Karnataka Nursing Officer Mock Test: Free Practice and Exam Pattern
5 full-length mock tests · 200 questions · 240 minutes · 0.25 mark deducted for each wrong answer.
NurseRank has 5 mock tests in the Karnataka Nursing Officer pattern, with a timer, a question palette, negative marking and a full review of every question after you submit. Start with free practice (just your name and mobile number, no OTP), then move to the full set in NurseRank Premium.
paper 1 GK 100, paper 2 nursing 100 (Kannada qualifying test not included)
The pattern is taken from recent notifications as reported by coaching sites. Please check the latest official notification of your exam before you rely on it.
Question split in NurseRank Karnataka Nursing Officer mock tests
Section
Questions
Nursing / professional
100
General Awareness
70
General Science
20
Reasoning
5
Maths
5
Total
200
Regional-language papers are not included; those questions are replaced by nursing questions.
Subjects to prepare
Revise the core nursing subjects first, then the general sections (General Awareness, General Science, Reasoning, Maths).
Q1. The patient with borderline personality disorder spends much time around the nurse's station, making numerous minor requests. The nurse interprets these behaviors as indicating which?
Boredom suggesting the need for something to do
Lack of desire for involvement in milieu activities
Enjoyment of bothering the staff
Fears of abandonment and attention seeking
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Fears of abandonment and attention seeking
Patients with borderline personality disorder have fears of abandonment and seek attention. Patients are dependent and fear being alone; this stems from disapproval, feelings of being abandoned, and not having needs met earlier in their life. The nurse intervenes by reducing attention- seeking behaviors and abandonment fears to help with intense feelings and emotions.
Q2. Priority Decision: A patient in the PACU has emergence delirium manifested by agitation and thrashing. What should the nurse assess the patient for first?
Neurologic injury
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Distended bladder
Hypoxemia
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Answer: D. Hypoxemia
The most common cause of emergence delirium is hypoxemia, and initial assessment should evaluate respiratory function. When hypoxemia is ruled out, other causes, such as a distended bladder, pain, and fluid and electrolyte disturbances, should be considered. Delayed awakening may result from neurologic injury. Cardiac dysrhythmias most often result from specific respiratory, electrolyte, or cardiac problems.
Q3. A nurse using the downtown transportation system in a large city sees a homeless woman sitting on a park bench. The woman is talking to herself and frequently looks over to the empty space on the bench beside her. What is the best explanation for this situation?
The woman is experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations
The woman is lonely because she is homeless
She was speaking on her cell phone by using the headset
She was calling to her friend down the street
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Answer: A. The woman is experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations
About 30% of the homeless suffer from schizophrenia. The woman is showing signs of responding to internal stimuli. Auditory and visual hallucinations are precipitated by internal stimuli. Speaking on a cell phone and calling to a friend down the street are both external stimuli.
Q4. A patient asks the nurse about participation in Alcoholics Anonymous. In addition to arranging for a visit by someone from Alcoholics Anonymous, the nurse should explain that the primary purpose of the organization is to:
Increase public awareness of the results of alcoholism
Explore the individual member's need for dependence on alcohol
Help members abstain from alcohol
Teach members how to manage social situations without the need for alcohol
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Help members abstain from alcohol
Self-help and peer support are offered by AA in an ongoing education program that assists the members to achieve abstinence from alcohol. The other purposes may be secondary, but the primary purpose is to help members abstain from alcohol.
Q5. A patient asks a nurse why she developed cervical polyps. How should the nurse respond?
"Cervical polyps do not cause bleeding unless they are malignant."
"They are usually benign and a biopsy rules out a malignancy."
"They are often malignant and must be removed."
"Cervical polyps usually are precursors of uterine cancer."
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Answer: B. "They are usually benign and a biopsy rules out a malignancy."
Polyps are usually benign, but a biopsy should be done because epidermoid cancer occasionally arises from cervical polyps. 1 Polyps usually are benign. 2 Polyps rarely are the precursors of uterine cancer. 4 Bleeding may occur whether they are benign or malignant.
How to use these mock tests
Take one mock a week under the real time limit.
Read the explanation of every wrong or guessed answer, then practise that topic.
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