Question 5

Syrian regime change 2024:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Assad fled, rebels took over Dec 2024 — Assad regime fell Dec 2024; HTS rebels took Damascus.‌​‍

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Democracy

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Continued

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Partition

Question 6

Study of coins:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Numismatics — Numismatics.‌​‍

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Philately

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Epigraphy

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Calligraphy

Question 7

Which was the first Indian newspaper?‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Hicky's Bengal Gazette (James Augustus Hicky, 1780) — English weekly, Kolkata. Government closed it 1782 after sedition. First Indian-owned: Samachar Darpan (1818, Bengali, Serampore).

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Times of India

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Hindu

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Amrit Bazar Patrika

Question 8

Robert Frost's famous poem 'The Road Not Taken' ends with:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

...and that has made all the difference — Final stanza: 'I took the one less travelled by / And that has made all the difference.'‌​‍

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Time to go home

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The path was narrow

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But I kept walking

Question 9

'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 10

Kerala's Haritha Keralam Mission focuses on:

Accepted Answer

Waste management and organic farming — Haritha Keralam Mission focuses on waste management, organic farming, and water resource management.

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IT development

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Tourism promotion

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Industrial growth

Surveyor Mixed Practice Test #828