GATE EC General Aptitude questions

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SubjectTopicYearType

\text{X}

speaks __________ Japanese ____________ Chinese.

A sum of money is to be distributed among

\text{P, Q, R,}

\text{S}

in the proportion

5:2:4:3,

respectively. If

\text{R}

1000

\text{S},

what is the share of

\text{Q (in ₹)}?

A trapezium has vertices marked as

\text{P, Q, R}

\text{S}

(in that order anticlockwise). The side

\text{PQ}

is parallel to side

\text{SR}.

Further, it is given that,

\text{PQ = 11 cm, QR = 4 cm, RS = 6 cm}

\text{SP = 3 cm.}

What is the shortest distance between

\text{PQ}

\text{SR (in cm)}?

The figure shows a grid formed by a collection of unit squares. The unshaded unit square in the grid represents a hole. What is the maximum number of squares without a “hole in the interior” that can be formed within the

4 \times 4

grid using the unit squares as building blocks?

An art gallery engages a security guard to ensure that the items displayed are protected. The diagram below represents the plan of the gallery where the boundary walls are opaque. The location the security guard posted is identified such that all the inner space (shaded region in the plan) of the gallery is within the line of sight of the security guard. If …

Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used genetically modified mosquitoes to control the overall mosquito population. It remains to be seen if this novel approach has unforeseen consequences. Which one of the following is the correct logical inference …

Consider the following inequalities.

2x – 1 > 7

2x – 9 < 1

Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two inequalities?

\text{P(0, 1), Q(0, – 3), R( – 2, – 1),}

\text{S(2, – 1)}

represent the vertices of a quadrilateral. What is the area enclosed by the quadrilateral?

In a class of five students

\text{P, Q, R, S}

\text{T},

only one student is known to have copied in the exam. The disciplinary committee has investigated the situation and recorded the statements from the students as given below.

\text{Statement of P: R}

has copied in the exam.

\text{Statement of Q: S}

has copied in the exam. …

Consider the following square with the four corners and the center marked as

\text{P, Q, R, S}

\text{T}

respectively. Let

\text{X, Y}

\text{Z}

represent the following operations:

\text{X:}

rotation of the square by

180

degree with respect to the

\text{S – Q}

\text{Y:}

rotation of the square by

180

degree with …

The bar graph shows the frequency of the number of wickets taken in a match by a bowler in her career. For example, in

17

of her matches, the bowler has taken

5

wickets each. The median number of wickets taken by the bowler in a match is _______________ (rounded off to one decimal place).

The current population of a city is

11,02,500

. If it has been increasing at the rate of

5\%

per annum, what was its population

2

p

q

are positive integers and

\dfrac{p}{q}+\dfrac{q}{p}=3,

\dfrac{p^{2}}{q^{2}}+\dfrac{q^{2}}{p^{2}}=

The least number of squares that must be added so that the line

P-Q

becomes the line of symmetry is ____________

\textit{Nostalgia}

\textit{anticipation}

as ____________ is to _____________ Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?

Consider the following sentences: Which of the above sentences are grammatically

\text{CORRECT}

\text{(i) and (ii)}

\text{(i) and (iii)}

\text{(ii) and (iii)}

\text{(i) and (iv)}

Given below are two statements and two conclusions.

\text{Statement 1}

: All purple are green.

\text{Statement 2}

: All black are green.

\text{Conclusion I}

: Some black are purple.

\text{Conclusion II}

: No black is purple. Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is logically

\text{CORRECT}

Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence

\text{(AI)}

is currently a hot topic.

\text{Al}

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 …

Consider a square sheet of side

1

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 ____________

The number of minutes spent by two students,

X

Y

, 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

10\%

more than the other student, on a given day, is