General Aptitude GATE Exam 2010 Questions and Answers

 General Aptitude GATE Exam 2010 Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word below ?
Circuitous
(A) Cyclic (B) Indirect
(C) Confusing (D) Crooked

Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Circuitous means round about or not direct. Indirect is closest in
meaning to this circuitous
(A) Cyclic : Recurring in nature
(B) Indirect : Not direct
(C) Confusing : lacking clarity of meaning
(D) Crooked : set at an angle; not straight

2. The question below consist 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

Ans. Option (B) is correct.
A worker may by unemployed. Like in same relation a sleeper may
be unaware.

3. 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) unhold (B) restrain
(C) cherish (D) conserve

Ans. Option (D) is correct.

General Aptitude GATE Exam 2011 Questions and Answers

General Aptitude GATE Exam 2011 Questions and Answers

1. There are two candidates P and Q in an election. During the campaign, 40% of voter promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. However, on the day of election 15% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of the voter went back on their promise to vote for Q and instead voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 2 votes, then what was the total number of voters ?
(A) 100 (B) 110 (C) 90 (D) 95

Ans. Option (A) is correct.

2. The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relations in the original pair :
Gladiator : Arena
(A) dancer : stage (B) commuter : train (C) teacher : classroom (D) lawyer : courtroom

Ans. Option (A) is correct.
A gladiator performs in an arena. Commutators use trains. Lawyers performs, but do not entertain like a gladiator. Similarly, teachers educate. Only dancers performs on a stage.

3. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence :
Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian 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

Ans. Option (D) is correct.