Previous Question Paper : Mock Test | Staff Nurse Grade II | 045/2024 - 01

We have prepared a Mock Test from Kerala PSC Previous Year Question paper which was conducted on 29 April 2024 for the post of Staff Nurse Grade II, Question Paper Code 045/2024, Medium of the paper was English.

Time: 15:00

The most potent stimulus for medullary chemoreceptors is

[a] ↓ pO2 in blood

[b] ↑ H+ concentration in blood

[c] ↑ pCO2 in CSF

[d] ↑ H+ concentration in CSF

Which of the following is not present in pancreatic juice ?

[a] Aminopeptidase

[b] Amylase

[c] lipase

[d] Ribonuclease

Phase 2 of Cardiac muscle action potential is due to

[a] Na+ influx

[b] K+ efflux

[c] Ca2+ influx

[d] Ca2+ efflux

Choose the incorrect statement about blood groups.

[a] landsteiner law is applicable to all blood group systems

[b] Only naturally occurring antibodies are A and B

[c] Rh antibody is found only after sensitisation

[d] O negative blood group is universal donor

Choose the false statement about Neuromuscular junction in skeletal muscle.

[a] Acetyl Choline is the neurotransmitter

[b] Action potentials are produced at motor end plates

[c] Antibodies are produced against acetyl choline receptors in mysthenia gravis

[d] Gallamine is a non depolarising blocker drug

The sensation transmitted by lateral spinothalamic pathway is

[a] Vibration

[b] Pain

[c] Fine touch

[d] Pressure

The concept that Hand washing is the first preventive measure in control of infection was put forward by

[a] Ernst Ruska

[b] louis Pasteur

[c] Ignaz Semmelweis

[d] Robert Koch

Transduction is one mechanism of genetic transfer resulting in antibiotic resistance by

[a] Plasmid

[b] Bacteriophage

[c] Transposons

[d] Insertion sequences

Anaerobic Culture methods include all except

[a] Thioglycollate broth

[b] GasPak

[c] macConkey Agar

[d] Anaerobic Blood Agar

Sexually transmitted infections include all except

[a] Shigella dysentery

[b] Gonorrhoea

[c] Syphilis

[d] Herpes simplex type 2

The defence mechanism in which channelling of an unacceptable desires, impulses and behaviours into socially accepted behaviours is called

[a] Repression

[b] Regression

[c] Sublimation

[d] Suppression

Which of the following are perceptual disorders ?
i. delusion ii. Illusion iii. Hallucination iv. dementia

[a] Only ii and iii

[b] Only i and iv

[c] Only i and iii

[d] All of the above i, ii, iii, iv

What is the theory which says “we feel sad because we cry and we are afraid because we tremble” ?

[a] lazarus’ theory

[b] Schachter and Singer’s theory

[c] Cannon – Bard theory

[d] James – lange theory

What is a scale on which a pairs of opposite adjectives are presented called ?

[a] Visual analogue scale

[b] Guttman scale

[c] Semantic differential scale

[d] likert scale

Which of the following is the correct hierarchical order of maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory ?
i. Self-esteem needs
ii. Physiological needs
iii. Self-actualization needs
iv. Safety and security needs
v. love, affection and belongingness needs

[a] i, ii, iii, iv and v

[b] ii, iv, v, i and iii

[c] ii, v, iv, i and iii

[d] iv, ii, v, i and iii

Which of the following is an example of an intrinsic motivation ?

[a] Rewards

[b] money

[c] Grades

[d] Employee’s feeling of self-worth

Which theory analyzes the concepts like personal troubles of milieu and public issues of social structure ?

[a] Sociological imagination

[b] Chicago school

[c] Synthetic school

[d] Formalistic school

The following question consist of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion A’ and the other labelled as ‘Reason R’. you are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and the Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
Assertion (A) : Children pick up ways of behaving appropriately as per their culture from their friends, media and various other source.
Reason (R) : Socialization is a complex process that takes place through various formal and informal means.
Choose the correct option :

[a] Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

[b] Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

[c] (A) is true but (R) is false

[d] Both (A) and (R) are false

The following question consist of two statements, S1 and S2. Read the statements carefully and select the most appropriate option.
s1 : divorce is physical separation of a spouses.
s2 : Separation is legal termination of a marriage.

[a] Both S1 and S2 are true

[b] S1 is true and S2 is false

[c] S1 is false and S2 is true

[d] Both S1 and S2 are false

Which one of the following statements is true to describe ‘domestic Violence’ ?

[a] In ‘domestic Violence’, the only victims are ‘married Women’

[b] ‘Girl Child’ are only vulnerable to ‘domestic Violence’

[c] ‘domestic Violence’ includes physical, sexual, mental, verbal, emotional and economic abuse of a person in a household setting

[d] ‘domestic Violence’ is an indication of progressive society