GATE CS General Aptitude questions

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Check the wording and units before solving. For verbal questions, compare each option in context; for quantitative questions, test the result against the given constraints.

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Consider the equation:

(7526)_8 − (Y)_8 = (4364)_8

, where

(X)_N

stands for

X

to the base

N

. Find

Y

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

2011

and

2012

is equal, what is the ratio of male students in

2012

to male students in

2011

By the beginning of the

20^{\text{th}}

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 …

A dance programme is scheduled for

10.00

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

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. …

Which number does not belong in the series below?

\qquad2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word “coherent”.

If she _______________ how to calibrate the instrument, she _______________ done the experiment.

\underset{\text{I}}{\underline{\text{While trying to collect}}}

an envelope

\underset{\text{II}}{\underline{\text{from under the table,}}}

\underset{\text{III}}{\underline{\text{Mr. X fell down}}}

and

\underset{\text{IV}}{\underline{\text{was losing consciousness.}}}

Which one of the above underlined parts of the sentence is NOT appropriate?

The current erection cost of a structure is Rs.

13,200.

If the labour wages per day increase by

1/5

of the current wages and the working hours decrease by

1/24

of the current period, then the new cost of erection in Rs. is

A tourist covers half of his journey by train at

60\;\text{km/h}

, half of the remainder by bus at

30\;\text{km/h}

and the rest by cycle at

10\;\text{km/h}

. The average speed of the tourist in

\text{km/h}

during his entire journey is

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 …

Out of all the

2

-digit integers between

1

and

100,

2

-digit number has to be selected at random. What is the probability that the selected number is not divisible by

7

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

Find the sum of the expression

\frac{1}{\sqrt{1}+\sqrt{2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{4}}+............+\frac{1}{\sqrt{80}+\sqrt{81}}

Were you a bird, you ___________________ in the sky.

What will be the maximum sum of

44, 42, 40, \dots

Complete the sentence: Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to _______________.

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? Nadir

Given the sequence of terms,

\text{AD CG FK JP}

, the next term is