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.
4. Choose the word from the from the options given below that is most opposite in meaning to the given word :
Frequency
(A) periodicity (B) rarity (C) gradualness (D) persistency
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Periodicity is almost similar to frequency. Gradualness means something happening with time. Persistency is endurance. Rarity is opposite to frequency
5. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence :
It was her view that the country’s had been ............. by foreign techno-crafts, so that to invite them to come back would be counter- productive.
(A) identified (B) ascertained (C) exacerbated (D) analysed
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
6. The fuel consumed by a motor cycle during a journey while travelling at various speed is indicated in the graph below.
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The distance covered during four laps of the journey are listed in the table below
Lap Distance (km) Average speed (km/hour)
P 15 15
Q 75 45
R 40 75
S 10 10
From the given data, we can conclude that the fuel consumed per kilometre was least during the lap
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
7. The horse has played a little known but very important role in the field of medicine. Horses were injected with toxins of disease until their blood build up immunities. Then a serum was made from their blood. Serums to fight with diphteria 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
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
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Ans. Option (C) is correct
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(C) 1 (D) 2
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
10. Three friends R,S and T shared toffee from a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees, but returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4th of what was left but returned three toffees to the bowl. T took half of the remainder but returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl had 17 toffees left, how many toffees were originally there in the bowl ?
(A) 38 (B) 31 (C) 48 (D) 41
Ans. Option (C) is correct
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.
4. Choose the word from the from the options given below that is most opposite in meaning to the given word :
Frequency
(A) periodicity (B) rarity (C) gradualness (D) persistency
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Periodicity is almost similar to frequency. Gradualness means something happening with time. Persistency is endurance. Rarity is opposite to frequency
5. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence :
It was her view that the country’s had been ............. by foreign techno-crafts, so that to invite them to come back would be counter- productive.
(A) identified (B) ascertained (C) exacerbated (D) analysed
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
6. The fuel consumed by a motor cycle during a journey while travelling at various speed is indicated in the graph below.
Lap Distance (km) Average speed (km/hour)
P 15 15
Q 75 45
R 40 75
S 10 10
From the given data, we can conclude that the fuel consumed per kilometre was least during the lap
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
7. The horse has played a little known but very important role in the field of medicine. Horses were injected with toxins of disease until their blood build up immunities. Then a serum was made from their blood. Serums to fight with diphteria 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
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
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Ans. Option (C) is correct
9.
(C) 1 (D) 2
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
10. Three friends R,S and T shared toffee from a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees, but returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4th of what was left but returned three toffees to the bowl. T took half of the remainder but returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl had 17 toffees left, how many toffees were originally there in the bowl ?
(A) 38 (B) 31 (C) 48 (D) 41
Ans. Option (C) is correct