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.

General Aptitude GATE Exam 2013 Questions and Answers

General Aptitude GATE Exam 2013 Questions and Answers

1. 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

Ans. Option (D) is correct
Two and two make four

2. 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

Ans. Option (C) is correct.
You can always given me a ring whenever you need. Because a friend
is need is a friend indeed

3. In the summer of 2012, in New Delhi, the mean temperature of
Monday to Wednesday was 41°C and of Tuesday to Thursday was
43C. If the temperature on Thursday was 15% higher than that of
Monday, then the temperature in C on Thursday was
(A) 40 (B) 43
(C) 46 (D) 49

Ans. Option (C) is correct