Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1
Contributors 4
1 Discrete Mathematics: Combinatory (49) 6
1.1 Balls In Bins (4) 10
1.2 Counting (4) 11
1.3 Generating Functions (6) 12
1.4 Modular Arithmetic (2) 13
1.5 Pigeonhole Principle (2) 14
1.6 Recurrence Relation (7) 14
1.7 Summation (3) 16
Answer Keys 17
2 Discrete Mathematics: Graph Theory (75) 18
2.1 Counting (4) 18
2.2 Degree Of Graph (12) 18
2.3 Graph Coloring (9) 21
2.4 Graph Connectivity (35) 23
2.5 Graph Matching (1) 31
2.6 Graph Planarity (13) 32
2.7 Hard (1) 35
Answer Keys 35
3 Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical Logic (74) 37
3.1 First Order Logic (33) 37
3.2 Logical Reasoning (3) 46
3.3 Propositional Logic (38) 47
Answer Keys 57
4 Discrete Mathematics: Set Theory & Algebra (164) 58
4.1 Binary Operation (8) 58
4.2 Countable Uncountable Set (2) 60
4.3 Equivalence Class (1) 61
4.4 Functions (27) 61
4.5 Group Theory (31) 67
4.6 Lattice (9) 74
4.7 Mathematical Induction (2) 77
4.8 Number Theory (7) 78
4.9 Partial Order (10) 79
4.10 Polynomials (4) 82
4.11 Relations (36) 83
4.12 Set Theory (27) 91
Answer Keys 97
5 Engineering Mathematics: Calculus (47) 99
5.1 Continuity (8) 99
5.2 Definite Integral (1) 101
5.3 Differentiation (5) 101
5.4 Integration (10) 102
5.5 Limits (11) 105
5.6 Maxima Minima (10) 107
5.7 Polynomials (2) 109
Answer Keys 109
6 Engineering Mathematics: Linear Algebra (80) 111
6.1 Cartesian Coordinates (1) 111
6.2 Determinant (7) 111
6.3 Eigen Value (28) 113
6.4 Matrix (23) 121
6.5 Memorybased Gatecse2023 (1) 127
6.6 Rank Of Matrix (3) 127
6.7 System Of Equations (13) 128
 6.8 Vector Space (4) 132
Answer Keys 133
7 Engineering Mathematics: Probability (76) 135
7.1 Binomial Distribution (6) 140
7.2 Conditional Probability (13) 141
7.3 Continuous Distribution (1) 144
7.4 Expectation (7) 145
7.5 Exponential Distribution (1) 147
7.6 Independent Events (4) 147
7.7 Normal Distribution (2) 148
7.8 Poisson Distribution (4) 148
7.9 Probability Density Function (1) 149
7.10 Random Variable (8) 149
7.11 Uniform Distribution (7) 151
Answer Keys 153
8 General Aptitude: Analytical Aptitude (96) 154
8.1 Age Relation (1) 154
8.2 Code Words (5) 154
8.3 Direction Sense (10) 155
8.4 Family Relationship (4) 157
8.5 Logical Reasoning (33) 158
8.6 Number Relations (1) 168
8.7 Odd One (5) 168
8.8 Passage Reading (3) 169
8.9 Round Table Arrangement (4) 170
8.10 Seating Arrangements (2) 171
8.11 Sequence Series (9) 172
8.12 Statements Follow (19) 174
Answer Keys 180
9 General Aptitude: Quantitative Aptitude (376) 181
9.1 Absolute Value (6) 181
9.2 Age Relation (2) 182
9.3 Algebra (5) 182
9.4 Area (5) 184
9.5 Arithmetic Series (7) 186
9.6 Bar Graph (11) 187
9.7 Calendar (1) 192
9.8 Cartesian Coordinates (5) 192
9.9 Circle (3) 193
9.10 Clock Time (7) 194
9.11 Conditional Probability (6) 196
9.12 Cones (1) 198
9.13 Contour Plots (3) 198
9.14 Cost Market Price (4) 199
9.15 Counting (4) 200
9.16 Cube (1) 201
9.17 Curves (1) 201
9.18 Data Interpretation (13) 201
9.19 Factors (5) 207
9.20 Fraction (2) 208
9.21 Functions (14) 208
9.22 Geometry (20) 212
9.23 Graphical Data (9) 217
9.24 Logarithms (6) 222
9.25 Maxima Minima (4) 223
9.26 Modular Arithmetic (2) 224
9.27 Number Series (10) 225
9.28 Number System (1) 226
9.29 Number Theory (5) 227
9.30 Numerical Computation (23) 228
 9.31 Percentage (19) 233
9.32 Permutation And Combination (4) 237
9.33 Pie Chart (11) 238
9.34 Polynomials (3) 244
9.35 Probability Density Function (1) 245
9.36 Profit Loss (4) 245
9.37 Quadratic Equations (11) 246
9.38 Quantitative Aptitude (35) 248
9.39 Ratio Proportion (17) 256
9.40 Sequence Series (8) 260
9.41 Simple Compound Interest (4) 261
9.42 Speed Time Distance (16) 262
9.43 Squares (2) 265
9.44 Statistics (6) 266
9.45 Summation (1) 268
9.46 System Of Equations (1) 268
9.47 Tabular Data (8) 268
9.48 Triangle (7) 272
9.49 Trigonometry (1) 274
9.50 Unit Digit (1) 274
9.51 Venn Diagrams (13) 275
9.52 Volume (1) 278
9.53 Work Time (16) 278
Answer Keys 282
10 General Aptitude: Spatial Aptitude (16) 285
10.1 Assembling Pieces (2) 285
10.2 Mirror Image (2) 286
10.3 Paper Folding (5) 287
10.4 Patterns In Two Dimensions (4) 289
10.5 Rotation (1) 290
10.6 Three Dimensional Figure (1) 291
10.7 Transformation Of Figure (1) 291
Answer Keys 291
11 General Aptitude: Verbal Aptitude (320) 293
11.1 Closest Word (3) 293
11.2 Comparative Forms (1) 293
11.3 English Grammar (40) 293
11.4 Grammatical Error (6) 302
11.5 Meaning (35) 303
11.6 Most Appropriate Alternative (4) 310
11.7 Most Appropriate Word (83) 311
11.8 Noun Verb Adjective (2) 328
11.9 Opposite (5) 329
11.10 Passage Reading (46) 330
11.11 Phrasal Verb (2) 346
11.12 Phrase Meaning (2) 346
11.13 Prepositions (5) 347
11.14 Sentence Ordering (1) 348
11.15 Sentence Rearrangement (1) 348
11.16 Statement Sufficiency (2) 348
11.17 Statements Follow (2) 349
11.18 Tenses (16) 350
11.19 Verbal Reasoning (39) 353
11.20 Word Meaning (3) 366
11.21 Word Pairs (22) 366
Answer Keys 371
Contributors
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Arjun Suresh 5039, 246 Arjun Suresh 310 Arjun Suresh 489
Akash Kanase 1317, 33 GO Editor 224 Lakshman Patel 186
Digvijay 1286, 26 Kathleen Bankson 217 Naveen Kumar 84
Amar Vashishth 1285, 20 Akash Kanase 159 gatecse 75
Happy Mittal 1275, 22 makhdoom ghaya 150 Pavan Singh 73
Rajarshi Sarkar 979, 31 gatecse 125 soujanyareddy13 72
Sachin Mittal 856, 13 Lakshman Patel 74 Milicevic3306 63
Praveen Saini 810, 18 Ishrat Jahan 59 kenzou 46
Manish Joshi 707, 11 admin 40 shadymademe 24
Ankit Rokde 637, 16 Sandeep Singh 20 Krithiga2101 23
Anu 621, 11 Rucha Shelke 15 Ajay kumar soni 14
Lakshman Patel 599, 128 Milicevic3306 10 Satbir Singh 12
Srinath Jayachandran 548, 14 soujanyareddy13 10 Akash Dinkar 12
suraj 462, 11 khush tak 6 ankitgupta.1729 12
Mithlesh Upadhyay 436, 5 Deepak Poonia 12
Deepak Poonia 435, 17 Bikram 11
Bhagirathi Nayak 427, 13 Manu Thakur 11
gatecse 424, 5 Pooja Palod 11
Anurag Pandey 379, 5 Kiyoshi 9
srestha 361, 13 Shaik Masthan 9
Vikrant Singh 346, 6 Sukanya Das 8
Abhilash Panicker 340, 20 Rajarshi Sarkar 8
Pooja Palod 327, 12 Puja Mishra 6
Subha 322, 1 Subarna Das 6
Kathleen Bankson 320, 19 Pooja Khatri 6
Soumya Jain 316, 6 Pranav Purkar 5
Pragy Agarwal 290, 7 KUSHAGRA गु ा 5
Kumar Shikhar Deep 265, 2 Desert_Warrior 5
Madhur Rawat 263, 5
Himanshu Agarwal 263, 6
Shyam Singh 256, 5
Sona Praneeth Akula 256, 6
Manu Thakur 256, 9
dd 254, 6
Ayush Upadhyaya 248, 6
Prashant Singh 239, 8
Manali 213, 5
ankitgupta.1729 208, 24
Leen Sharma 206, 8
Palash 200, 4
Mari Ganesh Kumar 193, 3
Keith Kr 191, 6
Satbir Singh 189, 23
HABIB MOHAMMAD 185, 4
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Rajesh Pradhan 184, 4
Ahwan Mishra 183, 2
Hemant Parihar 181, 5
Tamojit Chatterjee 180, 3
Saumya Bhattacharya 169, 3
shreya ghosh 169, 7
Sukanya Das 168, 13
zxy123 164, 12
Anoop Sonkar 155, 7
Sandeep_Uniyal 154, 2
SAKET NANDAN 153, 4
Shubham Srivastava 153, 4
Akash Verma 138, 13
Vicky rix 137, 3
Gaurav Sharma 134, 3
Shaik Masthan 134, 10
Sadbhavana Babar 132, 1
rajan 131, 8
ryan sequeira 129, 3
Vicky Bajoria 123, 3
Naveen Kumar 120, 26
jayendra 119, 5
Dhruv Patel 118, 3
Akash Dinkar 116, 7
Sankaranarayanan P.N 115, 2
Gate Keeda 113, 3
Prateeksha Keshari 109, 3
Afaque Ahmad 108, 1
neha pawar 108, 3
Jagdish Singh 103, 2
anshu 103, 4
Nikhil Dhama 103, 6
Ashish Deshmukh 102, 2
1 Discrete Mathematics: Combinatory (49)

1.0.1 GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 49 top☝

A pennant is a sequence of numbers, each number being or . An pennant is a

sequence of numbers with sum equal to . For example, is a pennant.
The set of all possible pennants is , the set of all possible pennants is
and the set of all pennants is . Note that the pennant is not
the same as the pennant . The number of pennants is________

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1.0.2 GATE IT 2005 | Question: 46 top☝

A line in a circuit is said to have a fault if the line permanently has a

logic value . Similarly a line in a circuit is said to have a fault if the
line permanently has a logic value . A circuit is said to have a multiple fault if
one or more lines have stuck at faults. The total number of distinct multiple faults
possible in a circuit with lines is

A. B. C. D.
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1.0.3 GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 02-iv top☝

Match the pairs in the following questions by writing the corresponding letters only.

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1.0.4 GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 16,a top☝

Find the number of binary strings of length with an equal number of and
and the property that every prefix of has at least as many as

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1.0.5 GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 5 top☝

A multiset is an unordered collection of elements where elements may repeat any

number of times. The size of a multiset is the number of elements in it, counting
repetitions.

a. What is the number of multisets of size that can be constructed from n distinct elements
so that at least one element occurs exactly twice?
b. How many multisets can be constructed from n distinct elements?

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1.0.6 GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 2.1 top☝

How many -digit even numbers have all digits distinct?

A. B. C. D.
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1.0.7 GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 42 top☝

The number of permutations of the characters in LILAC so that no character appears

in its original position, if the two L’s are indistinguishable, is ______.

gatecse-2020 numerical-answers combinatory 2-marks

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1.0.8 GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 5 top☝

Let Let . Consider the following

two statements on .

I.

II.

Which of the above statements is/are TRUE?

A. Only I B. Only II C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II

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1.0.9 GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 4 top☝

Let be a sequence of distinct integers sorted in ascending order. How many

distinct pairs of sequences, and are there such that

i. each is sorted in ascending order,

ii. has and has elements, and
iii. the result of merging and gives

A. B. C. D.
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1.0.10 GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 5 top☝

couples are invited to a party with the condition that every husband should be
accompanied by his wife. However, a wife need not be accompanied by her husband.
The number of different gatherings possible at the party is

A. B. C. D.
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1.0.11 GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 4-i top☝

How many substrings (of all lengths inclusive) can be formed from a character string of
length ? Assume all characters to be distinct, prove your answer.

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1.0.12 GATE IT 2008 | Question: 25 top☝

In how many ways can blue balls and red balls be distributed in distinct boxes?

A. B.
C. D.
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1.0.13 GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 3-ix top☝

The number of ways in which and can be arranged in a row is:

A. B. C. D. .
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1.0.14 GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 3-iii top☝

The number of rooted binary trees with nodes is,

A. Equal to the number of ways of multiplying matrices.

B. Equal to the number of ways of arranging out of distinct elements.
C. Equal to .
D. Equal to .

gate1990 normal combinatory catalan-number multiple-selects

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1.0.15 GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 75 top☝

Mala has the colouring book in which each English letter is drawn two times. She
wants to paint each of these prints with one of colours, such that the colour pairs
used to colour any two letters are different. Both prints of a letter can also be coloured with
the same colour. What is the minimum value of that satisfies this requirement?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2004 combinatory

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1.0.16 GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 85 top☝

Suppose that a robot is placed on the Cartesian plane. At each step it is allowed to
move either one unit up or one unit right, i.e., if it is at then it can move to either
or .

Suppose that the robot is not allowed to traverse the line segment from to . With
this constraint, how many distinct paths are there for the robot to reach starting from
?

A. B.
C. D.
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1.0.17 GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 84 top☝

Suppose that a robot is placed on the Cartesian plane. At each step it is allowed to
move either one unit up or one unit right, i.e., if it is at then it can move to either
or .
How many distinct paths are there for the robot to reach the point starting from the
initial position ?

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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1.0.18 GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 1.3 top☝

The number of binary strings of zeros and ones in which no two ones are adjacent
is

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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1.0.19 GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 2.2 top☝

Two girls have picked roses, sunflowers and daffodils. What is the number of
ways they can divide the flowers among themselves?

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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1.0.20 GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.23 top☝

How many sub strings of different lengths (non-zero) can be formed from a character
string of length ?

A. B. C. D.
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1.0.21 GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 5 top☝

The number of digit numbers having their digits in non-decreasing order (from left to
right) constructed by using the digits belonging to the set is ________.

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1.1 Balls In Bins (4) top☝

1.1.1 Balls In Bins: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 13 top☝

a. In how many ways can a given positive integer be expressed as the sum of
positive integers (which are not necessarily distinct). For example, for , the number
of ways is , i.e., . Give only the answer without any explanation.
b. In how many ways can a given positive integer be expressed as the sum of
positive integers (which are not necessarily distinct). For example, for , the number
of ways is , i.e., and . Give only the answer without
explanation.
c. In how many ways can a given positive integer be expressed as the sum of
 positive integers (which are not necessarily distinct). Give only the answer without
explanation.

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1.1.2 Balls In Bins: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 34 top☝

identical balls are to be placed in distinct bags. You are given that ,
where is a natural number . In how many ways can the balls be placed in the
bags if each bag must contain at least balls?

A. B.

C. D.

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1.1.3 Balls In Bins: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 22 top☝

The number of arrangements of six identical balls in three identical bins is

_____________ .

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1.1.4 Balls In Bins: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 35 top☝

In how many ways can we distribute distinct balls, in distinct cells,

such that Ball is not in cell , and each cell
contains exactly one ball?

A. B. C. D.
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1.2 Counting (4) top☝

1.2.1 Counting: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.15 top☝

The number of substrings (of all lengths inclusive) that can be formed from a character
string of length is

A. B. C. D.
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 1.2.2 Counting: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 19 top☝

There are jobs with distinct difficulty levels, and computers with distinct processing
speeds. Each job is assigned to a computer such that:

The fastest computer gets the toughest job and the slowest computer gets the easiest job.
Every computer gets at least one job.

The number of ways in which this can be done is ___________.

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1.2.3 Counting: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 50 top☝

Let be a set of consisting of elements. The number of tuples of the form

such that and are subsets of , and is ___________

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1.2.4 Counting: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 38 top☝

Let where is a large positive integer greater than Let

be a positive integer less than . Let be subsets of with and
. We say that a permutation of separates from if one of the following is
true.

All members of appear in the permutation before any of the members of .

All members of appear in the permutation before any of the members of .

How many permutations of separate from

A.
B. !

C. D.

gatecse-2023 combinatory counting 2-marks

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1.3 Generating Functions (6) top☝

1.3.1 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 10b top☝

What is the generating function for the sequence of Fibonacci numbers?

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 1.3.2 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 50 top☝

Let , where . What is ?

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.3 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 26 top☝

The coefficient of in is ___________.

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1.3.4 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 47 top☝

If the ordinary generating function of a sequence is , then is

equal to ___________ .

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1.3.5 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 1 top☝

Which one of the following is a closed form expression for the generating function of
the sequence , where ?

A. B. C. D.
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1.3.6 Generating Functions: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 26 top☝

Which one of the following is the closed form for the generating function of the
sequence defined below?

A. B.
C. D.
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1.4 Modular Arithmetic (2) top☝

 1.4.1 Modular Arithmetic: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 29 top☝

The value of the expression in the range to , is ________.

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1.4.2 Modular Arithmetic: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 21 top☝

The value of is _____

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1.5 Pigeonhole Principle (2) top☝

1.5.1 Pigeonhole Principle: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 1.1 top☝

The minimum number of cards to be dealt from an arbitrarily shuffled deck of cards
to guarantee that three cards are from same suit is

A. B. C. D.
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1.5.2 Pigeonhole Principle: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 44 top☝

What is the minimum number of ordered pairs of non-negative numbers that should be
chosen to ensure that there are two pairs and in the chosen set such
that, and

A. B. C. D.
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1.6 Recurrence Relation (7) top☝

1.6.1 Recurrence Relation: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 9 top☝

The Fibonacci sequence is defined by the following recurrence:

Prove by induction that every third element of the sequence is even.

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1.6.2 Recurrence Relation: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 2 top☝

Let be the number of -bit strings that do NOT contain two consecutive . Which
one of the following is the recurrence relation for ?

A. B.
C. D.
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1.6.3 Recurrence Relation: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 27 top☝

Consider the recurrence relation . Let

. The value of is __________.

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1.6.4 Recurrence Relation: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 41 top☝

Consider the following recurrence:

Then, which of the following statements is/are

A. B.
C. D.
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1.6.5 Recurrence Relation: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 5 top☝

The Lucas sequence is defined by the recurrence relation:

with and .
Which one of the options given is TRUE?

A. B.

C. D.
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1.6.6 Recurrence Relation: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 34 top☝

Let ... be harmonic numbers. Then, for , can be

expressed as
 A. B.
C. D.
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1.6.7 Recurrence Relation: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 76 top☝

Consider the sequence defined by the recurrence relation

, where .
Suppose there exists a non-empty, open interval such that for all satisfying
, the sequence converges to a limit. The sequence converges to the value?

A. B. C. D.
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1.7 Summation (3) top☝

1.7.1 Summation: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 15 top☝

Use the patterns given to prove that

A.

(You are not permitted to employ induction)

B. Use the result obtained in (A) to prove that

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1.7.2 Summation: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 24 top☝

Let and , where is a positive integer. Then

A. B. C. D.
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 1.7.3 Summation: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 26 top☝

= ______.

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1.0.2 B 1.0.3 N/A 1.0.4 N/A 1.0.5 N/A 1.0.6 B
1.0.7 12 1.0.8 C 1.0.9 C 1.0.10 B 1.0.11 N/A
1.0.12 A 1.0.13 A 1.0.14 A;C 1.0.15 C 1.0.16 D
1.0.17 A 1.0.18 D 1.0.20 D 1.1.1 N/A 1.1.2 B
65 : 59049 :
1.1.3 7 1.1.4 A 1.2.1 D 1.2.2 1.2.3
65 59049
1.2.4 D 1.3.1 N/A 1.3.2 B 1.3.3 10 1.3.4 15
1.3.5 D 1.3.6 A 1.4.1 4 1.5.1 C 1.6.1 N/A
197.9 :
1.6.2 B 1.6.3 1.6.4 A;B;C 1.6.5 A 1.6.6 B
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1.6.7 B 1.7.1 N/A 1.7.2 A
2 Discrete Mathematics: Graph Theory (75)

2.1 Counting (4) top☝

2.1.1 Counting: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 2.15 top☝

How many undirected graphs (not necessarily connected) can be constructed out of a
given set of vertices?

A. B. C. D.
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2.1.2 Counting: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 79 top☝

How many graphs on labeled vertices exist which have at least edges ?

A.

B.

C.
D.
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2.1.3 Counting: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 35 top☝

How many distinct binary search trees can be created out of distinct keys?

A. B. C. D.
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2.1.4 Counting: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 38 top☝

Let be a complete undirected graph on vertices. If vertices of are labeled, then

the number of distinct cycles of length in is equal to

A. B. C. D.
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2.2 Degree Of Graph (12) top☝

2.2.1 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 9c top☝

Show that the number of odd-degree vertices in a finite graph is even.

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2.2.2 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 16-b top☝

Show that all vertices in an undirected finite graph cannot have distinct degrees, if the
graph has at least two vertices.

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2.2.3 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 24 top☝

Prove that in finite graph, the number of vertices of odd degree is always even.

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2.2.4 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 40 top☝

A graph satisfies . The min-degree of is defined as

. Therefore, min-degree of cannot be

A. B. C. D.
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2.2.5 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 71 top☝

The vertices of a graph corresponds to all subsets of a set of size , for .

Two vertices of are adjacent if and only if the corresponding sets intersect in exactly
two elements.
The number of vertices of degree zero in is:

A. B. C. D.
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2.2.6 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 72 top☝

The vertices of a graph corresponds to all subsets of a set of size , for .

Two vertices of are adjacent if and only if the corresponding sets intersect in exactly
two elements.
The maximum degree of a vertex in is:

A. B. C. D.
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2.2.7 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 3 top☝

Which one of the following is TRUE for any simple connected undirected graph with
more than vertices?

A. No two vertices have the same degree.

B. At least two vertices have the same degree.
C. At least three vertices have the same degree.
D. All vertices have the same degree.

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2.2.8 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 1 top☝

Let be a graph. Define , where is the number of

vertices of degree in If and are two different trees with , then

A. B.
C. D.
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2.2.9 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 28 top☝

The degree sequence of a simple graph is the sequence of the degrees of the nodes
in the graph in decreasing order. Which of the following sequences can not be the
degree sequence of any graph?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

A. I and II B. III and IV C. IV only D. II and IV

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2.2.10 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 25 top☝

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE for undirected graphs?

P: Number of odd degree vertices is even.

Q: Sum of degrees of all vertices is even.

A. P only B. Q only
C. Both P and Q D. Neither P nor Q
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 2.2.11 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 52 top☝

An ordered tuple with is called graphic if

there exists a simple undirected graph with vertices having degrees
respectively. Which one of the following -tuples is NOT graphic?

A. B.
C. D.
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2.2.12 Degree Of Graph: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 23 top☝

is an undirected graph with vertices and edges such that each vertex of has
degree at least . Then the maximum possible value of is _________ .

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2.3 Graph Coloring (9) top☝

2.3.1 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 1.4 top☝

The minimum number of colours required to colour the vertices of a cycle with nodes
in such a way that no two adjacent nodes have the same colour is

A. B.
C. D.
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2.3.2 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 77 top☝

The minimum number of colours required to colour the following graph, such that no
two adjacent vertices are assigned the same color, is

A. B. C. D.
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2.3.3 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 2 top☝

What is the chromatic number of an vertex simple connected graph which does not
contain any odd length cycle? Assume .
 A. B. C. D.
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2.3.4 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 03 top☝

The minimum number of colours that is sufficient to vertex-colour any planar graph is
________.

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2.3.5 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 18 top☝

The chromatic number of the following graph is _____

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2.3.6 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 52 top☝

Graph is obtained by adding vertex to and making adjacent to every vertex

of . The minimum number of colours required to edge-colour is _______

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2.3.7 Graph Coloring: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 45 top☝

Let be a simple, finite, undirected graph with vertex set . Let

denote the maximum degree of and let denote the set of all
possible colors. Color the vertices of using the following greedy strategy: for
: no neighbour of is colored
Which of the following statements is/are

A. This procedure results in a proper vertex coloring of .

B. The number of colors used is at most .
C. The number of colors used is at most .
D. The number of colors used is equal to the chromatic number of .

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 2.3.8 Graph Coloring: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 25 top☝

Consider the undirected graph defined as follows. The vertices of are bit strings
of length . We have an edge between vertex and vertex if and only if and
differ in exactly one bit position (in other words, can be obtained from by flipping a single
bit). The ratio of the chromatic number of to the diameter of is,

A. B. C. D.
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2.3.9 Graph Coloring: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 3 top☝

What is the chromatic number of the following graph?

A. B. C. D.
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2.4 Graph Connectivity (35) top☝

2.4.1 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 9d top☝

Specify an adjacency-lists representation of the undirected graph given above.

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2.4.2 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 2xvi top☝

Write the adjacency matrix representation of the graph given in below figure.
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2.4.3 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 1-viii top☝

A graph which has the same number of edges as its complement must have number
of vertices congruent to ________ or ________ modulo .

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2.4.4 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 01,xv top☝

The maximum number of possible edges in an undirected graph with vertices and
components is ______.

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2.4.5 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 03,iii top☝

How many edges can there be in a forest with components having vertices in all?

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2.4.6 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.1 top☝

Consider a simple connected graph with vertices and edges . Then,

which of the following statements are true?

A. has no cycles
B. The graph obtained by removing any edge from is not connected
C. has at least one cycle
D. The graph obtained by removing any two edges from is not connected
E. None of the above

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2.4.7 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.6, ISRO2008-29 top☝

The number of distinct simple graphs with up to three nodes is

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.8 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.5 top☝

The number of edges in a regular graph of degree and vertices is ____________

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2.4.9 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.25 top☝

The minimum number of edges in a connected cyclic graph on vertices is:

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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2.4.10 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 1.15 top☝

The number of articulation points of the following graph is

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.11 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 5 top☝

Let be a connected, undirected graph. A cut in is a set of edges whose removal

results in being broken into two or more components, which are not connected with
each other. The size of a cut is called its cardinality. A min-cut of is a cut in of minimum
cardinality. Consider the following graph:
 a. Which of the following sets of edges is a cut?
i.
ii.
b. What is cardinality of min-cut in this graph?
c. Prove that if a connected undirected graph with vertices has a min-cut of cardinality
, then has at least edges.

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2.4.12 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 1.25, ISRO2008-30, ISRO2016-6
top☝

The maximum number of edges in a -node undirected graph without self loops is

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.13 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 8, ISRO2009-53 top☝

Let be an arbitrary graph with nodes and components. If a vertex is removed

from , the number of components in the resultant graph must necessarily lie down
between

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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2.4.14 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 11 top☝

Let be a simple graph with vertices and edges. The size of the minimum
vertex cover of G is . Then, the size of the maximum independent set of is:

A. B. C. less than D. more than

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2.4.15 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 73 top☝

The vertices of a graph corresponds to all subsets of a set of size , for .

Two vertices of are adjacent if and only if the corresponding sets intersect in exactly
two elements.

The number of connected components in is:

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.16 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 23 top☝

Which of the following graphs has an Eulerian circuit?

B. A complete graph on
A. Any -regular graph where is an even number. vertices.
C. The complement of a cycle on vertices. D. None of the above
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2.4.17 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 42 top☝

is a graph on vertices and edges. The edges of can be partitioned into

two edge-disjoint spanning trees. Which of the following is NOT true for ?

A. For every subset of vertices, the induced subgraph has at most edges.
B. The minimum cut in has at least edges.
C. There are at least edge-disjoint paths between every pair of vertices.
D. There are at least vertex-disjoint paths between every pair of vertices.

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2.4.18 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 26 top☝

The line graph of a simple graph is defined as follows:

There is exactly one vertex in for each edge in .

For any two edges and in , has an edge between and , if and only if
and are incident with the same vertex in .

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

(P) The line graph of a cycle is a cycle.

(Q) The line graph of a clique is a clique.
(R) The line graph of a planar graph is planar.
(S) The line graph of a tree is a tree.
 A. only B. and only C. only D. and only
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2.4.19 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 51 top☝

Consider an undirected graph where self-loops are not allowed. The vertex set of
is . There is an edge between and if
and . The number of edges in this graph is______.

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2.4.20 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 3 top☝

The maximum number of edges in a bipartite graph on vertices is____

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2.4.21 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 51 top☝

If is the forest with vertices and connected components, how many edges does
have?

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.22 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 50 top☝

In a connected graph, a bridge is an edge whose removal disconnects the graph.

Which one of the following statements is true?

A. A tree has no bridges

B. A bridge cannot be part of a simple cycle
C. Every edge of a clique with size is a bridge (A clique is any complete subgraph of a
graph)
D. A graph with bridges cannot have cycle

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2.4.23 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 12 top☝

Let be an undirected complete graph on vertices, where . Then, the number

of different Hamiltonian cycles in is equal to

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.24 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 38 top☝

Let be any connected, weighted, undirected graph.

I. has a unique minimum spanning tree, if no two edges of have the same weight.
II. has a unique minimum spanning tree, if, for every cut of , there is a unique minimum-
weight edge crossing the cut.

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

A. I only B. II only C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II

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2.4.25 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 36 top☝

Let be an undirected unweighted connected graph. The diameter of is

defined as:

Let be the adjacency matrix of .

Define graph on the same set of vertices with adjacency matrix , where

Which one of the following statements is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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2.4.26 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 20 top☝

Consider a simple undirected graph of vertices. If the graph is disconnected, then

the maximum number of edges it can have is _______________ .

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2.4.27 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 27 top☝

Consider a simple undirected unweighted graph with at least three vertices. If is the
adjacency matrix of the graph, then the number of cycles in the graph is given by
the trace of

A. B. divided by
C. divided by D. divided by
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2.4.28 Graph Connectivity: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 42 top☝

Which of the properties hold for the adjacency matrix of a simple undirected
unweighted graph having vertices?

A. The diagonal entries of are the degrees of the vertices of the graph.
B. If the graph is connected, then none of the entries of can be zero.
C. If the sum of all the elements of is at most then the graph must be acyclic.
D. If there is at least a in each of rows and columns, then the graph must be
connected.

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2.4.29 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 37 top☝

What is the number of vertices in an undirected connected graph with edges,

vertices of degree vertices of degree and remaining of degree ?

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.30 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 5 top☝

What is the maximum number of edges in an acyclic undirected graph with vertices?

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.31 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 56 top☝

Let be a directed graph whose vertex set is the set of numbers from to . There
is an edge from a vertex to a vertex iff either or . The minimum
number of edges in a path in from vertex to vertex is

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.32 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 11 top☝

If all the edge weights of an undirected graph are positive, then any subset of edges
that connects all the vertices and has minimum total weight is a

A. Hamiltonian cycle
B. grid C. hypercube D. tree
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2.4.33 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 25 top☝

What is the largest integer such that every simple connected graph with vertices
and edges contains at least different spanning trees ?

A. B. C. D.
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2.4.34 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 27 top☝

is a simple undirected graph. Some vertices of are of odd degree. Add a node
to and make it adjacent to each odd degree vertex of . The resultant graph is sure
to be

A. regular B. complete C. Hamiltonian D. Euler

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2.4.35 Graph Connectivity: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 4 top☝

What is the size of the smallest (Maximal Independent Set) of a chain of nine
nodes?

A. B. C. D.
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2.5 Graph Matching (1) top☝

2.5.1 Graph Matching: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 36 top☝

How many perfect matching are there in a complete graph of vertices?

A. B. C. D.
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2.6 Graph Planarity (13) top☝

2.6.1 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 2e top☝

State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

There is a linear-time algorithm for testing the planarity of finite graphs.

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2.6.2 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 3-vi top☝

Which of the following graphs is/are planner?

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2.6.3 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 3-xi top☝

A graph is planar if and only if,

A. It does not contain a subgraph homeomorphic to and .

B. It does not contain a subgraph isomorphic to and .
C. It does not contain a subgraph isomorphic to or
D. It does not contain a subgraph homeomorphic to or .

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2.6.4 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 01,x top☝

Maximum number of edges in a planar graph with vertices is _____

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2.6.5 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 02,viii top☝

A non-planar graph with minimum number of vertices has

A. edges, vertices B. edges, vertices

C. edges, vertices D. edges, vertices
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2.6.6 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 10 top☝

Let be a simple connected planar graph with vertices and edges. Then, the
number of faces in the planar embedding of the graph is:

A. B. C. D.
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2.6.7 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 47 top☝

Which one of the following graphs is NOT planar?

A. G1 B. G2 C. G3 D. G4
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2.6.8 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 23 top☝

Which of the following statements is true for every planar graph on vertices?

A. The graph is connected B. The graph is Eulerian

C. The graph has a vertex-cover of size at most D. The graph has an independent set of size at
least
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2.6.9 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 17 top☝

K4 and Q3 are graphs with the following structures.

Which one of the following statements is TRUE in relation to these graphs?

A. K4 is a planar while Q3 is not B. Both K4 and Q3 are planar

C. Q3 is planar while K4 is not D. Neither K4 nor Q3 is planar
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2.6.10 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 17 top☝

Let be a simple undirected planar graph on vertices with edges. If is a

connected graph, then the number of bounded faces in any embedding of on the
plane is equal to

A. B. C. D.
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2.6.11 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 52 top☝

Let denote the minimum degree of a vertex in a graph. For all planar graphs on
vertices with , which one of the following is TRUE?

A. In any planar embedding, the number of faces is at least

B. In any planar embedding, the number of faces is less than
C. There is a planar embedding in which the number of faces is less than
D. There is a planar embedding in which the number of faces is at most

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2.6.12 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 54 top☝

Let G be a connected planar graph with 10 vertices. If the number of edges on each
face is three, then the number of edges in G is_______________.

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 2.6.13 Graph Planarity: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 16 top☝

In an undirected connected planar graph , there are eight vertices and five faces.
The number of edges in is _________.

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2.7 Hard (1) top☝

2.7.1 Hard: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 40 top☝

The following simple undirected graph is referred to as the Peterson graph.

Which of the following statements is/are

A. The chromatic number of the graph is

B. The graph has a Hamiltonian path.
C. The following graph is isomorphic to the Peterson graph.

D. The size of the largest independent set of the given graph is (A subset of vertices of a
graph form an independent set if no two vertices of the subset are adjacent.)

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Answer Keys
2.1.1 D 2.1.2 D 2.1.3 B 2.1.4 X 2.2.1 N/A
2.2.2 N/A 2.2.3 N/A 2.2.5 C 2.2.6 C 2.2.7 B
2.2.8 C 2.2.9 D 2.2.10 C 2.2.11 C 2.2.12 16
2.3.1 D 2.3.2 C 2.3.3 A 2.3.4 4 2.3.5 3
2.3.6 7 2.3.7 A;B 2.3.8 C 2.3.9 B 2.4.1 N/A
2.4.2 N/A 2.4.3 N/A 2.4.5 N/A 2.4.6 C;D 2.4.8 N/A
2.4.9 B 2.4.10 D 2.4.11 N/A 2.4.12 B 2.4.13 C
2.4.14 A 2.4.15 B 2.4.16 C 2.4.17 D 2.4.18 A
2.4.20 36 2.4.21 C 2.4.22 B 2.4.23 C;D 2.4.24 C
2.4.25 A 2.4.26 36 2.4.27 D 2.4.28 A 2.4.29 D
2.4.30 A 2.4.31 B 2.4.32 D 2.4.33 C 2.4.34 D
2.4.35 C 2.6.1 Q-Q 2.6.2 N/A 2.6.3 D 2.6.4 N/A
2.6.5 C 2.6.6 B 2.6.7 A 2.6.8 C 2.6.9 B
2.6.10 D 2.6.11 A 2.6.12 24 2.6.13 11 : 11
3 Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical Logic (74)

3.1 First Order Logic (33) top☝

3.1.1 First Order Logic: GATE 2008 | Question 21 top☝

I have been trying to solve the question GATE CSE 2008 Question.
Are the following two representations logically equivalent ?

1.
2.

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3.1.2 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 14a top☝

Symbolize the expression "Every mother loves her children" in predicate logic.

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3.1.3 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 15,b top☝

Consider the following first order formula:

Does it have finite models?

Is it satisfiable? If so, give a countable model for it.

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3.1.4 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 92,xv top☝

Which of the following predicate calculus statements is/are valid?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.5 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 32 top☝

Which of the following is a valid first order formula? (Here and are first order
formulae with as their only free variable)

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.6 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 33 top☝

Consider the following formula and its two interpretations and .

: Domain: the set of natural numbers

= ' is a prime number'

= ' divides '

: same as except that = ' is a composite number'.

Which of the following statements is true?

A. satisfies , does not

B. satisfies , does not
C. Neither nor satisfies
D. Both and satisfies

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3.1.7 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 23, ISRO2007-32 top☝

Identify the correct translation into logical notation of the following assertion.

Some boys in the class are taller than all the girls

Note: is true if is taller than .

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.8 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 41 top☝

What is the first order predicate calculus statement equivalent to the following?

"Every teacher is liked by some student"

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.9 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 26 top☝

Which one of the first order predicate calculus statements given below correctly
expresses the following English statement?

Tigers and lions attack if they are hungry or threatened.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.10 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 22 top☝

Let be a predicate which denotes that is a graph. Let be

a predicate which denotes that is connected. Which of the following first order logic
sentences DOES NOT represent the statement:

A. B.

C. D.
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3.1.11 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 30 top☝

Let and be two predicates such that means is a finite state

automaton and means that is a pushdown automaton. Let be
another predicate such that means and are equivalent. Which of the
following first order logic statements represent the following?

Each finite state automaton has an equivalent pushdown automaton

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.12 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 23 top☝

Which one of the following is the most appropriate logical formula to represent the
statement?
"Gold and silver ornaments are precious".
The following notations are used:

is a gold ornament
is a silver ornament
is precious

A. B.
C. D.
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3.1.13 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 26 top☝

Consider the following well-formed formulae:

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Which of the above are equivalent?

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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3.1.14 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 30 top☝

Suppose the predicate is used to represent the statement that person can
fool person at time .
Which one of the statements below expresses best the meaning of the formula,

A. Everyone can fool some person at some time

B. No one can fool everyone all the time
C. Everyone cannot fool some person all the time
D. No one can fool some person at some time

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3.1.15 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 30 top☝

Which one of the following options is CORRECT given three positive integers and
, and a predicate

A. being true means that is a prime number

B. being true means that is a number other than
C. is always true irrespective of the value of
D. being true means that has exactly two factors other than and

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3.1.16 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 13 top☝

What is the correct translation of the following statement into mathematical logic?

“Some real numbers are rational”

A. B.
C. D.
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3.1.17 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 27 top☝

What is the logical translation of the following statement?

"None of my friends are perfect."

A. B.
C. D.
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3.1.18 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 47 top☝

Which one of the following is NOT logically equivalent to ?

A. B.
C. D.
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3.1.19 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 1 top☝

Consider the statement

"Not all that glitters is gold”

Predicate glitters is true if glitters and predicate gold is true if is gold. Which one of
the following logical formulae represents the above statement?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.20 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 53 top☝

The CORRECT formula for the sentence, "not all Rainy days are Cold" is

A. B.
C. D.
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3.1.21 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 55 top☝

Which one of the following well-formed formulae is a tautology?

 A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.22 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 27 top☝

Which one of the following well-formed formulae in predicate calculus is NOT valid ?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.23 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 02 top☝

Consider the first-order logic sentence . Assuming non-empty

logical domains, which of the sentences below are implied by ?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

A. IV only B. I and IV only C. II only D. II and III only

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3.1.24 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 28 top☝

Consider the first-order logic sentence

where is a quantifier-free first-order logic formula using only predicate

symbols, and possibly equality, but no function symbols. Suppose has a model with a
universe containing elements.
Which one of the following statements is necessarily true?

A. There exists at least one model of with universe of size less than or equal to
B. There exists no model of with universe of size less than or equal to
C. There exists no model of with universe size of greater than
 D. Every model of has a universe of size equal to

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3.1.25 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 35 top☝

Consider the first order predicate formula :

Here denotes that , where and are integers. Consider the following
sets:

Set of all positive integers

Set of all integers

Which of the above sets satisfy ?

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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3.1.26 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 39 top☝

Which one of the following predicate formulae is NOT logically valid?

Note that is a predicate formula without any free occurrence of .

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.27 First Order Logic: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 16 top☝

Geetha has a conjecture about integers, which is of the form

where is a statement about integers, and is a statement about pairs of integers. Which
of the following (one or more) option(s) would imply Geetha's conjecture?

A.
B.
C.
 D.

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3.1.28 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 3 top☝

Let and be three statements with variables and chosen

from some universe. Consider the following statement:

Which one of the following is its equivalent?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.29 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 36 top☝

Let and be arbitrary predicates. Which of the following statements is

always TRUE?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.30 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 21 top☝

Consider the following first order logic formula in which is a binary relation symbol.

The formula is

A. satisfiable and valid B. satisfiable and so is its negation

C. unsatisfiable but its negation is D. satisfiable but its negation is
valid unsatisfiable
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 3.1.31 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 21 top☝

Which one of these first-order logic formulae is valid?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.32 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 21 top☝

Which of the following first order formulae is logically valid? Here is a first order
formula with as a free variable, and is a first order formula with no free variable.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.1.33 First Order Logic: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 22 top☝

Which of the following is the negation of

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.2.1 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 1 top☝

Consider the following logical inferences.

: If it rains then the cricket match will not be played.

The cricket match was played.
Inference: There was no rain.

: If it rains then the cricket match will not be played.

It did not rain.
 Inference: The cricket match was played.
Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Both and are correct inferences

B. is correct but is not a correct inference
C. is not correct but is a correct inference
D. Both and are not correct inferences

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3.2.2 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 3 top☝

Consider the following two statements.

: If a candidate is known to be corrupt, then he will not be elected

: If a candidate is kind, he will be elected

Which one of the following statements follows from and as per sound inference rules of
logic?

A. If a person is known to be corrupt, he is kind

B. If a person is not known to be corrupt, he is not kind
C. If a person is kind, he is not known to be corrupt
D. If a person is not kind, he is not known to be corrupt

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3.2.3 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 24 top☝

In a room there are only two types of people, namely and .

people always tell the truth and people always lie. You give a fair coin to a
person in that room, without knowing which type he is from and tell him to toss it and hide the
result from you till you ask for it. Upon asking the person replies the following

"The result of the toss is head if and only if I am telling the truth"

Which of the following options is correct?

A. The result is head B. The result is tail

C. If the person is of , then the result is tail
D. If the person is of , then the result is tail
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3.3 Propositional Logic (38) top☝

3.3.1 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 10e top☝

Show that the conclusion follows from the premises

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3.3.2 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 2vii top☝

Define the validity of a well-formed formula(wff)?

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3.3.3 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 3-v top☝

Which of the following well-formed formulas are equivalent?

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.4 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 3-x top☝

Indicate which of the following well-formed formulae are valid:

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.3.5 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 03,xii top☝

I f , and are propositional formulae such that and

are both tautologies, then which of the following is true:

A. Both and are tautologies B. The conjunction is not satisfiable

C. Neither is tautologous D. Neither is satisfiable
E. None of the above
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3.3.6 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 02,xvi top☝

Which of the following is/are a tautology?

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.7 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 15.a top☝

Use Modus ponens or resolution to show that the following set is

inconsistent:

1.
2.
3.
4.

where and are universally quantified variables, is a constant and are monadic
predicates.

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3.3.8 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 18 top☝

Show that proposition is a logical consequence of the formula

using truth tables.

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3.3.9 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.2 top☝

The proposition is:

A. a tautology B. logically equivalent to

C. logically equivalent to D. a contradiction
E. none of the above
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3.3.10 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 3.13 top☝

Let and be propositions. Using only the Truth Table, decide whether

does not imply

is True or False.

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3.3.11 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 13 top☝

Obtain the principal (canonical) conjunctive normal form of the propositional formula

where is logical and, is inclusive or and is negation.

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3.3.12 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 2.19 top☝

If the proposition is true, then the truth value of the proposition ,

where is negation, is inclusive OR and is implication, is

A. True B. Multiple Values

C. False D. Cannot be determined
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3.3.13 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.3 top☝

Which of the following is NOT True?

(Read as AND, as OR, as NOT, as one way implication and as two way
implication)

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.3.14 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 3.2 top☝

Which of the following propositions is a tautology?

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.15 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.5 top☝

What is the converse of the following assertion?

I stay only if you go

A. I stay if you go B. If I stay then you go

 C. If you do not go then I do not stay D. If I do not stay then you go
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3.3.16 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 14 top☝

Show that the formula is not a tautology.

Let be a tautology and any other formula. Prove that is a tautology.

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3.3.17 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.7 top☝

Let be propositions. Assume that the equivalence and

hold. Then the truth-value of the formula is always

A. True B. False
C. Same as the truth-value of D. Same as the truth-value of
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3.3.18 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 1.3 top☝

Consider two well-formed formulas in propositional logic

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. is satisfiable, is valid B. unsatisfiable, is satisfiable

C. is unsatisfiable, is valid D. and are both satisfiable
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3.3.19 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 1.8 top☝

"If then unless " is represented by which of the following formulas in

propositional logic? (" " is negation, " " is conjunction, and " " is implication)

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.20 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 5b top☝

Determine whether each of the following is a tautology, a contradiction, or neither (" "
is disjunction, " " is conjunction, " " is implication, " " is negation, and " " is
biconditional (if and only if).
 1.
2.
3.

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3.3.21 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 72 top☝

The following resolution rule is used in logic programming.

Derive clause from clauses
Which of the following statements related to this rule is FALSE?

A. is logically valid
B. is logically valid
C. is satisfiable if and only if is satisfiable
D. if and only if both and are unsatisfiable

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3.3.22 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 70 top☝

The following propositional statement is

A. satisfiable but not valid B. valid

C. a contradiction D. None of the above
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3.3.23 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 40 top☝

Let and be three atomic propositional assertions. Let denote

and denote Which one of the following is a
tautology?

A. B. C. D.
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3.3.24 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 27 top☝

Consider the following propositional statements:

Which one of the following is true?

A. is a tautology, but not B. is a tautology, but not

C. and are both tautologies D. Both and are not tautologies
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3.3.25 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 31 top☝

and are two propositions. Which of the following logical expressions are
equivalent?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

A. Only I and II B. Only I, II and III

C. Only I, II and IV D. All of I, II, III and IV
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3.3.26 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 24 top☝

The binary operation is defined as follows

Which one of the following is equivalent to ?

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.27 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 53 top☝

Which one of the following propositional logic formulas is TRUE when exactly two of
and are TRUE?

A.
B.
C.
D.
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3.3.28 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 53 top☝

Which one of the following Boolean expressions is NOT a tautology?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.3.29 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 1 top☝

Consider the following statements:

P: Good mobile phones are not cheap

Q: Cheap mobile phones are not good

L: P implies Q
M: Q implies P
N: P is equivalent to Q

Which one of the following about L, M, and N is CORRECT?

A. Only L is TRUE. B. Only M is TRUE.

C. Only N is TRUE. D. L, M and N are TRUE.
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3.3.30 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 14 top☝

Which one of the following is NOT equivalent to ?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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3.3.31 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 1 top☝

Let represents the following propositions.

 is a composite number.
is a perfect square.
is a prime number.

The integer which satisfies is ____________.

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3.3.32 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 01 top☝

Consider the following expressions:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

The number of expressions given above that are logically implied by is

___________.

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3.3.33 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 01 top☝

The statement is logically equivalent to which of the statements below?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

A. I only B. I and IV only

C. II only D. II and III only
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3.3.34 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 29 top☝

Let , and be propositions and the expression be a contradiction.

Then, the expression is

A. a tautology B. a contradiction
C. always TRUE when is FALSE D. always TRUE when is TRUE
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3.3.35 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 11 top☝

Let denote the statements ”It is raining”, “It is cold”, and “It is pleasant”,
respectively. Then the statement “It is not raining and it is pleasant, and it is not
pleasant only if it is raining and it is cold” is represented by

A. B.
C. D.
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3.3.36 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 7 top☝

Let and be two propositions. Consider the following two formulae in propositional
logic.

Which one of the following choices is correct?

A. Both and are tautologies.

B. is a tautology but is not a tautology
C. is not a tautology but is a tautology
D. Neither nor is a tautology

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3.3.37 Propositional Logic: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 15 top☝

Choose the correct choice(s) regarding the following proportional logic assertion :

A. is neither a tautology nor a contradiction

B. is a tautology
C. is a contradiction
D. The antecedent of is logically equivalent to the consequent of

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3.3.38 Propositional Logic: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 31 top☝

Let and be four primitive statements. Consider the following arguments:

 Which of the above arguments are valid?

A. and only B. and only C. and only D. and

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Answer Keys
3.1.1 Q-Q 3.1.2 N/A 3.1.4 A 3.1.5 D 3.1.7 D
3.1.8 B 3.1.9 D 3.1.10 D 3.1.11 X 3.1.12 D
3.1.13 B 3.1.15 A 3.1.16 C 3.1.18 X 3.1.19 D
3.1.21 C 3.1.22 D 3.1.24 A 3.1.26 C 3.1.27 B;C
3.1.28 C 3.1.29 B 3.1.30 B 3.1.31 A 3.1.32 C
3.1.33 D 3.2.1 B 3.3.1 N/A 3.3.2 N/A 3.3.3 A;B;C
3.3.4 A 3.3.5 B 3.3.6 B 3.3.7 N/A 3.3.8 N/A
3.3.9 B 3.3.10 True 3.3.11 N/A 3.3.12 D 3.3.13 D
3.3.14 C 3.3.15 A 3.3.16 N/A 3.3.17 A 3.3.18 A
3.3.19 A 3.3.20 N/A 3.3.21 B 3.3.22 A 3.3.23 B
3.3.24 D 3.3.25 B 3.3.26 B 3.3.27 B 3.3.28 B
3.3.29 D 3.3.30 C 3.3.31 11 3.3.32 4 3.3.33 D
3.3.34 D 3.3.35 A 3.3.36 B 3.3.37 B;D 3.3.38 C
4 Discrete Mathematics: Set Theory & Algebra (164)

4.1 Binary Operation (8) top☝

4.1.1 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 1-v top☝

The number of possible commutative binary operations that can be defined on a set of
elements (for a given ) is ___________.

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4.1.2 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.2 top☝

On the set of non-negative integers, the binary operation ______ is associative and
non-commutative.

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4.1.3 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 38 top☝

Consider the set with binary operators and defined as follows:

For example, and .

Given the following set of equations:

The number of solution(s) (i.e., pair(s) that satisfy the equations) is

A. B. C. D.
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4.1.4 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 28 top☝

A logical binary relation , is defined as follows:

Let be the unary negation (NOT) operator, with higher precedence then .
Which one of the following is equivalent to ?

A. B.
C. D.
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4.1.5 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 1 top☝

A binary operation on a set of integers is defined as . Which one

of the following statements is TRUE about ?

A. Commutative but not associative B. Both commutative and associative

C. Associative but not commutative D. Neither commutative nor
associative
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4.1.6 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 28 top☝

The binary operator is defined by the following truth table.

Which one of the following is true about the binary operator ?

A. Both commutative and associative B. Commutative but not associative

C. Not commutative but associative D. Neither commutative nor
associative
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4.1.7 Binary Operation: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 2 top☝

Let be the binary operator defined as

where and are Boolean variables.
 Consider the following two statements.

Which are the following is/are true for the Boolean variables and ?

A. Only is true B. Only is true

C. Both and are true D. Neither nor are true
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4.1.8 Binary Operation: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 2 top☝

For the set of natural numbers and a binary operation an

element is called an identity for if for all
Which of the following binary operations have an identity?

I.
II.
III.

A. I and II only B. II and III only C. I and III only D. None of these
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4.2.1 Countable Uncountable Set: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 3.9 top☝

Every subset of a countable set is countable.

State whether the above statement is true or false with reason.

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4.2.2 Countable Uncountable Set: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 27 top☝

Let be the set of natural numbers. Consider the following sets,

Set of Rational numbers (positive and negative)

Set of functions from to
Set of functions from to
Set of finite subsets of

Which of the above sets are countable?

A. and only B. and only C. and only D. and only

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4.3.1 Equivalence Class: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 39 top☝

Let be an onto (or surjective) function, where and are nonempty sets.
Define an equivalence relation on the set as

where . Let be the set of all the equivalence classes under .

Define a new mapping as

Which of the following statements is/are

A. is NOT well-defined. B. is an onto (or surjective) function.

C. is a one-to-one (or injective) function. D. is a bijective function.
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4.4 Functions (27) top☝

4.4.1 Functions: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 9b top☝

How many one-to-one functions are there from a set with elements onto itself?

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4.4.2 Functions: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 13ii top☝

If the set has a finite number of elements, prove that if maps onto , then is
one-to-one.

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4.4.3 Functions: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 13c top☝

Find the number of single valued functions from set to another set given that the
cardinalities of the sets and are and respectively.

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4.4.4 Functions: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.6 top☝

Let and be sets with cardinalities and respectively. The number of one-one
mappings from to , when , is

A. B. C. D. E.
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4.4.5 Functions: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.3 top☝

Suppose and are sets and are their respective cardinality. It is given
that there are exactly functions from to . From this one can conclude that

A. B.
C. D. None of the above
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4.4.6 Functions: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.1 top☝

Let denote the set of real numbers. Let be a bijective function

defined by . The inverse function of is given by

A. B.

C. D.

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4.4.7 Functions: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 13 top☝

Let be the set of one-to-one functions from the set to the set
where .

a. How many functions are members of ?

b. How many functions in satisfy the property for some ?
c. How many functions in satisfy the property for all ?

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4.4.8 Functions: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.8 top☝

The number of functions from an element set to an element set is

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.9 Functions: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 2.3 top☝

Let a function, and let E and F be subsets of . Consider the following

statements about images.

Which of the following is true about S1 and S2?

A. Only is correct B. Only is correct

C. Both and are correct D. None of and is correct
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4.4.10 Functions: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 4 top☝

Consider the function so that , where

is the set of natural numbers.

a. Prove that the function is an injection (one-one).

b. Prove that it is also a Surjection (onto)

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4.4.11 Functions: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 37 top☝

Let be an injective (one-to-one) function. Define as:

, for all subsets of .
Define as: , for all subsets of . Which of
the following statements is always true?

A. B.
C. D.
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4.4.12 Functions: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 39 top☝

Let be an alphabet. We define an encoding scheme as follows:

.
Let denote the i-th prime number .

For a non-empty string , where each , define .

For a non-empty sequence of stings from , define
Which of the following numbers is the encoding, , of a non-empty sequence of strings?

A. B. C. D.

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4.4.13 Functions: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 43 top☝

Let and be two functions and let . Given that is an

onto function which one of the following is TRUE?

A. and should both be onto functions B. should be onto but need not to be onto
C. should be onto but need not be onto D. both and need not be onto
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4.4.14 Functions: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 2 top☝

Let be sets of sizes and respectively. Let and be the

set of all subsets of . The number of functions from to is

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.15 Functions: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 25 top☝

Let Let be subsets of each of size

Define a function from to the set of natural numbers as, is the number of sets
that contain the element That is then is:

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.16 Functions: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 3 top☝

What is the maximum number of different Boolean functions involving Boolean

variables?

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.17 Functions: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 37 top☝

How many onto (or surjective) functions are there from an -element set to a
 -element set?

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.18 Functions: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 50 top☝

Let ܵ denote the set of all functions . Denote by the number

of functions from S to the set . The value of is _______.

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4.4.19 Functions: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 2 top☝

Let and be finite sets and be a function. Which one of the following
statements is TRUE?

A. For any subsets and of

B. For any subsets and of
C. For any subsets and of
D. For any subsets and of

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4.4.20 Functions: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 49 top☝

Consider the set of all functions such that

, for all . Consider the following statements:
. For each such function it must be the case that for every .
. For each such function it must be the case that for some .
. Each function must be onto.
Which one of the following is CORRECT?

A. and are true B. Only and are true

C. Only and are true D. Only is true
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4.4.21 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 5 top☝

If and , then is:

A. B. C. D.
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4.4.22 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 40 top☝

The number of onto functions (surjective functions) from set to set

is ______.

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4.4.23 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 54 top☝

Let and denote the sets containing and distinct objects respectively and
denote the set of all possible functions defined from to . Let be randomly
chosen from . The probability of being one-to-one is ______.

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4.4.24 Functions: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 28 top☝

A function , defined on the set of positive integers , satisfies the

following properties:

if is even

if is odd

Let be the set of distinct values that takes. The maximum possible
size of is ___________.

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4.4.25 Functions: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 11 top☝

Consider the following sets, where :

: Set of all matrices with entries from the set

: Set of all functions from the set to the set

Which of the following choice(s) is/are correct?

A. There does not exist a bijection from to

B. There exists a surjection from to
C. There exists a bijection from to
D. There does not exist an injection from to

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4.4.26 Functions: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 31 top☝

Let be a function from a set to a set , a function from to , and a function

from to , such that for all Which of the following
statements is always true for all such functions and ?

A. is onto is onto B. is onto is onto

C. is onto is onto D. is onto and are onto
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4.4.27 Functions: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 6 top☝

Given a boolean function which of the following equations is NOT

true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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4.5 Group Theory (31) top☝

4.5.1 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 2xviii top☝

Show that if is a group such that for all belonging to , then

is an abelian.

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4.5.2 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 2-x top☝

Match the pairs in the following questions:

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4.5.3 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 14a top☝

If is a group of even order, then show that there exists an element , the
identity in , such that .

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4.5.4 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 28 top☝

Let be a semigroup where . Show that:

a. and
b.

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4.5.5 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.10 top☝

Some group is known to be abelian. Then, which one of the following is true for
?

A. B.
C. D. is of finite order
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4.5.6 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 2.17 top☝

Let be the set of all non-singular matrices over real number and let be the matrix
multiplication operation. Then

A. is closed under but is not a semigroup.

B. is a semigroup but not a monoid.
C. is a monoid but not a group.
D. is a a group but not an abelian group.

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4.5.7 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 21 top☝

Let and be subgroups of a group .

A. Show that is also a subgroup of .

B. Is always a subgroup of ?.

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4.5.8 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.4 top☝

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. The set of rational numbers is an abelian group under addition

B. The set of integers in an abelian group under addition
C. The set of rational numbers form an abelian group under multiplication
D. The set of real numbers excluding zero is an abelian group under multiplication

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4.5.9 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.4 top☝

Which one of the following is false?

A. The set of all bijective functions on a finite set forms a group under function composition
B. The set forms a group under multiplication mod , where is a prime
number
C. The set of all strings over a finite alphabet forms a group under concatenation
D. A subset of is a subgroup of the group if and only if for any pair of
elements

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4.5.10 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 3.1 top☝

Let be an algebraic structure where is the set of integers and the operation
is defined by . Which of the following statements is true for
?

A. is a monoid B. is an Abelian group

C. is a group D. None of the above
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4.5.11 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 12 top☝

Let be a semigroup, Furthermore, for every and in , if , then

.

a. Show that for every in ,

b. Show that for every , in ,
c. Show that for every in ,

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4.5.12 Group Theory: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 4 top☝

Let be a finite group and be a subgroup of . For , define

.

a. Show that
b. Show that for every pair of elements , either or and are
disjoint.
c. Use the above to argue that the order of must divide the order of

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4.5.13 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 4 top☝

Let and denote multiplication modulo that is,

a. Prove that is not a group.

b. Write three distinct groups where and has elements.

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4.5.14 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 1.6 top☝

Which of the following is true?

A. The set of all rational negative numbers forms a group under multiplication.
B. The set of all non-singular matrices forms a group under multiplication.
C. The set of all matrices forms a group under multiplication.
D. Both B and C are true.

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4.5.15 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 7 top☝

Consider the set of all strings over the alphabet . with the
concatenation operator for strings

A. does not form a group

B. forms a non-commutative group
C. does not have a right identity element
D. forms a group if the empty string is removed from

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4.5.16 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 72 top☝

The following is the incomplete operation table of a element group.

The last row of the table is

A. B.
C. D.
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4.5.17 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 13 top☝

The set is a group under multiplication modulo . The

inverses of and are respectively:

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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4.5.18 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 46 top☝

Consider the set of all matrices of the type

where and are real numbers and Under the matrix multiplication
operation, the set is:

A. a group B. a monoid but not a group

C. a semi group but not a monoid D. neither a group nor a semi group
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4.5.19 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 3 top☝

The set under multiplication modulo is not a group. Given

below are four possible reasons. Which one of them is false?
 A. It is not closed B. does not have an inverse
C. does not have an inverse D. does not have an inverse
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4.5.20 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 21 top☝

How many different non-isomorphic Abelian groups of order are there?

A. B. C. D.
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4.5.21 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 1 top☝

Which one of the following is NOT necessarily a property of a Group?

A. Commutativity B. Associativity
C. Existence of inverse for every D. Existence of identity
element
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4.5.22 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 22 top☝

For the composition table of a cyclic group shown below:

Which one of the following choices is correct?

A. are generators B. are generators

C. are generators D. are generators
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4.5.23 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 4 top☝

Consider the set , where and are cube roots of unity. If

denotes the multiplication operation, the structure forms

A. A Group B. A Ring C. An integral domain

D. A field
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4.5.24 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 3 top☝

Let be a group with elements. Let be a subgroup of . It is known that

and that the size of is at least . The size of is __________.

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4.5.25 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 50 top☝

There are two elements in a group such that every element in the group
can be written as a product of some number of 's and 's in some order. It is known
that

where is the identity element. The maximum number of elements in such a group is ____.

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4.5.26 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 19 top☝

Let be a finite group on elements. The size of a largest possible proper subgroup
of is _____

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4.5.27 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 10 top☝

Let be an arbitrary group. Consider the following relations on :

Which of the above is/are equivalence relation/relations?

A. and B. only C. only D. Neither nor

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4.5.28 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 18 top☝

Let be a group of elements. Then the largest possible size of a subgroup of

other than itself is _______.

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 4.5.29 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 34 top☝

Let be a group of order , and be a subgroup of such that .

Which one of the following options is correct?

A. Both and are always cyclic B. may not be cyclic, but is always cyclic
C. is always cyclic, but may not be cyclic D. Both and may not be cyclic
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4.5.30 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 17 top☝

Which of the following statements is/are for a group

A. If for all then is commutative.

B. If for all then is commutative. Here, is the identity element of
C. If the order of is then is commutative.
D. If is commutative, then a subgroup of need not be commutative.

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4.5.31 Group Theory: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 41 top☝

Let be a set and denote the powerset of .

Define a binary operation on as follows:

Let . Which of the following statements about is/are correct?

A. is a group.
B. Every element in has an inverse, but is NOT a group.
C. For every the inverse of is the complement of .
D. For every the inverse of is .

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4.6 Lattice (9) top☝

4.6.1 Lattice: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 1vii top☝

The complement(s) of the element in the lattice shown in below figure is (are) ____
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4.6.2 Lattice: GATE CSE 1990 | Question: 17c top☝

Show that the elements of the lattice , where is the set of positive intergers
and if and only if divides , satisfy the distributive property.

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4.6.3 Lattice: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.9 top☝

The Hasse diagrams of all the lattices with up to four elements are ________ (write all
the relevant Hasse diagrams)

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4.6.4 Lattice: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 3.3 top☝

In the lattice defined by the Hasse diagram given in following figure, how many
complements does the element ‘ ’ have?

A. B. C. D.
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4.6.5 Lattice: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 4 top☝

is binary relation on set . Is it irreflexive? Add the

minimum number of ordered pairs to S to make it an equivalence relation. Give the
modified .

Let and let be the powerset of . Consider the binary relation ' (set
inclusion)' on . Draw the Hasse diagram corresponding to the lattice ( )

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4.6.6 Lattice: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 9 top☝

The following is the Hasse diagram of the poset

The poset is :

A. not a lattice B. a lattice but not a distributive lattice

C. a distributive lattice but not a D. a Boolean algebra
Boolean algebra
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4.6.7 Lattice: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 34 top☝

Suppose is a lattice represented by the following Hasse diagram:

For any , not necessarily distinct , and are join and meet of ,
respectively. Let be the set of all ordered triplets of the
elements of . Let be the probability that an element chosen equiprobably
satisfies . Then

A. B.
C. D.
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4.6.8 Lattice: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 21 top☝

Consider the set under partial ordering

The Hasse diagram of the partial order is shown below.

The minimum number of ordered pairs that need to be added to to make a lattice is
______

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4.6.9 Lattice: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 28 top☝

Consider the following Hasse diagrams.

i.

ii.
iii. iv.
Which all of the above represent a lattice?

A. (i) and (iv) only

B. (ii) and (iii) only
C. (iii) only
D. (i), (ii) and (iv) only

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4.7.1 Mathematical Induction: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 23 top☝

Prove using mathematical induction for

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4.7.2 Mathematical Induction: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 3 top☝

Consider the following sequence:

and .

Prove by induction on that .

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4.8 Number Theory (7) top☝

4.8.1 Number Theory: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 15,a top☝

Show that the product of the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor
of two positive integers and is .

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4.8.2 Number Theory: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 7(A) top☝

Determine the number of divisors of

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4.8.3 Number Theory: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 49 top☝

The number of distinct positive integral factors of is _____________

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4.8.4 Number Theory: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 9 top☝

The number of divisors of is ____.

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4.8.5 Number Theory: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 34 top☝

Let , where and are distinct prime numbers. How many numbers m satisfy
and Note that is the greatest common
divisor of and .

A. B.
 C. D.
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4.8.6 Number Theory: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 16 top☝

The minimum positive integer such that is

A. B. C. D.
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4.8.7 Number Theory: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 24 top☝

The exponent of in the prime factorization of is

A. B. C. D.
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4.9 Partial Order (10) top☝

4.9.1 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1991 | Question: 01,xiv top☝

If the longest chain in a partial order is of length , then the partial order can be written
as a _____ of antichains.

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4.9.2 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 14b top☝

Consider the set of integers together with the two

binary operations LCM (lowest common multiple) and GCD (greatest common divisor).
Which of the following algebraic structures does this represent?

A. group B. ring C. field D. lattice

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4.9.3 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.5 top☝

The less-than relation, on reals is

A. a partial ordering since it is asymmetric and reflexive

B. a partial ordering since it is antisymmetric and reflexive
C. not a partial ordering because it is not asymmetric and not reflexive
D. not a partial ordering because it is not antisymmetric and reflexive
E. none of the above
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4.9.4 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.2 top☝

Let , Let be the partial order defined by if divides .

Number of edges in the Hasse diagram of is

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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4.9.5 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 6.1 top☝

A partial order is defined on the set as for all

and for all , where . The number of total orders on the set S which
contain the partial order is

A. B. C. D.
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4.9.6 Partial Order: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 11 top☝

Suppose and is the following partition of A

a. List the ordered pairs of the equivalence relations induced by .

b. Draw the graph of the above equivalence relation.
c. Let

and
Draw a Poset diagram of the poset, .

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4.9.7 Partial Order: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 31 top☝

Let be a partial order with two minimal elements a and b, and a maximum
element c. Let P: S {True, False} be a predicate defined on S. Suppose that P(a) =
True, P(b) = False and P(x) P(y) for all satisfying , where stands
for logical implication. Which of the following statements CANNOT be true?

A. P(x) = True for all x S such that x ≠ b

B. P(x) = False for all x S such that x ≠ a and x ≠ c
C. P(x) = False for all x S such that b ≤ x and x ≠ c
 D. P(x) = False for all x S such that a ≤ x and b ≤ x

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4.9.8 Partial Order: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 73 top☝

The inclusion of which of the following sets into

is necessary and sufficient to make a complete lattice under the partial order defined by set
containment?

A. B.
C. D.
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4.9.9 Partial Order: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 26 top☝

Consider the set Consider the following partitions

on
.
Let be the partial order on the set of partitions defined as follows:
if and only if refines . The poset diagram for is:

A.
B.

D.

C.
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4.9.10 Partial Order: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 23 top☝

A partial order is defined on the set of natural numbers as follows. Here denotes
integer division.

i.
 ii. if and only if ) and

Consider the following ordered pairs:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Which of these ordered pairs of natural numbers are contained in ?

A. (i) and (iii) B. (ii) and (iv) C. (i) and (iv) D. (iii) and (iv)
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4.10 Polynomials (4) top☝

4.10.1 Polynomials: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 4.4 top☝

A polynomial is such that and . The

minimum degree it should have is

A. B. C. D.
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4.10.2 Polynomials: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.4 top☝

A polynomial satisfies the following:

The minimum degree of such a polynomial is

A. B. C. D.
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4.10.3 Polynomials: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 5 top☝

A non-zero polynomial of degree 3 has roots at , and . Which

one of the following must be TRUE?

A. B.
C. D.
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 4.10.4 Polynomials: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 24 top☝

Consider the quadratic equation with coefficients in a base . The

solutions of this equation in the same base are and . Then _____

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4.11.1 Relations: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 2d top☝

State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:

The union of two equivalence relations is also an equivalence relation.

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4.11.2 Relations: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 9a top☝

How many binary relations are there on a set with elements?

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4.11.3 Relations: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 9e top☝

How many true inclusion relations are there of the from , where and are
subsets of a set with elements?

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4.11.4 Relations: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 1-iv top☝

The transitive closure of the relation on the set

is ___________.

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4.11.5 Relations: GATE CSE 1992 | Question: 15.b top☝

Let be the set of all integers and let be a fixed integer. Define for
iff is a multiple of . Show that is an equivalence relation and
find its equivalence classes for .

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4.11.6 Relations: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.3 top☝

Amongst the properties the

relation satisfies _________

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4.11.7 Relations: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.19 top☝

Let be a symmetric and transitive relation on a set . Then

A. is reflexive and hence an equivalence relation

B. is reflexive and hence a partial order
C. is reflexive and hence not an equivalence D. None of the above
relation
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4.11.8 Relations: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.2 top☝

Let be a non-empty relation on a collection of sets defined by if and only if

. Then, (pick the true statement)

A. is reflexive and transitive B. is symmetric and not transitive

C. is an equivalence relation D. is not reflexive and not symmetric
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4.11.9 Relations: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 8 top☝

Let be the collection of all functions . If and ,

define an equivalence relation by if and only if .

a. Find the number of equivalence classes defined by .

b. Find the number of elements in each equivalence class.

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4.11.10 Relations: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 14 top☝

Let be a reflexive and transitive relation on a set . Define a new relation on

as

Prove that is an equivalence relation on .

Define a relation on the equivalence classes of as if such that

. Prove that is a partial order.
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4.11.11 Relations: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 6.3 top☝

The number of equivalence relations of the set is

A. B. C. D.
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4.11.12 Relations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.6 top☝

Suppose is a finite set with elements. The number of elements in the largest
equivalence relation of A is

A. B. C. D.
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4.11.13 Relations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.7 top☝

Let and be two equivalence relations on a set. Consider the following

assertions:

i. is an equivalence relation
ii. is an equivalence relation

Which of the following is correct?

A. Both assertions are true

B. Assertions (i) is true but assertions (ii) is not true
C. Assertions (ii) is true but assertions (i) is not true
D. Neither (i) nor (ii) is true

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4.11.14 Relations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 10a top☝

Prove by induction that the expression for the number of diagonals in a polygon of
sides is

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4.11.15 Relations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 10b top☝

Let be a binary relation on represented by the following

two component digraph. Find the smallest integers and such that and
 .

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4.11.16 Relations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 2.3 top☝

The binary relation

on the set
is

A. reflexive, symmetric and transitive B. neither reflexive, nor irreflexive but transitive
C. irreflexive, symmetric and transitive D. irreflexive and antisymmetric
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4.11.17 Relations: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 1.2 top☝

The number of binary relations on a set with elements is:

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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4.11.18 Relations: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 2.3 top☝

Let be a set with a relation which is transitive, anti-symmetric and reflexive and
for any two elements , let the least upper bound and the greatest
lower bound exist. Which of the following is/are true?

A. is a poset B. is a Boolean algebra

C. is a lattice D. None of the above
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4.11.19 Relations: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 3 top☝

a. Mr. X claims the following:

If a relation R is both symmetric and transitive, then R is reflexive. For this, Mr. X offers
the following proof:
“From xRy, using symmetry we get yRx. Now because R is transitive xRy and yRx
together imply xRx. Therefore, R is reflexive”.
 b. Give an example of a relation R which is symmetric and transitive but not reflexive.

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4.11.20 Relations: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.5 top☝

A relation is defined on the set of integers as iff is even. Which of the

following statements is true?

A. is not an equivalence relation

B. is an equivalence relation having equivalence class
C. is an equivalence relation having equivalence classes
D. is an equivalence relation having equivalence classes

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4.11.21 Relations: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 1.2 top☝

Consider the following relations:

iff is even over the set of integers

iff is odd over the set of integers
iff over the set of non-zero rational numbers
iff over the set of natural numbers

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. and are equivalence relations, and are not

B. and are equivalence relations, and are not
C. and are equivalence relations, and are not
D. and all are equivalence relations

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4.11.22 Relations: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 2.17 top☝

The binary relation on a set is

A. Neither reflexive nor symmetric B. Symmetric and reflexive

C. Transitive and reflexive D. Transitive and symmetric
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4.11.23 Relations: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 3 top☝

Let be a set of elements. Let be the number of binary relations on

and let be the number of functions from to
 A. Give the expression for in terms of
B. Give the expression for terms of
C. Which is larger for all possible or

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4.11.24 Relations: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 24 top☝

Consider the binary relation:

The reflexive transitive closure is is

A.
B.
C.
D.

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4.11.25 Relations: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 42 top☝

Let and be any two equivalence relations on a non-empty set . Which one of the
following statements is TRUE?

A. , are both equivalence relations

B. is an equivalence relation
C. is an equivalence relation
D. Neither nor are equivalence relations

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4.11.26 Relations: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 7 top☝

The time complexity of computing the transitive closure of a binary relation on a set of
elements is known to be:

A. B. C. D.

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4.11.27 Relations: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 4 top☝

A relation is defined on ordered pairs of integers as follows:

Then is:

A. Neither a Partial Order nor an Equivalence Relation

B. A Partial Order but not a Total Order
C. A total Order
D. An Equivalence Relation

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4.11.28 Relations: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 2 top☝

Let be a set of elements. The number of ordered pairs in the largest and the
smallest equivalence relations on are:

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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4.11.29 Relations: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 4 top☝

Consider the binary relation on the set

. Which one of the following is TRUE?

A. is symmetric but NOT antisymmetric B. is NOT symmetric but antisymmetric

C. is both symmetric and antisymmetric D. is neither symmetric nor antisymmetric
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4.11.30 Relations: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 3 top☝

What is the possible number of reflexive relations on a set of elements?

A. B. C. D.
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4.11.31 Relations: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 16 top☝

Let be the relation on the set of positive integers such that and only if and
are distinct and let have a common divisor other than Which one of the following
statements about is true?

A. is symmetric and reflexive but not transitive

B. is reflexive but not symmetric not transitive
C. is transitive but not reflexive and not symmetric
D. is symmetric but not reflexive and not transitive
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4.11.32 Relations: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 41 top☝

Let be a relation on the set of ordered pairs of positive integers such that
if and only if . Which one of the following is true
about ?

A. Both reflexive and symmetric B. Reflexive but not symmetric

C. Not reflexive but symmetric D. Neither reflexive nor symmetric
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4.11.33 Relations: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 26 top☝

A binary relation on is defined as follows: if or .

Consider the following propositions:

is reflexive.
is transitive.

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Both and are true. B. is true and is false.

C. is false and is true. D. Both and are false.
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4.11.34 Relations: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 17 top☝

Let be the set of all binary relations on the set . Suppose a relation is
chosen from at random. The probability that the chosen relation is reflexive (round
off to decimal places) is ______.

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4.11.35 Relations: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 43 top☝

A relation is said to be circular if and together imply .

Which of the following options is/are correct?

A. If a relation is reflexive and symmetric, then is an equivalence relation.

B. If a relation is circular and symmetric, then is an equivalence relation.
C. If a relation is reflexive and circular, then is an equivalence relation.
D. If a relation is transitive and circular, then is an equivalence relation.

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 4.11.36 Relations: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 4 top☝

Let be a relation from to and be another

relation from to as defined below:

i. An element in is related to an element in (under ) if is divisible by

ii. An element in is related to an element in (under ) if is even but not
divisible by

Which is the composite relation from to ?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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4.12 Set Theory (27) top☝

4.12.1 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 17 top☝

Out of a group of persons, eat vegetables, eat fish and eat eggs. persons
eat all three. How many persons eat at least two out of the three dishes?

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4.12.2 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.3 top☝

Let be an infinite set and be sets such that .

Then

A. at least one of the sets is a finite set

B. not more than one of the sets can be finite
C. at least one of the sets is an infinite
D. not more than one of the sets can be infinite
E. None of the above

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4.12.3 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 8.4 top☝

Let A be a finite set of size n. The number of elements in the power set of is:

A. B. C. D. E. None of the above

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4.12.4 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.4 top☝

The number of subsets with odd cardinality is ___________

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4.12.5 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.20 top☝

The number of elements in the power set of the set is:

A. B. C. D. None of the above

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4.12.6 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 25b top☝

Determine the number of positive integers which are not divisible by any of
or

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4.12.7 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.1 top☝

Let and be sets and let and denote the complements of the sets and .
The set is equal to

A. B. C. D.

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4.12.8 Set Theory: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 2.4 top☝

In a room containing people, there are people who speak English, people
who speak Hindi and people who speak Kannada. persons speak both English
and Hindi, persons speak both Hindi and Kannada whereas persons speak both
Kannada and English. How many speak all three languages?

A. B. C. D.
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4.12.9 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.6 top☝

Let denotes the power set of set Which of the following is always true?

A. B. Ø
 C. D.
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4.12.10 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 6 top☝

Let be a set of elements and a graph with vertices, each

vertex corresponding to a distinct subset of . Two vertices are adjacent iff the
symmetric difference of the corresponding sets has exactly elements. Note: The symmetric
difference of two sets and is defined as

Every vertex in has the same degree. What is the degree of a vertex in ?

How many connected components does have?

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4.12.11 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 2.2 top☝

Consider the following statements:

There exists infinite sets , , such that is finite.

There exists two irrational numbers and y such that is rational.

Which of the following is true about and ?

A. Only is correct B. Only is correct

C. Both and are correct D. None of and is correct
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4.12.12 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 3 top☝

a. Prove that powerset

b. Let for all natural numbers n. Give an induction proof to
show that the following equation is true for all natural numbers and :

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4.12.13 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 8 top☝

Let and be non-empty sets and let and

Which one of the following is TRUE?

A. B. C. D. None of these
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4.12.14 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 22 top☝

Let and be finite sets. Let

and
.

Which one of the following is true?

A. B.
C. D. and
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4.12.15 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 24 top☝

Given a set of elements and two arbitrary subsets and

, how many of the n! permutations from to satisfy
, where is the smallest integer in the set of integers ,
and (S) is the set of integers obtained by applying permutation to each element of ?

A. B.
C.
D.

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4.12.16 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 2 top☝

If are subsets of the universal set U, then

is

A. B.
C. D. U
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4.12.17 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 50 top☝

Consider the following relation on subsets of the set of integers between and
. For two distinct subsets and of we say if the minimum element
in the symmetric difference of the two sets is in .

Consider the following two statements:

 : There is a subset of that is larger than every other subset.
: There is a subset of that is smaller than every other subset.

Which one of the following is ?

A. Both and are true B. is true and is false

C. is true and is false D. Neither nor is true
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4.12.18 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 16 top☝

For a set , the power set of is denoted by . If , which of the

following options are TRUE?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

A. I and III only B. II and III only C. I, II and III only D. I, II and IV only
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4.12.19 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 18 top☝

The cardinality of the power set of is _______

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4.12.20 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 23 top☝

Suppose is the power set of the set . For any , let

denote the number of elements in and denote the complement of . For any
be the set of all elements in which are not in . Which one of the
following is true?

A.
B. and
C. and
D.

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4.12.21 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 28 top☝

Consider a set of different compounds in a chemistry lab. There is a subset of

of compounds, each of which reacts with exactly compounds of . Consider the
following statements:

I. Each compound in U \ S reacts with an odd number of compounds.

II. At least one compound in U \ S reacts with an odd number of compounds.
III. Each compound in U \ S reacts with an even number of compounds.

Which one of the above statements is ALWAYS TRUE?

A. Only I B. Only II C. Only III D. None.

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4.12.22 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 47 top☝

The number of integers between and (both inclusive) that are divisible by or
or is ____________ .

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4.12.23 Set Theory: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 37 top☝

For two -dimensional real vectors and , the operation is defined as

follows:

Let be a set of -dimensional non-zero real vectors such that for every pair of distinct
vectors , . What is the maximum cardinality possible for the set ?

A. B. C. D.
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4.12.24 Set Theory: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 2 top☝

In a class of students, students have taken Programming Language course,

students have taken Data Structures course, students have taken Computer
Organization course; students have taken both Programming Language and Data
Structures, students have taken both Programming Language and Computer
Organization; students have taken both Data Structures and Computer Organization,
students have taken all the three courses.
How many students have not taken any of the three courses?

A. B. C. D.
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4.12.25 Set Theory: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 33 top☝

Let be a set with elements. Let be a collection of distinct subsets of such that
for any two subsets and in , either or . What is the
maximum cardinality of

A. B. C. D.
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4.12.26 Set Theory: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 23 top☝

Let , and
be sets let Δ denote the symmetric difference operator defined as
Using Venn diagrams, determine which of the
following is/are TRUE?

I.
II.

A. I only B. II only C. Neither I nor II D. Both I and II

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4.12.27 Set Theory: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 24 top☝

What is the cardinality of the set of integers defined below?

is not divisible by either , or

A. B. C. D.
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Answer Keys
4.1.1 N/A 4.1.2 N/A 4.1.4 D 4.1.5 A 4.1.6 A
4.1.7 B 4.1.8 A 4.2.1 True 4.3.1 B;C;D 4.4.1 N/A
4.4.2 N/A 4.4.3 N/A 4.4.4 B 4.4.5 A 4.4.7 N/A
4.4.8 C 4.4.9 A 4.4.10 N/A 4.4.11 A 4.4.12 B
4.4.13 B 4.4.14 D 4.4.16 C 4.4.17 C 4.4.18 16

4.4.19 D 4.4.20 B 4.4.21 A 4.4.23 0.95 4.4.24 2

4.4.25 B;C 4.4.26 C 4.5.1 N/A 4.5.2 N/A 4.5.3 N/A
4.5.4 N/A 4.5.5 C 4.5.6 D 4.5.7 N/A 4.5.8 C
4.5.9 C 4.5.10 D 4.5.11 N/A 4.5.12 N/A 4.5.13 N/A
4.5.14 B 4.5.15 A 4.5.16 D 4.5.17 C 4.5.18 A
4.5.19 C 4.5.20 A 4.5.21 A 4.5.22 C 4.5.23 A
4.5.24 5 4.5.25 4 4.5.26 42 4.5.27 B 4.5.28 7
4.5.29 B 4.5.30 A;B;C 4.5.31 A;D 4.6.1 N/A 4.6.2 N/A
4.6.3 N/A 4.6.4 B 4.6.5 N/A 4.6.6 B 4.6.7 D
4.6.8 0 4.6.9 A 4.7.1 N/A 4.7.2 N/A 4.8.1 N/A
4.8.2 24 4.8.3 8 4.8.4 36 4.8.6 D 4.9.1 N/A
4.9.2 D 4.9.3 E 4.9.4 B 4.9.5 A 4.9.6 N/A
4.9.7 D 4.9.8 A 4.9.9 C 4.9.10 D 4.10.1 B
4.10.2 D 4.10.3 A 4.10.4 8 4.11.1 False 4.11.2 N/A
4.11.3 N/A 4.11.4 N/A 4.11.5 N/A 4.11.6 N/A 4.11.7 D
4.11.8 B 4.11.9 N/A 4.11.10 N/A 4.11.11 A 4.11.12 B
4.11.13 C 4.11.14 N/A 4.11.15 N/A 4.11.16 B 4.11.17 C
4.11.18 A;C 4.11.19 N/A 4.11.20 C 4.11.21 B 4.11.22 D
4.11.23 N/A 4.11.24 B 4.11.25 C 4.11.26 D 4.11.27 A
4.11.28 B 4.11.29 D 4.11.30 C 4.11.31 D 4.11.32 C
4.11.33 B 4.11.36 C 4.12.1 N/A 4.12.2 C 4.12.3 B
4.12.4 N/A 4.12.5 C 4.12.6 192 4.12.7 A 4.12.8 D
4.12.9 B 4.12.10 N/A 4.12.11 C 4.12.12 N/A 4.12.13 A
4.12.15 C 4.12.16 D 4.12.17 A 4.12.18 C 4.12.19 2048
4.12.20 D 4.12.21 B 4.12.22 271 4.12.23 B 4.12.24 C
4.12.25 B 4.12.26 C 4.12.27 B
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5.1.1 Continuity: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 3 top☝

Let be a function defined by

Find the values for the constants , , and so that is continuous and differentiable
everywhere on the real line.

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5.1.2 Continuity: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.4 top☝

Consider the function in the interval . In this interval, the function is

A. continuous and differentiable B. continuous but not differentiable

C. differentiable but not continuous D. neither continuous nor
differentiable
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5.1.3 Continuity: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 1 top☝

Consider the following two statements about the function :

P. is continuous for all real values of .

Q. is differentiable for all real values of .

Which of the following is TRUE?

A. is true and is false. B. is false and is true.

C. Both and are true. D. Both and are false.
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5.1.4 Continuity: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 22 top☝

Which one of the following functions is continuous at

A.
 B.

C.

D.

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5.1.5 Continuity: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 47 top☝

A function is continuous in the interval . It is known that

and . Which one of the following statements must be true?

A. There exists a in the interval such that

B. For every in the interval , =
C. The maximum value of the function in the interval is
D. There exists a in the interval such that =

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5.1.6 Continuity: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 26 top☝

Let and denote the area of region bounded by and the X-axis,
when varies from to . Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

I. is continuous in
II. is not bounded in
III. is nonzero and finite

A. II only B. III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III

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5.1.7 Continuity: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 25 top☝

Suppose that is a continuous function on the interval and a

differentiable function in the interval such that for every in the interval,
. If , then is at most __________

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5.1.8 Continuity: GATE2010 ME top☝

The function ​
 A. is continuous and differentiable
B. is continuous and differentiable except at
C. is continuous and differentiable except at
D. is continuous except and differentiable

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5.2 Definite Integral (1) top☝

5.2.1 Definite Integral: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 21 top☝

The value of the definite integral

is _________. (Rounded off to the nearest integer)

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5.3 Differentiation (5) top☝

5.3.1 Differentiation: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.6 top☝

The formula used to compute an approximation for the second derivative of a function
at a point is

A. B.

C. D.

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5.3.2 Differentiation: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 46 top☝

The function satisfies the following equation:

The value of is______.

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 5.3.3 Differentiation: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 6 top☝

Let the function

where
and denote the derivative of with respect to . Which of the following
statements is/are TRUE?

I. There exists such that

II. There exists such that

A. I only B. II only C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II

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5.3.4 Differentiation: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 02 top☝

Let be a polynomial and be its derivative. If the degree of

is , then the degree of is __________.

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5.3.5 Differentiation: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 10 top☝

If and , then the constants

and are

A. and B. and 0 C. and 0 D. and

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5.4 Integration (10) top☝

5.4.1 Integration: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 8 top☝

a. Find the points of local maxima and minima, if any, of the following function defined in
.

b. Integrate
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5.4.2 Integration: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.3 top☝

Let , and .
Which of the following statements is true?

A. B.
C. and D.
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5.4.3 Integration: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 25 top☝

A. B. C. D.
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5.4.4 Integration: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 31 top☝

Given , what will be the evaluation of the definite integral

A. B. C. D.
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5.4.5 Integration: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 47 top☝

The value of the integral given below is

A. B. C. D.
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5.4.6 Integration: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 6 top☝

If , then the value of is equal to ______.

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5.4.7 Integration: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 44 top☝

Compute the value of:

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5.4.8 Integration: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 45 top☝

If for non-zero where is

A. B.
C. D.
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5.4.9 Integration: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 16 top☝

The value of correct to three decimal places (assuming that

) is ____

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5.4.10 Integration: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 35 top☝

What is the value of

A. B. C. D.
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5.5 Limits (11) top☝

5.5.1 Limits: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 02.1 top☝

is __________

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5.5.2 Limits: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 7(B) top☝

Compute without using power series expansion

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5.5.3 Limits: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 1 top☝

equals

A. B. C. D.
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5.5.4 Limits: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 5 top☝

What is the value of ?

A. B. C. D.
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5.5.5 Limits: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 4 top☝

is

A. B. C. D. Not defined
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5.5.6 Limits: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 9 top☝

The value of is
 A. B. C. D.
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5.5.7 Limits: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 3 top☝

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5.5.8 Limits: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 28 top☝

The value of

A. is B. is C. is D. does not exist

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5.5.9 Limits: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 13 top☝

Compute

A. B.
C. D. Limit does not exist
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5.5.10 Limits: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 20 top☝

Consider the following expression.

The value of the above expression (rounded to 2 decimal places) is ___________.

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5.5.11 Limits: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 24 top☝

The value of the following limit is ________________.

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5.6 Maxima Minima (10) top☝

5.6.1 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 1-xxvi top☝

If then

A. There must be a root of between and

B. There need not be a root of between and
C. There fourth derivative of with respect to vanishes at
D. The fourth derivative of with respect to vanishes at

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5.6.2 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.21 top☝

In the interval the equation has

A. No solution B. Exactly one solution

C. Exactly two solutions D. An infinite number of solutions
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5.6.3 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 25a top☝

Find the minimum value of .

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5.6.4 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 4.1 top☝

What is the maximum value of the function in the interval

?

A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 5.5
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5.6.5 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 25 top☝

A point on a curve is said to be an extremum if it is a local minimum or a local

maximum. The number of distinct extrema for the curve is

A. B. C. D.
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5.6.6 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 9 top☝

Consider the function in the interval . The number and

location(s) of the local minima of this function are

A. One, at B. One, at

C. Two, at and D. Two, at and

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5.6.7 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Consider a function . The value of at which the

function attains a maximum, and the maximum value of the function are:

A. B. C. D.
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5.6.8 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 1 top☝

Consider the functions

I.
II.
III.

Which of the above functions is/are increasing everywhere in ?

A. Ⅲ only B. Ⅱ only
C. Ⅱ and Ⅲ only D. Ⅰ and Ⅲ only
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5.6.9 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 18 top☝

Let
 be a real-valued function.
Which of the following statements is/are

A. does not have a local maximum. B. has a local maximum.

C. does not have a local minimum. D. has a local minimum.
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5.6.10 Maxima Minima: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 31 top☝

If is defined as follows, what is the minimum value of for ?

A. B. C. D.
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5.7 Polynomials (2) top☝

5.7.1 Polynomials: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 1-xxii top☝

The equation has

A. All complex roots B. At least one real root

C. Four pairs of imaginary roots D. None of the above
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5.7.2 Polynomials: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 2.8 top☝

If the cube roots of unity are and , then the roots of the following equation are

A. B.
C. D.
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Answer Keys
5.1.1 N/A 5.1.2 B 5.1.3 A 5.1.4 A 5.1.5 A
5.1.6 C 5.1.7 19 : 19 5.1.8 C 5.2.1 0 5.3.1 D
5.3.2 -2 5.3.3 C 5.3.4 9 5.3.5 C 5.4.1 N/A
5.4.2 A 5.4.3 D 5.4.4 D 5.4.5 A 5.4.6 4
5.4.7 -1 5.4.8 A 5.4.9 0.288 : 0.289 5.4.10 B 5.5.1 1
5.5.2 1 5.5.3 A 5.5.4 B 5.5.5 C 5.5.6 C
5.5.7 1 5.5.8 C 5.5.9 C 5.5.10 0.25 : 0.25 5.5.11 -0.5
5.6.1 A 5.6.2 B 5.6.3 1 5.6.4 B 5.6.5 B
5.6.6 D 5.6.7 C 5.6.8 A 5.6.9 B;D 5.6.10 B
5.7.1 B
6 Engineering Mathematics: Linear Algebra (80)

6.1 Cartesian Coordinates (1) top☝

6.1.1 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 80 top☝

Let be points in the plane such that no three of them are

collinear. For every pair of points and , let be the line passing through them.
Let be the line with the steepest gradient amongst all lines.
Which one of the following properties should necessarily be satisfied ?

A. and are adjacent to each other with respect to their -coordinate

B. Either or has the largest or the smallest -coordinate among all the points
C. The difference between -coordinates and is minimum
D. None of the above

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6.2 Determinant (7) top☝

6.2.1 Determinant: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 1.3 top☝

The determinant of the matrix

A. B. C. D.
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6.2.2 Determinant: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 1.3 top☝

The determinant of the matrix

A. B. C. D.
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6.2.3 Determinant: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 3 top☝

Which one of the following does NOT equal

A. B.

C. D.

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6.2.4 Determinant: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 4 top☝

If the matrix is such that

then the determinant of is equal to ______.

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6.2.5 Determinant: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 9 top☝

Let be a square matrix. Consider the following two statements on .

I. is invertible
II. Determinant of is non-zero

Which one of the following is TRUE?

A. I implies II; II does not imply I B. II implies I; I does not imply II

C. I does not imply II; II does not D. I and II are equivalent statements
imply I
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6.2.6 Determinant: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 8 top☝

Let
 and

Let and denote the determinants of the matrices and respectively.

Which one of the options given below is

A.
B.
C.
D.

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6.2.7 Determinant: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 3 top☝

The determinant of the matrix given below is

A. B. C. D.
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6.3 Eigen Value (28) top☝

6.3.1 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 01.1 top☝

The eigen vector of the matrix

is (are)

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.2 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 5a top☝

Obtain the eigen values of the matrix

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6.3.3 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 49 top☝

What are the eigenvalues of the following matrix?

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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6.3.4 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 25 top☝

Let A be a matrix with eigen values -5,-2,1,4. Which of the following is an eigen

value of the matrix , where is the identity matrix?

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.5 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 28 top☝

How many of the following matrices have an eigenvalue 1?

 and

A. one B. two C. three D. four

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6.3.6 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 29 top☝

Consider the following matrix

If the eigenvalues of A are and , then

A. , B. , C. , D. ,
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6.3.7 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 40 top☝

Consider the matrix as given below.

Which one of the following options provides the CORRECT values of the eigenvalues of the
matrix?

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.8 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 11 top☝

Let A be the matrix with elements and .

Then the eigenvalues of the matrix are

A. and B. and
C. and D. and
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6.3.9 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 5 top☝

The value of the dot product of the eigenvectors corresponding to any pair of different
eigenvalues of a symmetric positive definite matrix is ___________

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6.3.10 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 47 top☝

The product of the non-zero eigenvalues of the matrix is ____

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6.3.11 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 4 top☝

Which one of the following statements is TRUE about every matrix with only
real eigenvalues?

A. If the trace of the matrix is positive and the determinant of the matrix is negative, at least
one of its eigenvalues is negative.
B. If the trace of the matrix is positive, all its eigenvalues are positive.
C. If the determinant of the matrix is positive, all its eigenvalues are positive.
D. If the product of the trace and determinant of the matrix is positive, all its eigenvalues are
positive.

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6.3.12 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 36 top☝

Consider the following matrix where two elements are unknown and are
marked by and . The eigenvalues of this matrix are and What are the values
of and ?

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.13 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 5 top☝

The larger of the two eigenvalues of the matrix is _______.

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6.3.14 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 15 top☝

In the given matrix , one of the eigenvalues is The eigenvectors

corresponding to the eigenvalue are

A.
B.
C.
D.

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6.3.15 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 05 top☝

Two eigenvalues of a real matrix are and . The determinant of

is _______

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6.3.16 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 06 top☝

Suppose that the eigenvalues of matrix are . The determinant of is

_________.

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6.3.17 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 31 top☝

Let be real valued square symmetric matrix of rank with

Consider the following statements.

I. One eigenvalue must be in

II. The eigenvalue with the largest magnitude must be strictly greater than

Which of the above statements about eigenvalues of is/are necessarily CORRECT?

 A. Both I and II B. I only C. II only D. Neither I nor II
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6.3.18 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 22 top☝

Let and be two matrices.

Then the rank of is ___________ .

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6.3.19 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 52 top☝

If the characteristic polynomial of a matrix over (the set of real numbers)

is , and one eigenvalue of is then the largest
among the absolute values of the eigenvalues of is _______

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6.3.20 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 17 top☝

Consider a matrix where . Note that denotes the

transpose of . The largest eigenvalue of is ____

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6.3.21 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 26 top☝

Consider a matrix P whose only eigenvectors are the multiples of .

Consider the following statements.

I. P does not have an inverse

II. P has a repeated eigenvalue
III. P cannot be diagonalized

Which one of the following options is correct?

A. Only I and III are necessarily true B. Only II is necessarily true

C. Only I and II are necessarily true D. Only II and III are necessarily true
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6.3.22 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 44 top☝

Consider the following matrix:

The absolute value of the product of Eigen values of is _______

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6.3.23 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 52 top☝

Consider the following matrix.

The largest eigenvalue of the above matrix is __________.

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6.3.24 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 43 top☝

​Which of the following is/are the eigenvector(s) for the matrix given below?

A. B.

C. D.

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6.3.25 Eigen Value: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 20 top☝

Let be the adjacency matrix of the graph with vertices

Let , and be the five eigenvalues of . Note that these eigenvalues need
not be distinct.
The value of ____________

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6.3.26 Eigen Value: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 26 top☝

What are the eigenvalues of the matrix given below

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.27 Eigen Value: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 2 top☝

Let be the matrix . What is the maximum value of where the

maximum is taken over all that are the unit eigenvectors of

A. B. C. D.
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6.3.28 Eigen Value: GATE-2014 EC top☝

Which one of the following statements is NOT true for a square matrix A?

a. If A is real symmetric, the eigen values of A are the diagonal elements of it.
 b. If all the principal minors of A are positive, all the eigen values of A are also positive.

My question is what is “principal minors of A” ?

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6.4 Matrix (23) top☝

6.4.1 Matrix: GATE CSE 1987 | Question: 1-xxiii top☝

A square matrix is singular whenever

A. The rows are linearly independent B. The columns are linearly

independent
C. The row are linearly dependent D. None of the above
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6.4.2 Matrix: GATE CSE 1988 | Question: 16i top☝

Assume that the matrix given below, has factorization of the form , where
is lower-triangular with all diagonal elements equal to is upper-triangular, and
is a permutation matrix. For

Compute and using Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting.

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6.4.3 Matrix: GATE CSE 1993 | Question: 02.7 top☝

If the matrix , calculated by the use of Cayley-

Hamilton theorem or otherwise, is _______

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6.4.4 Matrix: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.2 top☝

Let and be real symmetric matrices of size . Then which one of the
following is true?

A. B. C. D.
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6.4.5 Matrix: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 3.12 top☝

Find the inverse of the matrix

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6.4.6 Matrix: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 10 top☝

Let be two matrices such that

. Let and . Express the elements of in terms of the

elements of .

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6.4.7 Matrix: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.6 top☝

The matrices and commute under multiplication

A. if an integer B. always
C. never D. if
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6.4.8 Matrix: GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 4.2 top☝

Let be an -rowed square matrix and be the matrix obtained by

interchanging the first and second rows of the -rowed Identity matrix. Then is
such that its first

A. Row is the same as its second row B. Row is the same as the second row of
C. Column is the same as the second column of D. Row is all zero
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6.4.9 Matrix: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 2.1 top☝

The rank of the matrix given below is:

A. B. C. D.
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6.4.10 Matrix: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 2.2 top☝

Consider the following determinant

Which of the following is a factor of ?

A. B. C. D.
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6.4.11 Matrix: GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 1.1 top☝

Consider the following statements:

S1: The sum of two singular matrices may be non-singular

S2: The sum of two non-singular matrices may be singular

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. and both are true B. is true, is false

C. is false, is true D. and both are false
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6.4.12 Matrix: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 1.1 top☝

The rank of the matrix is

A. B. C. D.
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6.4.13 Matrix: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 26 top☝

The number of different symmetric matrices with each element being either 0 or
1 is: (Note: is same as )

A. B.
C. D.
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6.4.14 Matrix: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 27 top☝

Let be matrices, each with non-zero determinant. If ,

then is

A. B.
C. D. Does not necessarily exist
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6.4.15 Matrix: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 76 top☝

In an matrix all non-zero entries are covered in rows and columns. Then
the maximum number of non-zero entries, such that no two are on the same row or
column, is

A. B.
C. D.
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6.4.16 Matrix: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 23 top☝

is an real matrix. is an real vector. Suppose there are two

vectors, and such that, and . Which one of the following
statements is false?

A. Determinant of is zero.
B. There are an infinite number of solutions to
C. There is an such that
D. must have two identical rows

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6.4.17 Matrix: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: 18 top☝

In the LU decomposition of the matrix , if the diagonal elements of are both

 , then the lower diagonal entry of is_________________.

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6.4.18 Matrix: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: 27 top☝

Perform the following operations on the matrix

i. Add the third row to the second row

ii. Subtract the third column from the first column.

The determinant of the resultant matrix is _____.

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6.4.19 Matrix: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 27 top☝

Let and be two matrices over real numbers. Let rank( ) and
denote the rank and determinant of a matrix , respectively. Consider the following
statements.

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Which of the above statements are TRUE?

A. I and II only B. I and IV only C. II and III only D. III and IV only
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6.4.20 Matrix: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 10 top☝

Consider the following two statements with respect to the matrices

and
Statement
Statement
where represents the trace of a matrix. Which one of the following holds?

A. Statement is correct and Statement is wrong.

B. Statement is wrong and Statement is correct.
C. Both Statement and Statement are correct.
D. Both Statement and Statement are wrong.
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6.4.21 Matrix: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 32 top☝

Let be an matrix of the following form.

What is the value of the determinant of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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6.4.22 Matrix: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 36 top☝

If matrix and ( is the identity

matrix and is the zero matrix), then the inverse of is

A. B.

C. D.

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6.4.23 Matrix: GATE IT 2008 | Question: 29 top☝

If is a square matrix with a zero determinant, which of the following assertion (s) is
 (are) correct?
S1: Each row of can be represented as a linear combination of the other rows
S2: Each column of can be represented as a linear combination of the other columns
S3: has a nontrivial solution
S4: has an inverse

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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6.5 Memorybased Gatecse2023 (1) top☝

6.5.1 Memorybased Gatecse2023: GATE CSE 2023 | Memory Based Question: 13 top☝

Let

And

Let and denote the determinants of the matrices and , respectively.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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6.6 Rank Of Matrix (3) top☝

6.6.1 Rank Of Matrix: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.9 top☝

The rank of matrix is:

 A. B. C. D.
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6.6.2 Rank Of Matrix: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.24 top☝

The rank of the following matrix, where is a real number is

A. B.
C. D. Depends on the value of
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6.6.3 Rank Of Matrix: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 24 top☝

Suppose that is a matrix such that every solution of the equation is a

scalar multiple of . The rank of is __________

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6.7 System Of Equations (13) top☝

6.7.1 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.7 top☝

Let be a system of linear equations where is an matrix and is a

column vector and is an column vector of unknowns. Which of the
following is false?

A. The system has a solution if and only if, both and the augmented matrix have the
same rank.
B. If and is the zero vector, then the system has infinitely many solutions.
C. If and is a non-zero vector, then the system has a unique solution.
D. The system will have only a trivial solution when , is the zero vector and
.

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6.7.2 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.2 top☝

Consider the following set of equations

This set

A. has unique solution B. has no solution

C. has finite number of solutions D. has infinite number of solutions
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6.7.3 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 9 top☝

Derive the expressions for the number of operations required to solve a system of
linear equations in unknowns using the Gaussian Elimination Method. Assume that
one operation refers to a multiplication followed by an addition.

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6.7.4 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 41 top☝

Consider the following system of linear equations

Notice that the second and the third columns of the coefficient matrix are linearly dependent.
For how many values of , does this system of equations have infinitely many solutions?

A. B. C. D.
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6.7.5 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 71 top☝

How many solutions does the following system of linear equations have?

A. infinitely many B. two distinct solutions

C. unique D. none
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6.7.6 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 48 top☝

Consider the following system of linear equations :

The system of equations has

A. no solution B. a unique solution

C. more than one but a finite number D. an infinite number of solutions
of solutions
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6.7.7 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 3 top☝

The following system of equations

has a unique solution. The only possible value(s) for is/are

A. B. either or C. one of , or D. any real number

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6.7.8 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 4 top☝

Consider the following system of equations:

The number of solutions for this system is ______________

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6.7.9 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 33 top☝

If the following system has non-trivial solution,

,
then which one of the following options is TRUE?

A. B.
C. D.
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6.7.10 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 04 top☝

Consider the systems, each consisting of linear equations in variables.

I. If , then all such systems have a solution.

II. If , then none of these systems has a solution.
III. If , then there exists a system which has a solution.

Which one of the following is CORRECT?

A. and are true. B. Only and are true.

C. Only is true. D. None of them is true.
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6.7.11 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 3 top☝

Let be scalars, not all zero, such that = 0 where are column
vectors in .

Consider the set of linear equations

where and . The set of equations has

A. a unique solution at where denotes a -dimensional vector of all 1.

B. no solution
C. infinitely many solutions
D. finitely many solutions

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6.7.12 System Of Equations: GATE CSE 2022 | Question: 35 top☝

Consider solving the following system of simultaneous equations using

decomposition.

where and are denoted as

 Which one of the following is the correct combination of values for and

A. B.
C. D.
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6.7.13 System Of Equations: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 6 top☝

What values of x, y and z satisfy the following system of linear equations?

A. , , B. , ,
C. , , D. , ,
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6.8 Vector Space (4) top☝

6.8.1 Vector Space: GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 2.13 top☝

A unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors and

is:

A. B. C. D.
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6.8.2 Vector Space: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 27 top☝

Consider the set of (column) vectors defined by

.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. is a basis for the subspace .

B. is a linearly independent set, but it does not span and

therefore is not a basis of .
C. is not a subspace of .
D. None of the above
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6.8.3 Vector Space: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 5 top☝

If and are -dimensional subspaces of a -dimensional vector space , then

the smallest possible dimension of is _____.

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6.8.4 Vector Space: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 30 top☝

Let and be two vectors in whose Euclidean norms satisfy . What

is the value of such that bisects the angle between and ?

A. B. C. D.
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Answer Keys
6.1.1 A 6.2.1 B 6.2.2 A 6.2.3 A 6.2.4 0
6.2.5 D 6.2.6 B 6.3.1 B;D 6.3.2 N/A 6.3.3 B
6.3.4 C 6.3.5 A 6.3.6 D 6.3.7 A 6.3.8 D
6.3.9 0 6.3.10 6 6.3.11 A 6.3.12 D 6.3.13 6
6.3.14 B 6.3.15 15 6.3.16 0.125 6.3.17 B 6.3.18 2
6.3.19 5 6.3.20 3 6.3.21 D 6.3.22 12 6.3.23 3:3
6.3.24 A;C;D 6.3.25 2 6.3.26 A 6.3.27 B 6.3.28 Q-Q
6.4.1 C 6.4.2 N/A 6.4.3 N/A 6.4.4 D 6.4.5 N/A
6.4.6 N/A 6.4.7 A 6.4.8 C 6.4.9 A 6.4.10 B
6.4.11 A 6.4.12 C 6.4.13 C 6.4.14 B 6.4.15 D
6.4.16 D 6.4.18 0 6.4.19 C 6.4.20 C 6.4.21 D
6.4.22 B 6.4.23 D 6.5.1 A,C 6.6.1 C 6.6.2 A

6.6.3 4:4 6.7.1 C 6.7.2 B 6.7.3 N/A 6.7.4 B

6.7.5 C 6.7.6 B 6.7.7 X 6.7.8 1 6.7.9 C
6.7.10 C 6.7.11 C 6.7.12 D 6.7.13 C 6.8.1 A
6.8.3 2 6.8.4 A
7 Engineering Mathematics: Probability (76)

7.0.1 GATE CSE 2001 | Question: 2.4 top☝

Seven (distinct) car accidents occurred in a week. What is the probability that they all
occurred on the same day?

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.2 GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 27 top☝

What is the probability that divisor of is a multiple of ?

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.3 GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 15 top☝

Two people, and , decide to independently roll two identical dice, each with
faces, numbered to . The person with the lower number wins. In case of a tie, they
roll the dice repeatedly until there is no tie. Define a trial as a throw of the dice by and
Assume that all numbers on each dice are equi-probable and that all trials are independent.
The probability (rounded to decimal places) that one of them wins on the third trial is ____

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7.0.4 GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: 48 top☝

Let be a sample space and two mutually exclusive events and be such that
. If denotes the probability of the event, the maximum value of
is_____.

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7.0.5 GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 29 top☝

Consider the following experiment.

Step 1. Flip a fair coin twice.
Step 2. If the outcomes are (TAILS, HEADS) then output and stop.
Step 3. If the outcomes are either (HEADS, HEADS) or (HEADS, TAILS), then output and
stop.
Step 4. If the outcomes are (TAILS, TAILS), then go to Step
The probability that the output of the experiment is is (up to two decimal places)

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7.0.6 GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 48 top☝

Four fair six-sided dice are rolled. The probability that the sum of the results being

is . The value of is _______

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7.0.7 GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 1.1 top☝

A die is rolled three times. The probability that exactly one odd number turns up
among the three outcomes is

A. B. C. D.
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7.0.8 GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 33 top☝

A bag has red balls and black balls. All balls are identical except for their colours.
In a trial, a ball is randomly drawn from the bag, its colour is noted and the ball is
placed back into the bag along with another ball of the same colour. Note that the number of
balls in the bag will increase by one, after the trial. A sequence of four such trials is
conducted. Which one of the following choices gives the probability of drawing a red ball in
the fourth trial?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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7.0.9 GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 34 top☝

A deck of cards (each carrying a distinct number from to ) is shuffled thoroughly.

Two cards are then removed one at a time from the deck. What is the probability that
the two cards are selected with the number on the first card being one higher than the number
on the second card?

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.10 GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 26 top☝

Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly

of any computer is . The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing
process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of .
What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?

A. B. C. D.
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7.0.11 GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 25 top☝

If a fair coin is tossed four times. What is the probability that two heads and two tails
will result?

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.12 GATE CSE 1997 | Question: 1.1 top☝

The probability that it will rain today is . The probability that it will rain tomorrow is
. The probability that it will rain either today or tomorrow is . What is the
probability that it will rain today and tomorrow?

A. B. C. D.
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7.0.13 GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 48 top☝

The probability that a given positive integer lying between and (both inclusive) is
NOT divisible by , or is ______ .
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7.0.14 GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 1 top☝

The security system at an IT office is composed of computers of which exactly four

are working. To check whether the system is functional, the officials inspect four of the
computers picked at random (without replacement). The system is deemed functional if at
least three of the four computers inspected are working. Let the probability that the system is
deemed functional be denoted by Then _____________.

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7.0.15 GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 2.14 top☝

A bag contains white balls and black balls. Two balls are drawn in succession.
The probability that one of them is black and the other is white is:

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.16 GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 1.5 top☝

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that at least one of them will have
facing up is

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.17 GATE CSE 1996 | Question: 2.7 top☝

The probability that top and bottom cards of a randomly shuffled deck are both aces is

A. B.
C. D.
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7.0.18 GATE IT 2005 | Question: 1 top☝

A bag contains blue marbles, green marbles and red marbles. A marble is
drawn from the bag, its colour recorded and it is put back in the bag. This process is
repeated times. The probability that no two of the marbles drawn have the same colour is

A. B. C. D.
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7.0.19 GATE CSE 1995 | Question: 1.18 top☝

The probability that a number selected at random between and (both

inclusive) will not contain the digit is:

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.20 GATE IT 2008 | Question: 2 top☝

A sample space has two events and such that probabilities

. What is ?

A. B. C. D.

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7.0.21 GATE IT 2008 | Question: 23 top☝

What is the probability that in a randomly chosen group of people at least three
people have the same birthday?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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7.0.22 GATE IT 2004 | Question: 1 top☝

In a population of families, of the families have three children, of the

families have two children and the remaining families have one child. What is the
probability that a randomly picked child belongs to a family with two children?

A. B. C. D.
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7.1 Binomial Distribution (6) top☝

7.1.1 Binomial Distribution: GATE CSE 2002 | Question: 2.16 top☝

Four fair coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability that at least one head and
one tail turn up is

A. B. C. D.
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7.1.2 Binomial Distribution: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 52 top☝

A random bit string of length n is constructed by tossing a fair coin n times and setting
a bit to 0 or 1 depending on outcomes head and tail, respectively. The probability that
two such randomly generated strings are not identical is:

A. B. C. D.
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7.1.3 Binomial Distribution: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 21 top☝

For each element in a set of size , an unbiased coin is tossed. The coin tosses
are independent. An element is chosen if the corresponding coin toss was a head. The
probability that exactly elements are chosen is

A. B. C. D.
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7.1.4 Binomial Distribution: GATE IT 2005 | Question: 32 top☝

An unbiased coin is tossed repeatedly until the outcome of two successive tosses is
the same. Assuming that the trials are independent, the expected number of tosses is

A. B. C. D.
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7.1.5 Binomial Distribution: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 22 top☝

When a coin is tossed, the probability of getting a Head is . Let be the

random variable denoting the number of tosses till the first Head appears, including the
toss where the Head appears. Assuming that successive tosses are independent, the
expected value of is
 A. B. C. D.

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7.1.6 Binomial Distribution: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 1 top☝

Suppose there are two coins. The first coin gives heads with probability when

tossed, while the second coin gives heads with probability One of the two coins is picked
up at random with equal probability and tossed. What is the probability of obtaining heads ?

A. B. C. D.

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7.2 Conditional Probability (13) top☝

7.2.1 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 1.4, ISRO2017-2 top☝

Let and be any two arbitrary events, then, which one of the following is TRUE?

A. B.
C. D.
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7.2.2 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.6 top☝

The probability of an event is . The probability that events and occur

together is while the probability that and occur together is . The probability
of the event in terms of and is _____________

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7.2.3 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 3 top☝

Let denote the probability of the event . Given , , the

values of and respectively are

A. B. C. D.

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7.2.4 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 51 top☝

Box has red balls and blue balls and box has red balls and blue ball. A
ball is selected as follows: (i) select a box (ii) choose a ball from the selected box such
that each ball in the box is equally likely to be chosen. The probabilities of selecting boxes

and are and respectively. Given that a ball selected in the above process is a red
ball, the probability that it came from the box is:

A. B. C. D.

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7.2.5 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 27 top☝

Aishwarya studies either computer science or mathematics everyday. If she studies

computer science on a day, then the probability that she studies mathematics the next
day is . If she studies mathematics on a day, then the probability that she studies
computer science the next day is . Given that Aishwarya studies computer science on
Monday, what is the probability that she studies computer science on Wednesday?

A. B. C. D.
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7.2.6 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 21 top☝

An unbalanced dice (with faces, numbered from to ) is thrown. The probability

that the face value is odd is of the probability that the face value is even. The
probability of getting any even numbered face is the same. If the probability that the face is
even given that it is greater than is , which one of the following options is closest to the
probability that the face value exceeds ?

A. B. C. D.
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7.2.7 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 3 top☝

If two fair coins are flipped and at least one of the outcomes is known to be a head,
what is the probability that both outcomes are heads?

A. B. C. D.

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7.2.8 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 33 top☝

Suppose a fair six-sided die is rolled once. If the value on the die is or the die
is rolled a second time. What is the probability that the sum total of values that turn up
is at least ?

A. B. C. D.
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7.2.9 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: 05 top☝

Suppose that a shop has an equal number of LED bulbs of two different types. The
probability of an LED bulb lasting more than hours given that it is of Type is ,
and given that it is of Type is . The probability that an LED bulb chosen uniformly at
random lasts more than hours is _________.

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7.2.10 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 26 top☝

and are considering to apply for a job. The probability that applies for the job is
the probability that applies for the job given that applies for the job is and

the probability that applies for the job given that applies for the job is Then the
probability that does not apply for the job given that does not apply for this job is

A. B. C. D.

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7.2.11 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: 44 top☝

Consider Guwahati, and Delhi whose temperatures can be classified as high

, medium and low . Let denote the probability that Guwahati has
high temperature. Similarly, and denotes the probability of Guwahati having
medium and low temperatures respectively. Similarly, we use and
for Delhi.

The following table gives the conditional probabilities for Delhi’s temperature given
Guwahati’s temperature.
 Consider the first row in the table above. The first entry denotes that if Guwahati has high
temperature then the probability of Delhi also having a high temperature is
i.e., . Similarly, the next two entries are and
. Similarly for the other rows.

If it is known that , and , then the probability

(correct to two decimal places) that Guwahati has high temperature given that Delhi has high
temperature is ________.

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7.2.12 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 54 top☝

A sender transmits a signal, which can be one of the two kinds: and with
probabilities and respectively, to a receiver .
In the graph below, the weight of edge is the probability of receiving when is
transmitted, where . For example, the probability that the received signal is
given the transmitted signal was , is .

If the received signal is the probability that the transmitted signal was (rounded to
decimal places) is __________.

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7.2.13 Conditional Probability: GATE IT 2006 | Question: 1 top☝

In a certain town, the probability that it will rain in the afternoon is known to be .
Moreover, meteorological data indicates that if the temperature at noon is less than or
equal to , the probability that it will rain in the afternoon is . The temperature at noon
is equally likely to be above , or at/below . What is the probability that it will rain in
the afternoon on a day when the temperature at noon is above ?

A. B. C. D.
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7.3 Continuous Distribution (1) top☝

7.3.1 Continuous Distribution: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 04 top☝

A probability density function on the interval is given by and outside this

 interval the value of the function is zero. The value of is _________.

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7.4 Expectation (7) top☝

7.4.1 Expectation: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 1.1 top☝

Suppose that the expectation of a random variable is . Which of the following

statements is true?

A. There is a sample point at which has the value .

B. There is a sample point at which has value greater than .
C. There is a sample point at which has a value greater than equal to .
D. None of the above.

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7.4.2 Expectation: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 74 top☝

An examination paper has multiple choice questions of one mark each, with each
question having four choices. Each incorrect answer fetches marks. Suppose
students choose all their answers randomly with uniform probability. The sum total of
the expected marks obtained by all these students is

A. B. C. D.
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7.4.3 Expectation: GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 18 top☝

We are given a set where . A sample is drawn

by selecting each independently with probability . The expected value of
the smallest number in sample is:

A. B. C. D.
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7.4.4 Expectation: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 18 top☝

If the difference between the expectation of the square of a random variable

and the square of the expectation of the random variable is
denoted by , then

A. B. C. D.
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7.4.5 Expectation: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 24 top☝

Consider an undirected random graph of eight vertices. The probability that there is an

edge between a pair of vertices is What is the expected number of unordered

cycles of length three?

A. B. C. D.

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7.4.6 Expectation: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: 2 top☝

Each of the nine

in the words
sentence
is written on a separate piece of
paper. These nine pieces of paper are kept in a box. One of the pieces is drawn at random
from the box. The length of the word drawn is _____________. (The answer
should be rounded to one decimal place.)

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7.4.7 Expectation: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 29 top☝

In an examination, a student can choose the order in which two questions ( and
) must be attempted.

If the first question is answered wrong, the student gets zero marks.
If the first question is answered correctly and the second question is not answered
correctly, the student gets the marks only for the first question.
If both the questions are answered correctly, the student gets the sum of the marks of the
two questions.

The following table shows the probability of correctly answering a question and the marks of
the question respectively.

Assuming that the student always wants to maximize her expected marks in the examination,
in which order should she attempt the questions and what is the expected marks for that
order (assume that the questions are independent)?

A. First and then . Expected marks .

B. First and then . Expected marks .
C. First and then . Expected marks .
D. First and then . Expected marks .
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7.5 Exponential Distribution (1) top☝

7.5.1 Exponential Distribution: GATE IT 2004 | Question: 33 top☝

Let and be two exponentially distributed and independent random variables with
mean and , respectively. If = min , then the mean of is given by

B.
A.

D.
C.

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7.6 Independent Events (4) top☝

7.6.1 Independent Events: GATE CSE 1994 | Question: 2.8 top☝

Let and be independent events which occur with probabilities and

respectively. The probability of occurrence of at least one of the event is _______

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7.6.2 Independent Events: GATE CSE 1999 | Question: 2.1 top☝

Consider two events and such that probability of , , probability

of , , and probability of , and , . Which of the
following statements is/are true?

A. B. Events and are independent

C. Events and are not independent D.
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7.6.3 Independent Events: GATE CSE 2000 | Question: 2.2 top☝

and are events in a probability space satisfying the following constraints:

=
=
and are independent

The value of , the probability of the event , is

 A. B. C. D.

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7.6.4 Independent Events: GATE CSE 2023 | Question: 43 top☝

Consider a random experiment where two fair coins are tossed. Let be the event
that denotes on both the throws, be the event that denotes on the
first throw, and be the event that denotes on the second throw. Which of the
following statements is/are

A. and are independent. B. and are independent.

C. and are independent. D.
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7.7 Normal Distribution (2) top☝

7.7.1 Normal Distribution: GATE CSE 2008 | Question: 29 top☝

Let be a random variable following normal distribution with mean and variance
. Let be another normal variable with mean and variance unknown. If
, the standard deviation of is

A. B. C. D.
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7.7.2 Normal Distribution: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 19 top☝

Let be a Gaussian random variable with mean 0 and variance . Let =

where is the maximum of and . The median of is
______________ .

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7.8 Poisson Distribution (4) top☝

7.8.1 Poisson Distribution: GATE CSE 1989 | Question: 4-viii top☝

is the probability of events occurring during a time interval . How will you
express in terms of , if has stationary independent increments?
(Note: is the probability density function).

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 7.8.2 Poisson Distribution: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 2 top☝

Suppose is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction
between PM and PM, and has a Poisson distribution with mean . What is the
probability of observing fewer than cars during any given minute in this interval?

A. B. C. D.

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7.8.3 Poisson Distribution: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 48 top☝

If a random variable has a Poisson distribution with mean , then the expectation
equals ___.

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7.8.4 Poisson Distribution: GATE IT 2007 | Question: 57 top☝

In a multi-user operating system on an average, requests are made to use a

particular resource per hour. The arrival of requests follows a Poisson distribution. The
probability that either one, three or five requests are made in minutes is given by :

A. B.
C. D.
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7.9 Probability Density Function (1) top☝

7.9.1 Probability Density Function: GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 60, ISRO2007-45 top☝

A program consists of two modules executed sequentially. Let and

respectively denote the probability density functions of time taken to execute the two
modules. The probability density function of the overall time taken to execute the
program is given by

A. B.

C. D.

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7.10 Random Variable (8) top☝

7.10.1 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 12, ISRO2009-64 top☝

Let be the continuous probability density function of a random variable , the

probability that , is :

A. B.

C. D.

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7.10.2 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 33 top☝

Consider a finite sequence of random values . Let be the

mean and be the standard deviation of . Let another finite sequence of equal
length be derived from this as , where and are positive constants. Let
be the mean and be the standard deviation of this sequence.
Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A. Index position of mode of in is the same as the index position of mode of in

B. Index position of median of in is the same as the index position of median of in
C.
D.

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7.10.3 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 21 top☝

Consider a random variable that takes values and with probability each.
The values of the cumulative distribution function at and are

A. and B. and C. and D. and

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7.10.4 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 37 top☝

Suppose for are independent and identically distributed random

variables whose probability mass functions are
. Define another random variable
, where denotes XOR. Then ______.

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7.10.5 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: 31 top☝

For any discrete random variable , with probability mass function

 , and , define the polynomial function
. For a certain discrete random variable , there exists a scalar
such that . The expectation of is

A. B.
C. D. Not expressible in terms of and alone
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7.10.6 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 18 top☝

The lifetime of a component of a certain type is a random variable whose probability

density function is exponentially distributed with parameter . For a randomly picked
component of this type, the probability that its lifetime exceeds the expected lifetime (rounded
to decimal places) is ____________.

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7.10.7 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | Question: 35 top☝

Consider the two statements.

There exist random variables and such that

For all random variables and

Which one of the following choices is correct?

A. Both and are true B. is true, but is false

C. is false, but is true D. Both and are false
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7.10.8 Random Variable: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | Question: 22 top☝

For a given biased coin, the probability that the outcome of a toss is a head is .
This coin is tossed times. Let denote the random variable whose value is the
number of times that head appeared in these tosses. The standard deviation of
(rounded to decimal place) is _________

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7.11 Uniform Distribution (7) top☝

7.11.1 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 1998 | Question: 3a top☝

Two friends agree to meet at a park with the following conditions. Each will reach the
park between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm and will see if the other has already arrived. If not,
they will wait for 10 minutes or the end of the hour whichever is earlier and leave. What is the
probability that the two will not meet?

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7.11.2 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 78 top☝

Two bit binary strings, and are chosen randomly with uniform probability. The
probability that the Hamming distance between these strings (the number of
bit positions where the two strings differ) is equal to is

A. B. C. D.

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7.11.3 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2004 | Question: 80 top☝

A point is randomly selected with uniform probability in the plane within the
rectangle with corners at and If is the length of the
position vector of the point, the expected value of is

A. B. C. D.

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7.11.4 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 24 top☝

Suppose we uniformly and randomly select a permutation from the permutations of

What is the probability that appears at an earlier position than any
other even number in the selected permutation?

A. B. C. D. None of these

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7.11.5 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 2 top☝

Suppose you break a stick of unit length at a point chosen uniformly at random. Then
the expected length of the shorter stick is ________ .

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7.11.6 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: 47 top☝

Suppose is distributed uniformly in the open interval . The probability that the
polynomial has only real roots is (rounded off to decimal
place) _______
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7.11.7 Uniform Distribution: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: 45 top☝

For , let be a non-zero vector. Suppose that is chosen uniformly

at random from . Then, the probability that is an odd number
is______________

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0.0230 : 0.33 :
7.0.1 B 7.0.2 A 7.0.3 7.0.4 0.25 7.0.5
0.0232 0.34
7.0.6 10 7.0.7 B 7.0.8 A 7.0.9 A 7.0.10 A
0.259 :
7.0.11 A 7.0.12 D 7.0.13 7.0.15 C 7.0.16 D
0.261
7.0.17 C 7.0.18 B 7.0.19 D 7.0.20 B 7.0.21 X
7.0.22 B 7.1.1 C 7.1.2 D 7.1.3 A 7.1.5 A
7.1.6 C 7.2.1 D 7.2.2 N/A 7.2.3 D 7.2.4 A
7.2.5 C 7.2.6 B 7.2.7 A 7.2.8 B 7.2.9 0.55
0.60 :
7.2.10 A 7.2.11 7.2.12 0.04 : 0.04 7.2.13 C 7.3.1 0.5
0.61
7.4.2 D 7.4.3 D 7.4.4 C 7.4.5 C 7.4.6 3.8 : 3.9
7.4.7 D 7.5.1 C 7.6.1 0.93 7.6.2 C 7.6.3 D
7.6.4 C;D 7.7.2 0 7.8.1 N/A 7.8.2 C 7.8.3 54
7.8.4 B 7.9.1 C 7.10.1 C 7.10.2 D 7.10.3 C
15.00 :
7.10.4 0.75 7.10.5 B 7.10.7 D 7.10.8 7.11.1 0.69:0.70
16.00
7.11.2 A 7.11.3 D 7.11.5 0.24 : 0.27 7.11.6 0.8
8 General Aptitude: Analytical Aptitude (96)

8.1 Age Relation (1) top☝

8.1.1 Age Relation: GATE2013 CE: GA-10 top☝

Abhishek is elder to Savar. Savar is younger to Anshul. Which of the given conclusions
is logically valid and is inferred from the above statements?

A. Abhishek is elder to Anshul B. Anshul is elder to Abhishek

C. Abhishek and Anshul are of the D. No conclusion follows
same age
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8.2 Code Words (5) top☝

8.2.1 Code Words: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-1 top☝

If is written as , then should be written as:

A. B. C. D.
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8.2.2 Code Words: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA04 top☝

If 'relftaga' means carefree, 'otaga' means careful and 'fertaga' means careless, which
of the following could mean 'aftercare'?

A. zentaga B. tagafer. C. tagazen. D. relffer.

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8.2.3 Code Words: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-7 top☝

If stands for ‘best of luck’ and stands for 'good wishes',

which of the following indicates 'ace the exam'?

A. B. C. D.
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8.2.4 Code Words: GATE2018 EE: GA-7 top☝

In a certain code, is written as and is written as .

How will be written in that code?

A. B. C. D.
 gate2018-ee general-aptitude analytical-aptitude logical-reasoning code-words

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8.2.5 Code Words: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-4 top☝

If and what will be

A. B. C. D.
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8.3 Direction Sense (10) top☝

8.3.1 Direction Sense: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-7 top☝

Four branches of a company are located at and is north of at a

distance of is south of at a distance of is southeast of by
. What is the distance between and in ?

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.2 Direction Sense: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-3 top☝

There are five buildings called , , , and in a row (not necessarily in that
order). is to the West of . is to the East of and the West of . is to the
West of . Which is the building in the middle?

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.3 Direction Sense: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-10 top☝

Three of the five students are allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the
warden, Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will
accommodate all their requests.
Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want to avoid a wing next to the garden.
Request by Y: I want to live as far from the washrooms as possible, since I am very much
sensitive to smell.
Request by Z: I believe in Vaastu and so I want to stay in South-West wing.
The shaded rooms are already occupied. WR is washroom
 A. B.

C. D.
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8.3.4 Direction Sense: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 6 top☝

On a planar field, you travelled units East from a point . Next you travelled units
South to arrive at point . Then you travelled from in the North-East direction such
that you arrive at a point that is units East of point . Next, you travelled in the North-West
direction, so that you arrive at point that is units North of point .
The distance of point to point , in the same units, should be ______________

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.5 Direction Sense: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Ms. came out of a building through its front door to find her shadow due to the
morning sun failing to her right side with the building to her back. From this, it can be
inferred that building is facing _________

A. North B. East C. West D. South

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8.3.6 Direction Sense: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 5 top☝

The front door of house faces East. leaves the house, walking
straight from the back door that is situated directly opposite to the front door. He then
turns to his right, walks for another and stops. The direction of the point is now
 located at with respect to the starting point is ____

A. South-East B. North-East C. West D. North-West

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8.3.7 Direction Sense: GATE2014 AG: GA-9 top☝

is km northeast of . is km southeast of . is km west of . is km

south of . is km east of . What is the distance between and in km?

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.8 Direction Sense: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-4 top☝

Mr. Vivek walks meters North-east, then turns and walks meters South-east, both
at 60 degrees to east. He further moves meters South and meters West. What is
the straight distance in meters between the point he started from and the point he finally
reached?

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.9 Direction Sense: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-9 top☝

and start from the same location. travels km East and then km North-
East. travels km South and then km South-East. What is the shortest distance
(in km) between and at the end of their travel?

A. B. C. D.
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8.3.10 Direction Sense: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-4 top☝

Fatima starts from point , goes North for km, and then East for km to reach point
. She then turns to face point and goes km in that direction. She then goes
North for km. How far is she from point , and in which direction should she go to reach
point ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-2 general-aptitude analytical-aptitude direction-sense

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8.4 Family Relationship (4) top☝

 8.4.1 Family Relationship: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Either marries or marries

Among the options below, the logical of the above statement is :

A. does not marry and marries

B. Neither marries nor marries
C. does not marry and marries
D. marries and marries

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8.4.2 Family Relationship: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-3 top☝

M has a son Q and a daughter R. He has no other children. E is the mother of P and
daughter-inlaw of M. How is P related to M?

A. P is the son-in-law of M. B. P is the grandchild of M.

C. P is the daughter-in law of M. D. P is the grandfather of M.
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8.4.3 Family Relationship: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-7 top☝

Each of and has been married at most once. and are

married and have two children and is the grandfather of the daughter of .
Further, and are married and are parents of . Which one of the following must
necessarily be FALSE?

A. is the mother-in-law of B. and are not married to each other

C. is a son of and D. cannot be married to
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8.4.4 Family Relationship: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-10 top☝

and are related and belong to the same family. is the brother of
is the wife of . and are the children of the siblings and respectively.
Which one of the following statement is necessarily FALSE?

A. is the aunt of B. is the aunt of

C. is the sister-in-law of D. is the brother of
gate2019-ce-1 general-aptitude logical-reasoning family-relationship

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8.5 Logical Reasoning (33) top☝

8.5.1 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 61 top☝

If how much is

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.2 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 62 top☝

Hari(H), Gita(G), Irfan(I) and Saira(S) are siblings (i.e., brothers and sisters). All were
born on January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is
born one after another) is less than three years. Given the following facts:

i. Hari's age Gita's age Irfan's age Saira's age

ii. The age difference between Gita and Saira is one year. However Gita is not the oldest
and Saira is not the youngest.
iii. There are no twins.

In what order they were born (oldest first)?

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.3 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-7 top☝

The head of newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six selected
members and to portfolios of Home, Power, Defense, Telecom, and
Finance. U does not want any portfolio if gets one of the five. wants either Home or
Finance or no portfolio. says that if gets Power or Telecom, then she must get the other
one. T insists on a portfolio if gets one.
Which is the valid distribution of portfolios?

A. -Home, -Power, -Defense, -Telecom, -Finance

B. -Home, -Power, -Defense, -Telecom, -Finance
C. -Home, -Power, -Defense, -Telecom, -Finance
D. -Home, -Power, -Defense, -Telecom, -Finance

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8.5.4 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are seated around a square table. Rahul is sitting to
the left of Murali. Srinivas is sitting to the right of Arul. Which of the following pairs are
seated opposite each other?

A. Rahul and MuraliB. Srinivas and ArulC. Srinvas and Murali

D. Srinivas and Rahul
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8.5.5 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-7 top☝

There are three boxes. One contains apples, another contains oranges and the last
one contains both apples and oranges. All three are known to be incorrectly labeled. If
you are permitted to open just one box and then pull out and inspect only one fruit, which box
would you open to determine the contents of all three boxes?

A. The box labeled ‘Apples’ B. The box labeled ‘Apples and

Oranges’
C. The box labeled ‘Oranges’ D. Cannot be determined
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8.5.6 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Six students , with distinct heights, compare their heights and

make the following observations.

: is taller than .
: is the shortest of all.
: is taller than only one student.
: is taller than but is not the tallest

The number of students that are taller than is the same as the number of students shorter
than ____________.

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.7 Logical Reasoning: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 4 top☝

A survey for a certain year found that of pregnant women received medical care
at least once before giving birth. Of these women, received medical care from
doctors, while received medical care from other healthcare providers.
Given this information, which one of the following statements can be inferred with certainty?

A. More than half of the pregnant women received medical care at least once from a doctor.
B. Less than half of the pregnant women received medical care at least once from a doctor.
C. More than half of the pregnant women received medical care at most once from a doctor.
D. Less than half of the pregnant women received medical care at most once from a doctor.

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8.5.8 Logical Reasoning: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 4 top☝

After the inauguration of the new building, the Head of the Department (HoD) collated
faculty preferences for office space. wanted a room adjacent to the lab. wanted to
be close to the lift. wanted a view of the playground and wanted a corner office.
Assuming that everyone was satisfied, which among the following shows a
possible allocation?

A. B.

C. D.
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8.5.9 Logical Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 4 top☝

If

then, the value of the expression

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.10 Logical Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 4 top☝

If ,
Then, the value of , is :

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.11 Logical Reasoning: GATE2011 GG: GA-8 top☝

Three sisters and received a total of toys during Christmas. The toys
were initially divided among them in a certain proportion. Subsequently, gave some
toys to which doubled the share of . Then in turn gave some of her toys to , which
doubled s share. Next, some of s toys were given to , which doubled the number of
toys that currently had. As a result of all such exchanges, the three sisters were left with
equal number of toys. How many toys did have originally?

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.12 Logical Reasoning: GATE2011 MN: GA-63 top☝

and are waiting in a queue meant for children to enter the zoo. There are
children between and , and children between and . If there are children
ahead of and children behind , then what is the minimum number of children in the
queue?

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.13 Logical Reasoning: GATE2012 AR: GA-8 top☝

Ravi is taller than Arun but shorter than Iqbal. Sam is shorter than Ravi. Mohan is
shorter than Arun. Balu is taller than Mohan and Sam. The tallest person can be

A. Mohan B. Ravi C. Balu D. Arun

gate2012-ar logical-reasoning

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8.5.14 Logical Reasoning: GATE2012 CY: GA-9 top☝

There are eight bags of rice looking alike, seven of which have equal weight and one
is slightly heavier. The weighing balance is of unlimited capacity. Using this balance,
the minimum number of weighings required to identify the heavier bag is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-cy analytical-aptitude logical-reasoning

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8.5.15 Logical Reasoning: GATE2014 AE: GA-7 top☝

Anuj, Bhola, Chandan, Dilip, Eswar and Faisal live on different floors in a six-storeyed
building (the ground floor is numbered , the floor above it , and so on) Anuj lives on
an even-numbered floor, Bhola does not live on an odd numbered floor. Chandan does not
live on any of the floors below Faisal's floor. Dilip does not live on floor number . Eswar does
not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below Bhola. Faisal lives three floors
above Dilip. Which of the following floor-person combinations is correct?

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8.5.16 Logical Reasoning: GATE2014 AG: GA-6 top☝

In a group of four children, Som is younger to Riaz. Shiv is elder to Ansu. Ansu is
youngest in the group. Which of the following statements is/are required to find the
eldest child in the group?
Statements
1. Shiv is younger to Riaz.
2. Shiv is elder to Som.

A. Statement by itself determines the eldest child.

B. Statement by itself determines the eldest child.
C. Statements and are both required to determine the eldest child.
D. Statements and are not sufficient to determine the eldest child.

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8.5.17 Logical Reasoning: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-7 top☝

Lights of four colors (red, blue, green, yellow) are hung on a ladder. On every step of
the ladder there are two lights. If one of the lights is red, the other light on that step will
always be blue. If one of the lights on a step is green, the other light on that step will always
be yellow. Which of the following statements is not necessarily correct?

A. The number of red lights is equal to the number of blue lights

B. The number of green lights is equal to the number of yellow lights
C. The sum of the red and green lights is equal to the sum of the yellow and blue lights
D. The sum of the red and blue lights is equal to the sum of the green and yellow lights

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8.5.18 Logical Reasoning: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-5 top☝

In which of the following options will the expression be definitely true?

A. B.
C. D.
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8.5.19 Logical Reasoning: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-4 top☝

Operators and are defined by:

Find the value of

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.20 Logical Reasoning: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-5 top☝

Michael lives km away from where I live. Ahmed lives km away and Susan lives
km away from where I live. Arun is farther away than Ahmed but closer than Susan
from where I live. From the information provided here, what is one possible distance (in km)
at which I live from Arun’s place?

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.21 Logical Reasoning: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-8 top☝

A flat is shared by four first year undergraduate students. They agreed to allow the
oldest of them to enjoy some extra space in the flat. Manu is two months older than
Sravan, who is three months younger than Trideep. Pavan is one month older than Sravan.
Who should occupy the extra space in the flat?

A. Manu B. Sravan C. Trideep D. Pavan

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8.5.22 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-7 top☝

Students applying for hostel rooms are allotted rooms in order of seniority. Students
already staying in a room will move if they get a room in their preferred list.
Preferences of lower ranked applicants are ignored during allocation.
Given the data below, which room will Ajit stay in ?
 A. B. C. D.
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8.5.23 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-3 top☝

Four cards lie on table. Each card has a number printed on one side and a colour on
the other. The faces visible on the cards are red, and blue.
Proposition: If a card has an even value on one side, then its opposite face is red.
The card which MUST be turned over to verify the above proposition are

A. red B. red C. blue D. red, blue

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8.5.24 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-3 top☝

A rule states that in order to drink beer, one must be over years old. In a bar, there
are people. is years old. is years old. is drinking milkshake and is
drinking a beer. What must be checked to ensure that the rule is being followed?

A. Only drink B. Only drink and age

C. Only age D. Only drink, drink and age
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8.5.25 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-5 top☝

, and talk about car collection. states that has at least cars.
believes that has less than cars. indicates that to his knowledge, has at least
one car. Only one of and is right. The number of cars owned by is.

A. B.
C. D. Cannot be determined.
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8.5.26 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-5 top☝

looks at while looks at . is married, is not. The number of pairs of

people in which a married person is looking at an unmarried person is
 A. B.
C. D. Cannot be determined.
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8.5.27 Logical Reasoning: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-9 top☝

All people in a certain island are either 'Knights' or 'Knaves' and each person knows
every other person's identity. Knights never lie, and Knaves ALWAYS lie.
says "Both of us are Knights". says "None of us are Knaves".
Which one of the following can be logically inferred from the above?

A. Both and are knights. B. is a knight; Q is a Knave.

C. Both and are Knaves. D. The identities of cannot be determined.
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8.5.28 Logical Reasoning: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-10 top☝

Each of the letters arranged as below represents a unique integer from to The
letters are positioned in the figure such that and
are equal. Which integer among the following choices cannot be represented
by the letters
A D
B GE
C F

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.29 Logical Reasoning: GATE2018 EE: GA-10 top☝

crossed a lake in a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons,

with only one set of oars. The following additional facts are available.

i. The boat held two persons on each of the three forward trips across the lake and one
person on each of the two return trips.
ii. is unable to row when someone else is in the boat.
iii. is unable to row with anyone else except .
iv. Each person rowed for at least one trip.
v. Only one person can row during a trip.

Who rowed twice?

A. B. C. D.
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8.5.30 Logical Reasoning: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-6 top☝

Mohan, the manager, wants his four workers to work in pairs. No pair should work for
more than hours. Ram and John have worked together for hours. Krishna and
Amir have worked as a team for hours. Krishna does not want to work with Ram. Whom
should Mohan allot to work with John, if he wants all the workers to continue working?

A. Amir B. Krishna C. Ram D. None of three

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8.5.31 Logical Reasoning: GATE2019 EC: GA-6 top☝

Four people are standing in a line facing you. They are Rahul, Mathew, Seema and
Lohit. One is an engineer, one is a doctor, one a teacher and another a dancer. You
are told that:

1. Mathew is not standing next to Seema

2. There are two people standing between Lohit and the engineer
3. Rahul is not a doctor
4. The teacher and the dancer are standing next to each other
5. Seema is turning to her right to speak to the doctor standing next to her

Who among them is an engineer?

A. Seema B. Lohit C. Rahul D. Mathew

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8.5.32 Logical Reasoning: GATE2019 EE: GA-10 top☝

Consider five people- Mita, Ganga, Rekha, Lakshmi, and Sana. Ganga is taller than
both Rekha and Lakshmi. Lakshmi is taller than Sana. Mita is taller than Ganga.
Which of the following conclusions are true?

1. Lakshmi is taller than Rekha

2. Rekha is shorter than Mita
3. Rekha is taller than Sana
4. Sana is shorter than Ganga

A. and B. only C. and D. only

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8.5.33 Logical Reasoning: GATE2019 IN: GA-4 top☝

Five numbers and are to be arranged in a sequence from left to right

following the directions given below:

1. No two odd or even numbers are next to each other.

 2. The second number from the left is exactly half of the left-most number.
3. The middle number is exactly twice the right-most number.

Which is the second number from the right?

A. B. C. D.
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8.6 Number Relations (1) top☝

8.6.1 Number Relations: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-8 top☝

Fill in the missing value

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8.7 Odd One (5) top☝

8.7.1 Odd One: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-04 top☝

Pick the odd one from the following options.

A. B. C. D.
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8.7.2 Odd One: GATE2014 AE: GA-6 top☝

Find the odd one in the following group:

A. B. C. D.
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8.7.3 Odd One: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-6 top☝

Find the odd one from the following group:

 A. B. C. D.
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8.7.4 Odd One: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-6 top☝

Find the odd one in the following group

A. B. C. D.
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8.7.5 Odd One: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-4 top☝

The number that least fits this set: , , and is ________.

A. B. C. D.
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8.8 Passage Reading (3) top☝

8.8.1 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 7 top☝

In a recently conducted national entrance test, boys constituted of those who

appeared for the test. Girls constituted the remaining candidates and they accounted
for of the qualified candidates.
Which one of the following is the correct logical inference based on the information provided
in the above passage?

A. Equal number of boys and girls qualified

B. Equal number of boys and girls appeared for the test
C. The number of boys who appeared for the test is less than the number of girls who
appeared
D. The number of boys who qualified the test is less than the number of girls who qualified

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8.8.2 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 6 top☝

The country of Zombieland is in distress since more than of its working

population is suffering from serious health issues. Studies conducted by competent
health experts concluded that a complete lack of physical exercise among its working
population was one of the leading causes of their health issues. As one of the measures to
address the problem, the Government of Zombieland has decided to provide monetary
incentives to those who ride bicycles to work.
 Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following statements can be
logically inferred with certainty?

A. All the working population of Zombieland will henceforth ride bicycles to work.
B. Riding bicycles will ensure that all of the working population of Zombieland is free of
health issues.
C. The health experts suggested to the Government of Zombieland to declare riding bicycles
as mandatory.
D. The Government of Zombieland believes that riding bicycles is a form of physical
exercise.

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8.8.3 Passage Reading: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Non-performing Assets of a bank in India is defined as an asset, which

remains unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of time in terms of interest, principal,
or both. Reserve Bank of India has changed the definition of thrice during
, in terms of the holding period of loans. The holding period was reduced by one
quarter each time. In , the holding period was four quarters .
Based on the above paragraph, the holding period of loans in after the third revision
was ______ days.

A. B. C. D.
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8.9 Round Table Arrangement (4) top☝

8.9.1 Round Table Arrangement: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-7 top☝

Six people are seated around a circular table. There are at least two men and two
women. There are at least three right-handed persons. Every woman has a left-
handed person to her immediate right. None of the women are right-handed. The number of
women at the table is

A. B.
C. D. Cannot be determined
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8.9.2 Round Table Arrangement: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 7 top☝

and are seated around a circular table.

I. is seated opposite to
II. is seated at the second place to the right of
III. is seated at the third place to the left of
 IV. is a neighbour of

Which of the following must be true?

A. is a neighbour of B. is a neighbour of
C. is not seated opposite to D. is the left neighbour of
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8.9.3 Round Table Arrangement: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-8 top☝

, and are seated around a circular table is seated two places to the
right of is seated three places to the left of is seated opposite If and
now switch seats, which of the following must necessarily be true?

A. is immediately to the right of

B. is immediately to the left of
C. is immediately to the left of or is immediately to the right of
D. is immediately to the right of or is immediately to the left of

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8.9.4 Round Table Arrangement: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-7 top☝

and are seated around a circular table. neighbors are

and is seated third to the left of and second to the right of neighbors
are and and and are not seated opposite each other. Who is third to the left of

A. B. C. D.
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8.10 Seating Arrangements (2) top☝

8.10.1 Seating Arrangements: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Five friends and went camping. At night, they had to sleep in a row
inside the tent. and refused to sleep next to since he snored loudly. and
wanted to avoid as he usually hugged people in sleep.
Assuming everyone was satisfied with the sleeping arrangements, what is the order in which
they slept?

A. B. C. D.
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 8.10.2 Seating Arrangements: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Seven cars are parked in a row not necessarily in that order.

The cars and should be parked next to each other. The cars and also should
be parked next to each other, whereas and cannot be parked next to each other. and
must be parked next to each other. is parked to the immediate right of . is parked to
the left of .
Based on the above statements, the only option given below is:

A. There are two cars parked in between and B. . and are not parked together.
C. is the only car parked in between and .D. Car is parked at the extreme end.
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8.11 Sequence Series (9) top☝

8.11.1 Sequence Series: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-7 top☝

If , , , then ________

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.2 Sequence Series: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 4 top☝

If are coded as , then will be coded

as ______.

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.3 Sequence Series: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Select the next element of the series: _____

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.4 Sequence Series: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 8 top☝

In four-digit integer numbers from to , the digit group (in the same
sequence) appears ________ times.

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.5 Sequence Series: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Find the missing element in the following figure.

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.6 Sequence Series: GATE2010 MN: GA-7 top☝

Given the sequence etc that is one two

three four five and so on, the latter in the sequence will be

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.7 Sequence Series: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-6 top☝

Find the next term in the sequence: , _________.

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.8 Sequence Series: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-4 top☝

Find the missing sequence in the letter series below:

A. B. C. D.
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8.11.9 Sequence Series: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-3 top☝

Find the missing group of letters in the following series:

______
 A. B. C. D.
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8.12 Statements Follow (19) top☝

8.12.1 Statements Follow: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA08 top☝

Consider the following statements relating to the level of poker play of four players
.

I. always beats
II. always beats
III. loses to only sometimes.
IV. always loses to

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?

i. is likely to beat all the three other players

ii. is the absolute worst player in the set

A. (i). only B. (ii) only

C. (i) and (ii) only' D. neither (i) nor (ii)
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8.12.2 Statements Follow: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-08 top☝

All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two lakes.

Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the
above sentences?

i. Ooty is not a hill-station.

ii. No hill-station can have more than one lake.

A. (i) only. B. (ii) only.

C. Both (i) and (ii) D. Neither (i) nor (ii)
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8.12.3 Statements Follow: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 9 top☝

Given below are two statements and , and two conclusions and

All bacteria are microorganisms.

All pathogens are microorganisms.

Some pathogens are bacteria.

All pathogens are not bacteria.

Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is
logically ?

A. Only conclusion is correct B. Only conclusion is correct

C. Either conclusion or is correct D. Neither conclusion nor is correct
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8.12.4 Statements Follow: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 4 top☝

Given below are four statements.

Statement All students are inquisitive.

Statement Some students are inquisitive.
Statement No student is inquisitive.
Statement Some students are not inquisitive.

From the given four statements, find the two statements that
simultaneously, assuming that there is at least one student in the class.

A. Statement and Statement B. Statement and Statement

C. Statement and Statement D. Statement and Statement
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8.12.5 Statements Follow: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 8 top☝

1. Some football players play cricket.

2. All cricket players play hockey.

Among the options given below, the statement that logically follows from the two statements
and above, is :

A. No football player plays hockey B. Some football players play hockey

C. All football players play hockey D. All hockey players play football
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8.12.6 Statements Follow: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Given below are two statements and two conclusions.

: All purple are green.

: All black are green.

: Some black are purple.

: No black is purple.

Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is
logically ?

A. Only conclusion is correct B. Only conclusion is correct

 C. Either conclusion or is correct D. Both conclusion and are correct
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8.12.7 Statements Follow: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Given below are two statements and , and two conclusions and .

All entrepreneurs are wealthy.

All wealthy are risk seekers.

All risk seekers are wealthy.

Only some entrepreneurs are risk seekers.

Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is
?

A. Only conclusion is correct B. Only conclusion is correct

C. Neither conclusion nor is correct D. Both conclusions and are correct
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8.12.8 Statements Follow: GATE2013 AE: GA-9 top☝

All professors are researchers

Some scientists are professors

Which of the given conclusions is logically valid and is inferred from the above arguments?

A. All scientists are researchers B. All professors are scientists

C. Some researchers are scientists D. No conclusion follows
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8.12.9 Statements Follow: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-2 top☝

Read the statements:

All women are entrepreneurs.

Some women are doctors.

Which of the following conclusions can be logically inferred from the above statements?

A. All women are doctors B. All doctors are entrepreneurs

C. All entrepreneurs are women D. Some entrepreneurs are doctors
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8.12.10 Statements Follow: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-10 top☝

Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall every day while having lunch. The wall sometimes
breaks. A person sitting on the wall falls if the wall breaks.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above
sentences?

A. Humpty Dumpty always falls while having lunch

B. Humpty Dumpty does not fall sometimes while having lunch
C. Humpty Dumpty never falls during dinner
D. When Humpty Dumpty does not sit on the wall, the wall does not break

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8.12.11 Statements Follow: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 7 top☝

Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these
statements to be true, decide which one logically follows.

Statements:

I. All film stars are playback singers.

II. All film directors are film stars.

Conclusions:

I. All film directors are playback singers.

II. Some film stars are film directors.

A. Only conclusion I follows. B. Only conclusion II follows.

C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. D. Both conclusions I and II follow.
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8.12.12 Statements Follow: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-4 top☝

1. Tanya is older than Eric.

2. Cliff is older than Tanya.
3. Eric is older than Cliff.

If the first two statements are true, then the third statement is:

A. True B. False
C. Uncertain D. Data insufficient
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8.12.13 Statements Follow: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-7 top☝

Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these
statements to be true, decide which one logically follows.
Statements:

I. No manager is a leader.
II. All leaders are executives.

Conclusions:

I. No manager is an executive.
II. No executive is a manager.

A. Only conclusion I follows. B. Only conclusion II follows.

C. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. D. Both conclusions I and II follow.
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8.12.14 Statements Follow: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-8 top☝

Fact 1: Humans are mammals.

Fact 2: Some humans are engineers.
Fact 3: Engineers build houses.
If the above statements are facts, which of the following can be logically inferred?
I. All mammals build houses.
II. Engineers are mammals.
III. Some humans are not engineers.

A. II only. B. III only. C. I, II and III. D. I only.

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8.12.15 Statements Follow: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-4 top☝

Fact: If it rains, then the field is wet.

Read the following statements:

i. It rains
ii. The field is not wet
iii. The field is wet
iv. It did not rain

Which one of the options given below is NOT logically possible, based on the given fact?

A. If (iii), then (iv). B. If (i), then (iii).

C. If (i), then (ii). D. If (ii), then (iv).
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8.12.16 Statements Follow: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-3 top☝

Consider the following sentences:

All benches are beds. No bed is bulb. Some bulbs are lamps.
Which of the following can be inferred?

i. Some beds are lamps.

ii. Some lamps are beds.

A. Only i B. Only ii C. Both i and ii D. Neither i nor ii

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8.12.17 Statements Follow: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-5 top☝

Some tables are shelves. Some shelves are chairs. All chairs are benches. Which of
the following conclusion can be deduced from the preceding sentences?

i. At least one bench is a table

ii. At least one shelf is a bench
iii. At least one chair is a table
iv. All benches are chairs

A. Only i B. Only ii C. Only ii and iii D. Only iv

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8.12.18 Statements Follow: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-10 top☝

Consider the following three statements:

i. Some roses are red.

ii. All red flowers fade quickly.
iii. Some roses fade quickly.

Which of the following statements can be logically inferred from the above statements?

A. If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is false.

B. If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is true.
C. If (i) and (ii) are true, then (iii) is true.
D. If (i) and (ii) are false, then (iii) is false.

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8.12.19 Statements Follow: GATE2019 IN: GA-2 top☝

Some students were not involved in the strike.

If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions is/are logically
necessary?

1. Some who were involved in the strike were students.

2. No student was involved in the strike.
3. At least one student was involved in the strike.
 4. Some who were not involved in the strike were students.

A. and B. C. D. and
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Answer Keys
8.1.1 D 8.2.1 B 8.2.2 C 8.2.3 B 8.2.4 C
8.2.5 C 8.3.1 A 8.3.2 A 8.3.3 D 8.3.4 C
8.3.5 D 8.3.6 D 8.3.7 C 8.3.8 A 8.3.9 C
8.3.10 A 8.4.1 B 8.4.2 B 8.4.3 D 8.4.4 B
8.5.1 C 8.5.2 B 8.5.3 B 8.5.4 C 8.5.5 B
8.5.6 C 8.5.7 A 8.5.8 C 8.5.9 D 8.5.10 B
8.5.11 C 8.5.12 A 8.5.13 C 8.5.14 A 8.5.15 B
8.5.16 A 8.5.17 X 8.5.18 D 8.5.19 C 8.5.20 C
8.5.21 C 8.5.22 B 8.5.23 C 8.5.24 B 8.5.25 A
8.5.26 B 8.5.27 D 8.5.28 B 8.5.29 C 8.5.30 B
8.5.31 D 8.5.32 C 8.5.33 C 8.6.1 3 8.7.1 D
8.7.2 D 8.7.3 D 8.7.4 C 8.7.5 C;D 8.8.2 D
8.8.3 B 8.9.1 A 8.9.2 C 8.9.3 C 8.9.4 A
8.10.1 A 8.10.2 A 8.11.1 C 8.11.2 B 8.11.3 C
8.11.4 C 8.11.5 A 8.11.6 A 8.11.7 B 8.11.8 C
8.11.9 B 8.12.1 D 8.12.2 D 8.12.4 A 8.12.5 B
8.12.6 C 8.12.7 C 8.12.8 C 8.12.9 D 8.12.10 B
8.12.11 D 8.12.12 B 8.12.13 C 8.12.14 B 8.12.15 C
8.12.16 D 8.12.17 B 8.12.18 C 8.12.19 C
9 General Aptitude: Quantitative Aptitude (376)

9.1 Absolute Value (6) top☝

9.1.1 Absolute Value: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-8 top☝

If is real and , then possible values of include

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2014-set2 quantitative-aptitude normal absolute-value

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9.1.2 Absolute Value: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-8 top☝

The expression is equal to :

A. The maximum of and B. The minimum of and

C. D. None of the above
gatecse-2017-set1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude maxima-minima absolute-value

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9.1.3 Absolute Value: GATE2011 AG: GA-7 top☝

Given that and is non-zero real number, the value of is

A. B.
C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2011-ag absolute-value

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9.1.4 Absolute Value: GATE2013 AE: GA-8 top☝

If then the possible value of would be:

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ae quantitative-aptitude absolute-value

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9.1.5 Absolute Value: GATE2013 CE: GA-7 top☝

If then the values of is:

A. B. C. D.

gate2013-ce quantitative-aptitude absolute-value

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 9.1.6 Absolute Value: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-9 top☝

Which of the following functions describe the graph shown in the below figure?

A.
B.
C.
D.

gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude functions absolute-value

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9.2 Age Relation (2) top☝

9.2.1 Age Relation: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-3 top☝

Hema's age is years more than twice Hari's age. Suresh's age is years less than
10 times Hari's age. If Suresh is times as old as Hema, how old is Hema?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude age-relation

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9.2.2 Age Relation: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-10 top☝

and had four children , , and . Of them, only and were married.
They had children and respectively. If is a legitimate child of , which of the
following statements is necessarily FALSE?

A. is the grandmother of B. is the father of

C. is the wife of D. is the wife of
gate2019-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude age-relation

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9.3 Algebra (5) top☝

9.3.1 Algebra: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 4 top☝

​ and are two operators on numbers and such that and

 ;

If , then

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude algebra

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9.3.2 Algebra: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 4 top☝

and are two operators on numbers and such that and

Then,

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude algebra

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9.3.3 Algebra: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 2 top☝

and are positive integers and then,

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 quantitative-aptitude algebra

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9.3.4 Algebra: GATE2011 MN: GA-61 top☝

If then which of the following alternatives gives the CORRECT range

of ?

A. B.
C. D.
quantitative-aptitude gate2011-mn algebra

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9.3.5 Algebra: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-3 top☝

and , where are

natural numbers. What is the value of

 A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-2 algebra quantitative-aptitude

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9.4 Area (5) top☝

9.4.1 Area: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-8 top☝

The figure below shows an annular ring with outer and inner as and , respectively.
The annular space has been painted in the form of blue colour circles touching the
outer and inner periphery of annular space. If maximum number of circles can be painted,
then the unpainted area available in annular space is _____.

A. B.
C. D.
gatecse-2020 quantitative-aptitude geometry circle area 2-marks

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9.4.2 Area: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 2 top☝

A function is defined in the interval on the axis as

Which one of the following is the area under the curve for the interval on the axis?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2022 quantitative-aptitude functions area 1-mark

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9.4.3 Area: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 8 top☝

A circle with centre is shown in the figure. A rectangle of maximum possible

area is inscribed in the circle. If the radius of the circle is , then the area of the shaded
portion is _______.
 A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ec quantitative-aptitude geometry circle area

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9.4.4 Area: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Corners are cut from an equilateral triangle to produce a regular convex hexagon as shown in
the figure above.
The ratio of the area of the regular convex hexagon to the area of the original equilateral
triangle is

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 quantitative-aptitude geometry triangle area

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9.4.5 Area: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 3 top☝

In the above figure, is the center of the circle and, and lie on the circle. The area of the
right triangle is . What is the area of the circle in

A. B. C. D.
 gateme-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude geometry triangle circle area

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9.5 Arithmetic Series (7) top☝

9.5.1 Arithmetic Series: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 58 top☝

What will be the maximum sum of ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2013 quantitative-aptitude easy arithmetic-series

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9.5.2 Arithmetic Series: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-6 top☝

If the list of letters , , , , is an arithmetic sequence, which of the following are

also in arithmetic sequence?

I.
II.
III.

A. I only B. I and II C. II and III D. I and III

gatecse-2015-set2 quantitative-aptitude normal arithmetic-series

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9.5.3 Arithmetic Series: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 5 top☝

The difference between the sum of the first natural numbers and the sum of the first
odd natural numbers is ______

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ch quantitative-aptitude arithmetic-series

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9.5.4 Arithmetic Series: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 8 top☝

Insert seven numbers between and , such that the resulting sequence including
and is an arithmetic progression. The sum of these inserted seven numbers
is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-1 quantitative-aptitude arithmetic-series

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9.5.5 Arithmetic Series: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The sum of the first terms in the sequence is ________.

A. B.
 C.
D.

gateme-2020-set1 quantitative-aptitude arithmetic-series

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9.5.6 Arithmetic Series: GATE2011 AG: GA-6 top☝

The sum of terms of the series is

A. B.
C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2011-ag arithmetic-series

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9.5.7 Arithmetic Series: GATE2019 EE: GA-6 top☝

How many integers are there between and all of whose digits are even?

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude arithmetic-series

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9.6 Bar Graph (11) top☝

9.6.1 Bar Graph: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-10 top☝

The total revenue of a company during is shown in the bar graph. If the
total expenditure of the company in each year is million rupees, then the
aggregate profit or loss (in percentage) on the total expenditure of the company during
is ___________.

A. profit B. loss
C. profit D. loss
gatecse-2020 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph 2-marks

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9.6.2 Bar Graph: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The number of units of a product sold in three different years and the respective net profits
are presented in the figure above. The cost/unit in Year was ₹ , which was half the
cost/unit in Year . The cost/unit in Year was one-third of the cost/unit in Year . Taxes
were paid on the selling price at , , and respectively for the three years. Net
profit is calculated as the difference between the selling price and the sum of cost and taxes
paid in that year.
The ratio of the selling price in Year to the selling price in Year is _________.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph 2-marks

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9.6.3 Bar Graph: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The profit shares of two companies and are shown in the figure. If the two
companies have invested a fixed and equal amount every year, then the ratio of the
total revenue of company to the revenue of company , during is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ch quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.4 Bar Graph: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The following figure shows the data of students enrolled in years for
two schools and . During this period, the ratio of the average number of the
students enrolled in school to the average of the difference of the number of students
enrolled in schools and is _______.
 A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ec quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.5 Bar Graph: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The number of minutes spent by two students, and , exercising every day in a given
week are shown in the bar chart above.
The number of days in the given week in which one of the students spent a minimum of
more than the other student, on a given day, is

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.6 Bar Graph: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The revenue and expenditure of four different companies in are

shown in the figure. If the revenue of company in was % more than that in
, and company had earned a profit of % on expenditure in , then its
expenditure (in million rupees) in was _______.
 A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ee quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.7 Bar Graph: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The number of students passing or failing in an exam for a particular subject is presented in
the bar chart above. Students who pass the exam cannot appear for the exam again.
Students who fail the exam in the first attempt must appear for the exam in the following year.
Students always pass the exam in their second attempt.
The number of students who took the exam for the first time in the year and the year
respectively, are ______________.

A. and B. and C. and D. and

gateee-2021 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.8 Bar Graph: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The bar graph shows the data of the students who appeared and passed in an
examination for four schools , and . The average of success rates
of these four schools is _______.
 A. B. C. D.
gateme-2020-set1 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.9 Bar Graph: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-9 top☝

The exports and imports (in crores of Rs.) of a country from to are given in
the following bar chart. If the trade deficit is defined as excess of imports over exports,
in which year is the trade deficit th of the exports?

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-1 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph normal

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9.6.10 Bar Graph: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-10 top☝

The bar graph below shows the output of five carpenters over one month. each of
whom made different items of furniture: chairs, tables, and beds.

Consider the following statements.

 i. The number of beds made by carpenter is exactly the same as the number of tables
made by carpenter
ii. The total number of chairs made by all carpenters is less than the total number of tables.

Which one of the following is true?

A. Only i B. Only ii C. Both i and ii D. Neither i nor ii

gate2017-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.6.11 Bar Graph: GATE2019 EC: GA-7 top☝

The bar graph in panel (a) shows the proportion of male and female illiterates in
and The proportions of males and females in and are given in
Panel (b) and (c), respectively. The total population did not change during this period. The
percentage increase in the total number of literates from to is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ec quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation bar-graph

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9.7 Calendar (1) top☝

9.7.1 Calendar: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 7 top☝

For the year , which of the previous year’s calendar can be used?

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude calendar

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9.8 Cartesian Coordinates (5) top☝

 9.8.1 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-9 top☝

Two straight lines are drawn perpendicular to each other in plane. If and
are the acute angles the straight lines make with the axis, then is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2020 quantitative-aptitude geometry cartesian-coordinates 2-marks

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9.8.2 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE2012 AE: GA-9 top☝

Two points and lie on a straight line having a slope of . The value of
is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ae quantitative-aptitude cartesian-coordinates geometry

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9.8.3 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE2014 AE: GA-4 top☝

If , then the tangent at ,

A. passes through B. has a slope of

C. is parallel to the -axis D. has a slope of
gate2014-ae quantitative-aptitude geometry cartesian-coordinates

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9.8.4 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-10 top☝

A straight line is fit to a data set (ln ). This line intercepts the abscissa at ln
and has a slope of . What is the value of y at from the fit?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude cartesian-coordinates

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9.8.5 Cartesian Coordinates: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-9 top☝

Find the area bounded by the lines in the first quadrant.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-3 cartesian-coordinates geometry normal

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9.9 Circle (3) top☝

9.9.1 Circle: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-3 top☝

The area of a square is . What is the area of the circle which has the diagonal of the
square as its diameter?
 A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2018 quantitative-aptitude geometry circle normal 1-mark

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9.9.2 Circle: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 9 top☝

In the figure shown above, is a square. The shaded portion is formed by the
intersection of sectors of circles with radius equal to the side of the square and centers at
and .
The probability that any point picked randomly within the square falls in the shaded area is
____________

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude geometry circle

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9.9.3 Circle: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 9 top☝

Given a semicircle with as the centre, as shown in the figure, the ratio

is _______, where , and are chords.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ee quantitative-aptitude geometry circle

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9.10 Clock Time (7) top☝

9.10.1 Clock Time: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-10 top☝

At what time between a. m. and a. m. will the minute hand and hour hand of a
clock make an angle closest to ?

A. a.m. B. a.m. C. a.m. D. a.m.

gatecse-2014-set2 quantitative-aptitude normal clock-time

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9.10.2 Clock Time: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 7 top☝

It is quarter past three in your watch. The angle between the hour hand and the minute
hand is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ec quantitative-aptitude clock-time

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9.10.3 Clock Time: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 3 top☝

A digital watch beeps every seconds while watch beeps every seconds.
They beeped together at .
The immediate next time that they will beep together is ____

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude clock-time

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9.10.4 Clock Time: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-8 top☝

Two and quarter hours back, when seen in a mirror, the reflection of a wall clock
without number markings seemed to show . What is the actual current time
shown by the clock?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-2 clock-time

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9.10.5 Clock Time: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-7 top☝

A faulty wall clock is known to gain minutes every hours. It is synchronized to

the correct time at AM on th July. What will be the correct time to the nearest
minute when the clock shows PM on th July of the same year?

A. PM B. PM C. PM D. PM
gate2018-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude clock-time normal

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 9.10.6 Clock Time: GATE2019 EC: GA-9 top☝

Two design consultants, and started working from AM for a client. The client
budgeted a total of USD for the consultants. stopped working when the hour
hand moved by degrees on the clock. stopped working when the hour hand moved by
degrees. took two tea breaks of minutes each during her shift, but took no lunch
break. took only one lunch break for minutes, but no tea breaks. The market rate for
consultants is USD per hour and breaks are not paid. After paying the consultants, the
client shall have USD _______ remaining in the budget.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ec general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude clock-time

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9.10.7 Clock Time: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-3 top☝

A worker noticed that the hour hand on the factory clock had moved by degrees
during her stay at the factory. For how long did she stay in the factory?

A. hours B. hours and mins

C. hours D. hours
gate2019-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude clock-time

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9.11 Conditional Probability (6) top☝

9.11.1 Conditional Probability: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 63 top☝

An automobile plant contracted to buy shock absorbers from two suppliers and .
supplies and Y supplies of the shock absorbers. All shock absorbers are
subjected to a quality test. The ones that pass the quality test are considered reliable. Of
shock absorbers, are reliable. Of shock absorbers, are reliable.

The probability that a randomly chosen shock absorber, which is found to be reliable, is made
by is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2012 quantitative-aptitude probability normal conditional-probability

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9.11.2 Conditional Probability: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 7 top☝

A box contains blue balls and black balls. If balls are selected
randomly, without replacement, the probability of an outcome in which the first
selected is a blue ball and the second selected is a black ball, is _____

A.

B.
C.
 D.

gateme-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude probability conditional-probability

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9.11.3 Conditional Probability: GATE2013 AE: GA-10 top☝

In a factory, two machines and manufacture and of the

autocomponents respectively. Out of the total production, of and of
are found to be defective. If a randomly drawn autocomponent from the combined lot is found
defective, what is the probability that it was manufactured by ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ae quantitative-aptitude conditional-probability

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9.11.4 Conditional Probability: GATE2014 AG: GA-10 top☝

% of the population in a town is . A new diagnostic kit for detection is

available; this kit correctly identifies individuals % of the time, and
individuals % of the time. A particular patient is tested using this kit and is found to be
positive. The probability that the individual is actually positive is ______.

gate2014-ag quantitative-aptitude probability conditional-probability normal numerical-answers

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9.11.5 Conditional Probability: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-10 top☝

You are given three coins: one has heads on both faces, the second has tails on both
faces, and the third has a head on one face and a tail on the other. You choose a coin
at random and toss it, and it comes up heads. The probability that the other face is tails is

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-1 quantitative-aptitude probability conditional-probability

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9.11.6 Conditional Probability: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-10 top☝

A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event that head occurs in each of the first two
tosses. Let Y be the event that a tail occurs on the third toss. Let Z be the event that
two tails occur in three tosses.
Based on the above information, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A. X and Y are not independent B. Y and Z are dependent

C. Y and Z are independent D. X and Z are independent
gate2015-me-3 conditional-probability probability quantitative-aptitude

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9.12 Cones (1) top☝

9.12.1 Cones: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 8 top☝

Consider a square sheet of side unit. In the first step, it is cut along the main
diagonal to get two triangles. In the next step. one of the cut triangles is revolved about
its short edge to form a solid cone. The volume of the resulting cone, in cubic units, is
____________

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 quantitative-aptitude mensuration cones

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9.13 Contour Plots (3) top☝

9.13.1 Contour Plots: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-10 top☝

An air pressure contour line joins locations in a region having the same atmospheric
pressure. The following is an air pressure contour plot of a geographical region.
Contour lines are shown at bar intervals in this plot.
If the possibility of a thunderstorm is given by how fast air pressure rises or drops over a
region, which of the following regions is most likely to have a thunderstorm?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2017-set2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation normal contour-plots

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9.13.2 Contour Plots: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-10 top☝

A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The
following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at m
intervals in this plot.

The path from to is best described by

 A. Up-Down-Up-Down
B. Down-Up-Down-Up
C. Down-Up-DownD. Up-Down-Up
gate2017-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation contour-plots

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9.13.3 Contour Plots: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-10 top☝

A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The
following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at m
intervals in this plot.

Which of the following is the steepest path leaving from ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation contour-plots

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9.14 Cost Market Price (4) top☝

9.14.1 Cost Market Price: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 63 top☝

The variable cost of manufacturing a product varies according to the equation

, where is the quantity produced. The fixed cost of production of same
product reduces with according to the equation . How many units should be
produced to minimize the total cost ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2011 quantitative-aptitude cost-market-price normal

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9.14.2 Cost Market Price: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 56 top☝

The cost function for a product in a firm is given by , where is the amount of
production. The firm can sell the product at a market price of ₹ per unit. The number
of units to be produced by the firm such that the profit is maximized is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2012 quantitative-aptitude cost-market-price normal

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 9.14.3 Cost Market Price: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-4 top☝

Ten friends planned to share equally the cost of buying a gift for their teacher. When
two of them decided not to contribute, each of the other friends had to pay Rs.
more. The cost of the gift was Rs. ____

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2019 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude cost-market-price 1-mark

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9.14.4 Cost Market Price: GATE2014 AE: GA-5 top☝

A foundry has a fixed daily cost of whenever it operates and a variable

cost of ,where is the daily production in tonnes. What is the cost of
production in per tonne for a daily production of tonnes.

gate2014-ae quantitative-aptitude cost-market-price numerical-answers

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9.15 Counting (4) top☝

9.15.1 Counting: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 5 top☝

If are four individuals, how many teams of size exceeding one can be
formed, with as a member?

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ee quantitative-aptitude counting

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9.15.2 Counting: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-9 top☝

There are Indians and Chinese in a group of people. How many subgroups of
this group can we choose so that every subgroup has at least one Indian?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude counting

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9.15.3 Counting: GATE2018 CH: GA-8 top☝

To pass a test, a candidate needs to answer at least out of questions correctly.

A total of candidates appeared for the test. Question was correctly
answered by candidates. Question was answered correctly by
candidates. Question was answered correctly by candidates. Both questions
and were answered correctly by candidates. Both questions and were
answered correctly by candidates. Both questions and were answered
correctly by candidates. If the number of students answering all questions correctly is
the same as the number answering none, how many candidates failed to clear the test?
 A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ch general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude counting

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9.15.4 Counting: GATE2018 EE: GA-6 top☝

An e-mail password must contain three characters. The password has to contain one
numeral from , one upper case and one lower case character from the English
alphabet. How many distinct passwords are possible?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude normal combinatory counting

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9.16 Cube (1) top☝

9.16.1 Cube: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 3 top☝

If is the angle, in degrees, between the longest diagonal of the cube and any one of
the edges of the cube, then,

A. B. C. D.

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9.17 Curves (1) top☝

9.17.1 Curves: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 9 top☝

Select the graph that schematically represents BOTH properly

in the interval , for integer values of where

A. B. C. D.
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9.18 Data Interpretation (13) top☝

9.18.1 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 62 top☝

and are four types of dangerous microbes recently found in a human

habitat. The area of each circle with its diameter printed in brackets represents the
growth of a single microbe surviving human immunity system within hours of entering the
body. The danger to human beings varies proportionately with the toxicity, potency and
growth attributed to a microbe shown in the figure below:

A pharmaceutical company is contemplating the development of a vaccine against the most

dangerous microbe. Which microbe should the company target in its first attempt?

A. B. C. D.
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9.18.2 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-9 top☝

The ratio of male to female students in a college for five years is plotted in the
following line graph. If the number of female students doubled in , by what
percent did the number of male students increase in ?

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9.18.3 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-10 top☝

The exports and imports (in crores of .) of a country from the year to
are given in the following bar chart. In which year is the combined percentage increase
in imports and exports the highest?
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9.18.4 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA06 top☝

A shaving set company sells different types of razors- Elegance, Smooth, Soft and
Executive.
Elegance sells at , Smooth at , Soft at and Executive at per
piece. The table below shows the numbers of each razor sold in each quarter of a year.

Which product contributes the greatest fraction to the revenue of the company in that year?

A. Elegance B. Executive C. Smooth D. Soft

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9.18.5 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-10 top☝

A. B.
C. D.
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9.18.6 Data Interpretation: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-10 top☝

A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The
following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at m
intervals in this plot. If in a flood, the water level rises to m, which of the villages
get submerged?

A. B. C. D.
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9.18.7 Data Interpretation: GATE2011 GG: GA-9 top☝

The quality of services delivered by a company consists of six factors as shown below
in the radar diagram. The dots in the figure indicate the score for each factor on a
scale of to The standardized coefficient for each factor is given in the parentheses. The
contribution of each factor to the overall service quality is directly proportional to the factor
score and its standardized coefficient.

The lowest contribution among all the above factors to the overall quality of services delivered
by the company is

A. B. C. D.
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9.18.8 Data Interpretation: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-5 top☝

The temperature in a room varies as a function of the outside temperature and

the number of persons in the room , according to the relation ,
where and are constants. What would be the value of given the following data?
 A. 0.8 B. 1.0 C. 2.0 D. 10.0
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9.18.9 Data Interpretation: GATE2018 CH: GA-10 top☝

In a detailed study of annual crow births in India, it was found that there was relatively
no growth during the period to and a sudden spike from to . In
another unrelated study, it was found that the revenue from cracker sales in India which
remained fairly flat from to , saw a sudden spike in before declining again in
. The solid line in the graph below refers to annual sale of crackers and the dashed line
refers to the annual crow births in India. Choose the most appropriate inference from the
above data.

A. There is a strong correlation between crow birth and cracker sales.

B. Cracker usage increases crow birth rate.
C. If cracker sale declines, crow birth will decline.
D. Increased birth rate of crows will cause an increase in the sale of crackers.

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9.18.10 Data Interpretation: GATE2018 EC: GA-9 top☝

A cab was involved in a hit and run accident at night. You are given the following data
about the cabs in the city and the accident.

i. of cabs in the city are green and the remaining cabs are blue.
ii. A witness identified the cab involved in the accident as blue.
iii. It is known that a witness can correctly identify the cab colour only 80% of the time.

Which of the following options is closest to the probability that the accident was caused by
a blue cab?

A. B. C. D.
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9.18.11 Data Interpretation: GATE2019 EC: GA-10 top☝

Five people and work in a bank. and don't like each other but have
to share an office till gets a promotion and moves to the big office next to the
garden. who is currently sharing an office with wants to move to the adjacent office with
the handsome new intern. Given the floor plan, what is the current location of and

(O=Office, WR=Washroom)

A. B.

C. D.
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9.18.12 Data Interpretation: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-9 top☝

A firm hires employees at five different skill levels P, Q, R, S, T. The shares of

employment at these skills levels of total employment in is given in the pie chart
as shown. There were a total of employees in and the total employment increased
by from to . The total employment at skill levels P, Q and R remained
unchanged during this period. If the employment at skill level S increased by from
to , how many employees were there at skill level T in ?
 A. B. C. D.
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9.18.13 Data Interpretation: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-9 top☝

Mola is a digital platform for taxis in a city. It offers three types of rides – Pool, Mini and
Prime. The table below presents the number of rides for the past four months. The
platform earns one US dollar per ride. What is the percentage share of the revenue
contributed by Prime to the total revenues of Mola, for the entire duration?

A. B. C. D.
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9.19 Factors (5) top☝

9.19.1 Factors: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 62 top☝

Out of all the -digit integers between and a -digit number has to be selected
at random. What is the probability that the selected number is not divisible by ?

A. B. C. D.

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9.19.2 Factors: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-4 top☝

What is the average of all multiples of from to ?

A. B. C. D.
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9.19.3 Factors: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-4 top☝

What would be the smallest natural number which when divided either by or by
or by leaves a remainder of in each case?

A. B. C. D.
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9.19.4 Factors: GATE2010 MN: GA-8 top☝

Consider the set of integers The number of integers that is

divisible by neither nor is

A. B. C. D.
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9.19.5 Factors: GATE2018 EC: GA-3 top☝

If the number ∎ is divisible by (∎ denotes the missing digit in the

thousandths place), then the smallest whole number in the place of ∎ is _________.

A. B. C. D.
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9.20 Fraction (2) top☝

9.20.1 Fraction: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-6 top☝

In appreciation of the social improvements completed in a town, a wealthy

philanthropist decided to gift to each male senior citizen in the town and
to each female senior citizen. Altogether, there were 300 senior citizens eligible for

this gift. However, only of the eligible men and of the eligible women claimed the
gift.How much money (in Rupees) did the philanthropist give away in total?

A. B. C. D.
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9.20.2 Fraction: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-9 top☝

If and and , the value of is ________.

A. B. C. D.
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9.21 Functions (14) top☝

9.21.1 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-9 top☝

If are distinct integers such that:

Also a function
Also the same operations are valid with two variable functions of the form
What is the value of ?

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9.21.2 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-5 top☝

A function is linear and has a value of at and at . Find its

value at .

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.3 Functions: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-8 top☝

Choose the most appropriate equation for the function drawn as thick line, in the plot
below.

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.4 Functions: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Consider two functions of time

where
Now consider the following two statements:

i. For some .
ii. There exists a such that for all .

Which one of the following options is

A. only (i) is correct B. only (ii) is correct

C. both (i) and (ii) are correct D. neither (i) nor (ii) is correct
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9.21.5 Functions: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 9 top☝

and are functions of and , respectively, and for all values of

and . Which one of the following options is necessarily for a and

A. and B. constant
C. constant and constant D.
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9.21.6 Functions: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 5 top☝

If for each , then is equal to _______.

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.7 Functions: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 9 top☝

A function, , is defined by

The value of the expression is:

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.8 Functions: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 5 top☝

A superadditive function satisfies the following property

Which of the following functions is a superadditive function for ?

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.9 Functions: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 5 top☝

Define as the greatest integer less than or equal to , for each If

, then area under for is _______.

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.10 Functions: GATE2010 MN: GA-10 top☝

Given the following four functions

which function will have the largest value for sufficiently large values of
n

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.11 Functions: GATE2012 AR: GA-7 top☝

Let where and is the greatest integer not larger than Then
is a

A. monotonically increasing function

B. monotonically decreasing function
C. linearly increasing function between two integers
D. linearly decreasing function between two integers

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9.21.12 Functions: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-5 top☝

If which of the following must be true

i.
 ii.
iii.
iv.

A. (i) and (ii) B. (i) and (iii) C. (iii) and (iv) D. (ii) and (iv)
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9.21.13 Functions: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-10 top☝

Which of the following curves represents the function for

? Here, represents the abscissa and represents the ordinate.

A. B. C. D.
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9.21.14 Functions: GATE2018 EE: GA-5 top☝

Functions and are defined as follows:

and , where represents the absolute value of
.

What would be the value of ?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22 Geometry (20) top☝

9.22.1 Geometry: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-10 top☝

When a point inside of a tetrahedron (a solid with four triangular surfaces) is

connected by straight lines to its corners, how many (new) internal planes are created
with these lines?

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9.22.2 Geometry: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA05 top☝

A cube is built using cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is
removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in
square units) after the removal is ________.

a. b. c. d.
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9.22.3 Geometry: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 8 top☝

Five line segments of equal lengths, and are used to form a star as
shown in the figure above.
The value of , in degrees, is _______________

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.4 Geometry: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The ratio of the area of the inscribed circle to the area of the circumscribed circle of an
equilateral triangle is ___________

A.

B.
C.

D.

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9.22.5 Geometry: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-8 top☝

From a circular sheet of paper of radius cm, a sector of area is removed. If

the remaining part is used to make a conical surface, then the ratio of the radius and
height of the cone is _____

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9.22.6 Geometry: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-9 top☝

A square pyramid has a base perimeter , and the slant height is half of the perimeter.
What is the lateral surface area of the pyramid

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.7 Geometry: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-10 top☝

A wire of length mm is to be cut into two parts. One of the parts is to be made into
a square and the other into a rectangle where sides are in the ratio of . What is
the length of the side of the square (in mm) such that the combined area of the square and
the rectangle is a MINIMUM?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.8 Geometry: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-5 top☝

A window is made up of a square portion and an equilateral triangle portion above it.
The base of the triangular portion coincides with the upper side of the square. If the
perimeter of the window is m, the area of the window in is ___________.

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.9 Geometry: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-3 top☝

A right-angled cone (with base radius cm and height cm), as shown in the figure
below, is rolled on the ground keeping the point fixed until the point (at the base
of the cone, as shown) touches the ground again.
By what angle (in radians) about does the cone travel?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.10 Geometry: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-8 top☝

Let be the plane figure consisting of the points given by the inequalities
and . Let be the plane figure given by the inequalities
, and . Let be the union of and . The area of is.

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.11 Geometry: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-4 top☝

Tower is tall and tower is tall. They are apart. A horizontal

skywalk connects the floors at in both the towers. If a taut rope connects the top
of tower to the bottom tower at what distance (in meters) from tower will the rope
intersect the skywalk

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9.22.12 Geometry: GATE2018 CH: GA-5 top☝

Arrange the following three-dimensional objects in the descending order of their

volumes:

i. A cuboid with dimensions

ii. A cube of side
iii. A cylinder with base radius and height
iv. A sphere of radius

A. B.
C. D.
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9.22.13 Geometry: GATE2018 CH: GA-7 top☝

A set of parallel lines intersect with another set of parallel lines. How many
parallelograms are formed?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.14 Geometry: GATE2018 EC: GA-5 top☝

A tall person is standing at a distance of from a lamp post. The light from the
lamp at the top of the post casts her shadow. The length of the shadow is twice her
height.
What is the height of the lamp post in meters?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.15 Geometry: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-4 top☝

A rectangle becomes a square when its length and breadth are reduced by m and
m, respectively. During this process, the rectangle loses m of area. What is the
area of the original rectangle in square meters?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.16 Geometry: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-4 top☝

The perimeters of a circle, a square and an equilateral triangle are equal. Which one of
the following statements is true?

A. The circle has the largest area

B. The square has the largest area
C. The equilateral triangle has the largest area
D. All the three shapes have the same area

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9.22.17 Geometry: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-7 top☝

A wire would enclose an area of 1936 , if it is bent to a square. The wire is cut into
two pieces. The longer piece is thrice as long as the shorter piece. The long and the
short pieces are bent into a square and a circle, respectively. Which of the following choices
is closest to the sum of the areas enclosed by the two pieces in square meters?
 A. 1096 B. 1111 C. 1243 D. 2486
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9.22.18 Geometry: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-3 top☝

On a horizontal ground, the base of a straight ladder is m away from the base of a
vertical pole. The ladder makes an angle of to the horizontal. If the ladder is
resting at a point located at one-fifth of the height of the pole from the bottom, the height of
the pole is ______ meters.

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.19 Geometry: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-3 top☝

Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his new mansion with an area of sq.mts.
However an area of sq. mts. had to be left out for flower pots. If the cost carpet is
Rs. sq. mts. how much money (in Rs.) will be spent by Suresh for the carpet now?

A. B. C. D.
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9.22.20 Geometry: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-4 top☝

A retaining wall with measurements m m m was constructed with bricks of

dimensions cm cm cm. If of the wall consists of bricks, the number of
bricks used for the construction is _______ lakhs.

A. B. C. D.
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9.23 Graphical Data (9) top☝

9.23.1 Graphical Data: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-9 top☝

The ratio of male to female students in a college for five years is plotted in the
following line graph. If the number of female students in and is equal, what
is the ratio of male students in to male students in ?
 A. B. C. D.
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9.23.2 Graphical Data: GATE2011 AG: GA-9 top☝

The fuel consumed by a motorcycle during a journey while traveling at various speeds
is indicated in the graph below.

The distances covered during four laps of the journey are listed in the table below

From the given data, we can conclude that the fuel consumed per kilometre was least during
the lap

A. B. C. D.
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9.23.3 Graphical Data: GATE2014 AE: GA-10 top☝

The monthly rainfall chart based on years of rainfall in Agra is shown in the
following figure.
Which of the following are true? (k percentile is the value such that k percent of the data fall
below that value)

i. On average, it rains more in July than in December

ii. Every year, the amount of rainfall in August is more than that in January
iii. July rainfall can be estimated with better confidence than February rainfall
iv. In August, there is at least mm of rainfall

A. (i) and (ii) B. (i) and (iii) C. (ii) and (iii) D. (iii) and (iv)
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9.23.4 Graphical Data: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-6 top☝

Two finance companies, and , declared fixed annual rates of interest on the
amounts invested with them. The rates of interest offered by these companies may
differ from year to year. Year-wise annual rates of interest offered by these companies are
shown by the line graph provided below.

If the amounts invested in the companies, and , in are in the ratio , then the
amounts received after one year as interests from companies and would be in the ratio:

A. B. C. D.
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9.23.5 Graphical Data: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-10 top☝

The points in the graph below represent the halts of a lift for a durations of minute,
over a period of hour.

Which of the following statements are correct?

i. The elevator moves directly from any non-ground floor to another non-ground floor over
the one hour period.
ii. The elevator stays on the fourth floor for the longest duration over the one hour period.

A. Only i B. Only ii C. Both i and ii D. Neither i nor ii

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9.23.6 Graphical Data: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-10 top☝

The growth of bacteria (lactobacillus) in milk leads to curd formation. A minimum

bacterial population density of (in suitable units) is needed to form curd. In the
graph below, the population density of lactobacillus in litre of milk is plotted as a function of
time, at two different temperatures, C and C.

Consider the following statements based on the data shown above:

i. The growth in bacterial population stops earlier at C as compared to C

ii. The time taken for curd formation at C is twice the time taken at C

Which one of the following options is correct?

 A. Only i B. Only ii C. Both i and ii D. Neither i nor ii
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9.23.7 Graphical Data: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-10 top☝

In the graph below, the concentration of a particular pollutant in a lake is plotted over
(alternate) days of a month in winter (average temperature ) and a month in
summer (average temperature ).

Consider the following statements based on the data shown above:

i. Over the given months, the difference between the maximum and the minimum pollutant
concentrations is the same in both winter and summer
ii. There are at least four days in the summer month such that the pollutant concentrations
on those days are within ppm of the pollutant concentrations on the corresponding days
in the winter month.

Which one of the following options is correct?

A. Only i B. Only ii C. Both i and ii D. Neither i nor ii

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9.23.8 Graphical Data: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-8 top☝

Which of the following function(s) is an accurate description of the graph for the
range(s) indicated?
 i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

A. i, ii and iii only B. i, ii and iv only C. i and iv only D. ii and iv only

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9.23.9 Graphical Data: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-8 top☝

The annual average rainfall in a tropical city is mm. On a particular rainy day (
-hour period), the cumulative rainfall experienced by the city is shown in the graph.
Over the -hour period, % of the rainfall falling on a rooftop, which had an obstruction-free
area of , was harvested into a tank. What is the total volume of water collected in the
tank liters?

A. B. C. D.
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9.24 Logarithms (6) top☝

9.24.1 Logarithms: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-7 top☝

If and what is the value of the product ?

A. B. C. D.

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9.24.2 Logarithms: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-5 top☝

If then the value of is

A. B. C. D.
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9.24.3 Logarithms: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-5 top☝

For non-negative integers, , what would be the value of if

?

A. 3 B. 1 C. 0 D. -1
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9.24.4 Logarithms: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-9 top☝

Given that for , what is the value of the

product ?

A. 0 B. 1 C. D.
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9.24.5 Logarithms: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-6 top☝

For integers, , and , what would be the minimum and maximum values
respectively of if ?

A. B. C. D.
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9.24.6 Logarithms: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-5 top☝

The value of the expression is

_______

A. B. C. D.
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9.25 Maxima Minima (4) top☝

9.25.1 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 62 top☝

A political party orders an arch for the entrance to the ground in which the annual
convention is being held. The profile of the arch follows the equation
where is the height of the arch in meters. The maximum possible height of the arch is

A. meters B. meters C. meters D. meters

 gatecse-2012 quantitative-aptitude normal maxima-minima

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9.25.2 Maxima Minima: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-9 top☝

The number of roots of in the range is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2017-set2 quantitative-aptitude normal maxima-minima calculus

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9.25.3 Maxima Minima: GATE2010 TF: GA-5 top☝

Consider the function In which range does take its

minimum value

A. B.
C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-tf maxima-minima functions

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9.25.4 Maxima Minima: GATE2013 CE: GA-6 top☝

and are two positive real numbers such that and For
which of the following values of
the function will give maximum value ?

A. B. C. D.

gate2013-ce quantitative-aptitude maxima-minima

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9.26 Modular Arithmetic (2) top☝

9.26.1 Modular Arithmetic: GATE2012 CY: GA-1 top☝

If = and = , then =

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-cy quantitative-aptitude modular-arithmetic

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9.26.2 Modular Arithmetic: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-8 top☝

The last digit of is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ce-1 modular-arithmetic quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation
 Answer key☟

9.27 Number Series (10) top☝

9.27.1 Number Series: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 61 top☝

Find the sum of the expression

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2013 quantitative-aptitude normal number-series

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9.27.2 Number Series: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-5 top☝

The value of is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2014-set2 quantitative-aptitude easy number-series

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9.27.3 Number Series: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-4 top☝

Which number does not belong in the series below?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2014-set3 quantitative-aptitude number-series easy

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9.27.4 Number Series: GATE2010 TF: GA-7 top☝

Consider the series The sum of

the infinite series above is

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-tf number-series

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9.27.5 Number Series: GATE2013 EE: GA-10 top☝

Find the sum to terms of the series

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ee quantitative-aptitude number-series

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 9.27.6 Number Series: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-5 top☝

What is the next number in the series?

_______.

gate2014-ec-1 number-series quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers

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9.27.7 Number Series: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-5 top☝

Fill in the missing number in the series.

___

gate2014-ec-2 number-series quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers

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9.27.8 Number Series: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-4 top☝

The next term in the series is_________.

gate2014-ec-3 number-series quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers

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9.27.9 Number Series: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-9 top☝

Consider a sequence of numbers where , for each

integer . Whart is the sum of the first 50 terms?

A. B.
C. D.
gate2018-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude number-series

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9.27.10 Number Series: GATE2018 EC: GA-4 top☝

What is the value of

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ec general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude number-series

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9.28 Number System (1) top☝

9.28.1 Number System: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 5 top☝

The sum of two positive numbers is . After subtracting from each number, the
product of the resulting numbers is . One of the original numbers is ______.
 A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-1 quantitative-aptitude number-system

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9.29 Number Theory (5) top☝

9.29.1 Number Theory: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-10 top☝

Consider the equation: , where stands for to the

base . Find .

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2014-set3 quantitative-aptitude number-theory normal digital-logic

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9.29.2 Number Theory: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 4 top☝

Which one of the following numbers is exactly divisible by ?

A. B. C. D.
gateee-2021 quantitative-aptitude number-system number-theory

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9.29.3 Number Theory: GATE2012 AE: GA-8 top☝

If a prime number on division by gives a remainder of then that number can be

expressed as

A. sum of squares of two natural numbers

B. sum of cubes of two natural numbers
C. sum of square roots of two natural numbers
D. sum of cube roots of two natural numbers

gate2012-ae number-theory quantitative-aptitude

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9.29.4 Number Theory: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-9 top☝

The binary operation is defined as where and are any two

real numbers. The value of the identity element of this operation, defined as the
number such that for any , is

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-me-2 quantitative-aptitude number-theory easy

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 9.29.5 Number Theory: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-3 top☝

If and are integers and is even, which of the following must always be even?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude number-theory

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9.30 Numerical Computation (23) top☝

9.30.1 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 57 top☝

I f , then which of the following options

is TRUE?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2011 quantitative-aptitude normal numerical-computation logarithms

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9.30.2 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 65 top☝

A container originally contains litres of pure spirit. From this container, litre of
spirit replaced with litre of water. Subsequently, litre of the mixture is again
replaced with litre of water and this process is repeated one more time. How much spirit is
now left in the container?

A. litres B. litres
C. litres D. litres
gatecse-2011 quantitative-aptitude normal numerical-computation

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9.30.3 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-4 top☝

If , compute .

gatecse-2014-set1 quantitative-aptitude easy numerical-answers numerical-computation

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9.30.4 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-4 top☝

Find the smallest number such that is a perfect cube.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2017-set1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.5 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-4 top☝

A test has twenty questions worth marks in total. There are two types of
questions. Multiple choice questions are worth marks each and essay questions are
worth marks each. How many multiple choice questions does the exam have?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2017-set2 quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.6 Numerical Computation: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-8 top☝

is a digit number starting with the digit followed by the digit . Then the number
will have

A. digits B. digits C. digits D. digits

gatecse-2017-set2 quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation number-representation

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9.30.7 Numerical Computation: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 9 top☝

For a matrix , the diagonal elements are all zero and

. The minimum number of elements required to fully specify the matrix is
________

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ch quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation matrix

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9.30.8 Numerical Computation: GATE2010 MN: GA-9 top☝

A positive integer in base when represented in base has the representation

and in base has the representation We get where the subtraction is
done in base Which of the following is necessarily true

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-mn numerical-computation

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9.30.9 Numerical Computation: GATE2010 TF: GA-10 top☝

A student is answering a multiple choice examination with questions with a marking

scheme as follows marks for each correct answer for a wrong answer
for a question that has not been attempted If the student gets marks in the test
then the least possible number of questions the student has NOT answered is

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-tf numerical-computation
 Answer key☟

9.30.10 Numerical Computation: GATE2010 TF: GA-9 top☝

A tank has liters of water At the end of every hour, the following two operations
are performed in sequence water equal to of the current contents of the tank is
added to the tank water equal to of the current contents of the tank is removed from
the tank At the end of hours, the tank contains exactly liters of water The relation
between and is

A. B.
C. D. None of the previous
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-tf numerical-computation

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9.30.11 Numerical Computation: GATE2012 AR: GA-6 top☝

A value of that satisfies the equation is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ar quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation logarithms

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9.30.12 Numerical Computation: GATE2012 CY: GA-10 top☝

Raju has currency notes in his pocket consisting of only Rs. notes and Rs.
notes. The total money value of the notes is Rs. . The number of Rs. notes that
Raju has is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-cy quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.13 Numerical Computation: GATE2013 CE: GA-1 top☝

A number is as much greater than as it is smaller than . The number is:

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ce quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.14 Numerical Computation: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-8 top☝

The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers is . The average of four consecutive
even numbers is . What is the sum of the smallest odd number and second largest
even number?

gate2014-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers numerical-computation

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9.30.15 Numerical Computation: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-4 top☝

Let . If is doubled and is halved, the new value of is

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-4 quantitative-aptitude easy numerical-computation

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9.30.16 Numerical Computation: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-5 top☝

The sum of the digits of a two digit number is . If the new number formed by
reversing the digits is greater than the original number by , find the original number.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.17 Numerical Computation: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-7 top☝

What is the sum of the missing digits in the subtraction problem below?

A. B.
C. D. Cannot be determined.
gate2017-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.18 Numerical Computation: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-10 top☝

Each of the letters in the figure below represents a unique integer from to . The
letters are positioned in the figure such that each of
and is equal to . Which
integer does represent?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.19 Numerical Computation: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-5 top☝

A number consists of two digits. The sum of the digits is . If is subtracted from the
number, its digits are interchanged. What is the number?

A. 63 B. 72 C. 81 D. 90
gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.20 Numerical Computation: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-9 top☝

A house has a number which need to be identified. The following three statements are
given that can help in identifying the house number?

i. If the house number is a multiple of , then it is a number from to .

ii. If the house number is NOT a multiple of , then it is a number from to .
iii. If the house number is NOT a multiple of , then it is a number from to .

What is the house number?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.21 Numerical Computation: GATE2019 EE: GA-9 top☝

Given two sets and we construct a set of all possible

fractions where the numerators belong to set and the denominators belong to set
The product of elements having minimum and maximum values in the set is _____.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.22 Numerical Computation: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-4 top☝

The sum and product of two integers are and respectively. The difference
between these two integers is ______

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.30.23 Numerical Computation: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-4 top☝

The product of three integers , and is . is equal to and is equal to

the average of and . What is the minimum possible value of ?

A. B. C. D.
 gate2019-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude numerical-computation

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9.31 Percentage (19) top☝

9.31.1 Percentage: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-8 top☝

Round-trip tickets to a tourist destination are eligible for a discount of on the total
fare. In addition, groups of or more get a discount of on the total fare. If the one
way single person fare is , a group of tourists purchasing round-trip tickets will be
charged __________

gatecse-2014-set1 quantitative-aptitude easy numerical-answers percentage

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9.31.2 Percentage: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-8 top☝

The Gross Domestic Product in Rupees grew at during . For

international comparison, the is compared in US Dollars after
conversion based on the market exchange rate. During the period the
exchange rate for the increased from . to / . India's GDP in
USD during the period

A. increased by B. decreased by
C. decreased by D. decreased by
gatecse-2014-set3 quantitative-aptitude normal percentage

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9.31.3 Percentage: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 5 top☝

There are five levels in a linear supply chain before a product

reaches customers, as shown in the figure.

At each of the five levels, the price of the product is increased by . If the product is
produced at level at the cost of Rs. per unit, what is the price paid (in rupees) by the
customers?

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2020-set2 quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.4 Percentage: GATE2011 AG: GA-4 top☝

There are two candidates and in an election. During the campaign, of the
voters promised to vote for and rest for However, on the day of election of
the voters went back on their promise to vote for and instead voted for of the
voters went back on their promise to vote for and instead voted for Suppose lost by
votes then what was the total number of voters?
 A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2011-ag percentage

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9.31.5 Percentage: GATE2012 AE: GA-7 top☝

The total runs scored by four cricketers and in years and are
given in the following table;

The player with the lowest percentage increase in total runs is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ae quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.6 Percentage: GATE2012 CY: GA-8 top☝

The data given in the following table summarizes the monthly budget of an average
household.

The approximate percentage of the monthly budget NOT spent on savings is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-cy quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.7 Percentage: GATE2013 EE: GA-2 top☝

In the summer of , in New Delhi, the mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday

was and of Tuesday to Thursday was . If the temperature on Thursday
was higher than that of Monday, then the temperature in on Thursday was

A. B. C. D.
 gate2013-ee quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.8 Percentage: GATE2014 AE: GA-9 top☝

One percent of the people of country are taller than ft. Two percent of the people
of country are taller than ft. There are thrice as many people in country as in
country Taking both countries together, what is the percentage of people taller than ft?

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ae percentage quantitative-aptitude

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9.31.9 Percentage: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-8 top☝

Industrial consumption of power doubled from to . Find

the annual rate of increase in percent assuming it to be uniform over the years.

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-4 percentage normal quantitative-aptitude

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9.31.10 Percentage: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-7 top☝

The given question is followed by two statements; select the most appropriate option
that solves the
question.
Capacity of a solution tank is of the capacity of tank . How many gallons of solution
are in
tank and tank ?
Statements:

I. Tank is full and tank is full.

II. Tank if full contains gallons of solution.

A. Statement I alone is sufficient.

B. Statement II alone is sufficient.
C. Either statement I or II alone is sufficient.
D. Both the statements I and II together are sufficient.

gate2015-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude general-aptitude percentage

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9.31.11 Percentage: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-4 top☝

+ is equivalent to ______ .
 A. of B. of C. of D. of
gate2016-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.12 Percentage: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-4 top☝

In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together, % are
unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, % are apples. Of the ripe ones, % are oranges.
If the pile contains a total of fruits, how many of them are apples?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-1 percentage quantitative-aptitude

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9.31.13 Percentage: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-4 top☝

If the radius of a right circular cone is increased by its volume increases by

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage geometry

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9.31.14 Percentage: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-3 top☝

In the summer, water consumption is known to decrease overall by A Water

Board official states that in the summer household consumption decreases by
while other consumption increases by Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The ratio of household to other consumption is

B. The ratio of household to other consumption is
C. The ratio of household to other consumption is
D. There are errors in the official’s statement.

gate2017-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.15 Percentage: GATE2018 EE: GA-9 top☝

A designer uses marbles of four different colours for his designs. The cost of each
marble is the same, irrespective of the colour. The table below shows the percentage
of marbles of each colour used in the current design. The cost of each marble increased by
Therefore, the designer decided to reduce equal numbers of marbles of each colour to
keep the total cost unchanged. What is the percentage of blue marbles in the new design

A. B. C. D.
 gate2018-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude normal percentage

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9.31.16 Percentage: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-7 top☝

Population of state increased by x and the population of state increased by y

from to Assume that is greater than . Let be the ratio of the
population of state to state in a given year. The percentage increase in from to
is ________

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.17 Percentage: GATE2019 IN: GA-3 top☝

The radius as well as the height of a circular cone increases by The percentage
increase in its volume is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-in general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude geometry percentage

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9.31.18 Percentage: GATE2019 IN: GA-7 top☝

In a country of million population, own mobile phones. Among the mobile

phone owners, only million access the Internet. Among these Internet users, only
half buy goods from e-commerce portals. What is the percentage of these buyers in
the country?

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-in general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.31.19 Percentage: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-6 top☝

Fiscal deficit was of the GDP in and that increased to in . If the

GDP increased by from to , the percentage increase in the actual
fiscal deficit is ____

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage

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9.32 Permutation And Combination (4) top☝

 9.32.1 Permutation And Combination: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 5 top☝

Four persons and are to be seated in a row, all facing the same direction,
but not necessarily in the same order. and cannot sit adjacent to each other.
should be seated to the right of . The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is:

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude permutation-and-combination seating-arrangements

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9.32.2 Permutation And Combination: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 5 top☝

Four persons and are to be seated in a row. should not be seated at the
second position from the left end of the row. The number of distinct seating
arrangements possible is:

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude permutation-and-combination seating-arrangements

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9.32.3 Permutation And Combination: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Five persons are sitting in a row not necessarily in the same order.
and are separated by one person, and should not be seated adjacent to
The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is:

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude permutation-and-combination seating-arrangements

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9.32.4 Permutation And Combination: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Five persons and are to be seated in a row, all facing the same
direction, but not necessarily in the same order. and cannot be seated at either
end of the row. should not be seated adjacent to is to be seated at the second
position from the left end of the row. The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is:

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude permutation-and-combination seating-arrangements

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9.33 Pie Chart (11) top☝

9.33.1 Pie Chart: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-9 top☝

The pie chart below has the breakup of the number of students from different
departments in an engineering college for the year . The proportion of male to
female students in each department is . There are males in Electrical Engineering.
What is the difference between the numbers of female students in the civil department and
the female students in the Mechanical department?

gatecse-2015-set1 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation numerical-answers pie-chart

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9.33.2 Pie Chart: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The total expenditure of a family, on different activities in a month, is shown in the pie-
chart. The extra money spent on education as compared to transport (in percent)
is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-1 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart

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9.33.3 Pie Chart: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The monthly distribution of Watt LED bulbs sold by two firms and from January
to June is shown in the pie-chart and the corresponding table. If the total number
of LED bulbs sold by the two firms during April-June is , then the number of LED
bulbs sold by the firm during April-June is ________.
Percentage of Watt LED bulbs sold by the firms and from January to June,
 A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart

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9.33.4 Pie Chart: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The two pie-charts given below show the data of total students and only girls
registered in different streams in a university. If the total number of students registered
in the university is , and the total number of the registered girls is ; then, the ratio of
boys enrolled in Arts to the girls enrolled in Management is ___________

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2020-set2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart
 Answer key☟

9.33.5 Pie Chart: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The distribution of employees at the rank of executives, across different companies

is presented in the chart given above. The ratio of executives with a
management degree to those without a management degree in each of these companies is
provided in the table above. The total number of executives across all companies is
The total number of management degree holders among the executives in companies and
together is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart

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9.33.6 Pie Chart: GATE2014 AG: GA-8 top☝

The total exports and revenues from the exports of a country are given in the two pie
charts below. The pie chart for exports shows the quantity of each item as a
percentage of the total quantity of exports. The pie chart for the revenues shows the
percentage of the total revenue generated through export of each item. The total quantity of
exports of all the items is lakh tonnes and the total revenues are crore rupees. What is
the ratio of the revenue generated through export of Item per kilogram to the revenue
generated through export of Item per kilogram?
 A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ag quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart ratio-proportion normal

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9.33.7 Pie Chart: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-9 top☝

The total exports and revenues from the exports of a country are given in the two
charts shown below. The pie chart for exports shows the quantity of each item
exported as a percentage of the total quantity of exports. The pie chart for the revenues
shows the percentage of the total revenue generated through export of each item. The total
quantity of exports of all the items is thousand tonnes and the total revenues are
crore rupees. Which item among the following has generated the maximum revenue per kg?

A. Item B. Item C. Item D. Item

gate2014-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart normal

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9.33.8 Pie Chart: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-7 top☝

The multi-level hierarchical pie chart shows the population of animals in a reserve
forest. The correct conclusions from this information are:
(i) Butterflies are birds
(ii) There are more tigers in this forest than red ants
(iii) All reptiles in this forest are either snakes or crocodiles
(iv) Elephants are the largest mammals in this forest

A. (i) and (ii) only B. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i), (iii) and (iv) only D. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
gate2014-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart normal

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9.33.9 Pie Chart: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-9 top☝

A firm producing air purifiers sold units in . The following pie chart presents
the share of raw material, labour, energy, plant & machinery, and transportation costs
in the total manufacturing cost of the firm in . The expenditure on labour in is Rs.
In , the raw material expenses increased by and all other expenses
increased by If the company registered a profit of Rs. lakhs in , at what price (in
Rs) was each air purifier sold?

gate2014-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart numerical-answers

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9.33.10 Pie Chart: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-9 top☝

A firm producing air purifiers sold units in . The following pie chart presents
the share of raw material, labour, energy, plant machinery, and transportation costs
in the total manufacturing cost of the firm in . The expenditure on labour in is Rs.
 In , the raw material expenses increased by and all other expenses
increased by What is the percentage increase in total cost for the company in ?

gate2014-ec-4 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation pie-chart numerical-answers

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9.33.11 Pie Chart: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-4 top☝

of deaths on city roads may be attributed to drunken driving. The number of

degrees needed to represent this as a slice of a pie chart is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude percentage pie-chart

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9.34 Polynomials (3) top☝

9.34.1 Polynomials: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA09 top☝

If , which of the following is a factor of ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2016-set1 quantitative-aptitude polynomials normal

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9.34.2 Polynomials: GATE2018 CH: GA-9 top☝

If what is the value of ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ch quantitative-aptitude easy polynomials

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9.34.3 Polynomials: GATE2018 EE: GA-3 top☝

The three roots of the equation are . What are the three
values of for which

A. B. C. D.
 gate2018-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude easy polynomials

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9.35 Probability Density Function (1) top☝

9.35.1 Probability Density Function: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 8 top☝

Let be a continuous random variable denoting the temperature measured. The

range of temperature is degree Celsius and let the probability density function
of be for .
The mean of is __________

A. B. C. D.
gateee-2021 quantitative-aptitude probability probability-density-function expectation

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9.36 Profit Loss (4) top☝

9.36.1 Profit Loss: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 7 top☝

₹ ₹

Details of prices of two items and are presented in the above table. The ratio of cost of
item to cost of item is . Discount is calculated as the difference between the marked
price and the selling price. The profit percentage is calculated as the ratio of the difference
between selling price and cost, to the cost

The discount on item , as a percentage of its marked price, is _______

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude profit-loss 2-marks

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9.36.2 Profit Loss: GATE2013 CE: GA-9 top☝

A firm is selling its product at Rs. per unit. The total cost of production is Rs.
and firm is earning total profit of Rs. . Later, the total cost increased by By
what percentage the price should be increased to maintained the same profit level.

A. B. C. D.
quantitative-aptitude gate2013-ce profit-loss
 Answer key☟

9.36.3 Profit Loss: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-6 top☝

A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at loss. Had he sold it for Rs. more, he
would have made a gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude profit-loss

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9.36.4 Profit Loss: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-7 top☝

A person divided an amount of Rs. into two parts and invested in two
different schemes. In one he got profit and in the other he got . If the profit
percentages are interchanged with these investments he would have got Rs. less. Find
the ratio between his investments in the two schemes.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion profit-loss

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9.37 Quadratic Equations (11) top☝

9.37.1 Quadratic Equations: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-5 top☝

The roots of are real and positive. and are real. Then
has

A. no roots B. real roots C. real roots D. real roots

gatecse-2014-set1 quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations normal

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9.37.2 Quadratic Equations: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-05 top☝

In a quadratic function, the value of the product of the roots is . Find the value
of

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2016-set2 quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations normal

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9.37.3 Quadratic Equations: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 4 top☝

​If , then the value of is:

 A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations 1-mark

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9.37.4 Quadratic Equations: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Let be a root of the equation

Then the value of the expression is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2022 quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations 1-mark

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9.37.5 Quadratic Equations: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 9 top☝

are real numbers. The quadratic equation has equal roots,

which is , then

A. B.
C. D.
gate2020-ec quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations

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9.37.6 Quadratic Equations: GATE2011 MN: GA-62 top☝

A student attempted to solve a quadratic equation in twice. However, in the first

attempt, he incorrectly wrote the constant term and ended up with the roots as .
In the second attempt, he incorrectly wrote down the coefficient of and got the roots as
. Based on the above information, the roots of the correct quadratic equation are

A. B. C. D.
gate2011-mn quadratic-equations quantitative-aptitude

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9.37.7 Quadratic Equations: GATE2013 EE: GA-8 top☝

The set of values of for which the roots of the equation are
of opposite sign is

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ee quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations

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9.37.8 Quadratic Equations: GATE2015 EC-2: GA-9 top☝

if then lies in the interval

 A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ec-2 numerical-answers quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations

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9.37.9 Quadratic Equations: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-4 top☝

G ive n which one of the following statements is

TRUE?

A. inches = yards B. inches = yards

C. inches = yards D. inches = yards
gate2016-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations

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9.37.10 Quadratic Equations: GATE2018 EE: GA-4 top☝

For what values of given below is an integer?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude easy quadratic-equations

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9.37.11 Quadratic Equations: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-7 top☝

Given that and are integers and is odd, which of the following statements
is correct?

A. and are both odd B. and are both even

C. is even and is odd D. is odd and is even
gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude quadratic-equations system-of-equations

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9.38 Quantitative Aptitude (35) top☝

9.38.1 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 65 top☝

Given digits how many distinct digit numbers greater than

can be formed?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2010 quantitative-aptitude combinatory normal

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9.38.2 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-10 top☝

The probabilities that a student passes in mathematics, physics and chemistry are
and respectively. Of these subjects, the student has chance of passing in
at least one, a chance of passing in at least two and a chance of passing in exactly
two. Following relations are drawn in :

I.
II.
III.

A. Only relation I is true. B. Only relation II is true.

C. Relations II and III are true. D. Relations I and III are true.
gatecse-2015-set1 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.3 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Given Set and Set , two numbers are randomly

selected, one from each set. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers
equals ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2015-set1 quantitative-aptitude probability normal

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9.38.4 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-09 top☝

In a rectangle grid shown below, each cell is rectangle. How many rectangles
can be observed in the grid?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2016-set2 quantitative-aptitude normal combinatory

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9.38.5 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-5 top☝

The probability that a -digit number does NOT contain the digits or is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2017-set1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude probability easy

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9.38.6 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-9 top☝

Arun, Gulab, Neel and Shweta must choose one shirt each from a pile of four shirts
coloured red, pink, blue and white respectively. Arun dislikes the colour red and
Shweta dislikes the colour white. Gulab and Neel like all the colours. In how many different
ways can they choose the shirts so that no one has a shirt with a colour he or she dislikes?

A. B. C. D.
 gatecse-2017-set1 combinatory quantitative-aptitude

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9.38.7 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-5 top☝

There are red socks, green socks and blue socks.You choose socks. The
probability that they are of the same colour is

A. B. C. D.

gatecse-2017-set2 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.8 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-10 top☝

A six sided unbiased die with four green faces and two red faces is rolled seven times.
Which of the following combinations is the most likely outcome of the experiment?

A. Three green faces and four red B. Four green faces and three red
faces. faces.
C. Five green faces and two red D. Six green faces and one red face
faces.
gatecse-2018 quantitative-aptitude probability normal 2-marks

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9.38.9 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-5 top☝

There are multiple routes to reach from node to node , as shown in the network.

The cost of travel on an edge between two nodes is given in rupees. Nodes
and are toll booths. The toll price at toll booths marked and is
Rs. , and is Rs. for the other toll booths. Which is the cheapest route from node to
node ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2020 quantitative-aptitude graph-theory 1-mark

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9.38.10 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 8 top☝

There are five bags each containing identical sets of ten distinct chocolates. One
chocolate is picked from each bag.
The probability that at least two chocolates are identical is __________

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude probability 2-marks

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9.38.11 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 8 top☝

A box contains five balls of same size and shape. Three of them are green coloured
balls and two of them are orange coloured balls. Balls are drawn from the box one at a
time. If a green ball is drawn, it is not replaced. If an orange ball is drawn, it is replaced with
another orange ball.
First ball is drawn. What is the probability of getting an orange ball in the next draw?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2022 quantitative-aptitude probability 2-marks

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9.38.12 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Two identical cube shaped dice each with faces numbered to are rolled
simultaneously. The probability that an even number is rolled out on each dice is:

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.13 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2011 MN: GA-59 top☝

In how many ways scholarships can be awarded to applicants, when each

applicant can receive any number of scholarships?

A. B. C. D.
quantitative-aptitude gate2011-mn combinatory

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9.38.14 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2012 AE: GA-6 top☝

Two policemen, and , fire once each at the same time at an escaping convict. The
probability that hits the convict is three times the probability that hits the convict. If
the probability of the convict not getting injured is , the probability that hits the convict is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ae quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.15 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2012 AR: GA-5 top☝

Ten teams participate in a tournament. Every team plays each of the other teams
twice. The total number of matches to be played is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ar quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.38.16 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2012 AR: GA-9 top☝

A smuggler has capsules in which five are filled with narcotic drugs and the rest
contain the original medicine. All the capsules are mixed in a single box, from which
the customs officials picked two capsules at random and tested for the presence of narcotic
drugs. The probability that the smuggler will be caught is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ar quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.17 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2012 CY: GA-7 top☝

and are friends. They decide to meet between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm on a given
day. There is a condition that whoever arrives first will not wait for the other for more
than minutes. The probability that they will meet on that day is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-cy quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.18 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2013 EE: GA-6 top☝

What is the chance that a leap year, selected at random, will contain Saturdays?

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ee quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.19 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2014 AG: GA-4 top☝

In any given year, the probability of an earthquake greater than Magnitude occurring
in the Garhwal Himalayas is . The average time between successive occurrences
of such earthquakes is ____ years.

gate2014-ag quantitative-aptitude probability numerical-answers normal

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9.38.20 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-4 top☝

A regular die has six sides with numbers to marked on its sides. If a very large
number of throws show the following frequencies of occurrence:
We call this die:

A. Irregular B. Biased C. Gaussian D. Insufficient

gate2014-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude probability normal

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9.38.21 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-10 top☝

A batch of one hundred bulbs is inspected by testing four randomly chosen bulbs. The
batch is rejected if even one of the bulbs is defective. A batch typically has five
defective bulbs. The probability that the current batch is accepted is__________.

gate2014-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude probability numerical-answers normal

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9.38.22 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-10 top☝

A five digit number is formed using the digits and without repeating any of
them. What is the sum of all such possible five digit numbers?

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-4 quantitative-aptitude normal combinatory

Answer key☟

9.38.23 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-5 top☝

Four cards are randomly selected from a pack of cards. If the first two cards are
kings, what is the probability that the third card is a king?

A. B.
C. D.
gate2015-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude probability easy

Answer key☟

9.38.24 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-8 top☝

How many four digit numbers can be formed with the 10 digits if no
number can start with 0 and if repetitions are not allowed?

gate2015-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.38.25 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 5 top☝

Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department.
The probability of Ram’s selection is and that of Ramesh is . What is the
probability that only one of them will be selected?
 A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.26 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-5 top☝

Five teams have to compete in a league, with every team playing every other team
exactly once, before going to the next round. How many matches will have to be held
to complete the league round of matches?

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-me-3 quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.38.27 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-6 top☝

A person moving through a tuberculosis prone zone has a % probability of

becoming infected. However, only % of infected people develop the disease. What
percentage of people moving through a tuberculosis prone zone remains infected but does
not show symptoms of disease?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-1 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.28 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-5 top☝

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the product of the numbers
appearing on the top faces of the dice is a perfect square is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.29 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-9 top☝

The number of -digit numbers such that the digit is never to the immediate right of
is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude combinatory

Answer key☟

9.38.30 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-4 top☝

A couple has children. The probability that both children are boys if the older one is a
boy is

A. B. C. D.
 gate2017-me-2 quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.31 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-8 top☝

There are women and men in a group. We are

required to form pairs each consisting of one woman and one man. is not to be
paired with , and must necessarily be paired with someone. In how many ways can
such pairs be formed?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-me-2 quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.38.32 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-4 top☝

A three-member committee has to be formed from a group of people. How many

such distinct committees can be formed?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.38.33 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2018 EE: GA-8 top☝

A class of twelve children has two more boys than girls. A group of three children are
randomly picked from this class to accompany the teacher on a field trip. What is the
probability that the group accompanying the teacher contains more girls than boys?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ee quantitative-aptitude probability

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9.38.34 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-10 top☝

An unbiased coin is tossed six times in a row and four different such trials are
conducted. One trial implies six tosses of the coin. If H stands for head ans T stands
for tail, the following are the observations from the four trials.

1. HTHTHT
2. TTHHHT
3. HTTHHT
4. HHHT_ _

Which statement describing the last two coin tosses of the fourth trial has the highest
probability of being correct?

A. Two T will occur. B. One H and one T will occur.

C. Two H will occur. D. One H will be followed by one T.
gate2018-me-2 quantitative-aptitude probability
 Answer key☟

9.38.35 Quantitative Aptitude: GATE2019 EC: GA-4 top☝

Five different books are to be arranged on a shelf. The books and

are to be arranged first and second, respectively from the right side of the shelf. The
number of different orders in which and may be arranged is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ec quantitative-aptitude combinatory

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9.39 Ratio Proportion (17) top☝

9.39.1 Ratio Proportion: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA10 top☝

In a process, the number of cycles to failure decreases exponentially with an increase

in load. At a load of units, it takes cycles for failure. When the load is halved, it
takes for failure.The load for which the failure will happen in is
_____________.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2016-set1 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion normal

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9.39.2 Ratio Proportion: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-8 top☝

In a party, of the invited guests are male and are female.If of the
invited guests attended the party and if all the invited female guests attended, what
would be the ratio of males to females among the attendees in the party?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2018 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion 2-marks

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9.39.3 Ratio Proportion: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 1 top☝

​The ratio of boys to girls in a class is to .

Among the options below, an acceptable value for the total number of students in the
class is:

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion 1-mark

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9.39.4 Ratio Proportion: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The number of students in three classes is in the ratio . If students are

added to each class, the ratio changes to .
The total number of students in all the three classes in the beginning was:

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set2 ratio-proportion quantitative-aptitude 2-marks

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9.39.5 Ratio Proportion: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The ratio of ‘the sum of the odd positive integers from to ’ to ‘the sum of the even
positive integers from to ’ is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.6 Ratio Proportion: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 9 top☝

An engineer measures THREE quantities, and in an experiment. She finds

that they follow a relationship that is represented in the figure below the product of
and linearly varies with

Then, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. For fixed ; is proportional to B. For fixed ; is proportional to

C. For fixed ; is proportional to D. is constant
gateme-2020-set2 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.7 Ratio Proportion: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The number of hens, ducks and goats in farm are and respectively.
The total number of hens, ducks and goats in a nearby farm is The ratio of
hens : ducks : goats in farm is All the hens, ducks and goats are sent from
farm to farm
The new ratio of hens : ducks : goats in farm is ________

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.8 Ratio Proportion: GATE2011 AG: GA-8 top☝

Three friends, and shared toffee from a bowl. took of the toffees, but
returned four to the bowl. took of what was left but returned three toffees to the
bowl. took half of the remainder but returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl had
toffees left, how may toffees were originally there in the bowl?

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2011-ag ratio-proportion

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9.39.9 Ratio Proportion: GATE2011 GG: GA-4 top☝

If students require a total of pages of stationery in days, then students will

require pages of stationery in

A. days B. days C. days D. days

gate2011-gg quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.10 Ratio Proportion: GATE2013 AE: GA-1 top☝

If and then which of the following options is TRUE?

A. B.

C. D.

gate2013-ae quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion normal

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9.39.11 Ratio Proportion: GATE2014 AE: GA-8 top☝

The smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two thirds of the smallest angle of a
quadrilateral. The ratio between the angles of the quadrilateral is The
largest angle of the triangle is twice its smallest angle. What is the sum, in degrees, of the
second largest angle of the triangle and the largest angle of the quadrilateral?

gate2014-ae quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion numerical-answers

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9.39.12 Ratio Proportion: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-9 top☝

A cube of side units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side unit. Find the
proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which are NOT
visible.

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude geometry ratio-proportion
 Answer key☟

9.39.13 Ratio Proportion: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-4 top☝

What is the value of when

A. B.
C. D.
gate2017-ce-2 ratio-proportion quantitative-aptitude

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9.39.14 Ratio Proportion: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-7 top☝

The price of a wire made of a super alloy material is proportional to the square of its
length. The price of length of the wire is Rs. . What would be the total price
(in Rs.) of two wires of length and ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.15 Ratio Proportion: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-6 top☝

In manufacturing industries, loss is usually taken to be proportional to the square of the

deviation from a target. If the loss is Rs. for a deviation of units, what would be
the loss in Rupees for a deviation of units from the target?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion

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9.39.16 Ratio Proportion: GATE2018 EC: GA-7 top☝

Two alloys and contain gold and copper in the ratios of and by mass,
respectively. Equal masses of alloys and are melted to make an alloy . The
ratio of gold to copper in alloy is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ec general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude normal ratio-proportion

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9.39.17 Ratio Proportion: GATE2019 EE: GA-7 top☝

The ratio of the number of boys and girls who participated in an examination is
The total percentage of candidates who passed the examination is and the
percentage of girls who passed the exam is The percentage of boys who passed is
_______.

A. B. C. D.
 gate2019-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude ratio-proportion percentage

Answer key☟

9.40 Sequence Series (8) top☝

9.40.1 Sequence Series: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 65 top☝

Given the sequence of terms, , the next term is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2012 quantitative-aptitude sequence-series easy

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9.40.2 Sequence Series: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-5 top☝

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2018 quantitative-aptitude sequence-series easy 1-mark

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9.40.3 Sequence Series: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 3 top☝

A series of natural numbers obeys

for all integers .
If and then what is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2023 quantitative-aptitude sequence-series 1-mark

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9.40.4 Sequence Series: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-5 top☝

In a sequence of consecutive odd numbers, the sum of the first numbers is .

What is the sum of the last numbers in the sequence?

gate2014-ec-4 quantitative-aptitude sequence-series normal numerical-answers

Answer key☟

9.40.5 Sequence Series: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-6 top☝

Find the next term in the sequence: 13M, 17Q, 19S,_______.

A. 21W B. 21V C. 23W D. 23V

gate2014-ec-4 quantitative-aptitude sequence-series normal

Answer key☟
 9.40.6 Sequence Series: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-8 top☝

Find the missing sequence in the letter series. , _______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-me-2 sequence-series quantitative-aptitude

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9.40.7 Sequence Series: GATE2019 EE: GA-3 top☝

The missing number in the given sequence _____ is

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude sequence-series

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9.40.8 Sequence Series: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-3 top☝

If IMHO=JNIP; IDK=JEL; and SO=TP, then IDC=______

A. JDE B. JED C. JDC D. JCD

gate2019-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude sequence-series easy

Answer key☟

9.41 Simple Compound Interest (4) top☝

9.41.1 Simple Compound Interest: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 1 top☝

The current population of a city is . If it has been increasing at the rate of

per annum, what was its population years ago?

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 quantitative-aptitude simple-compound-interest

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9.41.2 Simple Compound Interest: GATE2010 MN: GA-5 top☝

A person invest Rs.1000 at annual compound interest for years At the end of
two years, the whole amount is invested at an annual simple interest of for
years The total value of the investment finally is

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-mn simple-compound-interest

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9.41.3 Simple Compound Interest: GATE2014 AG: GA-5 top☝

The population of a new city is million and is growing at annually. How many
years would it take to double at this growth rate?
 A. years B. years C. years D. years
gate2014-ag quantitative-aptitude simple-compound-interest normal

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9.41.4 Simple Compound Interest: GATE2018 EC: GA-6 top☝

Leila aspires to buy a car worth after years. What is the minimum
amount in Rupees that she should deposit now in a bank which offers annual
rate of interest, if the interest was compounded annually?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ec general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude simple-compound-interest normal

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9.42 Speed Time Distance (16) top☝

9.42.1 Speed Time Distance: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 64 top☝

A tourist covers half of his journey by train at , half of the remainder by bus at
and the rest by cycle at . The average speed of the tourist in
during his entire journey is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2013 quantitative-aptitude easy speed-time-distance

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9.42.2 Speed Time Distance: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Two cars at the same time from the same location and go in the same direction. The
speed of the first car is km/h and the speed of the second car is km/h. The
number of hours it takes for the distance between the two cars to be km is _____.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2019 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance 1-mark

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9.42.3 Speed Time Distance: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 8 top☝

The distance between Delhi and Agra is km. A car started travelling from Delhi
to Agra and another car started from Agra to Delhi along the same road hour after
the car started. The two cars crossed each other minutes after the car started. Both
cars were travelling at constant speed. The speed of car was km/hr more than the
speed of car . How many kilometers the car had travelled when the cars crossed each
other?

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ch quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance

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9.42.4 Speed Time Distance: GATE2013 AE: GA-6 top☝

Velocity of an object fired directly in upward direction is given by ܸ ,

where (time) is in seconds. When will the velocity be between and
?

A. B.

D.
C.

gate2013-ae quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance

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9.42.5 Speed Time Distance: GATE2013 EE: GA-9 top☝

A car travels in the first quarter of an hour, in the second quarter and
in the third quarter. The average speed of the car in km per hour over the entire
journey is

A. B. C. D.
gate2013-ee speed-time-distance quantitative-aptitude

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9.42.6 Speed Time Distance: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-8 top☝

A train that is metres long, travelling at a uniform speed, crosses a platform in

seconds and passes a man standing on the platform in seconds. What is the length
of the platform in metres?

gate2014-ec-1 quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance normal numerical-answers

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9.42.7 Speed Time Distance: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-10 top☝

It takes minutes to empty a half-full tank by draining it at a constant rate. It is

decided to simultaneously pump water into the half-full tank while draining it. What is
the rate at which water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully filled in minutes?

A. times the draining rate B. times the draining rate

C. times the draining rate D. times the draining rate
gate2014-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance normal

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9.42.8 Speed Time Distance: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-8 top☝

A man can row at km per hour in still water. If it takes him thrice as long to row
upstream, as to row downstream, then find the stream velocity in km per hour.

gate2014-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance normal numerical-answers

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9.42.9 Speed Time Distance: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 8 top☝

A tiger is leaps of its own behind a deer. The tiger takes leaps per minute to the
deer's If the tiger and the deer cover meter and meter per leap respectively,
what distance in meters will the tiger have to run before it catches the deer

gate2015-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers speed-time-distance

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9.42.10 Speed Time Distance: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-5 top☝

It takes s and s, respectively, for two trains travelling at different constant

speeds to completely pass a telegraph post. The length of the first train is m and
that of the second train is m. The magnitude of the difference in the speeds of the two
trains (in ) is ____________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-3 speed-time-distance quantitative-aptitude

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9.42.11 Speed Time Distance: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-6 top☝

The velocity of a vehicle along a straight line is measured in and plotted as

shown with respect to time in seconds. At the end of the seconds, how much will the
odometer reading increase by (in m)?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-3 quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance data-interpretation

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9.42.12 Speed Time Distance: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-9 top☝

Budhan covers a distance of km in hours by cycling one fourth of the time and
walking the rest. The next day he cycles (at the same speed as before) for half the
time and walks the rest (at the same speed as before) and covers km in hours. The
speed in km/h at which Budhan walk is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ce-2 speed-time-distance quantitative-aptitude

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 9.42.13 Speed Time Distance: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-8 top☝

Trucks ( m long) and cars ( m long) go on a single lane bridge. There must be a
gap of at least m after each truck and a gap of at least m after each car. Trucks
and cars travel at a speed of km/h. If cars and trucks go alternately, what is the maximum
number of vehicles that can use the bridge in one hour?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance

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9.42.14 Speed Time Distance: GATE2018 CH: GA-6 top☝

An automobile travels from city to city and returns to city by the same route.
The speed of the vehicle during the onward and return journeys were constant at
and , respectively. What is the average speed in for the entire
journey?

A. B.
C. D.
gate2018-ch general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude normal speed-time-distance

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9.42.15 Speed Time Distance: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-8 top☝

From the time the front of a train enters a platform, it takes seconds for the back of
the train to leave the platform, while traveling at a constant speed of km/h. At the
same speed, it takes seconds to pass a man running at km/h in the same direction as
the train. What is the length of the train and that of the platform in meters, respectively?

A. and B. and C. and D. and

gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance

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9.42.16 Speed Time Distance: GATE2019 IN: GA-9 top☝

Two trains started at AM from the same point. The first train travelled north at a
speed of km/h and the second train travelled south at a speed of km/h. The time
at which they were km apart is ________ AM.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-in general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude speed-time-distance

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9.43 Squares (2) top☝

9.43.1 Squares: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 7 top☝

 In the figure shown above, each inside square is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides
of the next larger square. The area of the smallest square (shaded) as shown, in is:

A. B. C. D.
gateee-2021 quantitative-aptitude geometry squares area

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9.43.2 Squares: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-9 top☝

A square has side cm smaller than the sides of a second square. The area of the
larger square is four times the area of the smaller square. The side of the larger
square is _______ cm.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude geometry squares

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9.44 Statistics (6) top☝

9.44.1 Statistics: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 64 top☝

Which of the following assertions are CORRECT?

P: Adding to each entry in a list adds to the mean of the list

Q: Adding to each entry in a list adds to the standard deviation of the list
R: Doubling each entry in a list doubles the mean of the list
S: Doubling each entry in a list leaves the standard deviation of the list unchanged

A. , B. , C. , D. ,
gatecse-2012 quantitative-aptitude statistics normal

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9.44.2 Statistics: GATE2012 AE: GA-5 top☝

The arithmetic mean of five different natural numbers is . The largest possible value
among the numbers is

A. B. C. D.
gate2012-ae statistics quantitative-aptitude
 Answer key☟

9.44.3 Statistics: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-4 top☝

The statistics of runs scored in a series by four batsmen are provided in the following
table. Who is the most consistent batsman of these four?

A. B. C. D.
gate2014-ec-1 statistics quantitative-aptitude

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9.44.4 Statistics: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-6 top☝

Students taking an exam are divided into two groups, P and Q such that each group
has the same number of students. The performance of each of the students in a test
was evaluated out of marks. It was observed that the mean of group P was , while
that of group Q was . The standard deviation of group P was , while that of group Q was
. Assuming that the marks were distributed on a normal distribution, which of the following
statements will have the highest probability of being TRUE?

A. No student in group Q scored less marks than any student in group P.

B. No student in group P scored less marks than any student in group Q.
C. Most students of group Q scored marks in a narrower range than students in group P.
D. The median of the marks of group P is .

gate2016-me-2 probability statistics

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9.44.5 Statistics: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-5 top☝

The following
sequence of numbers is arranged in increasing order:
. Given that the mean and median are equal, and are also
equal to twice the mode, the value of is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude statistics

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9.44.6 Statistics: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-4 top☝

In a company with employees, earn per month, earn

, earn , earn , and earn . The
 median of the salaries is

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude statistics

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9.45 Summation (1) top☝

9.45.1 Summation: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-9 top☝

is

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ec-3 summation quantitative-aptitude logarithms

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9.46 System Of Equations (1) top☝

9.46.1 System Of Equations: GATE2011 GG: GA-6 top☝

The number of solutions for the following system of inequalities is

A. B. infinite C. D.
gate2011-gg quantitative-aptitude system-of-equations

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9.47 Tabular Data (8) top☝

9.47.1 Tabular Data: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-9 top☝

In a survey, respondents were asked whether they own a vehicle or not. If yes,
they were further asked to mention whether they own a car or scooter or both. Their
responses are tabulated below. What percent of respondents do not own a scooter?

gatecse-2014-set1 quantitative-aptitude normal numerical-answers data-interpretation tabular-data

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9.47.2 Tabular Data: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-5 top☝

The table below has question-wise data on the performance of students in an

examination. The marks for each question are also listed. There is no negative or
partial marking in the examination.

What is the average of the marks obtained by the class in the examination?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2014-set3 quantitative-aptitude normal data-interpretation tabular-data

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9.47.3 Tabular Data: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-6 top☝

The number of students in a class who have answered correctly, wrongly, or not
attempted each question in an exam, are listed in the table below. The marks for each
question are also listed. There is no negative or partial marking.

What is the average of the marks obtained by the class in the examination?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2015-set1 quantitative-aptitude easy data-interpretation tabular-data

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9.47.4 Tabular Data: GATE2011 MN: GA-64 top☝

Four archers P, Q, R, and S try to hit a bull’s eye during a tournament consisting of
seven rounds. As illustrated in the figure below, a player receives points for hitting
the bull's eye, points for hitting within the inner circle and point for hitting within the outer
circle.
The final scores received by the players during the tournament are listed in the table below.

The most accurate and the most consistent players during the tournament are respectively

A. P and S B. Q and R C. Q and Q D. R and Q

gate2011-mn data-interpretation quantitative-aptitude tabular-data

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9.47.5 Tabular Data: GATE2013 AE: GA-7 top☝

Following table gives data on tourist from different countries visiting India in the year

Which two countries contributed to the one third of the total number of tourists who visited
India in ?
 A. USA and Japan B. USA and Australia
C. England and France
D. Japan and Australia
gate2013-ae quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation normal tabular-data

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9.47.6 Tabular Data: GATE2013 CE: GA-8 top☝

Following table provides figures(in rupees) on annual expenditure of a firm for two
years - and .

In , which of the two categories have registered increase by same percentage?

A. Raw material and Salary & wages. B. Salary & wages and Advertising.
C. Power & fuel and Advertising. D. Raw material and research &
Development.
quantitative-aptitude gate2013-ce data-interpretation normal tabular-data

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9.47.7 Tabular Data: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-9 top☝

Read the following table giving sales data of five types of batteries for years to
:

Out of the following , which type of battery achieved highest growth between the years
and ?

A. Type V B. Type III C. Type II D. Type I

gate2015-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation tabular-data
 Answer key☟

9.47.8 Tabular Data: GATE2015 EC-2: GA-4 top☝

An electric bus has onboard instruments that report the total electricity consumed
since the start of the trip, as well as the total distance, covered. During a single day of
operation, the bus travels on stretches M, N, O, and P, in that order. The cumulative
distances travelled and the corresponding electricity consumption are shown in the Table
below:

The stretch where the electricity consumption per km is minimum is

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude data-interpretation tabular-data

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9.48 Triangle (7) top☝

9.48.1 Triangle: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-8 top☝

In a triangle is the angle bisector of . What is

the length of ?

A. B.

C.
D.

gatecse-2015-set2 quantitative-aptitude geometry difficult triangle

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9.48.2 Triangle: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-9 top☝

In the figure below, is equal to _____

 A. B.
C. D.
gatecse-2018 quantitative-aptitude geometry normal triangle 2-marks

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9.48.3 Triangle: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The corners and mid-points of the sides of a triangle are named using the distinct
letters and but not necessarily in the same order. Consider the
following statements:

The line joining and is parallel to the line joining and

is placed on the side opposite to the corner
and cannot be placed on the same side.

Which one of the following statements is correct based on the above information?

A. cannot be placed at a corner B. cannot be placed at a corner

C. cannot be placed at a mid-point D. cannot be placed at a corner
gatecse-2022 quantitative-aptitude geometry triangle 2-marks

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9.48.4 Triangle: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 10 top☝

In an equilateral triangle , side is divided into four equal parts, side is

divided into six equal parts and side is divided into eight equals parts. The length
of each subdivided part in is an integer. The minimum area of the triangle possible,
in , is

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 quantitative-aptitude geometry triangle

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9.48.5 Triangle: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-8 top☝

In the given figure angle is a right angle, and

If area of triangle is then the area of triangle
in is ______
 gate2015-me-3 quantitative-aptitude numerical-answers triangle

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9.48.6 Triangle: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-9 top☝

Right triangle is to be constructed in the - plane so that the right angle is at

and line is parallel to the -axis. The and coordinates of and are
to be integers that satisfy the inequalities: and How many different
triangles could be constructed with these properties?

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-me-3 quantitative-aptitude triangle

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9.48.7 Triangle: GATE2018 CH: GA-4 top☝

The area of an equilateral triangle is . What is the perimeter of the triangle

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-ch general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude easy geometry triangle

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9.49 Trigonometry (1) top☝

9.49.1 Trigonometry: GATE2018 CH: GA-3 top☝

For , are both decreasing functions in the interval

_________ .

A. B. C. D.

gate2018-ch quantitative-aptitude functions trigonometry

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9.50 Unit Digit (1) top☝

9.50.1 Unit Digit: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 9 top☝

The unit’s place in is ______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-1 quantitative-aptitude number-system unit-digit
 Answer key☟

9.51 Venn Diagrams (13) top☝

9.51.1 Venn Diagrams: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 59 top☝

persons are in a room. of them play hockey, of them play football and of
them play both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither
hockey nor football is:

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2010 quantitative-aptitude easy set-theory&algebra venn-diagrams

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9.51.2 Venn Diagrams: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-06 top☝

Among faculty members in an institute, are connected with each other through
Facebook and are connected through Whatsapp. faculty members do not have
Facebook or Whatsapp accounts. The numbers of faculty members connected only through
Facebook accounts is _______.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2016-set2 quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams easy

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9.51.3 Venn Diagrams: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-7 top☝

In the given diagram, teachers are represented in the triangle, researchers in the circle
and administrators in the rectangle. Out of the total number of the people, the
percentage of administrators shall be in the range of _______

A. to B. to C. to D. to
gatecse-2019 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams 2-marks

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9.51.4 Venn Diagrams: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-9 top☝

In a college, there are three student clubs, students are only in the Drama club,
students are only in the Dance club, students are only in Maths club, students
are in both Drama and Dance clubs, students are in both Dance and Maths clubs,
students are in both Drama and Maths clubs, and students are in all clubs. If of the
students in the college are not in any of these clubs, then the total number of students in the
college is _____.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2019 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams 2-marks

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9.51.5 Venn Diagrams: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 9 top☝

In a school of students, students play chess and students play football.

If students play both chess and football, the number of students who play neither
is ________.

A. B. C. D.
gate2020-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams

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9.51.6 Venn Diagrams: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 3 top☝

In a company, of the employees drink coffee, of the employees drink tea

and of the employees drink both tea and coffee. What of employees drink
neither tea nor coffee?

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams

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9.51.7 Venn Diagrams: GATE2010 TF: GA-8 top☝

A gathering of linguists discovered that knew Kannada Telugu and Tamil

knew only Telugu and Tamil knew only Kannada and Tamil knew only Telugu
and Kannada If the number of linguists who knew Tamil is and those who knew Kannada
is also how many linguists knew only Telugu

A. B. C. D.
general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude gate2010-tf venn-diagrams

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9.51.8 Venn Diagrams: GATE2011 GG: GA-7 top☝

In a class of students in an M.Tech programme, each student is required to take

at least one subject from the following three:

M600: Advanced Engineering Mathematics

C600: Computational Methods for Engineers
E600: Experimental Techniques for Engineers

The registration data for the M.Tech class shows that students have taken M600,
students have taken C600, and students have taken E600. What is the maximum possible
number of students in the class who have taken all the above three subjects?

A. B. C. D.
gate2011-gg quantitative-aptitude set-theory&algebra venn-diagrams

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9.51.9 Venn Diagrams: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-10 top☝

There are teachers who can teach Thermodynamics , who can teach
Electrical Sciences , and who can teach both and Engineering Mechanics
. There are a total of teachers. cannot teach any of the three subjects, i.e.
or . can teach only . can teach all three subjects, i.e. and .
can teach and . How many can teach both and but not ?

A. B. C. D.
gate2015-ce-2 quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams

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9.51.10 Venn Diagrams: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-6 top☝

The Venn diagram shows the preference of the student population for leisure activities.

From the data given, the number of students who like to read books or play sports is
_______.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-2 venn-diagrams

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9.51.11 Venn Diagrams: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-5 top☝

students are taking one or more course out of Chemistry, Physics, and
Mathematics. Registration records indicate course enrollment as follows: Chemistry
, Physics , and Mathematics . Chemistry and Physics , Chemistry and
Mathematics , and Physics and Mathematics (63). How many students are taking all
subjects?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams

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 9.51.12 Venn Diagrams: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-6 top☝

Forty students watched films A, B and C over a week. Each student watched either
only one film or all three. Thirteen students watched film A, sixteen students watched
film B and nineteen students watched film C. How many students watched all three films?

A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8
gate2018-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams

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9.51.13 Venn Diagrams: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-7 top☝

In a sports academy of peoples, play only cricket, play only hockey,

play only football, play both cricket and hockey, play both hockey and football
and play both cricket and football. The rest of them play all three sports. What is the
percentage of people who play at least two sports?

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude venn-diagrams easy

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9.52 Volume (1) top☝

9.52.1 Volume: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 6 top☝

We have rectangular sheets of paper, and , of dimensions each.

Sheet is rolled to form an open cylinder by bringing the short edges of the sheet
together. Sheet is cut into equal square patches and assembled to form the largest
possible closed cube. Assuming the ends of the cylinder are closed, the ratio of the volume of
the cylinder to that of the cube is _________.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set1 quantitative-aptitude mensuration volume 2-marks

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9.53 Work Time (16) top☝

9.53.1 Work Time: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 64 top☝

skilled workers can build a wall in days; semi-skilled workers can build a wall in
days; unskilled workers can build a wall in days. If a team has skilled,
semi-skilled and unskilled workers, how long it will take to build the wall?

A. days B. days C. days D. days

gatecse-2010 quantitative-aptitude normal work-time

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9.53.2 Work Time: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 64 top☝

A transporter receives the same number of orders each day. Currently, he has some
pending orders (backlog) to be shipped. If he uses trucks, then at the end of the
day he can clear all the orders. Alternatively, if he uses only trucks, then all the orders are
cleared at the end of the day. What is the minimum number of trucks required so that
there will be no pending order at the end of day?

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2011 quantitative-aptitude normal work-time

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9.53.3 Work Time: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 65 top☝

The current erection cost of a structure is Rs. If the labour wages per day
increase by of the current wages and the working hours decrease by of the
current period, then the new cost of erection in Rs. is

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2013 quantitative-aptitude normal work-time

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9.53.4 Work Time: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 8 top☝

IT was estimated that men can complete a strip in a newly constructed highway
connecting cities and in days, Due to an emergency, men were sent to
another project. How many number of days, more than the original estimate, will be required
to complete the strip?

A. days B. days C. days D. days

gateme-2020-set2 quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.5 Work Time: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-10 top☝

Ananth takes hours and Bharath takes hours to read a book. Both started reading
copies of the book at the same time. After how many hours is the number of pages to
be read by Ananth, twice that to be read by Bharath? Assume Ananth and Bharath read all
the pages with constant pace.

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ce-2 work-time quantitative-aptitude

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9.53.6 Work Time: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-10 top☝

P, Q, R and S are working on a project. Q can finish the task in days, working alone
for hours a day. R can finish the task in days, working alone for hours per
day. Q worked hours a day but took sick leave in the beginning for two days. R worked
hours a day on all days. What is the ratio of work done by Q and R after days from the start
of the project?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-1 quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.7 Work Time: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-5 top☝

S, M, E and F are working in shifts in a team to finish a project. M works with twice the
efficiency of others but for half as many days as E worked. S and M have hour shifts
in a day, whereas E and F have hours shifts. What is the ratio of contribution of M to
contribution of E in the project?

A. B. C. D.
gate2016-ec-2 quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.8 Work Time: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-9 top☝

Two machine and are able to execute any of four jobs and . The
machines can perform one job on one object at a time. Jobs and take
minutes, minutes, minutes and minutes each respectively. There are objects
each requiring exactly job. Job is to be performed on objects. Job on objects, Job
on object and Job on objects. What is the minimum time needed to complete all the
jobs?

A. hours B. hours C. hours D. hours

gate2017-ce-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.9 Work Time: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-8 top☝

men and women can build a bridge in weeks. men and women
will take weeks to build the same bridge. How many men will be needed to build the
bridge in one week?

A. B. C. D.
gate2017-ec-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.10 Work Time: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-7 top☝

bullocks and tractors take days to plough a field. If we have half the number of
bullocks and double the number of tractors, it takes days to plough the same field.
How many days will it take bullocks alone to plough the field?

A. B. C. D.
 gate2017-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.11 Work Time: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-3 top☝

Seven machines take minutes to make identical toys. At the same rate, how many
minutes would it take for machine to make toys?

A. B. C. D.
gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.12 Work Time: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-8 top☝

A contract is to be completed in 52 days and 125 identical robots were employed,

each operational for 7 hours a day. After 39 days, five-seventh of the work was
completed. How many additional robots would be required to complete the work on time, if
each robot is now operational for 8 hours a day?

A. 50 B. 89 C. 146 D. 175
gate2018-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.13 Work Time: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-9 top☝

An oil tank can be filled by pipe in hours and pipe in hours, each pump
working on its own. When the oil tank is full and the drainage hole is open, the oil
is drained in hours. If initially the tank was empty and someone started the two pups
together but left the drainage hole open, how many hours will it take for the tank to be filled?
(Assume that the rate of drainage is independent of the Head)

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ce-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.14 Work Time: GATE2019 EC: GA-3 top☝

It would take one machine hours to complete a production order and another
machine hours to complete the same order. If both machines work simultaneously at
their respective constant rates, the time taken to complete the same order is ________ hours.

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ec general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.15 Work Time: GATE2019 EE: GA-4 top☝

It takes two hours for a person to mow the lawn. can mow the same lawn in four
hours. How long (in minutes) will it take and if they work together to mow the
 lawn

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-ee general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

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9.53.16 Work Time: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-7 top☝

Two pipes and can fill a tank in hours and hours respectively, while a third
pipe can empty the tank in hours. Initially, and are open for hours, Then
is closed and is opened. After more hours is closed. The total time taken to fill the
tank (in hours) is ____

A. B. C. D.
gate2019-me-2 general-aptitude quantitative-aptitude work-time

Answer key☟

Answer Keys
9.1.1 D 9.1.2 B 9.1.3 D 9.1.4 B 9.1.5 B
9.1.6 B 9.2.1 D 9.2.2 D 9.3.1 B 9.3.2 D
9.3.3 B 9.3.4 B 9.3.5 B 9.4.1 A 9.4.2 C
9.4.3 C 9.4.4 A 9.4.5 D 9.5.1 C 9.5.2 B
9.5.3 B 9.5.5 D 9.5.6 C 9.5.7 C 9.6.1 C
9.6.2 A 9.6.3 B 9.6.4 B 9.6.5 C 9.6.6 C
9.6.7 D 9.6.8 C 9.6.9 D 9.6.10 C 9.6.11 A
9.7.1 C 9.8.1 B 9.8.2 C 9.8.3 C 9.8.4 A
9.8.5 B 9.9.1 D 9.9.2 C 9.9.3 A 9.10.2 B
9.10.3 A 9.10.4 D 9.10.5 B 9.10.6 B 9.10.7 D
0.4895 :
9.11.1 B 9.11.2 B 9.11.3 C 9.11.4 9.11.5 B
0.4897
9.11.6 B 9.12.1 A 9.13.1 C 9.13.2 C 9.13.3 B
9.14.1 A 9.14.2 A 9.14.3 C 9.14.4 1300 9.15.1 C
9.15.2 A 9.15.3 D 9.15.4 C 9.16.1 B 9.17.1 A
9.18.1 D 9.18.2 140 9.18.3 2006 9.18.4 B 9.18.5 C
9.18.6 C 9.18.7 A 9.18.8 B 9.18.9 A 9.18.10 C
9.18.11 C 9.18.12 C 9.18.13 B 9.19.1 D 9.19.2 B
9.19.3 C 9.19.4 C 9.19.5 B 9.20.1 B 9.20.2 C
9.21.1 8 9.21.2 C 9.21.3 B 9.21.4 C 9.21.5 B
9.21.6 C 9.21.7 B 9.21.8 A 9.21.9 D 9.21.10 A
9.21.11 C 9.21.12 A 9.21.13 C 9.21.14 A 9.22.1 6
9.22.2 D 9.22.3 A 9.22.4 C 9.22.5 2.06 9.22.6 D
22.2 :
9.22.7 B 9.22.8 B 9.22.9 D 9.22.10 C 9.22.11
22.3
9.22.12 D 9.22.13 C 9.22.14 B 9.22.15 B 9.22.17 C
9.22.18 C 9.22.19 A 9.22.20 C 9.23.1 C 9.23.2 B
9.23.3 B 9.23.4 D 9.23.5 D 9.23.6 A 9.23.7 B
9.23.9 C 9.24.1 C 9.24.2 A 9.24.3 A 9.24.4 B
9.24.5 A 9.24.6 C 9.25.1 B 9.25.3 C 9.25.4 A
9.26.1 D 9.26.2 B 9.27.1 B 9.27.2 C 9.27.3 C
9.27.4 B 9.27.5 D 9.27.6 725 9.27.7 45 9.27.8 16
9.27.9 C 9.27.10 D 9.28.1 D 9.29.1 C 9.29.2 D
9.29.3 X 9.29.4 A 9.29.5 D 9.30.1 B 9.30.2 D
9.30.3 96 9.30.4 D 9.30.5 B 9.30.6 A 9.30.7 B
9.30.8 B 9.30.9 A 9.30.10 B 9.30.11 D 9.30.12 A
9.30.13 D 9.30.14 163 9.30.15 A 9.30.16 A 9.30.17 D
9.30.18 B 9.30.19 B 9.30.20 D 9.30.21 D 9.30.22 C
9.30.23 X 9.31.1 850 9.31.2 D 9.31.3 D 9.31.4 A
9.31.5 B 9.31.6 D 9.31.7 C 9.31.8 D 9.31.9 B
9.31.10 D 9.31.11 A 9.31.12 A 9.31.13 C 9.31.14 D
9.31.15 C 9.31.16 D 9.31.17 C 9.31.18 A 9.31.19 A
9.32.1 C 9.32.2 C 9.32.3 D 9.32.4 B 9.33.1 32
9.33.2 C 9.33.3 X 9.33.4 D 9.33.5 C 9.33.6 D
9.33.7 D 9.33.8 D 9.33.9 20000 9.33.10 22 9.33.11 B
9.34.1 B 9.34.2 C 9.34.3 D 9.35.1 D 9.36.1 C
9.36.2 A 9.36.3 C 9.36.4 D 9.37.1 D 9.37.2 B
9.37.3 B 9.37.4 D 9.37.5 C 9.37.6 C 9.37.7 B
9.37.8 B 9.37.9 C 9.37.10 C 9.37.11 D 9.38.1 B
9.38.2 D 9.38.3 A 9.38.4 C 9.38.5 C 9.38.6 D
9.38.7 D 9.38.8 C 9.38.9 B 9.38.10 C 9.38.11 D
9.38.12 D 9.38.13 C 9.38.14 A 9.38.15 D 9.38.16 C

9.38.17 C 9.38.18 A 9.38.19 25 9.38.20 B 9.38.21 0.81

9.38.22 B 9.38.23 B 9.38.24 4536 9.38.25 B 9.38.26 B
9.38.27 C 9.38.28 B 9.38.29 C 9.38.30 C 9.38.31 C
9.38.32 D 9.38.33 X 9.38.34 B 9.38.35 B 9.39.1 B
9.39.2 B 9.39.3 C 9.39.4 C 9.39.5 C 9.39.6 A
9.39.7 C 9.39.8 C 9.39.9 D 9.39.10 B 9.39.11 180
9.39.12 C 9.39.13 B 9.39.14 B 9.39.15 C 9.39.16 B
9.39.17 B 9.40.1 A 9.40.2 B 9.40.3 A 9.40.4 495
9.40.5 C 9.40.6 C 9.40.7 C 9.40.8 B 9.41.1 C
9.41.2 D 9.41.4 B 9.42.1 C 9.42.2 B 9.42.3 B
9.42.4 C 9.42.5 C 9.42.6 560 9.42.7 A 9.42.8 4
9.42.9 800 9.42.10 A 9.42.11 D 9.42.12 D 9.42.13 A
9.42.14 A 9.42.15 D 9.42.16 B 9.43.1 C 9.43.2 C
9.44.1 C 9.44.2 C 9.44.3 A 9.44.4 C 9.44.5 D
9.44.6 B 9.45.1 C 9.47.1 48 9.47.2 C 9.47.3 C
9.47.4 B 9.47.5 C 9.47.6 D 9.47.7 D 9.47.8 D
9.48.3 B 9.48.4 D 9.48.6 C 9.48.7 C 9.49.1 B
9.50.1 A 9.51.1 D 9.51.2 A 9.51.3 C 9.51.4 C
9.51.5 B 9.51.6 C 9.51.7 C 9.51.8 B 9.51.9 A
9.51.10 D 9.51.11 D 9.51.12 C 9.51.13 B 9.52.1 C
9.53.1 D 9.53.2 C 9.53.4 A 9.53.5 C 9.53.6 C
9.53.7 B 9.53.8 A 9.53.9 C 9.53.10 A 9.53.11 B
9.53.12 X 9.53.13 C 9.53.14 C 9.53.16 A
10 General Aptitude: Spatial Aptitude (16)

10.1 Assembling Pieces (2) top☝

10.1.1 Assembling Pieces: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 7 top☝

A jigsaw puzzle has pieces. One of the pieces is shown above. Which one of the given
options for the missing piece when assembled will form a rectangle? The piece can be
moved, rotated or flipped to assemble with the above piece.

A. B.

C. D.
gatecse-2021-set2 spatial-aptitude assembling-pieces 2-marks

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10.1.2 Assembling Pieces: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 7 top☝

A jigsaw puzzle has pieces. One of the pieces is shown above. Which one of the given
options for the missing piece when assembled will form a rectangle? The piece can be
moved, rotated or flipped to assemble with the above piece.​​
 A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set1 spatial-aptitude assembling-pieces

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10.2 Mirror Image (2) top☝

10.2.1 Mirror Image: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 2 top☝

The mirror image of the above text about the -axis is

A.

B.

C.

D.

gatecivil-2021-set1 mirror-image

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10.2.2 Mirror Image: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 2 top☝

 The mirror image of the above text about the -axis is

A. B. C. D.

gatecivil-2021-set2 mirror-image

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10.3 Paper Folding (5) top☝

10.3.1 Paper Folding: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 4 top☝

A circular sheet of paper is folded along the lines in the directions shown. The paper, after
being punched in the final folded state as shown and unfolded in the reverse order of folding,
will look like _______.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2021-set1 spatial-aptitude paper-folding 1-mark

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10.3.2 Paper Folding: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 2 top☝

A transparent square sheet shown above is folded along the dotted line. The folded sheet will
look like ___________.

A. B. C. D.
 gatecse-2021-set2 spatial-aptitude paper-folding 1-mark

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10.3.3 Paper Folding: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Consider two rectangular sheets, Sheet and Sheet of dimensions

each.

Folding operation The sheet is folded into half by joining the short edges of the current
shape.
Folding operation The sheet is folded into half by joining the long edges of the current
shape.

Folding operation is carried out on Sheet three times.

Folding operation is carried out on Sheet three times.
The ratio of perimeters of the final folded shape of Sheet to the final folded shape of Sheet
is _____________.

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set1 spatial-aptitude paper-folding

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10.3.4 Paper Folding: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 2 top☝

A transparent square sheet shown above is folded along the dotted line. The folded sheet will
look like ________________.

A. B. C. D.

gateee-2021 spatial-aptitude paper-folding

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10.3.5 Paper Folding: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 9 top☝

Consider a square sheet of side unit. The sheet is first folded along the main
diagonal. This is followed by a fold along its line of symmetry. The resulting folded
shape is again folded along its line of symmetry. The area of each face of the final folded
shape, in square units, equal to _________

A. B. C. D.
 gateme-2021-set2 spatial-aptitude paper-folding area

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10.4 Patterns In Two Dimensions (4) top☝

10.4.1 Patterns In Two Dimensions: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 2 top☝

A polygon is convex if, for every pair of points, and belonging to the polygon, the
line segment lies completely inside or on the polygon.
Which one of the following is a convex polygon?

B. D.
A. C.
gatecse-2021-set1 spatial-aptitude patterns-in-two-dimensions 1-mark

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10.4.2 Patterns In Two Dimensions: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 10 top☝

A plot of land must be divided between four families. They want their individual plots to
be similar in shape, not necessarily equal in area. The land has equally spaced poles,
marked as dots in the below figure. Two ropes, and are already present and cannot
be moved.
What is the least number of straight ropes needed to create the desired plots? A
single rope can pass through three poles that are aligned in a straight line.

A. B. C. D.
gatecse-2022 spatial-aptitude patterns-in-two-dimensions 2-marks

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 10.4.3 Patterns In Two Dimensions: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 3 top☝

The least number of squares that must be added so that the line becomes the line of
symmetry is ____________

A. B. C. D.
gateec-2021 spatial-aptitude patterns-in-two-dimensions

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10.4.4 Patterns In Two Dimensions: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 3 top☝

For a regular polygon having sides, the interior angle between the sides of the
polygon, in degrees, is:

A. B. C. D.
gateee-2021 spatial-aptitude patterns-in-two-dimensions

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10.5 Rotation (1) top☝

10.5.1 Rotation: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 5 top☝

A palindrome is a word that reads the same forwards and backwards. In a game of
words, a player has the following two plates painted with letters.

From the additional plates given in the options, which one of the combinations of additional
plates would allow the player to construct a five-letter palindrome. The player should use all
the five plates exactly once. The plates can be rotated in their plane.

A.

B.

C.

D.
 gatecse-2022 spatial-aptitude rotation 1-mark

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10.6 Three Dimensional Figure (1) top☝

10.6.1 Three Dimensional Figure: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 5 top☝

Looking at the surface of a smooth -dimensional object from the outside, which one
of the following options is

A. The surface of the object must be concave everywhere.

B. The surface of the object must be convex everywhere.
C. The surface of the object may be concave in some places and convex in other places.
D. The object can have edges, but no corners.

gatecse-2023 spatial-aptitude three-dimensional-figure 1-mark

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10.7 Transformation Of Figure (1) top☝

10.7.1 Transformation Of Figure: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Which one of the options best describes the transformation of the -dimensional figure
to , and then to , as shown?

A. A clockwise rotation by about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the

figure
A reflection along a horizontal line
B. A counter clockwise rotation by about an axis perpendicular to the
plane of the figure
A reflection along a horizontal line
C. A clockwise rotation by about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the
figure
A reflection along a vertical line
D. A counter clockwise rotation by about an axis perpendicular to the
plane of the figure
A reflection along a vertical line

gatecse-2023 spatial-aptitude transformation-of-figure 2-marks

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Answer Keys
10.1.1 A 10.1.2 A 10.2.1 B 10.2.2 B 10.3.1 A

10.3.2 B 10.3.3 A 10.3.4 C 10.3.5 B 10.4.1 A

10.4.2 D 10.4.3 C 10.4.4 D 10.5.1 B 10.6.1 C
10.7.1 A
11 General Aptitude: Verbal Aptitude (320)

11.1 Closest Word (3) top☝

11.1.1 Closest Word: GATE2013 CE: GA-3 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below:
Primeval

A. Modern B. Historic C. Primitive D. Antique

gate2013-ce closest-word most-appropriate-word

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11.1.2 Closest Word: GATE2013 EE: GA-1 top☝

They were requested not to quarrel with others.

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word quarrel?

A. make out B. call out C. dig out D. fall out

gate2013-ee verbal-aptitude closest-word

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11.1.3 Closest Word: GATE2014 AE: GA-1 top☝

A student is required to demonstrate a high level of comprehension of the subject,

especially in the social sciences.
The word closest in meaning to comprehension is

A. understanding B. meaning C. concentration D. stability

gate2014-ae closest-word verbal-aptitude

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11.2 Comparative Forms (1) top☝

11.2.1 Comparative Forms: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Getting to the top is ______________ than staying on top.

A. more easy B. much easy C. easiest D. easier

gatecivil-2021-set1 verbal-aptitude english-grammar comparative-forms

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11.3 English Grammar (40) top☝

11.3.1 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-1 top☝

an envelope
and

Which one of the above underlined parts of the sentence is NOT appropriate?

A. I B. II C. III D. IV
gatecse-2014-set3 verbal-aptitude easy english-grammar

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11.3.2 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-1 top☝

Didn't you buy ____ when you went shopping?

A. any paper B. much paper C. no paper D. a few paper

gatecse-2015-set1 verbal-aptitude easy english-grammar

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11.3.3 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-1 top☝

We __________ our friends's birthday and we _________ how to make it up to him.

A. completely forgot --- don't just B. forgot completely --- don't just
know know
C. completely forgot --- just don't D. forgot completely --- just don't
know know
gatecse-2015-set2 verbal-aptitude easy english-grammar

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11.3.4 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-2 top☝

The Tamil version of __________ John Abraham-starrer Madras Cafe __________

cleared by the Censor Board with no cuts last week, but the film's distributor _______
no takers among the exhibitors for a release in Tamilnadu _______ this Friday.

A. Mr., was, found, on B. a, was, found, at

C. the, was, found, on D. a, being, find at
gatecse-2015-set3 verbal-aptitude normal english-grammar

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11.3.5 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA03 top☝

Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it,
and I will move the world."
The sentence above is an example of a ____________ statement.

A. figurative B. collateral C. literal D. figurine

gatecse-2016-set1 verbal-aptitude normal english-grammar

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11.3.6 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-01 top☝

The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as ________________.

A. the security guard at a university B. a security guard at the university

C. a security guard at university D. the security guard at the university
gatecse-2016-set2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar normal

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11.3.7 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Research in the workplace reveals that people work for many reasons
_______________ .

A. money beside B. beside money

C. money besides D. besides money
gatecse-2017-set1 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.8 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Saturn is ___________ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.

A. enough bright B. bright enough C. as enough brightD. bright as enough

gatecse-2017-set2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.9 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-2 top☝

The search engine’s business model ____ around the fulcrum of trust.

A. revolves B. plays C. sinks D. bursts

gatecse-2019 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar 1-mark

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11.3.10 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-1 top☝

Raman is confident of speaking English _______six months as he has been practising

regularly_______the last three weeks

A. during, for B. for, since C. for, in D. within, for

gatecse-2020 verbal-aptitude english-grammar 1-mark

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11.3.11 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Consider the following sentences:

i. Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam.

ii. Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess.
Which of the following is the observation about the above two sentences?

A. is grammatically correct and is unambiguous

B. is grammatically incorrect and is unambiguous
C. is grammatically correct and is ambiguous
D. is grammatically incorrect and is ambiguous

gatecse-2021-set1 verbal-aptitude english-grammar 1-mark

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11.3.12 English Grammar: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Gauri said that she can play the keyboard __________ her sister.

A. as well as B. as better as C. as nicest as D. as worse as

gatecse-2021-set2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar 1-mark

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11.3.13 English Grammar: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 1 top☝

i. Arun and Aparna are here.

ii. Arun and Aparna is here.
iii. Arun’s families is here.
iv. Arun’s family is here.

Which of the above sentences are grammatically ?

A. B. C. D.
gatecivil-2021-set2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar easy

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11.3.14 English Grammar: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 2 top☝

He was not only accused of theft _____ of conspiracy.

A. rather B. but also C. but even D. rather than

gate2020-ec verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.15 English Grammar: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 1 top☝

This book, including all its chapters, _______interesting. The students as well as
the instructor _______ in agreement about it.

A. is, was B. are, are C. is, are D. were, was

gate2020-ee verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.16 English Grammar: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 1 top☝

The people _______________ were at the demonstration were from all sections of
society.

A. whose B. which C. who D. whom

gateee-2021 verbal-aptitude english-grammar easy

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11.3.17 English Grammar: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Jofra Archer, the England fast bowler, is _______than accurate.

A. more fast B. faster C. less fast D. more faster

gateme-2020-set1 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.18 English Grammar: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Consider the following sentences:

i. After his surgery, Raja hardly could walk.

ii. After his surgery, Raja could barely walk.
iii. After his surgery, Raja barely could walk.
iv. After his surgery, Raja could hardly walk.

Which of the above sentences are grammatically ?

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set1 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

Answer key☟

11.3.19 English Grammar: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Consider the following sentences:

i. The number of candidates who appear for the examination is staggering.

ii. A number of candidates from my class are appearing for the examination.
iii. The number of candidates who appear for the examination are staggering.
iv. A number of candidates from my class is appearing for the examination.

Which of the above sentences are grammatically ?

A. B. C. D.
gateme-2021-set2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.20 English Grammar: GATE2012 AR: GA-4 top☝

Which one of the parts (A, B, C, D) in the sentence contains an ERROR?

No sooner had the doctor seen the results of the blood test, than he suggested
the patient to see the specialist.

A. no sooner had B. results of the blood test

C. suggested the patient D. see the specialist
gate2012-ar verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.21 English Grammar: GATE2012 CY: GA-2 top☝

One of the parts in the sentence given below contains an ERROR.

Which one of the following is INCORRECT?
I requested that he should be given the driving test today instead of tomorrow.

A. requested that B. should be given

C. the driving test D. instead of tomorrow
gate2012-cy verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.22 English Grammar: GATE2013 AE: GA-4 top☝

All engineering students should learn mechanics, mathematics and how to do

computation.
I II III IV
Which of the above underlined parts of the sentence is not appropriate?

a. I b. II c. III d. IV
gate2013-ae english-grammar verbal-aptitude

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11.3.23 English Grammar: GATE2013 CE: GA-2 top☝

Which of the above underlined parts of the sentence is grammatically incorrect?

A. I B. II C. III D. IV
gate2013-ce english-grammar verbal-aptitude

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11.3.24 English Grammar: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-2 top☝

Which of the options given below best completes the following sentence?
She will feel much better if she ___________.

A. Will get some rest B. Gets some rest

C. Will be getting some rest D. Is getting some rest
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11.3.25 English Grammar: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-6 top☝

The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the
sentence, you find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Following the
requirements of the standard written English, select the answer that produces the most
effective sentence.
Tuberculosis, together with its effects, ranks one of the leading causes of death in India.

A. ranks as one of the leading causes of death

B. rank as one of the leading causes of death
C. has the rank of one of the leading causes of death
D. are one of the leading causes of death

gate2015-ec-1 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.26 English Grammar: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-6 top☝

Ram and Shyam shared a secret and promised to each other that it would remain
between them. Ram expressed himself in one of the following ways as given in the
choices below. Identify the correct way as per standard English.

A. It would remain between you and B. It would remain between I and you.
me.
C. It would remain between you and I. D. It would remain with me.
gate2015-ec-3 english-grammar verbal-aptitude

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11.3.27 English Grammar: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-6 top☝

Select the appropriate option in place of underlined part of the sentence.

Increased productivity necessary reflects greater efforts made by the employees.

A. Increase in productivity necessary B. Increase productivity is necessary

C. Increase in productivity necessarily D. No improvement required
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11.3.28 English Grammar: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-1 top☝

If I were you, I ________ that laptop. It’s much too expensive.

A. Won’t buy B. Shan’t buy C. Wouldn’t buy D. Would buy

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11.3.29 English Grammar: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-1 top☝

Which of the following is CORRECT with respect to grammar and usage?

Mount Everest is ________.

A. The highest peak in the world B. Highest peak in the world

C. One of highest peak in the world D. One of the highest peak in the
world
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11.3.30 English Grammar: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-1 top☝

Based on the given statements, select the appropriate option with respect to grammar
and usage.
Statements
(i) The height of Mr. is feet.
(ii) The height of Mr. is feet.

A. Mr. is longer than Mr. . B. Mr. is more elongated than Mr. .

C. Mr. is taller than Mr. . D. Mr. is lengthier than Mr. .
gate2016-ec-2 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.31 English Grammar: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-1 top☝

An apple costs Rs. . An onion costs Rs. .

Select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.

A. The price of an apple is greater than an onion.

B. The price of an apple is more than onion.
C. The price of an apple is greater than that of an onion.
D. Apples are more costlier than onions.

gate2016-ec-3 verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.32 English Grammar: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-2 top☝

It is ___________ to read this year’s textbook ________ the last year’s.

A. easier, than B. most easy, than

C. easier, from D. easiest, from
gate2017-ec-2 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.33 English Grammar: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-1 top☝

He was one of my best _______ and I felt his loss ________.

 A. friend, keenly B. friends, keen C. friend, keener D. friends, keenly
gate2017-me-1 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.34 English Grammar: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-1 top☝

The ways in which this game can be played _________ potentially infinite.

A. is B. is being C. are D. are being

gate2017-me-2 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.35 English Grammar: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-1 top☝

"Going by the _____ that many hands make light work, the school ____ involved all
the students in the task."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. principle, principal B. principal, principle

C. principle, principle D. principal, principal
gate2018-me-1 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.36 English Grammar: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-1 top☝

The lecture was attended by quite _______ students, so the hall was not very
_______.

A. a few, quite B. few, quiet

C. a few, quiet D. few, quite
gate2019-ce-1 general-aptitude verbal-aptitude english-grammar

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11.3.37 English Grammar: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-2 top☝

They have come a long way in ________ trust among the users.

A. creating B. created C. creation D. create

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11.3.38 English Grammar: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-5 top☝

The CEO’s decision to quit was as shocking to the Board as it was to ______.

A. I B. me C. my D. myself
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 11.3.39 English Grammar: GATE2019 EC: GA-1 top☝

The strategies that the company ________ to sell its products _______ house-to-
house marketing.

A. use, includes B. uses, include

C. used, includes D. uses, including
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11.3.40 English Grammar: GATE2019 IN: GA-1 top☝

The fisherman, ________ the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the
government.

A. whom B. to which C. to whom D. that

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11.4 Grammatical Error (6) top☝

11.4.1 Grammatical Error: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 59 top☝

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

A. They gave us the money back less the service charges of Three Hundred rupees.
B. This country’s expenditure is not less than that of Bangladesh.
C. The committee initially asked for a funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later settled for a
lesser sum.
D. This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

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11.4.2 Grammatical Error: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 60 top☝

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

A. He is of Asian origin. B. They belonged to Africa.

C. She is an European. D. They migrated from India to
Australia.
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11.4.3 Grammatical Error: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-10 top☝

Out of the following sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to
grammar and usage:

A. Since the report lacked needed information, it was of no use to them.

B. The report was useless to them because there were no needed information in it.
 C. Since the report did not contain the needed information, it was not real useful to them.
D. Since the report lacked needed information, it would not had been useful to them.

gatecse-2015-set2 verbal-aptitude normal english-grammar grammatical-error

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11.4.4 Grammatical Error: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA01 top☝

Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to
grammar and usage.

A. I will not leave the place until the minister does not meet me.
B. I will not leave the place until the minister doesn't meet me.
C. I will not leave the place until the minister meet me.
D. I will not leave the place until the minister meets me.

gatecse-2016-set1 verbal-aptitude english-grammar easy grammatical-error

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11.4.5 Grammatical Error: GATE2012 AR: GA-3 top☝

Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:

A. He laid in bed till o’clock in the morning.

B. He layed in bed till o’clock in the morning.
C. He lain in bed till o’clock in the morning.
D. He lay in bed till o’clock in the morning.

gate2012-ar verbal-aptitude english-grammar easy grammatical-error

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11.4.6 Grammatical Error: GATE2013 EE: GA-4 top☝

Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:

A. Two and two add four. B. Two and two become four.
C. Two and two are four. D. Two and two make four.
gate2013-ee english-grammar verbal-aptitude grammatical-error

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11.5 Meaning (35) top☝

11.5.1 Meaning: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 57 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below:
Circuitous

A. cyclic B. indirect C. confusing D. crooked

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11.5.2 Meaning: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 56 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in the meaning to the word below:
Inexplicable

A. Incomprehensible B. Indelible
C. Inextricable D. Infallible
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11.5.3 Meaning: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 58 top☝

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Mitigate

A. Diminish B. Divulge C. Dedicate D. Denote

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11.5.4 Meaning: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 56 top☝

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Nadir

A. Highest B. Lowest C. Medium D. Integration

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11.5.5 Meaning: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-1 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the phrase in bold in the
sentence below?

It is fascinating to see life forms cope with varied environmental conditions.

A. Adopt to B. Adapt to C. Adept in D. Accept with

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11.5.6 Meaning: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-3 top☝

In a press meet on the recent scam, the minister said, "The buck stops here". What did
the minister convey by the statement?

A. He wants all the money B. He will return the money

C. He will assume final responsibility D. He will resist all enquiries
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11.5.7 Meaning: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Match the columns.

A. B.
C. D.
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11.5.8 Meaning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning of the sentence below?
She enjoyed herself immensely at the party.

A. She had a terrible time at the party B. She had a horrible time at the
party
C. She had a terrific time at the party D. She had a terrifying time at the
party
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11.5.9 Meaning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-7 top☝

Select the alternative meaning of the underlined part of the sentence.

The chain snatchers took to their heels when the police party arrived.

A. Took shelter in a thick jungle B. Open indiscriminate fire

C. Took to flight D. Unconditionally surrendered
gatecse-2015-set1 verbal-aptitude meaning easy

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11.5.10 Meaning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

A. The industrialist had a personnel jet.

B. I write my experience in my personnel diary.
C. All personnel are being given the day off.
D. Being religious is a personnel aspect.

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11.5.11 Meaning: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA02 top☝

A rewording of something written or spoken is a __________.

A. paraphrase B. paradox C. paradigm D. paraffin

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11.5.12 Meaning: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-02 top☝

Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and
seamer-friendly wickets in Australia.
Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above
sentence.

A. Put up with. B. Put in with.

C. Put down to. D. Put up against.
gatecse-2016-set2 verbal-aptitude meaning normal

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11.5.13 Meaning: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-03 top☝

Find the odd one in the following group of words.

mock, deride, praise, jeer

A. Mock B. Deride C. Praise D. Jeer

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11.5.14 Meaning: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-1 top☝

Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.

A. aversion, dislike B. luminous, radiant

C. plunder, loot D. yielding, resistant
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11.5.15 Meaning: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-2 top☝

His knowledge of the subject was excellent but his classroom performance
was_______.

A. extremely poor B. good C. desirable D. praiseworthy

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11.5.16 Meaning: GATE2010 MN: GA-1 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word below
Exhort

A. urge B. condemn C. restrain D. scold

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11.5.17 Meaning: GATE2010 TF: GA-1 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word below
Ephemeral

A. effeminate B. ghostlike C. soft D. short-lived

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11.5.18 Meaning: GATE2012 AR: GA-1 top☝

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Pacify

A. Excite B. Soothe C. Deplete D. Tire

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11.5.19 Meaning: GATE2012 CY: GA-3 top☝

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Latitude

A. Eligibility B. Freedom C. Coercion D. Meticulousness

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11.5.20 Meaning: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-1 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word underlined in the
sentence below?
In a democracy, everybody has the freedom to disagree with the government.

A. Dissent B. Descent C. Decent D. Decadent

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11.5.21 Meaning: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-2 top☝

After the discussion, Tom said to me, 'Please revert!'. He expects me to __________.

A. Retract B. Get back to him

 C. Move in reverse D. Retreat
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11.5.22 Meaning: GATE2014 EC-4: GA-3 top☝

While receiving the award, the scientist said, "I feel vindicated". Which of the following
is closest in meaning to the word 'vindicated'?

A. Punished B. Substantiated
C. Appreciated D. Chastened
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11.5.23 Meaning: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-2 top☝

Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

A. The minister insured the victims that everything would be all right.
B. He ensured that the company will not have to bear any loss.
C. The actor got himself ensured against any accident.
D. The teacher insured students of good results.

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11.5.24 Meaning: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-3 top☝

Which word is not a synonym for the word vernacular?

A. regional B. indigenous C. indigent D. colloquial

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11.5.25 Meaning: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-6 top☝

The word similar in meaning to ‘dreary’ is

A. cheerful B. dreamy C. hard D. dismal

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11.5.26 Meaning: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 2 top☝

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word:

Awkward

A. Inept B. Graceful C. Suitable D. Dreadful

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11.5.27 Meaning: GATE2015 EC-3: GA- 2 top☝

Choose the most suitable one word substitute for the following expression:
Connotation of a road or way

A. Pertinacious B. Viaticum C. Clandestine D. Ravenous

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11.5.28 Meaning: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-3 top☝

Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

A. When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive.

B. When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive.
C. Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive.
D. Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory.

gate2015-me-3 verbal-aptitude meaning

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11.5.29 Meaning: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-2 top☝

The policeman asked the victim of a theft, "What did you ___ ?"

A. Loose B. Lose C. Loss D. Louse

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11.5.30 Meaning: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-2 top☝

The Buddha said, "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of
throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burnt." Select the word below
which is closest in meaning to the word underlined above.

A. Burning B. Igniting C. Clutching D. Flinging

gate2016-ec-3 meaning

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11.5.31 Meaning: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-3 top☝

Choose the statement(s) where the underlined word is used correctly:

i. A prone is a dried plum.

ii. He was lying prone on the floor.
iii. People who eat a lot of fat are prone to heart disease.

A. (i) and (iii) only B. (iii) only C. (i) and (ii) only D. (ii) and (iii) only
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11.5.32 Meaning: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-2 top☝

There was no doubt that their work was through.

Which of the words below is closest in meaning to the underlined word above?

A. pretty B. complete C. sloppy D. haphazard

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11.5.33 Meaning: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-6 top☝

“If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the
British Raj, or for all reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually
antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and
ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the
country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors,
to get the perspective needed for impartial recording of these matters”.
Here, the word ‘antagonistic’ is closest in meaning to,

A. Impartial B. Argumentative C. Separated D. Hostile

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11.5.34 Meaning: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-1 top☝

The ninth and the tenth of this month are Monday and Tuesday________.

A. figuratively B. retrospectively C. respectively D. rightfully

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11.5.35 Meaning: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-8 top☝

"The increasing interest in tribal characters might be a mere coincidence, but the
timing is of interest. None of this, though, is to say that the tribal hero has arrived in
Hindi cinema, or that the new crop of characters represents the acceptance of the tribal
character in the industry. The films and characters are too few to be described as a pattern."
What does the word 'arrived' mean in the paragraph above?

A. reached a terminus B. came to a conclusion

C. attained a status D. went to a place
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11.6 Most Appropriate Alternative (4) top☝

 11.6.1 Most Appropriate Alternative: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 57 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
Despite several _________ the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the conflict.

A. attempts B. setbacks C. meetings D. delegations

gatecse-2012 verbal-aptitude easy most-appropriate-alternative

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11.6.2 Most Appropriate Alternative: GATE2012 AE: GA-2 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence:
Food prices ___ again this month.

A. have raised B. have been raising

C. have been rising D. have arose

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11.6.3 Most Appropriate Alternative: GATE2012 CY: GA-5 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence:
If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he ___ the mattress out on the balcony.

A. should take B. shall take

C. should have taken D. will have taken
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11.6.4 Most Appropriate Alternative: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-3 top☝

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word:

Educe

A. Exert B. Educate C. Extract D. Extend

gate2015-ec-1 meaning most-appropriate-alternative

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11.7 Most Appropriate Word (83) top☝

11.7.1 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 56 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
His rather casual remarks on politics ________ his lack of seriousness about the
subject.

A. masked B. belied C. betrayed D. suppressed

gatecse-2010 verbal-aptitude most-appropriate-word normal

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11.7.2 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 58 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
If we manage to __________ our natural resources, we would leave a better planet for
our children.

A. uphold B. restrain C. cherish D. conserve

gatecse-2010 verbal-aptitude most-appropriate-word easy

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11.7.3 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 58 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
I contemplated _________ Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.

A. to visit B. having to visit C. visiting D. for a visit

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11.7.4 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 59 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience, you cannot do so by
being understated, tentative or ________.

A. hyperbolic B. restrained C. argumentative D. indifferent

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11.7.5 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 60 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
Suresh’s dog is the one ________ was hurt in the stampede.

A. that B. which C. who D. whom

gatecse-2012 verbal-aptitude most-appropriate-word normal
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11.7.6 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.

She could not understand the judges awarding her the first prize, because she thought that
her performance was quite _________.

A. superb B. medium C. mediocre D. exhilarating

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11.7.7 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate phrase from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
India is a post-colonial country because

A. it was a former British colony

B. Indian Information Technology professionals have colonized the world
C. India does not follow any colonial practices
D. India has helped other countries gain freedom

gatecse-2014-set2 verbal-aptitude most-appropriate-word easy

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11.7.8 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-4 top☝

A generic term that includes various items of clothing such as a skirt, a pair of trousers
and a shirt is

A. fabric B. textile C. fiber D. apparel

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11.7.9 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Extreme focus on syllabus and studying for tests has become such a dominant
concern of Indian student that they close their minds to anything ___________ to the
requirements of the exam.

A. related B. extraneous C. outside D. useful

gatecse-2015-set3 verbal-aptitude normal most-appropriate-word

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11.7.10 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-1 top☝

"From where are they bringing their books? _______ bringing _______ books from
________"
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. B.
C. D.
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11.7.11 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2018 | Question: GA-2 top☝

A ________ investigation can sometimes yield new facts, but typically organized ones
are more successful.
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A. B. C. D.
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11.7.12 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-1 top☝

The expenditure on the project _____ as follows: equipment Rs. lakhs, salaries Rs.
lakhs, and contingency Rs. lakhs.

A. break down B. break C. breaks down D. breaks

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11.7.13 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-5 top☝

A court is to a judge as _________ is to a teacher

A. a student B. a punishment C. a syllabus D. a school

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11.7.14 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 1 top☝

The ____________ is too high for it to be considered _____________.

A. fair / fare B. faer / fair C. fare / fare D. fare / fair

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11.7.15 Most Appropriate Word: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 1 top☝

We reached the station late, and _______ missed the train.

 A. near B. nearly C. utterly D. mostly
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11.7.16 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was conferred ______ Mary Kom, a six-time world
champion in boxing, recently in a ceremony _____ the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the
President’s official residence) in New Delhi.

A. with, at B. on, in C. on, at D. to, at

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11.7.17 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Despite a string of poor performances, the chances of Rahul’s selection in the

team are ________

A. slim B. bright C. obvious D. uncertain

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11.7.18 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 1 top☝

It is a common criticism that most of the academicians live in their ________ , so, they
are not aware of their real life challenges.

A. homes B. ivory towers C. glass palaces D. big flats

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11.7.19 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 2 top☝

His hunger for reading is insatiable. He reads indiscriminately. He is most certainly

a/an ______ reader.

A. all-round B. precocious C. voracious D. wise

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11.7.20 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Select the most appropriate word that can replace the underlined word without
changing the meaning of the sentence:
Now-a-days, most children have a tendency to belittle the legitimate concerns of their
parents.

A. disparage B. applaud C. reduce D. begrudge

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11.7.21 Most Appropriate Word: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 1 top☝

The untimely loss of life is a cause of serious global concern as thousands of people
get killed ____ accidents every year while many other die ____ diseases like cardio
vascular disease, cancer, etc.

A. in, of B. from, of C. during, from D. from, from

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11.7.22 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 2 top☝

People were prohibited_____their vehicles near the entrance of the main

administrative building.

A. to park B. from parking C. parking D. to have parked

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11.7.23 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 4 top☝

Stock markets _______ at the news of the coup.

A. poised B. plunged C. plugged D. probed

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11.7.24 Most Appropriate Word: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 1 top☝

He is known for his unscrupulous ways. He always sheds ________tears to deceive

people.

A. fox’s B. crocodile’s C. crocodile D. fox

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11.7.25 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2010 MN: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence
The committee wrote a _______ report extolling only the strengths of the proposal

A. reasonable B. supportive C. biased D. fragmented

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11.7.26 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2010 MN: GA-4 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence
If the country has to achieve real prosperity, it is _______ that the fruits of progress reach
all, and in equal measure

A. inevitable B. contingent C. oblivious D. imperative

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11.7.27 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2010 TF: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
The two child norm with _______ for the violators will have significant implications for oar
demographic profile

A. disincentives B. incitements C. restrictions D. restraints

general-aptitude verbal-aptitude gate2010-tf most-appropriate-word

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11.7.28 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2010 TF: GA-4 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence
There is no fixed relation between food and famine famines can occur with or without a
substantial _______ in food output

A. aberration B. weakening C. decline D. deterioration

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11.7.29 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 AG: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the India Medical Association, human genes are
to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which ________ treatments are unsatisfactory.

A. similar B. most C. uncommon D. available

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11.7.30 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 AG: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:
It was her view that the country’s problem had been _________ by foreign
technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counter-productive.

A. identified B. ascertained
C. exacerbated D. analysed
general-aptitude verbal-aptitude gate2011-ag most-appropriate-word

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11.7.31 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 GG: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below to complete
the following sentence.

The environmentalists hope ________ the lake to its pristine condition.

A. in restoring B. in the restoration of

C. to restore D. restoring

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11.7.32 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 GG: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
Despite the mixture’s ______ nature, we found that by lowering its temperature in
the laboratory we could dramatically reduce its tendency to vaporize.

A. acerbic B. resilient C. volatile D. heterogeneous

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11.7.33 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 GG: GA-5 top☝

Choose the most appropriate words from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
Because she had a reputation for _________ we were surprised and pleased when she
greeted us so _______.

A. insolence …… irately B. insouciance …… curtly

C. graciousness …… amiably D. querulousness …… affably
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11.7.34 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 MN: GA-57 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
We lost confidence in him because he never __________ the grandiose promises he
had made.
 A. delivered B. delivered on C. forgot D. reneged on
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11.7.35 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 MN: GA-58 top☝

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence below.
______________ in the frozen wastes of Arctic takes special equipment.

A. To survive B. Surviving C. Survival D. That survival

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11.7.36 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2011 MN: GA-60 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
The _________ of evidence was on the side of the plaintiff since all but one witness testified
that his story was correct.

A. paucity B. propensity C. preponderance D. accuracy

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11.7.37 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2012 AE: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence:

The administrators went on to implement yet another unreasonable measure, arguing

that the measures were already ___ and one more would hardly make a difference.

A. reflective B. utopian C. luxuriant D. unpopular

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11.7.38 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2012 AE: GA-4 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence:
To those of us who had always thought him timid, his ___ came as a surprise.

A. intrepidity B. inevitability C. inability D. inertness

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11.7.39 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2012 AR: GA-2 top☝

Choose the most appropriate pair of words from the options given below to complete
the following sentence:
The high level of ___ of the questions in the test was ___ by an increase in the period of
time allotted for answering them.

A. difficulty, compensated B. exactitude, magnified

C. aptitude, decreased D. attitude, mitigated

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11.7.40 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2012 CY: GA-4 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence:
Given the seriousness of the situation that he had to face, his ___ was impressive.

A. beggary B. nomenclature C. jealousy D. nonchalance

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11.7.41 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2013 CE: GA-4 top☝

Friendship, no matter how _________ it is, has its limitations.

A. cordial B. intimate C. secret D. pleasant

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11.7.42 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2013 EE: GA-3 top☝

Complete the sentence:

Dare _______________ mistakes.

A. commit B. to commit C. committed D. committing

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11.7.43 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 AE: GA-2 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence.
One of his biggest ______ was his ability to forgive.

A. vice B. virtues C. choices D. strength

 gate2014-ae most-appropriate-word

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11.7.44 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 AG: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence. A person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease ______ short-term
memory loss.

A. Experienced B. Has experienced

C. Is experiencing D. Experiences
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11.7.45 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 AG: GA-2 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence. _______ is the key to their happiness; they are satisfied with what
they have.

A. Contentment B. Ambition C. Perseverance D. Hunger

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11.7.46 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
Many ancient cultures attributed disease to supernatural causes. However, modern science
has largely helped ________ such notions.

A. Impel B. Dispel C. Propel D. Repel

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11.7.47 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
Communication and interpersonal skills are ________ important in their own ways.

A. Each B. Both C. All D. Either

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11.7.48 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 EC-2: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate pair of words from the options given below to complete
the following sentence.
She could not ______ the thought of _______ the election to her bitter rival.

A. Bear, loosing B. Bare, loosing

C. Bear, losing D. Bare, losing
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11.7.49 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-2 top☝

The value of one U.S. dollar is Indian Rupees today, compared to last year. The
Indian Rupee has _________.

A. Depressed B. Depreciated
C. Appreciated D. Stabilized
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11.7.50 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 CE-2: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.

The official answered ____________ that the complaints of the citizen would be looked into.

A. respectably B. respectfully C. reputably D. respectively

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11.7.51 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.

The principal presented the chief guest with a _________________, as token of appreciation.

A. momento B. memento C. momentum D. moment

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11.7.52 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-2 top☝

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete
the following sentence:

Frogs ____________________.

A. croak B. roar C. hiss D. patter

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11.7.53 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 1 top☝

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete
the following sentence:
Dhoni, as well as the other team members of Indian team, ____________present on the
occasion.

A. were B. was C. has D. have

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11.7.54 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-3 top☝

Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank below:

Let us ___________.

A. introvert B. alternate
C. atheist D. altruist
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11.7.55 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-1 top☝

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete
the following sentence:
Apparent lifelessness ____________________ dormant life.

A. harbours B. leads to C. supports D. affects

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11.7.56 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2015 ME-3: GA-2 top☝

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.

That boy from the town was a ____________ in the sleepy village.

A. dog out of herd B. sheep from the heap

C. fish out of water D. bird from the flock
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11.7.57 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-3 top☝

Choose the most appropriate set of words from the options given below to complete
the following sentence.
_________, ___________ is a will, _________ is a way.

A. Wear, there, their B. Were, their, there

C. Where, there, there D. Where, their, their
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11.7.58 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-3 top☝

Despite the new medicine's _________ in treating diabetes, it is not _________widely.

A. effectiveness --- prescribed B. availability --- used

C. prescription --- available D. acceptance --- proscribed
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11.7.59 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-2 top☝

The students _________ the teacher on teachers’ day for twenty years of dedicated
teaching.

A. Facilitated B. Felicitated C. Fantasized D. Facillitated

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11.7.60 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-1 top☝

The volume of a sphere of diameter unit is ______ than the volume of a cube of side
unit.

A. Least B. Less C. Lesser D. Low

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11.7.61 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-2 top☝

The unruly crowd demanded that the accused be _________ without trial.

A. Hanged B. Hanging C. Hankering D. Hung

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11.7.62 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-2 top☝

_______________ with someone else’s email account is now a very serious offence.

A. Involving B. Assisting C. Tampering D. Incubating

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11.7.63 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-1 top☝

"The driver applied the ____ as soon as she approached the hotel where she wanted
to take a ____"
 A. brake, break B. break, brake C. brake, brake D. break, break
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11.7.64 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CE-1: GA-2 top☝

"It is no surprise that every society has had codes of behavior; however, the nature of
these codes is often _____."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A. unpredictable B. simple C. expected D. strict

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11.7.65 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-1 top☝

"His face ____ with joy when the solution of the puzzle was ___ to him."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. shone, shown B. shone, shone C. shown, shone D. shown, shown

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11.7.66 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CE-2: GA-2 top☝

"Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the
work as _____."

A. innovative B. simple C. dull D. boring

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11.7.67 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CH: GA-1 top☝

"When she fell down the ________ , she received many _________ but little help."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. stairs, stares B. stairs, stairs

C. stares, stairs D. stares, stares
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11.7.68 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 CH: GA-2 top☝

"In spite of being warned repeatedly, he failed to correct his _________ behaviour ."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A. rational B. reasonable C. errant D. good

 gate2018-ch general-aptitude verbal-aptitude normal most-appropriate-word

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11.7.69 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 EC: GA-1 top☝

“By giving him the last ______ of the cake, you will ensure lasting _____ in our house
today.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. peas, piece B. piece, peace C. peace, piece D. peace, peas

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11.7.70 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 EC: GA-2 top☝

“Even though there is a vast scope for its ________, tourism has remained a/an
_________ area.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. improvement, neglected B. rejection, approved

C. fame, glum D. interest, disinterested
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11.7.71 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 EE: GA-1 top☝

“Since you have gone off the ________, the _________ sand is likely to damage the
car.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. course, coarse B. course, course

C. coarse, course D. coarse, coarse
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11.7.72 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 EE: GA-2 top☝

“A common misconception among writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought;

the more _________ the structure, the more complicated the ideas.”
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A. detailed B. simple C. clear D. convoluted

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11.7.73 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 ME-1: GA-2 top☝

"Her _____ should not be confused with miserliness; she is ever willing to assist those
in need."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
 A. cleanliness B. punctuality C. frugality D. greatness
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11.7.74 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-1 top☝

"The dress ______ her so well that they all immediately _______ her on her
appearance."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A. complemented, complemented B. complimented, complemented

C. complimented, complimented D. complemented, complimented
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11.7.75 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2018 ME-2: GA-2 top☝

" The judge's standing in the legal community, though shaken by false allegations of
wrongdoing, remained ______ ."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A. undiminished B. damaged C. illegal D. uncertain

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11.7.76 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-1 top☝

Daytime temperature in Delhi can ______

A. get B. stand C. reach D. peak

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11.7.77 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 EC: GA-5 top☝

When he did not come home, she _______ him lying dead on the roadside
somewhere.

A. concluded B. looked C. notice D. pictured

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11.7.78 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 EE: GA-1 top☝

I am not sure if the bus that has been booked will be able to ______ all the students.

A. sit B. deteriorate
C. fill D. accommodate
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11.7.79 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 EE: GA-5 top☝

Newspapers are a constant source of delight and recreation for me. The ________
trouble is that I read _______ many of them.

A. even, quite B. even, too C. only, quite D. only, too

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11.7.80 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-1 top☝

John Thomas, an _____ writer, passed away in 2018.

A. imminent B. prominent C. eminent D. dominant

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11.7.81 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-5 top☝

The minister avoided any mention of the issue of women’s reservation in the private
sector. He was accused of ______ the issue.

A. collaring B. skirting C. tying D. belting

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11.7.82 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-2 top☝

A final examination is the ____ of a series of evaluations that a student has to go

through

A. culmination B. consultation C. desperation D. insinuation

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11.7.83 Most Appropriate Word: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-5 top☝

Are there enough seats here? There are ____ people here than I expected

A. many B. most C. least D. more

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11.8 Noun Verb Adjective (2) top☝

 11.8.1 Noun Verb Adjective: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-3 top☝

'Advice' is _________.

A. A verb B. A noun
C. An adjective D. Both a verb and a noun
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11.8.2 Noun Verb Adjective: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 3 top☝

What is the adverb for the given word below?

Misogynous

A. Misogynousness B. Misogynity
C. Misogynously D. Misogynous
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11.9 Opposite (5) top☝

11.9.1 Opposite: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 60 top☝

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in the
meaning to the given word
Amalgamate

A. merge B. split C. collect D. separate

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11.9.2 Opposite: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word “coherent”.

A. sticky B. well-connected C. rambling D. friendly

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11.9.3 Opposite: GATE2011 AG: GA-2 top☝

Choose the word from the questions given below that is most nearly opposite in
meaning to the given word:

A. periodicity B. rarity C. gradualness D. persistency

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 11.9.4 Opposite: GATE2011 GG: GA-2 top☝

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning
to the given word:

Polemical

A. imitative B. conciliatory C. truthful D. ideological

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11.9.5 Opposite: GATE2011 MN: GA-56 top☝

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning
to the given word:
Deference

A. aversion B. resignation C. suspicion D. contempt

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11.10 Passage Reading (46) top☝

11.10.1 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 63 top☝

Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression
of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be
suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments
who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:

A. Modern warfare has resulted in civil strife.

B. Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare.
C. Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable.
D. People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war.

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11.10.2 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2011 | Question: 61 top☝

Few school curricula include a unit on how to deal with bereavement and grief,
and yet all students at some point in their lives suffer from losses through death
and parting.
Based on the above passage which topic would not be included in a unit on bereavement?

A. how to write a letter of condolence

B. what emotional stages are passed through in the healing process
C. what the leading causes of death are
D. how to give support to a grieving friend
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11.10.3 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 63 top☝

After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce went in exile and wanted to commit
suicide. Just before committing suicide, he came across a spider attempting tirelessly
to have its net. Time and again, the spider failed but that did not deter it to refrain from
making attempts. Such attempts by the spider made Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started
observing the near-impossible goal of the spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider
succeeded in having its net despite several failures. Such act of the spider encouraged Bruce
not to commit suicide. And then, Bruce went back again and won many a battle, and the rest
is history.

Which one of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

A. Failure is the pillar of success. B. Honesty is the best policy.

C. Life begins and ends with D. No adversity justifies giving up
adventures. hope.
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11.10.4 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-6 top☝

The Palghat Gap (or Palakkad Gap) , a region about wide in the southern part
of the Western Ghats in India, is lower than the hilly terrain to its north and south. The
exact reasons for the formation of this gap are not clear. It results in the neighbouring regions
of Tamil Nadu getting more rainfall from the South West monsoon and the neighbouring
regions of Kerala having higher summer temperatures.

What can be inferred from this passage?

Select one:

A. The Palghat gap is caused by high rainfall and high temperatures in southern Tamil Nadu
and Kerala
B. The regions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala that are near the Palghat Gap are low-lying
C. The low terrain of the Palghat Gap has a significant impact on weather patterns in
neighbouring parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala
D. Higher summer temperatures result in higher rainfall near the Palghat Gap area

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11.10.5 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-6 top☝

The old city of Koenigsberg, which had a German majority population before World
War 2, is now called Kaliningrad. After the events of the war, Kaliningrad is now a
Russian territory and has a predominantly Russian population. It is bordered by the Baltic Sea
on the north and the countries of Poland to the south and west and Lithuania to the east
respectively. Which of the statements below can be inferred from this passage?

A. Kaliningrad was historically Russian in its ethnic make up

B. Kaliningrad is a part of Russia despite it not being contiguous with the rest of Russia
C. Koenigsberg was renamed Kaliningrad, as that was its original Russian name
D. Poland and Lithuania are on the route from Kaliningrad to the rest of Russia

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11.10.6 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-7 top☝

Number of people diagnosed with dengue fever (contracted from the bite of a
mosquito) in North India is twice the number diagnosed last year. Municipal authorities
have concluded that measures to control the mosquito population have failed in this region.
Which one of the following statements, if true, does not contradict this conclusion?

A. A high proportion of the affected population has returned from neighbouring countries
where dengue is prevalent
B. More cases of dengue are now reported because of an increase in the Municipal Office's
administrative efficiency
C. Many more cases of dengue are being diagnosed this year since the introduction of a new
and effective diagnostic test
D. The number of people with malarial fever (also contracted from mosquito bites) has
increased this year

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11.10.7 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-6 top☝

A dance programme is scheduled for a.m. Some students are participating in

the programme and they need to come an hour earlier than the start of the event.
These students should be accompanied by a parent. Other students and parents should
come in time for the programme. The instruction you think that is appropriate for this is

A. Students should come at a.m. and parents should come at a.m.

B. Participating students should come at a.m. accompanied by a parent, and other
parents and students should come by a.m.
C. Students who are not participating should come by a.m. and they should not bring
their parents. Participating students should come at a.m.
D. Participating students should come before a.m. Parents who accompany them
should come at a.m. All others should come at a.m.

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11.10.8 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-7 top☝

By the beginning of the century, several hypotheses were being proposed,

suggesting a paradigm shift in our understanding of the universe. However, the
clinching evidence was provided by experimental measurements of the position of a star
which was directly behind our sun.
Which of the following inference(s) may be drawn from the above passage?

i. Our understanding of the universe changes based on the positions of stars

ii. Paradigm shifts usually occur at the beginning of centuries
iii. Stars are important objects in the universe
iv. Experimental evidence was important in confirming this paradigm shift

A. i, ii and iv B. iii only C. i and iv D. iv only

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11.10.9 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-9 top☝

Most experts feel that in spite of possessing all the technical skills required to be a
batsman of the highest order, he is unlikely to be so due to lack of requisite
temperament. He was guilty of throwing away his wicket several time after working hard to lay
a strong foundation. His critics pointed out that until he addressed his problem, success at the
highest level will continue to elude him.
Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above
passage?

i. He was already a successful batsman at the highest level.

ii. He was to improve his temperament in order to become a great batsman.
iii. He failed to make many of his good starts count.
iv. Improving his technical skills will guarantee success.

A. iii and iv B. ii and iii C. i, ii and iii D. ii only

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11.10.10 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 | Question: GA-07 top☝

Computers were invented for performing only high-end useful computations. However,
it is no understatement that they have taken over our world today. The internet, for
example, is ubiquitous. Many believe that the internet itself is an unintended consequence of
the original invention. With the advent of mobile computing on our phones, a whole new
dimension is now enabled. One is left wondering if all these developments are good or, more
importantly, required.
Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above
paragraph?
(i) The author believes that computers are not good for us.
(ii) Mobile computers and the internet are both intended inventions.
 A. (i) only B. (ii) only
C. Both (i) and (ii) D. Neither (i) nor (ii)
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11.10.11 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-6 top☝

"The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything
inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history."

Which of the following statements best reflects the author's opinion?

A. Nationalists are highly imaginative.

B. History is viewed through the filter of nationalism.
C. Our colonial past never happened.
D. Nationalism has to be both adequately and properly imagined.

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11.10.12 Passage Reading: GATE CSE 2022 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Some people believe that “what gets measured, improves”. Some others believe that
“what gets measured, gets gamed”. One possible reason for the difference in the
beliefs is the work culture in organizations. In organizations with good work culture, metrics
help improve outcomes. However, the same metrics are counterproductive in organizations
with poor work culture.
Which one of the following is the logical inference based on the information in
the above passage?

A. Metrics are useful in organizations with poor work culture

B. Metrics are useful in organizations with good work culture
C. Metrics are always counterproductive in organizations with good work culture
D. Metrics are never useful in organizations with good work culture

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11.10.13 Passage Reading: GATE2010 MN: GA-6 top☝

The ban on smoking in designated public places can save a large number of people
from the well-known effects of environmental tobacco smoke. Passive smoking
seriously impairs respiratory health. The ban rightly seeks to protect non-smokers from its ill
effects.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:

A. Effects of environmental tobacco are well known.

B. The ban on smoking in public places protects the non-smokers.
C. Passive smoking is bad for health.
D. The ban on smoking in public places excludes passive smoking.
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11.10.14 Passage Reading: GATE2010 TF: GA-6 top☝

It has taken fifty-six long and frustrating, years to turn bronze, into gold for India’s
Olympics aspirations Beijing marks a defining moment in India’s Olympic history
From Delhi to Beijing is a long journey but one that our Olympians have undertaken with
courage
Which of the following statement best sums up the meaning of the above passage

A. India’s participation in Olympics has been frustrating.

B. Beijing Olympics was a landmark in India’s Olympic history.
C. Our Olympians have undertaken a long journey to Beijing.
D. India’s bronze medal turned into gold at Beijing.

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11.10.15 Passage Reading: GATE2011 AG: GA-10 top☝

The horse has played a little known but very important role in the field of
medicine. Horses were injected with toxins of diseases until their blood built up
immunities. Then a serum was made from their blood. Serums to fight with diphtheria
and tetanus were developed this way.
It can be inferred from the passage, that horses were

A. given immunity to diseases B. generally quite immune to

diseases
C. given medicines to fight toxins D. given diphtheria and tetanus
serums
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11.10.16 Passage Reading: GATE2011 GG: GA-10 top☝

In order to develop to full potential, a baby needs to be physically able to

respond to the
environment.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A. Full physical potential is needed in order for a baby to be able to respond to the
environment.
B. It is necessary for a baby to be able to physically respond to the environment for it to
develop its full potential.
C. Response to the environment of physically able babies needs to be developed to its full
potential.
D. A physically able baby needs to develop its full potential in order to respond to its
environment.
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11.10.17 Passage Reading: GATE2011 MN: GA-65 top☝

Nimbus clouds are dark and ragged, stratus clouds appear dull in colour and
cover the entire
sky. Cirrus clouds are thin and delicate, whereas cumulus clouds look like cotton
balls.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A. A cumulus cloud on the ground is called fog

B. It is easy to predict the weather by studying clouds
C. Clouds are generally of very different shapes, sizes and mass
D. There are four basic cloud types: stratus, nimbus, cumulus and cirrus

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11.10.18 Passage Reading: GATE2012 AE: GA-10 top☝

In the early nineteenth century, theories of social evolution were inspired less by
Biology than by the conviction of social scientists that there was a growing
improvement in social institutions. Progress was taken for granted and social
scientists attempted to discover its laws and phases.
Which one of the following inferences may be drawn with the greatest accuracy from the
above passage?
Social scientists

A. did not question that progress was B. did not approve of Biology.
a fact.
C. framed the laws of progress. D. emphasized Biology over Social
Sciences.

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11.10.19 Passage Reading: GATE2012 AR: GA-10 top☝

The documents expose the cynicism of the government officials – and yet as the
media
website reflects, not a single newspaper has reported on their existence.
Which one of the following inferences may be drawn with the greatest accuracy from the
above
passage?
A. Nobody other than the government officials knew about the existence of the documents.
B. Newspapers did report about the documents but nobody cared.
C. Media reports did not show the existence of the documents.
D. The documents reveal the attitude of the government officials.

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11.10.20 Passage Reading: GATE2012 CY: GA-6 top☝

One of the legacies of the Roman legions was discipline. In the legions, military
law prevailed and discipline was brutal. Discipline on the battlefield kept units
obedient, intact and fighting, even when the odds and conditions were against them.
Which one of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage?

A. Thorough regimentation was the main reason for the efficiency of the Roman legions even
in adverse circumstances.
B. The legions were treated inhumanly as if the men were animals.
C. Discipline was the armies’ inheritance from their seniors.
D. The harsh discipline to which the legions were subjected to led to the odds and conditions
being against them.

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11.10.21 Passage Reading: GATE2014 AE: GA-3 top☝

Rajan was not happy that Sajan decided to do the project on his own. On observing his
unhappiness, Sajan explained to Rajan that he preferred to work independently.

Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above
sentences?

A. Rajan has decided to work only in a group.

B. Rajan and Sajan were formed into a group against their wishes.
C. Sajan had decided to give in to Rajan's request to work with him.
D. Rajan had believed that Sajan and he would be working together.

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11.10.22 Passage Reading: GATE2014 AG: GA-7 top☝

Moving into a world of big data will require us to change our thinking about the merits
of exactitude. To apply the conventional mindset of measurement to the digital,
connected world of the twenty-first century is to miss a crucial point. As mentioned earlier, the
obsession with exactness is an artefact of the information-deprived analog era. When data
was sparse, every data point was critical, and thus great care was taken to avoid letting any
point bias the analysis. From “BIG DATA” Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier.
The main point of the paragraph is:
A. The twenty-first century is a digital world
B. Big data is obsessed with exactness
C. Exactitude is not critical in dealing with big data
D. Sparse data leads to a bias in the analysis

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11.10.23 Passage Reading: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-7 top☝

For submitting tax returns, all resident males with annual income below Rs lakh
should fill up Form and all resident females with income below Rs lakh should fill
up Form . All people with incomes above Rs lakh should fill up Form , except non
residents with income above Rs lakhs, who should fill up Form . All others should fill
Form . An example of a person who should fill Form is

A. A resident male with annual income Rs lakh

B. A resident female with annual income Rs lakh
C. A non-resident male with annual income Rs lakh
D. A non-resident female with annual income Rs lakh

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11.10.24 Passage Reading: GATE2015 EC-1: GA-7 top☝

Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement.

Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human well being. An
ignored reality of human progress is that human security largely depends upon environmental
security. But on the contrary, human progress seems contradictory to environmental security.
To keep up both at the required level is a challenge to be addressed by one and all. One of
the ways to curb the climate change may be suitable scientific innovations, while the other
may be the Gandhian perspective on small scale progress with focus on sustainability.

A. Human progress and security are positively associated with environmental security.
B. Human progress is contradictory to environmental security.
C. Human security is contradictory to environmental security.
D. Human progress depends upon environmental security

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11.10.25 Passage Reading: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-10 top☝

Ms. will be in Bagdogra from to and from

to . On the morning of she will reach Kochi via Mumbai.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above
sentences?
A. Ms. will be in Kochi for one day, only in May.
B. Ms. will be in Kochi for only one day in May.
C. Ms. will be only in Kochi for one day in May.
D. Only Ms. will be in Kochi for one day in May.

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11.10.26 Passage Reading: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-7 top☝

Today, we consider Ashoka as a great ruler because of the copious evidence he left
behind in the form of stone carved edicts. Historians tend to correlate greatness of a
king at his time with the availability of evidence today. Which of the following can be logically
inferred from the above sentences?

A. Emperors who do not leave significant sculpted evidence are completely forgotten.
B. Ashoka produced stone carved edicts to ensure that later historians will respect him.
C. Statues of kings are a reminder of their greatness.
D. A king’s greatness, as we know him today, is interpreted by historians.

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11.10.27 Passage Reading: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-7 top☝

Social science disciplines were in existence in an amorphous form until the colonial
period when they were institutionalized. In varying degrees, they were intended to
further the colonial interest. In the time of globalization and the economic rise of postcolonial
countries like India, conventional ways of Knowledge production have become obsolete.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?
(i) Social science disciplines have become obsolete.
(ii) Social science disciplines had a pre-colonial origin.
(iii) Social science disciplines always promote colonialism.
(iv) Social science must maintain disciplinary boundaries.

A. (ii) only B. (i) and (iii) only.

C. (ii) and (iv) only. D. (iii) and (iv) only.
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11.10.28 Passage Reading: GATE2016 EC-3: GA-7 top☝

The overwhelming number of people infected with rabies in India has been flagged by
the World Health Organization as a source of concern. It is estimated that inoculating
% of pets and stray dogs against rabies can lead to a significant reduction in the number of
people infected with rabies.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?

A. The number of people in India infected with rabies is high.

B. The number of people in other parts of the world who are infected with rabies is low.
C. Rabies can be eradicated in India by vaccinating % of stray dogs.
D. Stray dogs are the main source of rabies worldwide.

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11.10.29 Passage Reading: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-6 top☝

The old concert hall was demolished because of fears that the foundation would be
affected by the construction of the new metro line in the area. Modern technology for
underground metro construction tried to mitigate the impact of pressurized air pockets created
by the excavation of large amounts of soil. But even with these safeguards, it was feared the
soil below the concert hall would not be stable.
From this, one can infer that

A. the foundations of old buildings create pressurized air pockets underground, which are
difficult to handle during metro construction.
B. metro construction has to be done carefully considering its impact on the foundations of
existing buildings.
C. old buildings in an area from an impossible hurdle to metro construction in that area.
D. pressurized air can be used to excavate large amount of soil from underground areas.

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11.10.30 Passage Reading: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-6 top☝

Bhaichung was observing the pattern of people entering and leaving a car service
centre. There was a single window where customers were being served. He saw that
people inevitably came out of the centre in the order that they went in. However, the time they
spent inside seemed to vary a lot: some people came out in a matter of minutes while for
others it took much longer.
From this, what can conclude?

A. The centre operators on a first-come-first-served basis, but with variable service times,
depending on specific customer needs.
B. Customers were served in an arbitrary order, since they took varying amounts of time for
service completion in the centre.
C. Since some people came out within a few minutes of entering the centre, the system is
likely to operate on a last-come-first-served basis.
D. Entering the centre early ensured that one would have shorter service times and most
people attempted to do this.

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11.10.31 Passage Reading: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-7 top☝

A map shows the elevations of Darjeeling, Gangtok, Kalimpong, Pelling, and Siliguri.
Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than Gangtok, Pelling is at a lower elevation
than Gantok. Pelling is at a higher elevation than Siliguri. Darjeeling is at a higher elevation
than Gangtok.
Which of the following statement can be inferred from the paragraph above?

i. Pelling is at a higher elevation than Kalimpong

ii. Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than Darjeeling
iii. Kalimpong is at a higher elevation than Siliguri
iv. Siliguri is at a lower elevation than Gangtok

A. Only ii B. Only ii and iii C. Only ii and iv D. Only iii and iv

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11.10.32 Passage Reading: GATE2017 EC-2: GA-6 top☝

“If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the
British Raj, or for all reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually
antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and
ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the
country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors,
to get the perspective needed for impartial recording of these matters”.
Which of the following statements best reflects the author’s opinion?

A. An intimate association does not allow for the necessary perspective.

B. Matters are recorded with an impartial perspective.
C. An intimate association offers an impartial perspective.
D. Actors are typically associated with the impartial recording of matters.

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11.10.33 Passage Reading: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-6 top☝

"Here, throughout the early s, Stuart continued to fight his losing battle to allow
his sepoys to wear their caste-marks and their own choice of facial hair on parade,
being again reprimanded by the commander-in-chief. His retort that 'A stronger instance than
this of European prejudice with relation to this country has never come under my
observations' had no effect on his superiors."
According to this paragraph, which of the statements below is most accurate?

A. Stuart's commander-in-chief was moved by this demonstration of his prejudice.

B. The Europeans were accommodating of the sepoy's desire to wear their caste-marks.
C. Stuart's 'losing-battle' refers to his inability to succeed in enabling sepoys to wear caste-
marks.
D. The commander-in-chief was exempt from the Europeans prejudice that dictated how the
sepoys were to dress.
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11.10.34 Passage Reading: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-6 top☝

"If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the
British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually
antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and
ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent lifetime in the
country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors,
to get the perspective needed for the impartial recording of these matters."
Which of the following is closest in meaning to 'cleaving' ?

A. deteriorating B. arguing C. departing D. splitting

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11.10.35 Passage Reading: GATE2018 EC: GA-10 top☝

A coastal region with unparalleled beauty is home to many species of animals. It is

dotted with coral reefs and unspoilt white sandy beaches. It has remained inaccessible
to tourists due to poor connectivity and lack of accommodation. A company has spotted the
opportunity and is planning to develop a luxury resort with helicopter service to the nearest
major city airport. Environmentalists are upset that this would lead to the region becoming
crowded and polluted like any other major beach resorts.

Which one of the following statements can be logically inferred from the information given in
the above paragraph?

A. The culture and tradition of the local people will be influenced by the tourists.
B. The region will become crowded and polluted due to tourism.
C. The coral reefs are on the decline and could soon vanish.
D. Helicopter connectivity would lead to an increase in tourists coming to the region.

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11.10.36 Passage Reading: GATE2018 EC: GA-8 top☝

The Cricket Board has long recognized John’s potential as a leader of the team.
However, his on-field temper has always been a matter of concern for them since his
junior days. While this aggression has filled stadia with die-hard fans, it has taken a toll on his
own batting. Until recently, it appeared that he found it difficult to convert his aggression into
big scores. Over the past three seasons though, that picture of John has been replaced by a
cerebral, calculative and successful batsman-captain. After many years, it appears that the
team has finally found a complete captain.

Which of the following statements can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?
 i. Even as a junior cricketer, John was considered a good captain.
ii. Finding a complete captain is a challenge.
iii. Fans and the Cricket Board have differing views on what they want in a captain.
iv. Over the past three seasons, John has accumulated big scores.

A. (i), (ii) and (iii) only B. (iii) and (iv) only

C. (ii) and (iv) only D. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
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11.10.37 Passage Reading: GATE2019 CE-1: GA-6 top☝

The new cotton technology, Bollgard_II, with herbicide-tolerant traits has developed
into a thriving business in India. However, the commercial use of this technology is not
legal in India. Notwithstanding that, reports indicate that the herbicide tolerant Bt cotton had
been purchased by farmers at an average of Rs more than the control price of ordinary
cotton, and planted in of the cotton growing area in the Kharif season.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. Farmers want to access the new technology if India benefits from it

B. Farmers want to access the new technology even if it is not legal
C. Farmers want to access the new technology for experimental purposes
D. Farmers want to access the new technology by paying high price

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11.10.38 Passage Reading: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-10 top☝

"Popular Hindi fiction, despite - or perhaps because of - its wide reach, often does not
appear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers are meant to look up to rather identify
with, Hindi film protagonists usually read books of aspirational value: textbook, English books,
or high-value literature."
Which one of the following CANNOT be inferred from the paragraph above?

A. Though popular Hindi fiction has wide reach, it often does not appear in the movies
B. Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals for viewers, read only books of aspirational
value
C. Textbooks, English books or high literature have aspirational value, but not popular Hindi
fiction
D. People do not look up to writers of textbook, English books or high-value literature

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11.10.39 Passage Reading: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-8 top☝

The Newspaper reports that over hectares of tribal land spread across tribal
settlements in Mohinitampuram forest division have already been “alienated”. A top
forest official said, “First the tribals are duped out of their land holdings. Second, the families
thus rendered landless are often forced to encroach further into the forests”.
On the basis of the information available in the paragraph,______ is /are responsible for
duping the tribals.

A. forest officials B. landless families

C. The Newspaper D. it can not be inferred who
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11.10.40 Passage Reading: GATE2019 EC: GA-8 top☝

"Indian history was written by British historians-extremely well documented and

researched, but not always impartial. History had to serve its purpose: Everything was
made subservient to the glory of the Union Jack. Latter-day Indian scholars presented a
contrary picture."
From the text above, we can infer that:
India history written by British historians________

A. was well documented and not researched but was always biased
B. was not well documented and researched and was always biased
C. was well documented and researched but was sometimes biased
D. was not well documented and researched and was sometimes biased

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11.10.41 Passage Reading: GATE2019 EE: GA-8 top☝

An award-winning study by a group of researchers suggests that men are as prone to

buying on impulse as women but women feel more guilty about shopping.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given text?

A. Some men and women indulge in buying on impulse

B. All men and women indulge in buying on impulse
C. Few men and women indulge in buying on impulse
D. Many men and women indulge in buying on impulse

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11.10.42 Passage Reading: GATE2019 IN: GA-10 top☝

“I read somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the
number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the
prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.”
Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon
______________

A. the prestige of the kingdom B. the prestige of the heads

C. the number of taxes he could levy D. the number of heads he could
 gather
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11.10.43 Passage Reading: GATE2019 IN: GA-8 top☝

The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the countries. Since the
medieval period, dhrupad styles were identified as baanis. Terms like gayaki and baaj
were used to refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization
of music education, the term gharana became acceptable. Gharana originally referred
to hereditary musicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples.
Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct?

A. dhrupad, baani B. gayaki, vocal

C. baaj, institution D. gharana, lineage
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11.10.44 Passage Reading: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-8 top☝

Congo was named by Europeans, Congo’s dictator Mobuto later changed the name of
the county and the river to Zaire with the objective of Africanising names of persons
and spaces. However, the name Zaire was a Portuguese alteration of Nzadi o Nzere, a local
African term meaning ‘River that swallows Rivers’. Zaire was the Portuguese name for the
Congo river in the th and th centuries.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the paragraph above?

A. Mobuto was not entirely successful in Africanising the name of his country
B. The term Nzadi o Nzere was of Portuguese origin
C. Mobuto’s desire to Africanise names was prevented by the Portuguese
D. As a dictator Mobuto ordered the Portuguese to alter the name of the river to Zaire

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11.10.45 Passage Reading: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-10 top☝

is an online media provider. By offering unlimited and exclusive online content at

attractive prices for a loyalty membership, is almost forcing its customers towards
its loyalty membership. If its royalty membership continues to grow at its current rate, within
the next eight years more households will be watching than cable television.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the above paragraph?

A. Most households that subscribe to loyalty membership discontinue watching cable

television
B. Non-members prefer to watch cable television
C. Cable television operators don’t subscribe to loyalty members
D. The is cancelling accounts of non-members
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11.10.46 Passage Reading: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-8 top☝

While teaching a creative writing class in India, I was surprised at receiving stories
from the students that were all set in distant places: in the American West with
cowboys and in Manhattan penthouses with clinking ice cubes. This was, till an eminent
Caribbean writer gave the writers in the once-colonised countries the confidence to see the
shabby lives around them as worthy being “told”.
The writer of this passage is surprised by the creative writing assignments of his students,
because _____

A. Some of the students had written stories set in foreign places

B. None of the students had written stories set in India
C. None of the students had written about ice cubes and cowboys
D. Some of the students had written about ice cubes and cowboys

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11.11 Phrasal Verb (2) top☝

11.11.1 Phrasal Verb: GATE2016 CE-2: GA-2 top☝

He my request.
What does the underlined phrasal verb mean?

A. Ignored B. Appreciated C. Twisted D. Returned

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11.11.2 Phrasal Verb: GATE2016 EC-2: GA-3 top☝

After India’s cricket world cup victory in , Shrotria who was playing both tennis
and cricket till then, decided to concentrate only on cricket. And the rest is history.
What does the underlined phrase mean in this context?

A. History will rest in peace B. Rest is recorded in history books

C. Rest is well known D. Rest is archaic
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11.12 Phrase Meaning (2) top☝

11.12.1 Phrase Meaning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 4 top☝

I do not think you know the case well enough to have opinions. Having said that, I
agree with your other point.
What does the phrase “having said that” mean in the given text?
 A. as opposed to what I have said B. despite what I have said
C. in addition to what I have said D. contrary to what I have said
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11.12.2 Phrase Meaning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 1 top☝

While I agree _____ his proposal this time, I do not often agree ______ him.

A. to, with B. with, to C. with, with D. to, to

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11.13 Prepositions (5) top☝

11.13.1 Prepositions: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 1 top☝

Rescue teams deployed _______disaster hit areas combat_______a lot of difficulties

to save the people.

A. with, at B. in, with C. with, with D. to, to

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11.13.2 Prepositions: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-2 top☝

The growth rate of ABC Motors in was the same ________ XYZ Motors in

A. as off B. as those of
C. as that off D. as that of
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11.13.3 Prepositions: GATE2019 CE-2: GA-5 top☝

Hema Das was_____ only Indian athlete to win _______ gold for India.

A. the , many B. the, a C. an, a D. an , the

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11.13.4 Prepositions: GATE2019 EC: GA-2 top☝

The boat arrived ______ dawn.

A. in B. at C. on D. under
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 11.13.5 Prepositions: GATE2019 EE: GA-2 top☝

The passengers were angry ______ the airline staff about the delay.

A. on B. about C. with D. towards

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11.14 Sentence Ordering (1) top☝

11.14.1 Sentence Ordering: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-7 top☝

In the following question, the first and the last sentence of the passage are in order
and numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into 4 parts and numbered as
2, 3, 4, and 5. These 4 parts are not arranged in proper order. Read the sentences and
arrange them in a logical sequence to make a passage and choose the correct sequence
from the given options.

1. On Diwali, the family rises early in the morning.

2. The whole family, including the young and the old enjoy doing this.
3. Children let off fireworks later in the night with their friends.
4. At sunset, the lamps are lit and the family performs various rituals.
5. Father, mother, and children visit relatives and exchange gifts and sweets.
6. Houses look so pretty with lighted lamps all around.

A. B. C. D.
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11.15 Sentence Rearrangement (1) top☝

11.15.1 Sentence Rearrangement: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 8 top☝

Which one of the following sentence sequences creates a coherent narrative?

i. Once on the terrace, on her way to her small room in the corner, she notices the man right
away.
ii. She begins to pant by the time she has climbed all the stairs.
iii. Mina has bought vegetables and rice at the market, so her bags are heavy.
iv. He was leaning against the parapet, watching the traffic below.

A. (i), (ii), (iv), (iii) B. (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

C. (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) D. (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
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11.16 Statement Sufficiency (2) top☝

 11.16.1 Statement Sufficiency: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-4 top☝

Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given
question.
If two floors in a certain building are feet apart, how many steps are there in a set of stairs
that extends from the first floor to the second floor of the building?
Statements:

I. Each step is foot high.

II. Each step is foot wide.

A. Statements I alone is sufficient, but statement II alone is not sufficient.

B. Statements II alone is sufficient, but statement I alone is not sufficient.
C. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
D. Statements I and II together are not sufficient.

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11.16.2 Statement Sufficiency: GATE CSE 2015 Set 2 | Question: GA-5 top☝

Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given
question.
What will be the total weight of poles each of same weight?
Statements:

I. One fourth of the weight of the pole is .

II. The total weight of these poles is more than the total weight of two poles.

A. Statement I alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement II alone is not sufficient.
C. Either I or II alone is sufficient.
D. Both statements I and II together are not sufficient.

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11.17 Statements Follow (2) top☝

11.17.1 Statements Follow: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-8 top☝

The given statement is followed by some courses of action. Assuming the statement to
be true, decide the correct option.
Statement:
There has been a significant drop in the water level in the lakes supplying water to the city.
Course of action:

I. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation.
II. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of
 water.
III. The government should ban the water supply in lower areas.

A. Statements I and II follow. B. Statements I and III follow.

C. Statements II and III follow. D. All the statements follow.
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11.17.2 Statements Follow: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 5 top☝

“The increased consumption of leafy vegetables in the recent months is a clear

indication that the people in the state have begun to lead a healthy lifestyle”
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the information presented in the above
statement?

A. The people in the state did not consume leafy vegetables earlier
B. Consumption of leafy vegetables may not be the only indicator of healthy lifestyle
C. Leading a healthy lifestyle is related to a diet with leafy vegetables
D. The people in the state have increased awareness of healthy hazards causing by
consumption of junk foods

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11.18 Tenses (16) top☝

11.18.1 Tenses: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 59 top☝

Were you a bird, you ___________________ in the sky.

A. would fly B. shall fly C. should fly D. shall have flown

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11.18.2 Tenses: GATE CSE 2014 Set 2 | Question: GA-2 top☝

Who ___________ was coming to see us this evening?

A. you said B. did you say C. did you say that D. had you said
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11.18.3 Tenses: GATE CSE 2014 Set 3 | Question: GA-2 top☝

If she _______________ how to calibrate the instrument, she _______________ done

the experiment.

A. knows, will have B. knew, had

C. had known, could have D. should have known, would have
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11.18.4 Tenses: GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-1 top☝

After Rajendra Chola returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he ________ to visit the
temple in Thanjavur.

A. was wishing B. is wishing C. wished D. had wished

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11.18.5 Tenses: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 5 top☝

Consider the following sentences:

i. I woke up from sleep.

ii. I woked up from sleep.
iii. I was woken up from sleep.
iv. I was wokened up from sleep.

Which of the above sentences are grammatically ?

A. B. C. D.
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11.18.6 Tenses: GATE2012 AE: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence:
I ___ to have bought a diamond ring.

A. have a liking B. should have liked

C. would like D. may like
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11.18.7 Tenses: GATE2013 AE: GA-2 top☝

The Headmaster ___________ to speak to you. Which of the following options is

incorrect to complete the above sentence?

A. is wanting B. wants
C. want D. was wanting
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11.18.8 Tenses: GATE2014 EC-1: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate phrase from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
The aircraft __________ take off as soon as its flight plan was filed.

A. Is allowed to B. Will be allowed to

C. Was allowed to D. Has been allowed to
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11.18.9 Tenses: GATE2015 EC-2: GA- 6 top☝

In the following sentence certain parts are underlined and marked P, Q, and R. One of
the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable in standard written
communication. Select the part containing an error. Choose D as your answer if there is no
error.

The student corrected that on .

A. P B. Q C. R D. No error
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11.18.10 Tenses: GATE2015 EC-3: GA-1 top☝

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the
following
sentence.
If the athlete had wanted to come first in the race, he _______________ several hours every
day.

A. should practise B. should have practised

C. practised D. should be practising
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11.18.11 Tenses: GATE2017 CE-1: GA-1 top☝

The bacteria in milk are destroyed when it __________ heated to degree Celsius.

A. would be B. will be C. is D. was

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11.18.12 Tenses: GATE2017 CE-2: GA-1 top☝

The event would have been successful if you____________able to come.

A. are B. had been C. have been D. would have been

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 11.18.13 Tenses: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-2 top☝

I __________ made arrangements had I _________informed earlier.

A. could have, been B. would have, being

C. had, have D. had been, been
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11.18.14 Tenses: GATE2019 IN: GA-5 top☝

Until Iran came along, India had never been ___________ in Kabaddi.

A. defeated B. defeating C. defeat D. defeatist

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11.18.15 Tenses: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-2 top☝

____I permitted him to leave, I wouldn’t have had any problem with him being absent,
____ I?

A. Had, wouldn’t B. Have, would

C. Had, would D. Have, wouldn’t
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11.18.16 Tenses: GATE2019 ME-2: GA-1 top☝

Once the team of analysis identify the problem, we ____ in a better position to
comment on the issue.
Which of the following choices CANNOT fill the given blank?

A. will be B. were to be C. are going to be D. might be

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11.19 Verbal Reasoning (39) top☝

11.19.1 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 61 top☝

Wanted Temporary, Part-time persons for the post of Field Interviewer to

conduct personal interviews to collect and collate economic data.
Requirements: High School-pass, must be available for Day, Evening and Saturday
work. Transportation paid, expenses reimbursed.
Which one of the following is the best inference from the above advertisement?

A. Gender-discriminatory B. Xenophobic
C. Not designed to make the post D. Not gender-discriminatory
attractive
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11.19.2 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: GA-7 top☝

Geneticists say that they are very close to confirming the genetic roots of psychiatric
illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia, and consequently, that doctors will be
able to eradicate these diseases through early identification and gene therapy.
On which of the following assumptions does the statement above rely?
Select one:

A. Strategies are now available for eliminating psychiatric illnesses

B. Certain psychiatric illnesses have a genetic basis
C. All human diseases can be traced back to genes and how they are expressed
D. In the future, genetics will become the only relevant field for identifying psychiatric
illnesses

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11.19.3 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-6 top☝

Alexander turned his attention towards India, since he had conquered Persia.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the
above sentence?

A. Alexander would not have turned his attention towards India had he not conquered Persia.
B. Alexander was not ready to rest on his laurels, and wanted to march to India.
C. Alexander was not completely in control of his army and could command it to move
towards India.
D. Since Alexander's kingdom extended to Indian borders after the conquest of Persia, he
was keen to move further.

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11.19.4 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: GA07 top☝

Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen

languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?

A. India is a country of exactly seventeen languages.

B. Linguistic pluralism is the only indicator of a nation's diversity.
C. Indian currency notes have sufficient space for all the Indian languages.
D. Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence of India's diversity.

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11.19.5 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 | Question: GA-6 top☝

“We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them
important only when they were handmaidens to something seemingly more urgent –
namely ideology. This was a country where all gestures, even the most private, were
interpreted in political terms.”
The author’s belief that ideology is not as important as literature is revealed by the word:

A. ‘culture’ B. ‘seemingly’
C. ‘urgent’ D. ‘political’
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11.19.6 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-6 top☝

The police arrested four criminals – and The criminals knew each other.
They made the following statements:

says “Q committed the crime.”

says “S committed the crime.”
says “ I did not do it.”
says “What Q said about me is false”.

Assume only one of the arrested four committed the crime and only one of the statements
made above is true. Who committed the crime?

A. B. C. D.
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11.19.7 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2019 | Question: GA-8 top☝

“A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease
– which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization – and to regard it as a symptom.
The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social
security net.”
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. Beggars are lazy people who beg because they are unwilling to work
B. Beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes
C. Begging is an offence that has to be dealt with firmly
D. Begging has to be banned because it adversely affects the welfare of the state

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11.19.8 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-4 top☝

The dawn of the st century witnessed the melting glaciers oscillating between giving
too much and too little to billions of people who depend on them for fresh water. The
UN climate report estimates that without deep cuts to man-made emissions, at least of
the northern hemisphere’s surface permafrost could melt by the end of the century. Given this
situation of imminent global exodus of billions of people displaced by rising seas, nation-
states need to rethink their carbon footprint for political concerns, if not for environmental
ones.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. Nation-states do not have environmental concerns.

B. Nation-states are responsible for providing fresh water to billions of people.
C. Billions of people are responsible for man-made emissions.
D. Billions of people are affected by melting glaciers.

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11.19.9 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-6 top☝

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax introduced in India in that is
imposed on the supply of goods and services, and it subsumes all indirect taxes
except few. It is a destination-based tax imposed on goods and services used, and it is not
imposed at the point of origin from where goods come. GST also has a few components
specific to state governments, central government and Union Territories (UTs).
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. GST is imposed on the production of goods and services.

B. GST includes all indirect taxes.
C. GST does not have a component specific to UT.
D. GST is imposed at the point of usage of goods and services.

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11.19.10 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Some people suggest anti-obesity measures such as displaying calorie

information in restaurant menus. Such measures sidestep addressing the core
problems that cause obesity: poverty and income inequality.
Which one of the following statements summarizes the passage?

A. The proposed addresses the core problems that cause obesity

B. If obesity reduces, poverty will naturally reduce, since obesity causes poverty
C. are addressing the core problems and are likely to succeed
D. are addressing the problem superficially

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11.19.11 Verbal Reasoning: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Listening to music during exercise improves performance and reduces discomfort.

Scientists researched whether listening to music while studying can help students
learn better and the results were inconclusive. Students who needed external stimulation for
studying fared worse while students who did not need any external stimulation benefited from
music.
Which one of the following statements is the inference of the above passage?

A. Listening to music has no effect on learning and a positive effect on physical exercise
B. Listening to music has a clear positive effect both in physical exercise and on learning
C. Listening to music has a clear positive effect on physical exercise. Music has a positive
effect on learning only in some students
D. Listening to music has a clear positive effect on learning in all students. Music has a
positive effect only in some students who exercise

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11.19.12 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 4 top☝

Hit by floods, the kharif (summer sown) crops in various parts of the country have
been affected. Officials believe that the loss in production of the kharif crops can be
recovered in the output of the rabi (winter sown) crops so that the country can achieve its
food-grain production target of million tons in the crop year (July – June).
They are hopeful that good rains in July-August will help the soil retain moisture for a longer
period, helping winter sown crops such as wheat and pulses during the November-February
period.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. Officials declared that the food-grain production target will be met due to good rains.
B. Officials want the food-grain production target to be met by the November-February
period.
C. Officials feel that the food-grain production target cannot be met due to floods.
D. Officials hope that the food-grain production target will be met due to a good rabi produce.

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11.19.13 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India lends commercial banks,
and reverse repo rate is the rate at which borrows money from commercial
banks.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above passage?

A. Decrease in repo rate will increase cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial
banks.
B. Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial
banks.
 C. Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial
banks.
D. Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial
banks.

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11.19.14 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 6 top☝

The American psychologist Howard Gardner expounds that human intelligence can be
subcategorized into multiple kinds, in such a way that individuals differ with respect to
their relative competence in each kind. Based on this theory, modern educationists insist on
prescribing multi-dimensional curriculum and evaluation parameters that enable development
and assessment of multiple intelligences.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given text ?

A. Howard Gardener insists that the teaching curriculum and evaluation needs to be multi-
dimensional.
B. Howard Gardener wants to develop and assess the theory of multiple intelligences.
C. Modern educationists want to develop and assess the theory of multiple intelligences.
D. Modern educationists insist that the teaching curriculum and evaluation needs to be multi-
dimensional.

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11.19.15 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Nominal interest rate is defined as the amount paid by the borrower to the lender for
using the borrowed amount for a specific period of time. Real interest rate calculated
on the basis of actual value (inflation-adjusted), is approximately equal to the difference
between nominal rate and expected rate of inflation in the economy.
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

A. Under high inflation, real interest rate is low and borrowers get benefited
B. Under low inflation, real interest rate is high and borrowers get benefited
C. Under high inflation, real interest rate is low and lenders get benefited
D. Under low inflation, real interest rate is low and borrowers get benefited

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11.19.16 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Civil 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 10 top☝

Humans have the ability to construct worlds entirely in their minds, which don't exist in
the physical world. So far as we know, no other species possesses this ability. This
skill is so important that we have different words to refer to its different flavors, such as
imagination, invention and innovation.
Based on the above passage, which one of the following is ?

A. No species possess the ability to construct worlds in their minds

B. The terms imagination, invention and innovation refer to unrelated skills
C. We do not know of any species other than humans who possess the ability to construct
mental worlds
D. Imagination, invention and innovation are unrelated to the ability to construct mental
worlds

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11.19.17 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Civil 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 7 top☝

The author said, "Musicians rehearse before their concerts. Actors rehearse their roles
before the opening of a new play. On the other hand, I find it strange that many public
speakers think they can just walk onto the stage and start speaking. In my opinion, it is no
less important for public speaker to rehearse their talks."
Based on the above passage, which one of the following is ?

A. The author is of the opinion that rehearsing is important for musicians, actors and public
speakers
B. The author is of the opinion that rehearsing is less important for public speakers than for
musicians and actors
C. The author is of the opinion that rehearsing is more important only for musicians than
public speakers
D. The author is of the opinion that rehearsal is more important for actors than musicians

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11.19.18 Verbal Reasoning: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 4 top☝

The Canadian constitution requires that equal importance be given to English and
French. Last year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit, and had to pay a six-figure fine to a
French-speaking couple after they filed complaints about formal in-flight announcements in
English lasting seconds, as opposed to informal second messages in French.
The French-speaking couple were upset at _______.

A. the in-flight announcements being made in English.

B. the English announcements being clearer than the French ones.
C. the English announcements being longer than the French ones.
D. equal importance being given to English and French.

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11.19.19 Verbal Reasoning: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 6 top☝

The global financial crisis in is considered to be the most serious world-

wide financial crisis, which started with the sub-prime lending crisis in in .
The sub-prime lending crisis led to the banking crisis in with the collapse of Lehman
Brothers in . The sub-prime lending refers to the provision of loans to those borrowers
who may have difficulties in repaying loans, and it arises because of excess liquidity following
the East Asian crisis.
Which one of the following sequences shows the correct precedence as per the given
passage?

A. East Asain crisis subprime lending crisis banking crisis global financial crisis.
B. Subprime lending crisis global financial crisis banking crisis East Asian crisis.
C. Banking crisis subprime lending crisis global financial crisis East Asian criris.
D. Global financial crisis East Asian crisis banking crisis subprime lending crisis.

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11.19.20 Verbal Reasoning: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 7 top☝

Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from
agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence is currently a hot topic.
enables computers to learn, given enough training data. For humans, sitting in front of a
computer for long hours can lead to health issues.
Which of the following can be deduced from the above passage?

i. Nowadays, computers are present in almost all places.

ii. Computers cannot be used for solving problems in engineering
iii. For humans, there are both positive and negative effects of using computers.
iv. Artificial intelligence can be done without data.

A. B. C. D.
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11.19.21 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 6 top☝

The importance of sleep is often overlooked by students when they are preparing for
exams. Research has consistently shown that sleep deprivation greatly reduces the
ability to recall the material learnt. Hence, cutting down on sleep to study longer hours can be
counterproductive.
Which one of the following statements is the inference from the above
passage?

A. Sleeping well alone is enough to prepare for an exam. Studying has lesser benefit.
B. Students are efficient and are not wrong in thinking that sleep is a waste of time.
C. If a student is extremely well prepared for an exam, he needs little or no sleep.
D. To do well in an exam, adequate sleep must be part of the preparation.
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11.19.22 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Crowd funding deals with mobilisation of funds for a project from a large number of
people, who would be willing to invest smaller amounts through web-based platforms
in the project.
Based on the above paragraph, which of the following is correct about crowd funding?

A. Funds raised through unwilling contributions on web-based platforms

B. Funds raised through large contributions on web-based platforms
C. Funds raised through coerced contributions on web-based platforms
D. Funds raised through voluntary contributions on web-based platforms

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11.19.23 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 2 top☝

The recent measures to improve the output would ______ the level of production to
our satisfaction

A. increase B. decrease C. speed D. equalise

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11.19.24 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 4 top☝

In one of the greatest innings ever seen in years of Test history, Ben Stokes
upped the tempo in a five-and-a-half hour long stay of balls including fours and
sixes that saw him finish on a not out as England squared the five-match series.
Based on their connotations in the given passage, which one of the following meanings
DOES NOT match?

A. upped = increased B. squared = lost

C. tempo = enthusiasm D. saw = resulted in
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11.19.25 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Climate change and resilience deal with two aspects – reduction of sources of non-
renewable energy resources and reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects. The
terms ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ are used to refer to these aspects, respectively.​​
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

A. Mitigation deals with consequences of climate change

B. Adaptation deals with causes of climate change
C. Mitigation deals with actions taken to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
 D. Adaptation deals with actions taken to combat green-house gas emissions

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11.19.26 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 6 top☝

Oxpeckers and rhinos manifest a symbiotic relationship in the wild. The oxpeckers
warn the rhinos about approaching poachers, thus possibly saving the lives of the
rhinos. Oxpeckers also feed on the parasitic ticks found on rhinos.
In the symbiotic relationship described above, the primary benefits for oxpeckers and rhinos
respectively are,

A. Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos have no benefit

B. Oxpeckers save their habitat from poachers while the rhinos have no benefit
C. Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos may be saved from the poachers
D. Oxpeckers save the lives of poachers, rhinos save their own lives

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11.19.27 Verbal Reasoning: GATE Mechanical 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 10 top☝

The world is going through the worst pandemic in the past hundred years. The air
travel industry is facing a crisis, as the resulting quarantine requirement for travelers
led to weak demand.
In relation to the first sentence above, what does the second sentence do?

A. Restates an idea from the first sentence

B. Second sentence entirely contradicts the first sentence
C. The two statements are unrelated
D. States an effect of the first sentence

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11.19.28 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2013 AE: GA-3 top☝

Mahatama Gandhi was known for his humility as

A. he played an important role in humiliating exit of British from India.

B. he worked for humanitarian causes.
C. he displayed modesty in his interactions.
D. he was a fine human being

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11.19.29 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2013 EE: GA-5 top☝

Statement: You can always give me a ring whenever you need.

Which one of the following is the best inference from the above statement?

A. Because I have a nice caller tune.

B. Because I have a better telephone facility.
C. Because a friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. Because you need not pay towards the telephone bills when you give me a ring.

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11.19.30 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2013 EE: GA-7 top☝

Statement: There were different streams of freedom movements in colonial India

carried out by the moderates, liberals, radicals, socialists, and so on.
Which one of the following is the best inference from the above statement?

A. The emergence of nationalism in colonial India led to our Independence.

B. Nationalism in India emerged in the context of colonialism.
C. Nationalism in India is homogeneous.
D. Nationalism in India is heterogeneous

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11.19.31 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2014 AG: GA-3 top☝

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the sentence below?

A. Women have no country.

B. Women are not citizens of any country.
C. Women’s solidarity knows no national boundaries.
D. Women of all countries have equal legal rights.

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11.19.32 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2014 EC-3: GA-1 top☝

"India is a country of rich heritage and cultural diversity." Which one of the following
facts best supports the claim made in the above sentence?

A. India is a union of states and union territories.

B. India has a population of over billion.
C. India is home to official languages and thousands of dialects.
D. The Indian cricket team draws players from over ten states.
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11.19.33 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2015 EC-2: GA-10 top☝

Lamenting the gradual sidelining of the arts in school curricula, a group of prominent
artists wrote to the Chief Minister last year, asking him to allocate more funds to
support arts education in schools. However, no such increase has been announced in this
year’s Budget. The artists expressed their deep anguish at their request not being approved,
but many of them remain optimistic about funding in the future.

Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above
statements?

i. The artists expected funding for the arts to increase this year.
ii. The Chief Minister was receptive to the idea of increasing funding for the arts.
iii. The Chief Minister is a prominent artist.
iv. Schools are giving less importance to arts education nowadays.

A. (iii) and (iv) B. (i) and (iv) C. (i), (ii) and (iv) D. (i) and (iii)
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11.19.34 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-7 top☝

In a world filled with uncertainty, he was glad to have many good friends. He had
always assisted them in times of need and was confident that they would reciprocate.
However, the events of the last week proved him wrong.
Which of the following inference(s) is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above
passage?

i. His friends were always asking him to help them.

ii. He felt that when in need of help, his friends would let him down.
iii. He was sure that his friends would help him when in need.
iv. His friends did not help him last week.

A. (i) and (ii) B. (iii) and (iv) C. (iii) only D. (iv) only
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11.19.35 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2016 EC-1: GA-8 top☝

Leela is older than her cousin Pavithra. Pavithra’s brother Shiva is older than Leela.
When Pavithra and Shiva are visiting Leela, all three like to play chess. Pavithra wins
more often than Leela does.
Which one of the following statements must be TRUE based on the above?

A. When Shiva plays chess with Leela and Pavithra, he often loses.
B. Leela is the oldest of the three.
C. Shiva is a better chess player than Pavithra.
D. Pavithra is the youngest of the three.

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11.19.36 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2016 ME-2: GA-7 top☝

A smart city integrates all modes of transport, uses clean energy and promotes
sustainable use of resources. It also uses technology to ensure safety and security of
the city, something which critics argue, will lead to a surveillance state. Which of the following
can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?

i. All smart cities encourage the formation of surveillance states.

ii. Surveillance is an integral part of a smart city.
iii. Sustainability and surveillance go hand in hand in a smart city.
iv. There is a perception that smart cities promote surveillance.

A. (i) and (iv) only B. (ii) and (iii) only C. (iv) only D. (i) only
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11.19.37 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-9 top☝

Two very famous sportsmen Mark and Steve happened to be brothers and played for
country . Mark teased James, an opponent from country , "There is no way you
are good enough to play for your country." James replied, "Maybe not, but at least I am the
best player in my own family."
Which one of the following can be inferred from this conversation?

A. Mark was known to play better B. Steve was known to play better
than James. than Mark.
C. James and Steve were good D. James played better than Steve.
friends.
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11.19.38 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2019 IN: GA-6 top☝

Since the last one year after a basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve
Bank of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest
rates on small saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in
interest rates on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates.
Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

A. Whenever the Reserve Bank of India reduces the repo rate, the interest rates on small
saving schemes are also reduced
B. Interest rates on small saving schemes are always maintained on par with fixed deposit
interest rates
C. The government sometimes takes into consideration the demands of banking institutions
before reducing the interest rates on small saving scheme
 D. A reduction in interest rates on small savings scheme follow only after a reduction in repo
rate by the Reserve Bank Of India

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11.19.39 Verbal Reasoning: GATE2019 ME-1: GA-6 top☝

Under a certain legal system, prisoners are allowed to make one statement. If their
statements turns out to be true then they are hanged. If the statements turns to be
false then they are shot. One prisoner made a statement and the judge had no option but to
set him free. Which one of the following could be that statement?

A. I did not commit the crime B. I committed the crime

C. I will be shot D. You committed the crime
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11.20 Word Meaning (3) top☝

11.20.1 Word Meaning: GATE2017 EC-1: GA-1 top☝

She has a sharp tongue and it can occasionally turn__________________

A. Hurtful B. Left C. Methodical D. Vital

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11.20.2 Word Meaning: GATE2017 ME-1: GA-2 top☝

As the two speakers become increasingly agitated, the debate became _________.

A. lukewarm B. poetic C. forgiving D. heated

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11.20.3 Word Meaning: GATE2017 ME-2: GA-2 top☝

If you choose plan , you will have to _________ plan , as these two are mutually
________.

A. forgo, exclusive B. forget, inclusive

C. accept, exhaustive D. adopt, intrusive
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11.21 Word Pairs (22) top☝

11.21.1 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2010 | Question: 60 top☝

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words.
Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair.
Unemployed : Worker

A. fallow : land B. unaware : sleeper

C. wit : jester D. renovated : house
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11.21.2 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 57 top☝

Complete the sentence:

Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to _______________.

A. specificity B. neutrality C. generality D. adaptation

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11.21.3 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2015 Set 1 | Question: GA-5 top☝

Which one of the following combinations is incorrect?

A. Acquiescence - Submission B. Wheedle - Roundabout

C. Flippancy - Lightness D. Profligate - Extravagant
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11.21.4 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: GA-4 top☝

Select the pair of best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair:
Children : Pediatrician

A. Adult : Orthopaedist B. Females : Gynaecologist

C. Kidney : Nephrologist D. Skin : Dermatologist
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11.21.5 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Cook : Cook :: Fly : _______

A. Flyer B. Flying C. Flew D. Flighter

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11.21.6 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 5 top☝

___________ is to surgery as writer is to ___________

Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above
sentence?

A. Plan, outline B. Hospital, library

C. Doctor, book D. Medicine, grammar
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11.21.7 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 | GA Question: 5 top☝

_______
Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above?

A. Vegetables B. Sharp C. Cut D. Blunt

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11.21.8 Word Pairs: GATE CSE 2023 | GA Question: 2 top☝

Kind : _______ : : Often : Frequently (By word meaning)

A. Mean B. Type C. Cruel D. Kindly

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11.21.9 Word Pairs: GATE Chemical 2020 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

_______

A. Unassociate B. Inassociate C. Misassociate D. Dissociate

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11.21.10 Word Pairs: GATE Civil 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Fuse : Fusion :: Use : ______

A. Usage B. User C. Uses D. Usion

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11.21.11 Word Pairs: GATE Civil 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Partial : Impartial :: Popular: _______

A. Impopular B. Dispopular C. Mispopular D. Unpopular

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11.21.12 Word Pairs: GATE ECE 2020 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Explicit: Implicit :: Express: _______

A. Impress B. Repress C. Compress D. Suppress

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11.21.13 Word Pairs: GATE ECE 2021 | GA Question: 4 top☝

Nostalgia is to anticipation as ____________ is to _____________

Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above
sentence?

A. Present, past B. Future, past

C. Past, future D. Future, present
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11.21.14 Word Pairs: GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Do : Undo :: Trust : ______

A. Entrust B. Intrust C. Distrust D. Untrust

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11.21.15 Word Pairs: GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 5 top☝

is to as is to _____________
Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above
sentence?

A. Stone B. Land C. Water D. Mountain

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11.21.16 Word Pairs: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Build : Building :: Grow : ________

A. Grown B. Grew C. Growth D. Growed

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11.21.17 Word Pairs: GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 3 top☝

Select the word that fits the analogy:

White: Whitening : : Light : _________

A. Lightning B. Lightening C. Lighting D. Enlightening

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11.21.18 Word Pairs: GATE2010 MN: GA-2 top☝

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words
Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair
Preamble : Constitution

A. amendment law B. prologue play

C. episode serial D. plot story
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11.21.19 Word Pairs: GATE2010 TF: GA-2 top☝

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words.
Select the pair the best expresses the relation in the original pair
Erudition : Scholar

A. steadfast mercurial B. competence strict

C. skill craftsman D. nurse doctor
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11.21.20 Word Pairs: GATE2011 AG: GA-5 top☝

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of
words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair:

A. dancer : stage B. commuter : train

C. teacher : classroom D. lawyer : courtroom
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11.21.21 Word Pairs: GATE2013 AE: GA-5 top☝

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair:
water: pipe::

A. cart: road B. electricity: wire

C. sea: beach D. music: instrument

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11.21.22 Word Pairs: GATE2013 CE: GA-5 top☝

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair:
Medicine: Health

A. Science: Experiment B. Wealth: Peace

C. Education: Knowledge D. Money: Happiness
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11.1.1 C 11.1.2 D 11.1.3 A 11.2.1 D 11.3.1 D
11.3.2 A 11.3.3 C 11.3.4 C 11.3.6 B 11.3.7 D
11.3.8 B 11.3.9 A 11.3.10 D 11.3.11 C 11.3.12 A
11.3.13 B 11.3.14 B 11.3.15 C 11.3.16 C 11.3.17 A
11.3.18 D 11.3.19 A 11.3.20 D 11.3.21 B 11.3.22 D
11.3.23 B 11.3.24 B 11.3.25 A 11.3.26 A 11.3.27 C
11.3.28 C 11.3.29 A 11.3.30 C 11.3.31 C 11.3.32 A
11.3.33 D 11.3.34 C 11.3.35 A 11.3.36 C 11.3.37 A
11.3.38 B 11.3.39 B 11.3.40 C 11.4.1 D 11.4.2 C
11.4.3 A 11.4.4 D 11.4.5 D 11.4.6 D 11.5.1 B
11.5.2 A 11.5.3 A 11.5.4 B 11.5.5 B 11.5.6 C
11.5.7 A 11.5.8 C 11.5.9 C 11.5.10 C 11.5.11 A
11.5.12 A 11.5.13 C 11.5.14 D 11.5.15 A 11.5.16 A
11.5.17 D 11.5.18 B 11.5.19 B 11.5.20 A 11.5.21 B
11.5.22 B 11.5.23 B 11.5.24 C 11.5.25 D 11.5.26 A
11.5.27 B 11.5.28 B 11.5.29 B 11.5.30 C 11.5.31 D
11.5.32 B 11.5.33 D 11.5.34 C 11.5.35 C 11.6.1 B
11.6.2 C 11.6.3 A 11.6.4 C 11.7.1 C 11.7.2 D
11.7.3 C 11.7.4 B 11.7.5 A 11.7.6 C 11.7.7 A
11.7.8 D 11.7.9 B 11.7.10 B 11.7.11 A 11.7.12 C
11.7.13 D 11.7.14 D 11.7.15 B 11.7.16 C 11.7.17 B
11.7.18 B 11.7.19 C 11.7.20 A 11.7.21 A 11.7.22 B
11.7.23 B 11.7.24 C 11.7.25 C 11.7.26 D 11.7.27 A
11.7.28 C 11.7.29 D 11.7.30 C 11.7.31 C 11.7.32 C
11.7.33 D 11.7.34 B 11.7.35 C 11.7.36 C 11.7.37 D
11.7.38 A 11.7.39 A 11.7.40 D 11.7.41 B 11.7.42 A
11.7.43 B 11.7.44 D 11.7.45 A 11.7.46 B 11.7.47 B
11.7.48 C 11.7.49 B 11.7.50 B 11.7.51 B 11.7.52 A
11.7.53 B 11.7.54 B 11.7.55 A 11.7.56 C 11.7.57 C
11.7.58 A 11.7.59 B 11.7.60 B 11.7.61 A 11.7.62 C
11.7.63 A 11.7.64 A 11.7.65 A 11.7.66 A 11.7.67 A
11.7.68 C 11.7.69 B 11.7.70 A 11.7.71 A 11.7.72 D
11.7.73 C 11.7.74 D 11.7.75 A 11.7.76 C 11.7.77 D
11.7.78 D 11.7.79 D 11.7.80 C 11.7.81 B 11.7.82 A
11.7.83 D 11.8.1 B 11.8.2 C 11.9.1 D 11.9.2 C
11.9.3 B 11.9.4 B 11.9.5 D 11.10.1 D 11.10.2 C
11.10.3 D 11.10.4 C 11.10.5 B 11.10.6 D 11.10.7 B
11.10.8 D 11.10.9 B 11.10.10 D 11.10.11 B 11.10.12 B
11.10.13 B 11.10.14 D 11.10.15 A 11.10.16 B 11.10.17 D
11.10.18 A 11.10.19 D 11.10.20 A 11.10.21 D 11.10.22 C
11.10.23 B 11.10.24 B 11.10.25 B 11.10.26 D 11.10.27 A
11.10.28 A 11.10.29 B 11.10.30 A 11.10.31 C 11.10.32 A
11.10.33 C 11.10.34 D 11.10.35 D 11.10.36 C 11.10.37 B
11.10.38 B;D 11.10.39 D 11.10.40 C 11.10.41 A 11.10.42 D
11.10.43 C 11.10.44 A 11.10.45 A 11.10.46 B 11.11.1 A
11.11.2 C 11.12.1 B 11.12.2 A 11.13.1 B 11.13.2 D
11.13.3 B 11.13.4 B 11.13.5 C 11.14.1 B 11.15.1 D
11.16.1 A 11.16.2 C 11.17.1 A 11.17.2 C 11.18.1 A
11.18.2 B 11.18.3 C 11.18.4 C 11.18.5 B 11.18.6 C
11.18.7 C 11.18.8 C 11.18.9 B 11.18.10 B 11.18.11 C
11.18.12 B 11.18.13 A 11.18.14 A 11.18.15 C 11.18.16 B
11.19.1 D 11.19.2 B 11.19.3 A 11.19.4 D 11.19.5 B
11.19.6 B 11.19.7 B 11.19.8 D 11.19.9 D 11.19.10 D
11.19.11 C 11.19.12 D 11.19.13 D 11.19.14 D 11.19.15 A
11.19.16 C 11.19.17 A 11.19.18 C 11.19.19 A 11.19.20 D
11.19.21 D 11.19.22 D 11.19.23 A 11.19.24 B 11.19.25 C
11.19.26 C 11.19.27 D 11.19.28 C 11.19.29 C 11.19.30 D
11.19.31 C 11.19.32 C 11.19.33 B 11.19.34 B 11.19.35 D
11.19.36 C 11.19.37 B 11.19.38 C 11.19.39 C 11.20.1 A
11.20.2 D 11.20.3 A 11.21.1 A 11.21.2 A 11.21.3 B
11.21.4 B 11.21.5 A 11.21.6 C 11.21.7 C 11.21.8 B,D
11.21.9 D 11.21.10 A 11.21.11 D 11.21.12 B 11.21.13 C
11.21.14 C 11.21.15 C 11.21.16 C 11.21.17 B 11.21.18 B
11.21.19 C 11.21.20 D 11.21.21 B 11.21.22 C