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GATE Syllabus for General Aptitude (GA)

(Common To All Papers)
Verbal Ability : English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word

groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.
Numerical Ability : Numerical computation, numerical estimation, numerical
reasoning and data interpretation.
(VERSION : 24|03|20)
ABBREVIATION
GATE Paper Code
Electronics and Communication Engineering EC
Electrical Engineering EE
Mechanical Engineering ME
Instrumentation Engineering IN
Civil Engineering CE
Computer Science and Information Technology CS
Chemical Engineering CH
Biotechnology BT
Agricultural Engineering AG
Geology and Geophysics GG
Mining Engineering MN
Physics PH
Architecture and Planning AR
Chemistry CY
Mathematics MA
Petroleum Engineering PE
Ecology and Evolution EY
Metallurgical Engineering MT
Production and Industrial Engineering PI
Aerospace Engineering AE
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science TF
Engineering Science XE
Life Science XL
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Contents
GATE 2020 PAPERS................................................................................................................................... 1
GATE 2019 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 12
GATE 2018 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 23
GATE 2017 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 33
GATE 2016 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 44
GATE 2015 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 54
GATE 2014 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 64
GATE 2013 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 75
GATE 2012 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 80
GATE 2011 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 83
GATE 2010 PAPERS................................................................................................................................. 87

GATE-2020 PAPERS
Which of the following functions is a

GATE 2020 PAPERS superadditive function for x  1 ?
AB C [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
1. The untimely loss of life is a cause of serious (A) 1 (B) x
x
global concern as thousands of people get
killed _____ accidents every year while (C) e x (D) e x
many other die ____ diseases like cardio
B [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
vascular disease, cancer, etc.
6. The global financial crisis in 2008 is
(A) from, from considered to be the most serious world-
wide financial crisis, which started with the
(B) during, from sub-prime lending crisis in USA in 2007.
(C) in, of The sub-prime lending crisis led to the
banking crisis in 2008 with the collapse of
(D) from, of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The sub-prime
lending refers to the provision of loans to
B [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
those borrowers who may have difficulties
2. He was not only accused of theft _____ of
in repaying loans, and it arises because of
conspiracy.
excess liquidity following the East Asian
(A) rather (B) but also crisis.
Which one of the following sequences
(C) rather than (D) but even shows the correct precedence as per the
given passage?
C [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
3. Select the word that fits the analogy : (A) Subprime lending crisis  global
Explicit: Implicit :: Express : ______. financial crisis  banking crisis 
East Asian crisis.
(A) Compress
(B) East Asian crisis  subprime lending
(B) Suppress crisis  banking crisis global
(C) Repress financial crisis.
(D) Impress (C) Global financial crisis  East Asian
crisis  banking crisis  subprime
B [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD] lending crisis.
4. The Canadian constitution requires that
equal importance be given to English and (D) Banking crisis  subprime lending
French. Last year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit, crisis  global financial crisis  East
and had to pay a six-figure fine to a French- Asian crisis.
speaking couple after they filed complaints
D [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
about formal in-flight announcements in
7. It is quarter past three in your watch. The
English lasting 15 seconds, as opposed to
angle between the hour hand the minute
informal 5 second messages in French.
hand is ____.
The French-speaking couple were upset at (A) 22.50 (B) 150
____.
(C) 00 (D) 7.50
(A) equal importance being given to English
and French. D [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
8. A circle with centre O is shown in the figure.
(B) the English announcements being longer
A rectangle PQRS of maximum possible
than the French ones.
area is inscribed in the circle. If the radius of
(C) the in-flight asnnouncements being made the circle is a, then the area of the shaded
in English. portion is _____.
(D) the English announcements being clearer
than the French ones.
D [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD]
5. A superadditive function f () satisfies the
following property
f ( x1  x2 )  f ( x1 )  f ( x2 )
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GENERAL APTITUDE QUESTIONS
(A) a 2  2 a 2 (B) a 2  3a 2 (A) to park (B) from parking
(C) a 2  a 2 (D) a 2  2a 2 (C) parking (D) to have parked
A [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD] C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
9. a, b, c are real numbers. The quadratic 13. Select the word that fits the analogy :
euqation ax 2  bx  c  0 has equal roots, Do : Undo :: Trust : _____
which is  , then
(A) Entrust (B) Intrust
(A) 3  bc / (2a2 )
(C) Untrust (D) Distrust
(B)  2  ac B [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
14. Stock markets ______ at the news of the
(C)   b / a coup.
(D) b 2  4ac (A) poised (B) plunged
B [GATE-EC/AE/AG/GG-2020-IITD] (C) plugged (D) probed
10. The following figure shows the data of
students enrolled in 5 years (2014 to 2018) C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
for two schools P and Q. During this period, 15. If P, Q, R, S are four individuals, how many
the ratio of the average number of the teams of size exceeding one can be formed,
students enrolled in school P to the average with Q as a member ?
of the difference of the number of studetns (A) 5 (B) 6
enrolled in schools P and Q is _____.
(C) 7 (D) 8
B [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
16. Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of a bank in
India is defined as an asset, which remains
unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of
time in terms of interest, principal, or both.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed
the definition of NPA thrice during 1993-
2004, in terms of the holding period of
loans. The holdng period was reduced by
one quarter each time. In 1993, the holding
period was four quarters (360 days).
Based on the above paragraph, the holding
period of loans in 2004 after the third
revision was ____ days.
(A) 31 : 23
(A) 45 (B) 90
(B) 23 : 31
(C) 135 (D) 180
(C) 8 : 23
C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
(D) 23 : 8
17. Select the next element of the series : Z,
C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD] WV, RQP, _____
11. This book, including all its chapters, ______
interesting. The students as well as the (A) LKJI (B) JIHG
instructor _____ in agreement about it. (C) KJIH (D) NMLK
(A) is, was (B) are, are C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
(C) is, are (D) were, was 18. In four-digit integer numbers from 1001 to
9999, the digit group “37” (in the same
B [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD] sequence) appears ___ times.
12. People were prohibited _____ their vehicles
near the entrance of the main administrative (A) 270 (B) 279
building. (C) 280 (D) 299
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GATE-2020 PAPERS
A [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD] Build : Building :: Grow : ______.

19. Given a semicircle with O as the centre, as
(A) Grown (B) Grew
AC  CB
shown in the figure, the ratio is (C) Growth (D) Growed
AB
_____, where AC , CB and AB are chords. B [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
24. I do not think you know the case well
enough to have opinions. Having said that, I
agree with your other point.
What does the phrase “having said that”
mean in the given text ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (A) as opposed to what I have said
(C) 2 (D) 3 (B) despite what I have said

(C) in addition to what I have said
C [GATE-EE/EY/TF-2020-IITD]
20. The revenue and expenditure of four (D) contrary to what I have said
different companies P, Q, R and S in 2015
are shown in the figure. If the revenue of D [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
company Q in 2015 was 20% more than that 25. Define [x] as the greatest integer less than or
in 2014, and company Q had earned a profit equal to x, for each x  ( , ) . If y  [ x] ,
of 10% on expenditure in 2014, then its then area under y for x  [1, 4] is _____.
expenditure (in million rupees) in 2014 was
(A) 1 (B) 3
____.
(C) 4 (D) 6
D [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
26. Crowd funding deals with mobilisation of
funds for a project from a large number of
people, who would be willing to invest
smaller amounts through web-based
platforms in the project
Based on the above paragraph, which of the
following is correct about crowd funding ?
(A) Funds raised through unwilling
contributions on web-based platforms.
(B) Funds raised through large contributions
on web-based platforms.
(C) Funds raised through coerced
(A) 32.7 (B) 33.7 contributions on web-based platforms.
(C) 34.1 (D) 35.1 (D) Funds raised through voluntary
contributions on web-based platforms.
C [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
21. He is known for his unscrupulous ways. He D [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
always sheds _____ tears to deceive people. 27. P, Q, R and S are to be uniquely coded using
 and  . If P is coded as  and Q as  ,
(A) fox’s (B) crocodile’s
then R and S, respectively, can be coded as
(C) crocodile (D) fox ______.
A [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD] (A)  and  (B)  and 
22. Jofra Archer, the England fast bowler, is
____ than accurate. (C)  and  (D)  and 
(A) more fast (B) faster D [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
(C) less fast (D) more faster 28. The sum of the first n terms in the sequence
8, 88, 888, 8888, ….. is____.
23. Select the word that fits the analogy: 81 n 9
(A) (10  1)  n
80 8
81 n 9 of success rates (in percentage) of these four

(B) (10  1)  n schools is ____.
80 8
80 n 8
(C) (10  1)  n
81 9
80 n 8
(D) (10  1)  n
81 9
A [GATE-IN/ME1/MT/PE/PH-2020-IITD]
29. Select the graph that schematically
respresents BOTH y  xm and y  x1/m
properly in the interval 0  x  1 , for
interger values of m, where m > 1.
(A) 58.5% (B) 58.8%

(C) 59.0% (D) 59.3%
A [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
31. While I agree _____ his proposal this time, I
do not often agree _____ him.
(A) (A) to, with (B) with, to
(C) with, with (D) to, to
32. The recent meausres to improve the output
would _____ the level of production to our
satisfaction.
(A) increase (B) decrease
(B) (C) speed (D) equalise
B [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
33. Select the word that fits the analogy:
White : Whitening : : Light : _____
(A) Lightning (B) Lightening
(C) Lighting (D) Enlightening
B [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
(C) 34. In one of the greatest innings ever seen in
142 years of Test history, Ben Stokes upped
the temp in a five-and-a-half hour long stay
of 219 balls including 11 fours and 8 sixes
that saw him finish on a 135 not out as
England squared the five-match series.
Based on their connotations in the given
passage, which one of the following
meanings DOES NOT match ?
(D)
(A) upped = increased
30. The bar graph shows the data of the students (B) squared = lost
who appeared and passed in an examination (C) temp = enthusiasm
for four schools P, Q, R and S. The average
(D) saw = resulted in

GATE-2020 PAPERS
D [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD] (A) 3 days (B) 5 days

35. There are five levels {P, Q, R, S, T} in a
(C) 10 days (D) 13 days
linear supply chain before a product reaches
customers, as shown in the figure. A [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
39. An engineer measures THREE quantities X,
Y and Z in an experiment. She finds that
At each of the five levels, the price of the they follow a relationship that is represented
product is increased by 25%. If the product in the figure below: (the product of X and Y
is product at level P at the cost of Rs. 120 linearly varies with Z)
per unit, what is the price paid (in rupees) by
the customers?
(A) 187.50 (B) 234.38
(C) 292.96 (D) 366.21
C [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
36. Climate change and resilience deal with two
aspects – reduction of sources of non-
renewable energy resources and reducing
vulnerability of climate change aspects. The Then, which of the following statements is
terms ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ are used FALSE?
to refer to these aspects, respectively. (A) For fixed Z; X is proportional to Y
Which of the following assertions is best (B) For fixed Y; X is proportional to Z
supported by the above information?
(C) For fixed X; Z is proportional to Y
(A) Mitigation deals with consequences of (D) XY/Z is constant
climate change.
D [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD]
(B) Adaptation deals with causes of climate 40. The two pie-charts given below show the
change. data of total students and only girls
(C) Mitigation deals with actions taken to registered in different streams in a
reduce the use of fossil fuels. university. If the total number of students
registered in the university is 5000, and the
(D) Adaptation deals with actions taken to total number of the registered girls is 1500;
combat green-house gas emissions. then, the ratio of boys enrolled in Arts to the
girls enrolled in Management is ____.
37. Find the missing element in the following
figure.
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 9 : 22
(A) d (B) e (C) 11 : 9 (D) 22 : 9
(C) w (D) y C [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
A [GATE-CY/ME2/PI-2020-IITD] 41. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was
38. It was estimated that 52 men can complete a conferred ____ Mary Kom, a six-time world
strip in a newly constructed highway champion in boxing, recently in a ceremony
connecting cities P and Q in 10 days. Due to ___ the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the President’s
an emergency, 12 men were sent to another official residence) in New Delhi.
project. How many number of days, more (A) with, at (B) on, in
than the original estimate, will be requred to
complete the strip? (C) on, at (D) to, at
B [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD] D [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
42. Despite a string of poor performances, the 46. Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank
chances of K. L. Rahul’s selection in the of India (RBI) lends commercial banks, and
team reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI
borrows money from commercial banks.
(A) slim (B) bright
Which of the following statements can be
(C) obvious (D) uncertain inferred from the above passage ?
D [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD] (A) Decrease in repo rate will increase cost
43. Select the word that fits the analogy: of borrowing and decrease lending by
commercial banks.
Cover : Uncover :: Associate : ____
(B) Increase in repo rate will decrease cost
(A) Unassociate (B) Inassociate of borrowing and increase lending by
(C) Misassociate (D) Dissociate commercial banks.
(C) Increase in repo rate will decrease cost
D [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
of borrowing and decrease lending by
44. Hit by floods, the kharif (summer sown)
commercial banks.
crops in various parts of the country have
been affected. Officials believe that the loss (D) Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost
in production of the kharif crops can be of borrowing and increase lending by
recovered in the output of the rabi (winter commercial banks.
sown) crops so that the country can achieve
its food-grain production target of 291 C [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
million tons in the crop year 2019-20 (July- 47. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seated around
June). They are hopeful that good rains in a circular table.
July-August will help the soil retain I. S is seated opposite to W.
moisture for a longer period, helping winder
II. U is seated at the second place to the
sown crops such as wheat and pulses during
right of R.
the November-February period.
III. T is seated at the third place to the left of
Which of the following statmeents can be R.
inferred from the given passage ?
IV. V is a neighbour of S.
(A) Officials declared that the food-grain
Which of the following must be true?
production target will be met due to
good rains. (A) P is a neighbour of R.
(B) Officials want to food-grain production (B) Q is a neighbour of R.
target to be met by the November- (C) P is not seated opposite to Q.
February period.
(D) R is the left neighbour of S.
(C) Officials feel that the food-grain
production target cannot be met due to B [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
floods. 48. The distance between Delhi and Agra is 233
km. A car P started travelling from Delhi to
(D) Officials hope that the food-grain Agra and another car Q started from Agra to
production target will be met due to a Delhi along the same road 1 hour after the
good rabi produce car P started. The two cars crossed each
other 75 minutes after the car Q started. Both
B [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD] cars were travelling at constant speed. The
45. The difference between the sum of the first speed of car P was 10 km/hr more than the
2n natural numbers and the sum of the first n speed of car Q. How many kilometers the
odd natural numbers is ____. car Q had travelled when the cars crossed
each other ?
(A) n 2  n
(A) 66.6 (B) 75.2
(B) n 2  n (C) 88.2 (D) 116.5
(C) 2n  n
2
B [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD]
49. For a matrix M = [mij]; i, j = 1,2,3,4, the
(D) 2n 2  n diagonal elements are all zero and mij = –mji.

GATE-2020 PAPERS
The minimum number of elements required (C) Billions of people are responsible for
to fully specify the matrix is _____. man-made emissions.
(A) 0 (B) 6 (D) Billions of people are affected by
(C) 12 (D) 16 melting glaciers.
B [GATE-AR/BM/BT/CH/MA/MN-2020-IITD] B [GATE-CS-2020-IITD]
50. The profit shares of two companies P and Q 55. There are multiple routes to reach from node
are shown in the figure. If the two 1 to node 2, as shown in the network.
companies have invested a fixed and equal
amount every year, then the ratio of the total
revenue of company P to the total revenue of
company Q, during 2013-2018 is _____.
(A) t (B) w
(C) w (D) t
D [GATE-CS-2020-IITD]
51. Raman is confident of speaking English
___six months as he has been practising The cost of travel on an edge between two
regularly_____the last three weeks. nodes is given in rupees. Nodes ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’,
(A) during, for (B) for, since ‘d’, ‘e’ and ‘f’ are toll booths. The toll price
(C) for, in (D) within, for at toll booths marked ‘a’ and ‘e’ is Rs. 200,
and is Rs. 100 for the other toll booths.
A [GATE-CS-2020-IITD] Which is the chepest route from node 1 to
52. His knowledge of the subject was excellent node 2?
but his classroom performance was____. (A) 1-a-c-2 (B) 1-f-b-2
(A) extremely poor (B) good (C) 1-b-2 (D) 1-f-e-2
(C) desirable (D) praiseworthy D [GATE-CS-2020-IITD]
56. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect
A [GATE-CS-2020-IITD] tax introduced in India in 2017 that is
53. Select the word that fits the analogy: imposed on the supply of goods and
Cook : Cook :: Fly : ____ services, and it submuses all indirect taxes
except few. It is a destination-based tax
(A) Flyer (B) Flying imposed on goods and services used, and it
is not imposed at the point of origin from
(C) Flew (D) Flighter where goods come. GST also has a few
D [GATE-CS-2020-IITD] components specific to state governments,
54. The dawn of the 21st century witnessed the central government and Union Territories
melting glaciers oscillating between giving (Uts).
too much and too little to billions of people Which one of the following statements can
who depend on them for fresh water. The be inferred from the given passage?
UN climate report estimates that without (A) GST is imposed on the production of
deep cuts to man-made emissions, at least goods and services.
30% of the northern himisphere’s surface
permafrost could melt by the end of the (B) GST includes all indirect taxes.
century. Given this situation of imminent (C) GST does not have a component specific
global exodus of billions of people displaced to UT.
by rising seas, notion-states need to rethink (D) GST is imposed at the point of usage of
their carbon footprint for political concerns, goods and services.
if not for environmental ones.
C [GATE-CS-2020-IITD]
Which one of the following statements can 57. If P = 3, R = 27, T = 243, then Q + S = ____.
be inferred from the given passage? (A) 40 (B) 80
(A) Nation-states do not have environmental (C) 90 (D) 110
concerns.
A [GATE-CS-2020-IITD]
(B) Nation-states are responsible for 58. The figure below shows an annular ring with
providing fresh water to billions of outer and inner radii as b and a, respectively.
people.
The annular space has been painted in the

form of blue colour circles touching the
outer and inner periphery of annular space. If
maximum n number of circles can be
painted, them the unpainted area available is
annular space is
(A) 16.67% profit (B) 16.67% loss

 n 2
(A)   b 2  a 2    b  a   (C) 20% profit (D) 20% loss
 4 
A [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD]
(B)   b  a   n  b  a   63. Select the word that fits the analogy:
2 2 2

Fuse : Fusion :: Use : ____
 n 2
(C)   b 2  a 2    b  a   (A) Usage (B) User
 4  (C) Uses (D) Usion
(D)   b  a   nb  a 
2 2 2
  B [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD]
64. If 0, 1, 2, …., 7,8, 9 are coded as O, P, Q, ...,
B [GATE-CS-2020-IITD] V, W, X, then 45 will be coded as ____.
59. Two straight lines are drawn perpendicular (A) TS (B) ST
to each oth1er in X-Y plane. If  and  are
(C) SS (D) SU
the acute angles the straight lines make with
the X-axis, then    is ____. D [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD]
0 0 65. The sum of two positive numbers is 100.
(A) 60 (B) 90
After subtracting 5 from each number, the
(C) 1200 (D) 1800 product of the resulting numbers is 0. One of
the original numbers is ____.
B [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD]
60. It is a common criticism that most of the (A) 80 (B) 85
academicians live in their _____, so, they are
not aware of the real life challenges. (C) 90 (D) 95
(A) homes (B) ivory towers D [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD]

66. The Americal psychologist Howard Gardner
(C) glass palaces (D) big flats expounds that human intelligence can be
sub-categorised into multiple kinds, in such
C [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD] a way that individuals differ with respect to
61. His hunger for reading is insatiable. He reads their relative competence in each kind.
indiscriminately. He is most certainly Based on this theory, modern educationists
a/an___reader. insist on prescribing multi-dimensional
(A) all-round (B) precocious curriculum and evaluation parameters that
enable development and assessment of
(C) voracious (D) wise multiple intelligences.
C [GATE-CS-2020-IITD] inferred from the given text?
62. The total revenue of a company during
2014-2018 is shown in the bar graph. If the (A) Howard Gardner insists that the teaching
total expenditure of the company in each curriculum and evaluation needs to be
year is 500 million rupees, then the multi-dimensional.
aggregate profit or loss (in percentage) on (B) Howard Gardner wants to develop and
the total expenditure of the company during assess the theory of multiple
2014-2018 is ____. intelligences.

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(C) Modern educationists want to develop A [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]

and assess the theory of multiple 72. Select the most appropriate word that can
intelligences. replace the underlined word without
(D) Modern educationists insist that the changing the meaning of the sentence:
teaching curriculum and evaluation Now-a-days, most children have a tendency
needs to be multi-dimensional. to belittle the legitimate concerns of their
A [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD] parents.
67. Five friends P,Q,R,S and T went camping. (A) disparage (B) applaud
At night, they had to sleep in a row inside
the tent. P, Q and T refused to sleep next to (C) reduce (D) begrudge
R since he snored loudly. P and S wanted to D [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
avoid Q as he usually hugged people in 73. Select the word that fits the analogy:
sleep.
Assuming everyone was satisfied with the Partial : Impartial : : Popular : ____
sleeping arragements, what is the order in (A) Impopular (B) Dispopular
which they slept?
(C) Mispopular (D) Unpopular
(A) RSPTQ (B) SPRTQ
(C) QRSPT (D) QTSPR C [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
74. After the inauguration of the new building,
C [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD] the Head of the Department (HoD) collated
68. Insert seven numbers between 2 and 34, such faculty preferences for office space. P
that the resulting sequence including 2 and wanted a room adjacent to the lab. Q wanted
34 is an arithmetic progression. The sum of to be close to the lift. R wanted a view of the
these inserted seven numbers is ____. playground and S wanted a corner office.
(A) 120 (B) 124
Assuming that everyone was satisfied, which
(C) 126 (D) 130 among the following shows a possible
A [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD] allocation?
69. The unit’s place in 26591749110016 is __.
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 6 (D) 9
C [GATE-CE1-2020-IITD] (A)
70. The total expenditure of a family, on
different activities in a month, is shown in
the pie-chart. The extra money spent on
education as compared to transport (in
percent) is _____.
(B)
(A) 5 (B) 33.3

(C) 50 (D) 100
B [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD] (C)
71. Rescue teams deployed_____disaster hit
areas combat_____a lot of difficulties to
save the people.
(A) with, at (B) in, with
(C) with, with (D) to, to
B [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
79. In a school of 1000 students, 300 students
play chess and 600 students play football. If
50 students play both chess and football, the
(D) number of students who play neither is ____.
(A) 200 (B) 150
(C) 100 (D) 50
MTA [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
C [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD] 80. The monthly distribution of 9 Watt LED
75. If f ( x)  x 2 for each x  (,  ) , then bulbs sold by two firms X and Y from
January to June 2018 is shown in the pie-
f ( f ( f ( x )))
is equal to _____. chart and the corresponding table. If the total
f ( x) number of LED bulbs sold by two firms
during April-June 2018 is 50000, then the
(A) f ( x) (B) ( f ( x )) 2 number of LED bulbs sold by the firm Y
during April-June 2018 is _____.
(C) ( f ( x ))3 (D) ( f ( x )) 4
A [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
76. Nominal interest rate is defined as the
amount paid by the borrower to the lender
for using the borrowed amount for a specific
period of time. Real interest rate calculated
on the basis of actual value (inflation-
adjusted), is approximately equal to the
difference between nominal rate and
expected rate of inflation in the economy.
Which of the following assertions is best
supported by the above information?
(A) Under high inflation, real interest rate is
low and borrowers get benefited. Ratio of Led bulbs sold by
Month
two firms (X : Y)
(B) Under low inflation, real interest rate is January 7:8
high and borrowers get benefited. February 2:3
March 2:1
(C) Under high inflation, real interest rate is April 3:2
low and lenders get benefited.
May 1:4
(D) Under low inflation, real interest rate is June 9 : 11
low and borrowers get benefited.
(A) 11250 (B) 9750
C [GATE-CE2-2020-IITD]
(C) 8750 (D) 8250
77. For the year 2019, which of the previous
year’s calender can be used? *********
(A) 2011 (B) 2012
(C) 2013 (D) 2014

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78. The ratio of ‘the sum of the odd positive
integers from 1 to 100’ to ‘the sum of the
even positive integers from 150 to 200’
is ____.
(A) 45 : 95 (B) 1 : 2
(C) 50 : 91 (D) 1 : 1

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Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C B C B D B D D A B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
C B C B C B C C A C
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C A C B D D D D A C
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
A A B B D C A A A D
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
C B D D B D C B B B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
D A A D B D C A B B
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
C C A B D D A C A C
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
B A D C C A C C B *
80. MTA
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1. The boat arrived _____ dawn. P, Q R, T S
(A) Under (B) at

(C) on (D) in Manager Teller Teller
AD [GATE-EC-2019-IITM] Entry 1 2
2. When he did come home, she _____ him
lying dead on the roadside somewhere. Garden
(A) concluded (B)

(B) notice WR O1 O2 O3 O4
(C) looked P, Q T R, S
(D) pictured
AA [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]
Manager Teller Teller
3. Five different books (P, Q, R, S, T) are to be
arranged on a shelf. The books R and S are Entry 1 2
to be arranged first and second, respectively
from the right side of the shelf. The number Garden
of different orders in which P, Q and T may
be arranged is ______. (C)
(A) 6 (B) 2 WR O1 O2 O3 O4
(C) 12 (D) 120 P Q R S
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4. The strategies that the company _______ to
sell its products ______ house-to-house Manager Teller Teller
marketing. Entry 1 2
(A) use, includes (B) uses, include
Garden
(C) uses, including (D) used, includes
(D)
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5. It would take one machine 4 hours to WR O1 O2 O3 O4
complete a production order and another
P, Q R S
machine 2 hours to complete the same
order. If both machines work
simultaneously at their respective constant
rates, the time taken to complete the same Manager Teller Teller
order is _____ hours.
T Entry 1 2
(A) 3/4 (B) 2/3
Garden
(C) 7/3 (D) 4/3
6. Five people P, Q, R, S and T work in a
7. Four people are standing in a line facing
bank. P and Q don’t like each other but have
you. They are Rahul, Mathew, Seema and
to share an office till T gets a promotion and
Lohit. One is an engineer, one is a doctor,
moves to the big office next to the garden.
one a teacher and another a dancer. You are
R, who is currently sharing an office with T
told that :
wants to move to the adjacent office with S,
the handsome new intern. Given the floor 1. Mathew is not standing next to Seema
plan, what is the current location of Q, R 2. There are two people standing between
and T? Lohit and the engineer
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4. The teacher and the dancer are standing AC [GATE-EC-2019-IITM]

next to each other 9. “Indian history was written by British
5. Seema is turning to her right to speak to historians-extremely well documented and
the doctor standing next to her researched, but not always impartial.
History had to serve its purpose: Everything
Who among them is an engineer? was made subservient to the glory of the
(A) Mathew (B) Rahul Union Jack. Latter-day Indian scholars
(C) Seema (D) Lohit presented a contrary picture.”
From the text above, we can infer that:
8. The bar graph in Panel(a) shows the Indian history written by British historians
propagation of male and female illiterates in ___
2001 and 2011. The proportions of males (A) was not well documented and
and females in 2001 and 2011 are given in researched and was always biased
Panel(b) and (c), respectively. The total (B) was well documented and not
population did not change during this researched but was always biased
period.
(C) was well documented and researched
The percentage increase in the total number but was sometimes biased
of literates from 2001 to 2011 is _____.
(D) was not well documented and
researched and was sometimes biased
10. Two design consultants, P and Q, started
working from 8 Am for a client. The client
budgeted a total of USD 3000 for the
consultants. P stopped working when the
hour hand moved by 210 degrees on the
clock. Q stopped working when the hour
hand moved by 240 degrees. P took two tea
breaks of 15 minutes each during her shift,
but took no lunch break. Q took only one
lunch break for 20 minutes, but no tea
breaks. The market rate for consultants is
USD 200 per hour and breaks are not paid.
After paying the consultants, the client shall
have USD ____ remaining in the budget.
(A) 000.00 (B) 166.67
(C) 300.00 (D) 433.33
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11. Newspapers are a constant source of delight
and recreation for me. The _____ trouble is
that I read _______ many of them.
(A) only, quite (B) even, quite
(C) even, too (D) only, too
12. It takes two hours for a person X to mow the
lawn. Y can mow the same lawn in four
hours. How long (in minutes) will it take X
and Y, if they work together to mow the
lawn?
(A) 120 (B) 90
(C) 60 (D) 80
(A) 35.43 (B) 30.43 AB [GATE-EE-2019-IITM]

13. The missing number in the given sequence
(C) 34.43 (D) 33.43 343, 1331, _______ 4913 is
(A) 2744 (B) 2197 AA [GATE-EE-2019-IITM]

20. An award-winning study by a group of
(C) 3375 (D) 4096
researchers suggests that men are as prone
AB [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] to buying on impulse as women but women
14. I am not sure if the bus that has been booked feel more guilty about shopping. Which one
will be able to ______ all the students of the following statements can be inferred
(A) deteriorate (B) accommodate from the given text?
(C) fill (D) sit (A) Some men and women indulge in
buying on impulse
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15. The passengers were angry __________ the (B) All men and women indulge in buying
airline staff about the delay on impulse
(A) on (B) about (C) Few men and women indulge in buying
on impulse
(C) with (D) towards
(D) Many men and women indulge in
AD [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] buying on impulse
16. Given two sets X = {1, 2, 3} and Y = {2, 3,
4}, we construct a set Z of all possible AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY-2019-IITM]
fractions where the numerators belong to set 21. The fishermen, __________ the flood
X and the denominators belong to set Y. victims owed their lives, were rewarded by
The product of elements having minimum the government.
and maximum values in the set Z is (A) whom (B) to which
____________.
(C) to whom (D) that
(A) 1/12 (B) 1/8
AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM]
(C) 1/6 (D) 3/8
22. Some students were not involved in the
AD [GATE-EE-2019-IITM] strike.
17. Consider five people- Mitra, Ganga, Rekha, If the above statement is true, which of the
Lakshmi and Sana, Ganga is taller than both following conclusions is/are logically
Rekha and Lakshmi. Lakshmi is taller than necessary?
Sana. Mita is taller than Ganga. Which of
the following conclusions are true? 1. Some who were involved in the strike
were students.
1. Lakshmi is taller than Rekha
2. No students was involved in the strike.
2. Rekha is shorter than Mita
3. Rekha is taller than Sana 3. At least one student was involved in the
strike.
4. Sana is shorter than Ganga
4. Some who were not involved in the
(A) 1 only (B) 1 and 3
strike were students.
(C) 3 only (D) 2 and 4
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 2 and 3
18. The ratio of the number of boys and girls
who participated in an examination is 4 : 3. AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM]
The total percentage of candidates who 23. The radius as well as the height of a circular
passed the examination is 80 and the cone increases by 10%. The percentage
percentage of a girls who passed is 90. The increase in its volume is ________.
percentage of boys who passed is
(A) 17.1
_________.
(A) 90.00 (B) 80.50 (B) 21.0
(C) 55.50 (D) 72.50 (C) 33.1

(D) 72.8
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19. How many integers are there between 100 AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM]
and 1000 all of whose digits are even? 24. Five numbers 10, 7, 5, 4 and 2 are to be
(A) 100 (B) 90 arranged in a sequence from left to right
following the directions given below:
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1. No two odd or even numbers are next AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY-2019-IITM]

to each other. 28. The nomenclature of Hindustani music has
changed over the centuries. Since the
2. The second number from the left is medieval period dhrupad styles were
exactly half of the left-most number. identified as baanis. Terms like gayaki and
3. The middle number is exactly twice the baaj were used to refer to vocal and
right-most number. instrumental styles, respectively. With the
institutionalization of music education the
Which is the second number from the right? term gharana became acceptable. Gharana
originally referred to hereditary musicians
(A) 2 (B) 4
from a particular lineage, including disciples
(C) 7 (D) 10 and grand disciples. Which one of the
following pairings is NOT correct?
AA [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM] (A) dhrupad, baani (B) gayaki, vocal
25. Until Iran came along, India had never been
(C) baaj, institution (D) gharana,
_______ in kabaddi.
lineage
(A) defeated (B) defeating
AB [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY-2019-IITM]
(C) defeat (D) defeatist 29. Two trains started at 7AM from the same
AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY-2019-IITM] point. The first train travelled north at a
26. Since the last one year, after a 125 basis speed of 80k/h and the second train travelled
point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve south at a speed of 100km/h. The time at
Bank of India, banking institutions have which they were 540km apart is _______
been making a demand to reduce interest AM.
rates on small saving schemes. Finally, the (A) 9 (B) 10
government announced yesterday a (C) 11 (D) 11.30
reduction in interest rates on small schemes
to bring them on par with fixed deposit AD [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM]
interest rates. 30. “I read somewhere that in ancient times the
prestige of a kingdom upon the number of
taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It
inferred from the given passage?
was very much like the prestige of a head-
(A) Whenever the Reserve Bank of India hunter in his own community.”
reduces the repo rate, the interest rates Based on the paragraph above, the prestige
on small saving schemes are also of a head-hunter depended upon ______
reduced. (A) the prestige of the kingdom
(B) Interest rates on small saving schemes (B) the prestige of the heads
are always maintained on par with fixed
deposit interest rates. (C) the number of taxes he could levy
(C) The government sometime takes into (D) the number of heads he could gather
consideration the demands of banking
AC [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]
institutions before reducing the interest
31. The lecture was attended by quite ______
rates on small saving schemes.
students, so the hall was not very_____.
(D) A reduction in interest rates on small (A) a few, quite (B) few, quiet
saving schemes follow only after a
reduction in repo by the Reserve Bank (C) a few, quiet (D) few,quite
of India. AA [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]
AA [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT/AE/EY -2019-IITM] 32. They have come a long way in ______ trust
27. In a country of 1400 million population, among the users.
70% own mobile phones. Among the mobile (A) creating (B) created
phone owners, only 294 million access the
internet. Among these users, only half buy (C) creation (D) create
goods from e-commerce portals. What is the AC [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]
percentage of these buyers in the country? 33. On a horizontal ground, the base of a
(A) 10.50 (B) 14.70 straight ladder is 6 m awaya from the base
of a vertical pole. The ladder makes an
(C) 15.00 (D) 50.00 angle of 450 to the horizontal. If the ladder is
resting at a point located at one-fifth of the AC [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]

height of the pole from the bottom, the 38. “The increasing interest in tribal characters
height of the pole is ____ meters. might be a mere coincidence, but the timing
(A) 15 (B) 25 is of interest. None of this, though, is to say
that the tribal hero has arrived in Hindi
(C) 30 (D) 35 cinema, or that the new crop of characters
AC [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM] represents the acceptance of the tribal
34. If E = 10; J = 20; O = 30; and T =40, what character in the industry. The films and
will P + E + S T? characters are too few to be described as a
pattern.”
(A) 51 (B) 82
What does the word ‘arrived’ mean in the
(C) 120 (D) 164 paragraph above?
AB [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM] (A) reached a terminus
35. The CEO’s decision to quit was as shocking (B) came to a conclusion
to the Board as it was to _____.
(C) attained a status
(A) I (B) me
(D) went to a place
(C) my (D) myself
AC [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]
AB [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM] 39. A square has sides 5 cm smaller than the
36. The new cotton technology, Bollgard-II, sides of a second square. The area of the
with herbicide tolerant traits has developed larger square is four times the area of the
into a thriving business in India. However, smaller square. The side of the larger square
the commercial use of this technology is not is ____ cm.
legal in India. Notwithstanding that, reports (A) 18.50 (B) 15.10
indicate that the herbicide tolerate Bt cotton (C) 10.00 (D) 8.50
had been purchased by farmers at an
average of Rs 200 more than the control AB [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM]
price of ordinary cotton, and planted in 15% 40. P, Q, R, S and T related and belong to the
of the cotton growing area in the 2017 same family. P is the brother of S. Q is the
Kharif season. wife of P. R and T are the children of the
siblings P and S respectively. Which one of
Which one of the following statements can the following statements is necessariy
be inferred from the given passage ? FALSE?
(A) Farmers want to access the new (A) S is the aunt of R
technology if India benefits from it (B) S is the aunt of T
(B) Farmers want to access the new (C) S is the sister-in-law of Q
technology even if it is not legal
(D) S is the brother of P
(C) Farmers want to access the new
technology for experimental purposes AC [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
41. Daytime temperatures in Delhi can
(D) Farmers want to access the new ____400C.
technology by paying high price (A) get (B) stand
AB [GATE-CE1-2019-IITM] (C) reach (D) peak
37. In a sports academy of 300 people, 105 play AD [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
only cricket, 70 play only hockey, 50 play 42. The growth rate of ABC Motors in 2017
only football, 25 play both cricket and was the same ______ XYZ Motors in 2016.
hockey, 15 play both hockey and football
and 30 play both cricket and football. The (A) as off (B) as those of
rest of them play all three sports. What is (C) as that off (D) as that of
the percentage of people who play at least
two sports? AA [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
43. Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his
(A) 23.30 (B) 25.00 new mansion with an area of 70  55 sq.
mts. However an ara of 550 sq. mts. had to
(C) 28.00 (D) 50.00 be left out for flower pots. If the cost of

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carpet is Rs. 50 per sq. mtrs., how much On the basis of the information availibale in
money (in Rs.) will be spent by Suresh for the paragraph, _______ is/are responsible
the carpet now? for duping the tribals.
(A) Rs. 1,65,000 (B) Rs. 1,92,500 (A) forest officials
(B) landless families
(C) Rs. 2,75,000 (D) Rs. 1,27,500
(C) The Newspaper
AC [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM] (D) it cannot be inferred who
44. A retaining wall with measurements
30m  12m  6m was constructed with AC [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
bricks of dimensions 8cm  6cm  6cm . If 49. An oil tank can be filled by pipe X in 5
60% of the wall consists of bricks, the hours and pipe Y in 4 hours, each pump
number of bricks used for the construction is working on its own. When the oil tank is
______ lakhs. full and the drainage hole is open, the oil is
drained in 20 hours. If initially the tank was
(A) 30 (B) 40 empty and someone started the two pumps
(C) 45 (D) 75 together but left the drainage hole open,
how many hours will it take for the tank to
AB [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM] be filled ? (Assume that the rate of drainage
45. Hima Das was _____ only Indian athlete to is independent of the Head)
win____gold for India.
(A) 1.50 (B) 2.00
(A) the, many (B) the, a
(C) 2.50 (D) 4.00
(C) an, a (D) an, the
AB&D [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
AB [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM] 50. “Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps
46. Mohan, the manager, wants his four workers because of – its wide reach, often does not
to work in pairs. No pair should work for oppear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers
more than 5 hours. Ram and John have are meant to look up to rather than identify
worked together for 5 hours. Krishna and with, Hindi film protagonists usually read
Amir have worked as a team for 2 hours. books of aspirational value : textbooks,
Krishna does not want to work with Ram. English books, or high value literature.”
Whom should Mohan allot to work with Which one of the following CANNOT be
John, if he wants all the workers to continue inferred from the paragraph above?
working ?
(A) Though popular Hindi fiction has wide
(A) Amir (B) Krishna reach, it often does not oppear in the
(C) Ram (D) None of three movies
(B) Protagonists in Hindi movies, being
AD [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM] ideals for viewers, read only books of
47. Population of state X increased by x% and aspirational value
the population of state Y increased by y%
(C) Textbooks, English books or high
from 2001 to 2011. Assume that x is greater
literature have aspiration value, but not
than y. Let P be the ratio of the population
popular Hindi fiction
of state X to state Y in a given year. The
percentage increase in P from 2001 to 2011 (D) People do not look up to writers of
is ______. textbooks, English books or high value
literature
x
(A) (B) x  y
y AC [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM]
51. The expenditure on the project ____ as
100( x  y ) 100( x  y ) follows: equipment Rs. 20 lakhs, salaries
(C) (D)
100  x 100  y Rs. 12 lakhs, and contingency Rs. 3 lakhs.
(A) break down (B) break
AD [GATE-CE2-2019-IITM]
48. The Newspaper reports that over 500 (C) breaks down (D) breaks
hectares of tribal land spread across 28 tribal
AA [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM]
settlements in Mohinitampuram forest
52. The search engine’s business model _____
division have already been “alienated”. A
around the fulcrum of trust.
top forest official said, “First the tribals are
duped out of their land holdings. Second, (A) revolves (B) plays
the families thus rendered landless are often (C) sinks (D) bursts
forced to encroach further into the forests”.
AB [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM] (A) 0 to 15 (B) 16 to 30

53. Two cars start at the same time from the
same location and go in the same direction. (C) 31 to 45 (D) 46 to 60
The speed of the first car is 50 km/h and the AB [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM]
speed of the second car is 60 km/h. The 58. “A recent High Court judgement has sought
number of hours it takes for the distance to dispel the idea of beggin as a disease –
between the two cars to be 20 km is ____. which leads to its stigmatization and
(A) 1 (B) 2 criminalization – and to regard it as a
(C) 3 (D) 6 symptom. The underlying disease is the
failure of the state to protect citizens who
AC [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM] fall through the social security net.”
54. Ten friends planned to share equally the cost
of buying a gift for their teacher. When two Which one of the following statements can
of them decided not to contribute, each of be inferred from the given passage?
the other friends had to pay Rs 150 more. (A) Beggars are lazy people who beg
The cost of the gift was Rs. _____. because they are unwilling to work
(A) 666 (B) 3000
(B) Beggars are created because of the lack
(C) 6000 (D) 12000 of social welfare schemes
AD [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM] (C) Begging is an offence that has to be
55. A court is to a judge as ________ is to a dealt with firmly
teacher.
(D) Begging has to be banned because it
(A) a student (B) a punishment
adversely affects the welfare of the
(C) a syllabus (D) a school state
AB [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM] AC [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM]
56. The police arrested four criminals –P, Q, R 59. In a college, there are three student clubs.
and S. The criminals knew each other. They Sixty students are only in the Drama club,
made the following statements : 80 students are only in the Dance club, 30
P says “Q committed the crime.” students are only in the Maths club, 40
Q says “S committed the crime.” students are in both Drama and Dance clubs,
R says “I did not do it.” 12 students are in both Dance and Maths
S says “What Q said about me is false.” clubs, 7 students are in both Drama and
Maths clubs, and 2 students are in all the
Assume only one of the arrested four
clubs. If 75% of the students in the college
committed the crime and only one of the
are not in any of these clubs, then the total
statements made above is true. Who
number of students in the college is _____.
committed the crime?
(A) P (B) R (A) 1000 (B) 975
(C) S (D) Q (C) 900 (D) 225
AC [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM] AD [GATE-CH/CS-2019-IITM]
57. In the given diagram, teachers are 60. Three of the five students allocated to a
represented in the triangle, researchers in the hostel put in special requests to the warden.
circle and administrators in the rectangle. Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms,
Out of the total number of the people, the select the allocation plan that will
percentage of administrators shall be in the accommodate all their requests.
range of _____. Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want
to avoid a wing next to the garden.
Request by Y: I want to live as far from the
washrooms as possible, since I am very
sensitive to smell.
Request by Z: I believe in Vaastu and so
want to stay in the South-west wing.
The shaded rooms are already occupied. WR
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AA [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
62. A final examination is the _____ of a series
of evaluations that a student has to go
through.
(A) culmination (B) consultation
(C) desperation (D) insinuation
(A) AB [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
63. If IMHO = JNIP; IDK = JEL; and SO = TP,
then IDC = ____.
(A) JDE (B) JED
(C) JDC (D) JCD
AMTA [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
64. The product of three integers X, Y and Z is
192. Z is equal to 4 and P is equal to the
average of X and Y. What is the minimum
possible value of P?
(A) 6 (B) 7
(B) (C) 8 (D) 9.5
AD [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
65. Are there enough seats here? There are ____
people here than I expected.
(A) many (B) most
(C) least (D) more
AA [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
66. Fiscal deficit was 4% of the GDP in 2015
and that increased to 5% in 2016. If the
GDP increased by 10% from 2015 to 2016,
the percentage increase in the actual fiscal
(C) deficit is ___.
(A) 37.50 (B) 35.70
(C) 25.00 (D) 10.00
AB [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
67. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 6 hours
and 9 hours respectively, while a third pipe
R can empty the tank in 12 hours. Initially,
P and R are open for 4 hours. Then P is
closed and Q is opened. After 6 more hours
R is closed. The total time taken to fill the
tank (in hours) is ____.
(D) (A) 13.50 (B) 14.50
(C) 15.50 (D) 16.50
AB [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM]
68. While teaching a creative writing class in
India, I was surprised at receiving stories
AB [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM] from the students that were all set in distant
61. Once the team of analysts identify the places: in the American West with cowboys
problem, we ____ in a better position to and in Manhattan penthouses with clinking
comment on the issue. ice cubes. This was, till an eminent
Which one of the following choices Caribbean writer gave the writers in the
CANNOT fill the given blank? once-colonised countries the confidence to
(A) will be (B) were to be see the shabby lives around them as worthy
(C) are going to be (D) might be of being “told”.
The writer of this passage is surprised by the (A) imminent (B) prominent
creative writing assignments of his students,
(C) eminent (D) dominant
because _____.
(A) Some of the students had written stories AC [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
set in foreign places 72. _____ I permitted him to leave, I wouldn’t
have had any problem with him being
(B) None of the students had written stories absent, ____I?
set in India
(A) Had, wouldn’t (B) Have, would
(C) None of the students had written about
(C) Had, would (D) Have, wouldn’t
ice cubes and cowboys
(D) Some of the students had written about AD [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
ice cubes and cowboys 73. A worker noticed that the hour hand on the
factory clock had moved by 225 degrees
AB [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM] during her stay at the factory. For how long
69. Mola is a digital platform for taxis in a city. did she stay in the factory?
It offers three types of rides – Pool, Mini (A) 3.75 hours
and Prime. The table below presents the (B) 4 hours and 15 mins
number of rides for the past four months.
(C) 8.5 hours
The platform earns one US dollar per ride.
What is the percentage share of revenue (D) 7.5 hours
contributed by Prime to the total revenues of AC [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
Mola, for the entire duration? 74. The sum and product of two integers are 26
Month and 165 respectively. The difference
Type between these two integers is _____.
January February March April
Pool 170 320 215 190 (A) 2 (B) 3
Mini 110 220 180 70 (C) 4 (D) 6
Prime 75 180 120 90 AB [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
75. The minister avoided any mention of the
(A) 16.24 (B) 23.97 issue of women’s reservation in the private
(C) 25.86 (D) 38.74 sector. He was accused of ______ the issue.
AA [GATE-XE/TF/ME2-2019-IITM] (A) collaring (B) skirting
70. X is an online media provider. By offering (C) tying (D) belting
unlimited and exlusive online content at
attractive prices for a loyalty membership, X AC [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
is almost forcing its customers towards its 76. Under a certain legal system, prisoners are
loyalty membership. If its loyalty allowed to make one statement. If their
membership continues to grow at its current statement turns out to be true then they are
rate, within the next eight years more hanged. If the statement turns out to be false
households will be watching X than cable then they are shot. One prisoner made a
television. statement and the judge had no option but to
set him free. Which one of the following
Which one of the following statements can could be that statement?
be inferred from the above paragraph?
(A) I did not commit the crime
(A) Most households that subscribe to X’s (B) I committed the crime
loyalty membership discontinue
watching cable television (C) I will be shot
(D) You committed the crime
(B) Non-members prefer to watch cable
television AD [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
77. A person divided an amount of Rs. 100,000
(C) Cable television operators don’t
into two parts and invested in two different
subscribe to X’s loyalty membership
schemes. In one he got 10% profit and in the
(D) The X is cancelling accounts of non- other he got 12%. If the profit percentages
members are interchanged with these inverstments he
would have got Rs. 120 less. Find the ratio
AC [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM] between his inverstments in the two
71. John Thomas, an ________ writer, passed schemes.
away in 2018.

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(A) 9 : 16 (B) 11 : 14 AD [GATE-ME1-2019-IITM]

80. M and N had four children P, Q, R and S.
(C) 37 : 63 (D) 47 : 53
Of them, only P and R were married. They
AA [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM] had children X and Y respectively. If Y is a
78. Congo was named by Europeans. Congo’s legitimate child of W, which one of the
dictator Mobuto later changed the name of following statements is necessarily
the country and the river to Ziare with the FALSE ?
objective of Africanising names of persons (A) M is the grandmother of Y
and spaces. However, the name Zaire was a
Portuguese alteration of Nzadi o Nzere, a (B) R is the father of Y
local African term meaning ‘River that (C) W is the wife of R
swallows Rivers’. Zaire was the Portuguese
name for the Congo river in the 16th and 17th (D) W is the wife of P
centuries.
Which one of the following statements can *********
be inferred from the paragraph above?
(A) Mobuto was not entirely successful in
Africanising the name of his country
(B) The term Nzadi o Nzere was of
Portuguese origin
(C) Mobuto’s desire to Africanise names
was prevented by the Portuguese
(D) As a dictator Mobuto ordered the
Portuguese to alter the name of the
river to Zaire
AC [GATE-ME1/MN-2019-IITM]
79. A firm hires employees at five different skill
levels. P, Q, R, S, T. The shares of
employment at these skill levels of total
employment in 2010 is given in the pie chart
as shown. There were a total of 600
employees in 2010 and the total
employment increased by 15% from 2010 to
2016. The total employment at skill levels P,
Q and R remained unchanged during this
period. If the employment at skill level S
increased by 40% from 2010 to 2016, how
many employees were there at skill level T
in 2016 ?
Percentage share of skills in 2010
(A) 30 (B) 35
(C) 60 (D) 72
Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B D A B D A A B C B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
D D B B C D D D A A
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C C C C A C A C B D
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
C A C C B B B C C B
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
C D A C B B D D C BD
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
C A B C D B C B C D
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
B A B * D A B B B A
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
C C D C B C D A C D
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(C) 6,66,667 (D) 7,50,000
AB [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
1. “ By giving him the last _____ of the cake, AB [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
you will ensure lasting _____ in our house 7. Two alloys A and B contain gold and
today.” copper in the ratios of 2:3 and 3:7 by mass,
respectively. Equal masses of alloys A and
The words that best fill the blanks in the B are melted to make an alloy C. The ratio
above sentence are of gold to copper in alloy C is ______.
(A) peas, piece (B) piece, peace (A) 5:10 (B) 7:13
(C) peace, piece (D) peace, peas (C) 6:11 (D) 9:13
AA [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] AC [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
2. “ Even though there is a vast scope for its 8. The Cricket Board has long recognized
________, tourism has remained a/an _____ John’s potential as a leader of the team.
area.” However, his on-field temper has always
The words that best fill the blanks in the been a matter of concern for them since his
above sentence are junior days. While this aggression has filled
(A) improvement, neglected stadia with die-hard fans, it has taken a toll
on his own batting. Until recently, it
(B) rejection, approved
appeared that he found it difficult to convert
(C) fame, glum his aggression into big scores. Over the past
(D) interest, disinterested three seasons though, that picture of John
has been replaced by a cerebral, calculative
and successful batsman-captain. After many
3. If the number 715■423 is divisible by 3 (■
years, it appears that the team has finally
denotes the missing digit in the thousandths
found a complete captain.
place), then the smallest whole number in
the place of ■ is _______. Which of the following statements can be
logically inferred from the above paragraph?
(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 6 (i) Even as a junior cricketer, John was
considered a good captain.
AD [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
4. What is the value of (ii) Finding a complete captain is a
challenge.
1 1 1 1
1     ...?
4 16 64 256 (iii) Fans and the Cricket Board have
7
differing views on what they want in a
(A) 2 (B) captain.
4
3 4 (iv) Over the past three seasons John has
(C) (D) accumulated big scores.
2 3
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
5. A 1.5 m tall person is standing at a distance (B) (iii) and (iv) only
of 3 m from a lamp post. The light from the (C) (ii) and (iv) only
lamp at the top of the post casts her shadow.
The length of the shadow is twice her (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
height.What is the height of the lamp post in AC [GATE-EC-2018-IITG]
meters? 9. A cab was involved in a hit and run accident
(A) 1.5 (B) 3 at night. You are given the following data
about the cabs in the city and the accident.
(C) 4.5 (D) 6
(i) 85% of cabs in the city are green and
AB [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] the remaining cabs are blue.
6. Leila aspires to buy a car worth Rs.
10,00,000 after 5 years. What is the (ii) A witness identified the cab involved in
minimum amount in Rupees that she should the accident as blue.
deposit now in a bank which offers 10% (iii) It is known that a witness can correctly
annual rate of interest, if the interest was identify the cab colour only 80% of the
compounded annually? time.
Which of the following options is closest to AD [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]

the probability that the accident was caused 13. The three roots of the equation f ( x )  0 are
by a blue cab? x  {2,0,3} . What are the three values of x
(A) 12% (B) 15% for which f ( x  3)  0 ?
(C) 41% (D) 80% (A) −5, −3, 0 (B) −2, 0, 3
AD [GATE-EC-2018-IITG] (C) 0, 6, 8 (D) 1, 3, 6
10. A coastal region with unparalleled beauty is
AC [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
home to many species of animals. It is
14. For what values of k given below is
dotted with coral reefs and unspoilt white
sandy beaches. It has remained inaccessible (k  2)2
an integer?
to tourists due to poor connectivity and lack k 3
of accommodation. A company has spotted (A) 4, 8, 18 (B) 4, 10, 16
the opportunity and is planning to develop a
luxury resort with helicopter service to the (C) 4, 8, 28 (D) 8, 26, 28
nearest major city airport. Environmentalists AA [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
are upset that this would lead to the region 15. Functions F ( a , b ) and G ( a , b ) are defined
becoming crowded and polluted like any
as follows :
other major beach resorts.
F (a, b)  (a  b) 2 and G (a, b)  | a  b | ,
Which one of the following statements can where | x | represents the absolute value of
be logically inferred from the information
x.
given in the above paragraph?
What would be the value of
(A) The culture and tradition of the local G ( F (1,3), G (1,3)) ?
people will be influenced by the
(A) 2 (B) 4
tourists.
(C) 6 (D) 36
(B) The region will become crowded and
polluted due to tourism. AC [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
16. An e-mail password must contain three
(C) The coral reefs are on the decline and characters. The password has to contain one
could soon vanish. numeral from 0 to 9, one upper case and one
lower case character from the English
(D) Helicopter connectivity would lead to alphabet. How many distinct passwords are
an increase in tourists coming to the possible?
region.
(A) 6,760 (B) 13,520
AA [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
(C) 40,560 (D) 1,05,456
11. “Since you have gone off the ________, the
_________ sand is likely to damage the AC [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]
car.” 17. In a certain code, AMCF is written as EQGJ
The words that best fill the blanks in the and NKUF is written as ROYJ. How will
above sentence are DHLP be written in that code?
(A) course, coarse (A) RSTN (B) TLPH
(B) course, course (C) HLPT (D) XSVR
(C) coarse, course AMTA [GATE-EE-2018-IITG]

18. A class of twelve children has two more
(D) coarse, coarse boys than girls. A group of three children
AD [GATE-EE-2018-IITG] are randomly picked from this class to
12. “A common misconception among writers is accompany the teacher on a field trip. What
that sentence structure mirrors thought; the is the probability that the group
more _________ the structure, the more accompanying the teacher contains more
complicated the ideas.” girls than boys?
The word that best fills the blank in the 325
(A) 0 (B)
above sentence is 864
(A) detailed (B) simple 525 5
(C) (D)
(C) clear (D) convoluted 864 12

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AC [GATE-EE-2018-IITG] AB [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
19. A designer uses marbles of four different 23. For 0  x  2 and cos x are both
colours for his designs. The cost of each decreasing functions in the interval _____.
marble is the same, irrespective of the
 
colour. The table below shows the (A)  0,  (B)  ,  
percentage of marbles of each colour used in  2 2 
the current design. The cost of each marble 3 3
increased by 25%. Therefore, the designer (C)  ,  (D)  , 2  
decided to reduce equal numbers of marbles  2   2 
of each colour to keep the total cost AC [GATE – IN/AG – 2018]
unchanged. What is the percentage of blue
marbles in the new design? 24. The area of an equilateral triangle is 3 .
What is the perimeter of the triangle?
Blue Black Red Yellow
(A) 2 (B) 4
40% 25% 20% 15%
(C) 6 (D) 8
(A) 35.75 (B) 40.25
(C) 43.75 (D) 46.25 AD [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
25. Arrange the following three-dimensional
AC [GATE-EE-2018-IITG] objects in the descending order of their
20. P, Q, R and S crossed a lake in a boat that volumes:
can hold a maximum of two persons, with (i) A cuboid with dimensions 10 cm, 8 cm
only one set of oars. The following and 6 cm
additional facts are available.
(ii) A cube of side 8 cm
(i) The boat held two persons on each of
the three forward trips across the lake (iii) A cylinder with base radius 7 cm and
and one person on each of the two height 7 cm
return trips. (iv) A sphere of radius 7 cm
(ii) P is unable to row when someone else
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
is in the boat.
(iii) Q is unable to row with anyone else (B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
except R. (C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(iv) Each person rowed for at least one trip. (D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(v) Only one person can row during a trip.
AA [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
Who rowed twice? 26. An automobile travels from city A to city B
(A) P (B) Q and returns to city A by the same route. The
speed of the vehicle during the onward and
(C) R (D) S
return journeys were constant at 60 km/h
AA [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG] and 90 km/h, respectively. What is the
21. “When she fell down the ______, she average speed in km/h for the entire
received many _______ but little help.” journey?
The words that best fill the blanks in the (A) 72 (B) 73
above sentence are (C) 74 (D) 75
(A) stairs, stares
AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
(B) stairs, stairs 27. A set of 4 parallel lines intersect with
(C) stares, stairs another set of 5 parallel lines. How many
(D) stares, stares parallelograms are formed?
(A) 20 (B) 48
AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
22. “In spite of being warned repeatedly, he (C) 60 (D) 72
failed to correct his _______ behavior.”
AD [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG]
The word that best fills the blank in the 28. To pass a test, a candidate needs to answer
above sentence is at least 2 out of 3 questions correctly. A
(A) rational (B) reasonable total of 6,30,000 candidates appeared for the
test. Question A was correctly answered by
(C) errant (D) good 3,30,000 candidates. Question B was
answered correctly by 2,50,000 candidates. AD [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]

Question C was answered correctly by 31. “The dress _________ her so well that they
2,60,000 candidates. Both questions A and all immediately _________ her on her
B were answered correctly by 1,00,000 appearance.”
candidates. Both questions B and C were The words that best fill the blanks in the
answered correctly by 90,000 candidates. above sentence are
Both questions A and C were answered
correctly by 80,000 candidates. If the (A) complemented, complemented
number of students answering all questions (B) complimented, complemented
correctly is the same as the number (C) complimented, complimented
answering none, how many candidates
failed to clear the test? (D) complemented, complimented
(A) 30,000 (B) 2,70,000 AA [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
32. “The judge’s standing in the legal
(C) 3,90,000 (D) 4,20,000 community, though shaken by false
AC [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG] allegations of wrongdoing, remained
29. If x 2  x  1  0 what is the value of _________.”
1 The word that best fills the blank in the
x4  4 ? above sentence is :
x
(A) 1 (B) 5 (A) undiminished (B) damaged
(C) 7 (D) 9 (C) illegal (D) uncertain
AA [GATE-IN/AG/AR/BT-2018-IITG] AB [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
30. In a detailed study of annual crow births in 33. Find the missing group of letters in the
India, it was found that there was relatively following series:
no growth during the period 2002 to 2004 BC, FGH, LMNO, _____
and a sudden spike from 2004 to 2005. In
another unrelated study, it was found that (A) UVWXY (B) TUVWX
the revenue from cracker sales in India (C) STUVW (D) RSTUV
which remained fairly flat from 2002 to
2004, saw a sudden spike in 2005 before AA [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
declining again in 2006. The solid line in the 34. The perimeters of a circle, a square and an
graph below refers to annual sale of crackers equilateral triangle are equal. Which one of
and the dashed line refers to the annual crow the following statements is true?
births in India. Choose the most appropriate (A) The circle has the largest area.
inference from the above data.
(B) The square has the largest area.
(C) The equilateral triangle has the largest
area.
(D) All the three shapes have the same area.
AC [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
35. The value of the expression
1 1 1
  is
1  log u vw 1  log u wu 1  log w uv
_____
(A) –1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 3
(A) There is a strong correlation between
AC [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
crow birth and cracker sales.
36. Forty students watched films A, B and C
(B) Cracker usage increases crow birth rate. over a week. Each student watched either
only one film or all three. Thirteen students
(C) If cracker sale declines, crow birth will
watched film A, sixteen students watched
decline.
film B and nineteen students watched film
(D) Increased birth rate of crows will cause C. How many students watched all three
an increase in the sale of crackers. films?

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(A) 0 (B) 2 Which statement describing the last two coin

tosses of the fourth trial has the highest
(C) 4 (D) 8
probability of being correct?
AC [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG] (A) Two T will occur.
37. A wire would enclose an area of 1936 m2, if (B) One H and one T will occur.
it is bent into a square. The wire is cut into
two pieces. The longer piece is thrice as (C) Two H will occur.
long as the shorter piece. The long and the (D) One H will be followed by one T.
short pieces are bent into a square and a
AA [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]
circle, respectively. Which of the following
41. “The driver applied the _______ as soon as
choices is closest to the sum of the areas
she approached the hotel where she wanted
enclosed by the two pieces in square
to take a ________.”
meters?
The words that best fill the blanks in the
(A) 1096 (B) 1111
above sentence are
(C) 1243 (D) 2486 (A) brake, break (B) break, break
AMTA [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG] (C) brake, brake (D) break, brake
38. A contract is to be completed in 52 days and
125 identical robots were employed, each
42. “It is no surprise that every society has had
operational for 7 hours a day. After 39 days,
codes of behaviour; however, the nature of
five-seventh of the work was completed.
these codes is often _________.”
How many additional robots would be
required to complete the work on time, if The word that best fills the blank in the
each robot is now operational for 8 hours a above sentence is
day? (A) unpredictable (B) simple
(A) 50 (B) 89 (C) expected (D) strict
(C) 146 (D) 175 AD [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]
43. Hema’s age is 5 years more than twice
AD [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
Hari’s age. Suresh’s age is 13 years less
39. A house has a number which needs to be
than 10 times Hari’s age. If Suresh is 3
identified. The following three statements
times as old as Hema, how old is Hema?
are given that can help in identifying the
house number. (A) 14 (B) 17
i. If the house number is a multiple of 3, (C) 18 (D) 19
then it is a number from 50 to 59.
AMTA [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]
ii. If the house number is NOT a multiple 44. Tower A is 90 m tall and tower B is 140 m
of 4, then it is a number from 60 to 69. tall. They are 100 m apart. A horizontal
iii. If the house number is NOT a multiple skywalk connects the floors at 70 m in both
of 6, then it is a number from 70 to 79. the towers. If a taut rope connects the top of
tower A to the bottom of tower B, at what
What is the house number? distance (in meters) from tower A will the
(A) 54 (B) 65 rope intersect the skywalk?
(A) 22.22 (B) 50
(C) 66 (D) 76
(C) 57.87 (D) 77.78
AB [GATE-AE/MA/ME-2/PI-2018-IITG]
40. An unbiased coin is tossed six times in a AB [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]
row and four different such trials are 45. The temperature T in a room varies as a
conducted. One trial implies six tosses of function of the outside temperature T0 and
the coin. If H stands for head and T stands the number of persons in the room p,
for tail, the following are the observations according to the relation T  K (p  T0 ) ,
from the four trials:
where  and Κ are constants. What would
(1) HTHTHT be the value of  given the following data?
(2) TTHHHT T0 p T
(3) HTTHHT
25 2 32.4
(4) HHHT__ __.
30 5 42.0
(A) 0.8 (B) 1.0 AB [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]

50. Each of the letters arranged as below
(C) 2.0 (D) 10.0
represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The
AC [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG] letters are positioned in the figure such that
46. A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% (A  B  C), (B  G  E) and (D  E 
loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more, he F) are equal. Which integer among the
would have made a 10% gain. What is the following choices cannot be represented by
loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller? the letters A, B, C, D, E, F or G?
(A) 48 (B) 52 A D
(C) 60 (D) 108 B G E
C F
AB [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG]
47. The price of a wire made of a superalloy (A) 4 (B) 5
material is proportional to the square of its (C) 6 (D) 9
length. The price of 10m length of the wire
is Rs. 1600. What would be the total price
51. “His face ________ with joy when the
(in Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4m and 6m?
solution of the puzzle was _____ to him.”
(A) 768 (B) 832 The words that best fill the blanks in the
(C) 1440 (D) 1600 above sentence are
(A) shone, shown (B) shone, shone
AB [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG] (C) shown, shone (D) shown, shown
48. Which of the following function(s) is an
accurate description of the graph for the AA [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG]
range(s) indicated? 52. “Although it does contain some pioneering
ideas, one would hardly characterize the
work as _____.”
The word that best fills the blank in the
above sentence is
(A) innovative (B) simple
(C) dull (D) boring
53.  a  a     a  a 2 b
a and
n times
 b  b     b  ab 2 , where a, b, n and m
b
(i) y  2 x  4 for 3  x  1 m times
(ii) y  | x  1| for 1  x  2 are natural numbers. What is the value of

  
(iii) y  | x | 1 for 1  x  2  m  m
  
m     n  n     n  ?
m   n
 
(iv) y  1 for 2  x  3  n times  m times 
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only. (A) 2a 2b 2 (B) a 4 b 4
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) only. (C) ab(a  b) (D) a 2  b 2
(C) (i) and (iv) only. AD [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG]
(D) (ii) and (iv) only 54. A three-member committee has to be
formed from a group of 9 people. How
AC [GATE-CE1-2018-IITG] many such distinct committees can be
49. Consider a sequence of numbers formed?
1 1
a1 , a2 , a3 ,..., an where an   , for (A) 27 (B) 72
n n2 (C) 81 (D) 84
each integer n > 0. What is the sum of the
first 50 terms? AA [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG]
55. For non-negative integers, a, b, c, what
 1 1  1 1
(A) 1    (B) 1    would be the value of a + b + c if
 2  50  2  50 log a + log b + log c = 0?
 1  1 1   1 1  (A) 3 (B) 1
(C)  1       (D) 1    
 2   51 52   51 52  (C) 0 (D) −1

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AC [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG] each of (A+B+C), (C+D+E), (E+F+G) and

56. In manufacturing industries, loss is usually (G+H+K) is equal to 13. Which integer does
taken to be proportional to the square of the E represent?
deviation from a target. If the loss is Rs.
4900 for a deviation of 7 units, what would
be the loss in Rupees for a deviation of 4
units from the target?
(A) 400 (B) 1200
(C) 1600 (D) 2800
(A) 1 (B) 4
57. A faulty wall clock is known to gain 15 (C) 6 (D) 7
minutes every 24 hours. It is synchronized
to the correct time at 9 AM on 11th July. AB [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
What will be the correct time to the nearest 61. “From where are they bringing their books?
minute when the clock shows 2 PM on 15th _____ bringing ____ books from____.”
July of the same year? The words that best fill the blanks in the
(A) 12:45 PM (B) 12:58 PM above sentence are
(C) 1:00 PM (D) 2:00 PM (A) Their, they’re, there
AC [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG] (B) They’re, their, there
58. The annual average rainfall in a tropical city
is 1000 mm. On a particular rainy day (24- (C) There, their, they’re
hour period), the cumulative rainfall (D) They’re, there, there
experienced by the city is shown in the
graph. Over the 24-hour period, 50% of the AA [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
rainfall falling on a rooftop, which had an 62. “A ____ investigation can sometimes yield
obstructionfree area of 50 m2, was new facts, but typically organized ones are
harvested into a tank. What is the total more successful.”
volume of water collected in the tank in The word that best fills the blank in the
liters? above sentence is
(A) meandering (B) timely
(C) consistent (D) systematic
AD [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
63. The area of a square is d. What is the area of
the circle which has the diagonal of the
square as its diameter?
(A) d (B) d 2
1 2 1
(C) d (D) d
4 2
(A) 25,000 (B) 18,750
AC [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
(C) 7,500 (D) 3,125
64. What would be the smallest natural number
AB [GATE-CE2-2018-IITG] which when divided either by 20 or by 42 or
log P log Q log R by 76 leaves a remainder of 7 in each case?
59. Given that    10 for
yz zx x y (A) 3047 (B) 6047
x  y  z , what is the value of the product (C) 7987 (D) 63847
PQR ?
AB [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
(A) 0 (B) 1 65. What is the missing number in the following
(C) 𝑥𝑦𝑧 (D) 10 xyz sequence?
2, 12, 60, 240, 720, 1440, _____, 0
60. Each of the letters in the figure below (A) 2880 (B) 1440
represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The (C) 720 (D) 0
letters are positioned in the figure such that
AB [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG] (A) Three green faces and four red faces.

66. In appreciation of the social improvements
(B) Four green faces and three red faces.
completed in a town, a wealthy
philanthropist decided to gift Rs 750 to each (C) Five green faces and two red faces.
male senior citizen in the town and Rs 1000 (D) Six green faces and one red face.
to each female senior citizen. Altogether,
there were 300 senior citizens eligible for AA [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
this gift. However, only 8/9th of the eligible 71. “Going by the _______ that many hands
men and 2/3rd of the eligible women make light work, the school _____ involved
claimed the gift. How much money (in all the students in the task.”
Rupees) did the philanthropist give away in The words that best fill the blanks in the
total? above sentence are
(A) 1,50,000 (B) 2,00,000
(A) principle, principal
(C) 1,75,000 (D) 1,51,000
(B) principal, principle
AC [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG] (C) principle, principle
1 1 1
67. If pqr  0 and p  x  , q  y  , r  z  , (D) principal, principal
q r p
what is the value of the product xyz? AC [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
1 72. “Her ____ should not be confused with
(A) −1 (B) miserliness; she is ever willing to assist
pqr those in need.”
(C) 1 (D) pqr The word that best fills the blank in the
above sentence is
AB [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
68. In a party, 60% of the invited guests are (A) cleanliness (B) punctuality
male and 40% are female. If 80% of the (C) frugality (D) greatness
invited guests attended the party and if all
the invited female guests attended, what AB [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
would be the ratio of males to females 73. Seven machines take 7 minutes to make 7
among the attendees in the party? identical toys. At the same rate, how many
(A) 2:3 (B) 1:1 minutes would it take for 100 machines to
make 100 toys?
(C) 3:2 (D) 2:1
(A) 1 (B) 7
AA [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG] (C) 100 (D) 700
69. In the figure below, DEC  BFC is
equal to _____ . AB [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
74. A rectangle becomes a square when its
length and breadth are reduced by 10 m and
5 m, respectively. During this process, the
rectangle loses 650 m2 of area. What is the
area of the original rectangle in square
meters?
(A) 1125 (B) 2250
(C) 2924 (D) 4500
(A) BCD  BAD AB [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
(B) BAD  BCF 75. A number consists of two digits. The sum of
the digits is 9. If 45 is subtracted from the
(C) BAD  BCD number, its digits are interchanged. What is
(D) CBA  ADC the number?
(A) 63 (B) 72
AC [GATE-CS/MN-2018-IITG]
70. A six sided unbiased die with four green (C) 81 (D) 90
faces and two red faces is rolled seven
AA [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
times. Which of the following combinations
76. For integers a, b and c, what would be the
is the most likely outcome of the
minimum and maximum values respectively
experiment?
of a + b + c if log |a| + log |b| + log |c| = 0?
GATE-2018 PAPERS
(A) -3 and 3 (B) -1 and 1 (B) If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is
true.
(C) -1 and 3 (D) 1 and 3
(C) If (i) and (ii) are true, then (iii) is true.
AD [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
77. Given that a and b are integers and a  a 2 b3 (D) If (i) and (ii) are false, then (iii) is false.
is odd, which one of the following
statements is correct?
(A) a and b are both odd *********
(B) a and b are both even
(C) a is even and b is odd
(D) a is odd and b is even
AD [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
78. From the time the front of a train enters a
platform, it takes 25 seconds for the back of
the train to leave the platform, while
travelling at a constant speed of 54 km/h. At
the same speed, it takes 14 seconds to pass a
man running at 9 km/h in the same direction
as the train. What is the length of the train
and that of the platform in meters,
respectively?
(A) 210 and 140
(B) 162.5 and 187.5
(C) 245 and 130
(D) 175 and 200
AB [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
79. Which of the following functions describe
the graph shown in the below figure?
(A) y  | x | 1  2 (B) y  | x | 1  1
(C) y  | x | 1  1 (D) y  | x  1| 1
CAC [GATE-EY/ME-1/PE-2018-IITG]
80. Consider the following three statements:
(i) Some roses are red.
(ii) All red flowers fade quickly.
(iii) Some roses fade quickly.
logically inferred from the above
statements?
(A) If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is
false.
Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B A B D B B B C C D
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A D D C A C C * C C
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
A C B C D A C D C A
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
D A B A C C C * D B
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
A A D * B C B B C B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
A A B D A C B C B B
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
B A D C B B C B A C
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
A C B B B A D D B C
18. MTA
38. MTA
44. MTA

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GATE 2017 PAPERS 6.

AA [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
Trucks (10 m long) and cars (5m long) go
AD [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR] on a single lane bridge. There must be a gap
1. In the summer, water consumption is known of atleast 20m after each truck and a gap of
to decrease overall by 25%. A water board atleast 15m after each car. Trucks and cars
official states that in the summer household travel at a speed of 36 km/h. If cars and
consumption decreases by 20%, while other trucks go alternatively. What is the
consumption increases by 70%. maximum number of vehicles that can use
the bridge in one hour?
Which of the following statements is
correct? (A) 1440 (B) 1200
(A) The ratio of household to other (C) 720 (D) 600

consumption is 8/17. AD [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
(B) The ratio of household to other 7. “If you are looking for a history of India, or
consumption is 1/17. for an account of the rise and fall of the
British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving
(C) The ratio of household to other of the subcontinent into two mutually
consumption is 17/8 antagonistic parts and the effects this
(D) There are errors in the official’s mutilation will have in the respective
statement. sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will
not find it in these pages; for though I have
AB [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR] spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too
2. Some tables are shelves. Some shelves are near the seats of events, and was too
chairs. All chairs are benches. Which of the intimately associated with the actors, to get
following conclusions can be deduced from the perspective needed for the impartial
the preceding sentences? recording of these matters”
(i) At least one bench is a table Here, the word “antagonistic’ is closest in
(ii) At least one shelf is a bench meaning to
(iii) At least one chair is a table (A) impartial (B) argumentative
(iv) All benches are chairs (C) separated (D) hostile
(A) only (i) (B) only (ii) AC [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
8. A contour line joins locations having the
(C) only (ii) and (iii) (D) only (iv) same height above the mean sea level. The
AA [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR] following is a contour plot of a geographical
3. I _______ made arrangements had region. Contour lines are shown at 25 m
I_________informed earlier. intervals in this plot.
(A) could have, been
(B) would have, being
(C) had, have
(D) had been, been
AB [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
4. 40% of deaths on city roads may be
attributed to drunken driving. The number of
degrees needed to represent this as a slice of The path from P to Q is best described by
a pie chart is (A) Up-Down-Up-Down
(A) 120 (B) 144 (B) Down-Up-Down-Up
(C) 160 (D) 212 (C) Down-Up-Down
(D) Up-Down-Up
AA [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
5. She has a sharp tongue and it can AA [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR]
occasionally turn________ 9. There are 3 Indians and 3 Chinese in a group
(A) hurtful (B) left of 6 people. How many subgroups of this
group can we choose so that every subgroup
(C) methodical (D) vital has at one Indian?
(A) 56 (B) 52 AD[GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR]

15. 500 students are taking one or more courses
(C) 48 (D) 44
out of Chemistry, Physics and Mathemarics.
AA [GATE–S1–EC/CY/BT/EY–2017-IITR] Registration records indicate course
10. S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seated around enrolment as follows: Chemistry (329),
a circular table. T’s neighbours are Y and V. Physics (186), Mathematics (295),
Z is seated third to the left of T and second Chemistry and Physics (83), Chemistry and
to the right of S. U’s neighbours are S and Mathematics (217) and Physics and
Y; and T and W are not seated opposite each Mathematics (63). How many students are
other. Who is third to the left of V? taking all 3 subjects?
(A) X (B) W (A) 37 (B) 43
(C) 47 (D) 53
(C) U (D) T
AA [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR]
AC[GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR] 16. “If you are looking for a history of India, or
11. The ninth and the tenth of this month are for an account of the rise and fall of the
Monday and Tuesday ________. British Raj or for the reason of the cleaving
(A) figuratively (B) retrospectively of the subcontinent into two mutually
antagonistic parts and the effects this
(C) respectively (D) rightfully mutilation will have in the respective
AA [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR] sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will
12. It is _______ to read this year’s textbook not find it in these pages: for though I have
______ the last year’s. spent a lifetime in the country. I lived too
near the seat of events, and was too
(A) easier, than intimately associated with the actors, to get
(B) most easy, than the perspective needed for the impartial
recording of these matters.”
(C) easier, form Which of the following statements best
(D) easiest, from reflects the author’s opinion ?
(A) An intimate association does not allow
AB [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR]
for the necessary perspective.
13. A rule states that in order to drink beer, one
must be over 18 years old. In a bar there are (B) Matters are recorded with an impartial
4 people. P is 16 years old, Q is 25 years perspective.
old, R is drinking milkshake and S is (C) An intimate association offers an
drinking a beer. What must be checked to impartial perspective.
ensure that the rule is being followed? (D) Actors are typically associated with the
(A) Only P’s drink impartial recording of matters.
(B) Only P’s drink and S’s age AD [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR]
17. Each of P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z has been
(C) Only S’s age married at most once. X and Y are married
(D) Only P’s drink. Q’s drink and S’s age and have two children P and Q, Z is the
grandfather of the daughter S of P. Further,
AA [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR] Z and W are married and are parents of R.
14. Fatima starts from point P, goes North for 3 Which one of the following must necessarily
km and then East for 4 km to reach point Q. be FALSE?
She then turns to face point P and goes 15 (A) X is the mother-in-law of R
km in that direction. She then goes North for
6 km. How far is she from point P and in (B) P and R are not married to each other
which direction should she go to reach point (C) P is a son of X and Y
P?
(D) Q cannot be married to R
(A) 8 km, East
AC [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR]
(B) 12 km, North 18. 1200 men and 500 women can build a
(C) 6 km, East bridge in 2 weeks, 900 men and 250 women
will take 3 weeks to build the same bridge.
(D) 10 km, North How many men will be needed to build the
bridge in one week ?
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(A) 3000 (B) 3300 AC [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]

25. Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are seated
(C) 3600 (D) 3900
around a square table. Rahul is sitting to the
AC [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR] left of Mrali. Srinivas is sitting to the right
19. The number of 3-digit numbers such that the of Arul. Which of the following pairs are
digit 1 is never to the immediate right of 2 is seated opposite to each other?
(A) 781 (B) 791 (A) Rahul and Murali
(C) 881 (D) 891 (B) Srinivas and Arul
AB [GATE-S2-EC/AE/PH/PE/MT-2017-IITR] (C) Srinivas and Murali
20. A contour line joins locations having the (C) Srinivas and Rahul
same height above the mean sea level. The
following is a contour plot of a geographical AB[GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
region. Contour lines are shown at 25 m 26. “The hold of the nationalist imagination on
intervals in this plot. our colonial past is such that anything
inadequately or improperly nationalist is just
not history.”
Which of the following statements best
reflects the author’s opinion?
(A) Nationalists are highly imaginative
(B) History is viewed through the filter of
nationalism
(C) Our colonial past never happened
(D) Nationalism has to be both adequately
Which of the following is the steepest path and properly imagined.
leaving from P ? AC [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
(A) P to Q (B) P to R 27. A contour line joins locations having the
(C) P to S (D) P to T same height above the mean sea level. The
following is contour plot of a geographical
AC [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR] region. Contour lines are shown at 25m
21. The probability that a k-digit number does intervals in this plot. If in a flood, the water
NOT contain the digits 0, 5 or 9 is level rises to 525m, which of the villages P,
(A) 0.3k (B) 0.6k Q, R, S, T get submerged?
(C) 0.7k (D) 0.9k
AD [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
22. Find the smallest number y such that
y  162 is a perfect cube.
(A) 24 (B) 27
(C) 32 (D) 36
AC [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
23. After Rajendra Chola returned from his (A) P, Q (B) P, Q, T
voyage to Indonesia, he_______to visit the
(C) R, S, T (D) Q, R, S
temple in Thanjavur.
AB [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
(A) was wishing (B) is wishing
28. The expression
 x  y   x  y is equal to
(C) wished (D) had wished 2
AD [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR] (A) the maximum of x and y
24. Research in the workplace reveal that people
(B) the minimum of x and y
work for many reasons________
(A) money beside (B) beside money (C) 1
(C) money besides (D) besides money (D) none of the above
AD [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR] (A) enough bright

29. Arun, Gulab, Neel and Shweta must choose
(B) bright enough
one shirt each from a pile of four shirts
colooured red, pink, blue and white (C) as enough bright
respectively. Arun dislikes the cloour red
and Shweta dislikes the colour white. Gulab (D) bright as enough
and Neel like all the colours. In how many AB [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR]
different ways can they choose the shirts so 35. A test has twenty questions worth 100 marks
that no one has as shirt with a colour he or in total. There are two types of questions.
she dislikes: Multiple choice questions are worth 3 marks
(A) 21 (B) 18 each and essay questions are worth 11
(A) 12 (B) 15
(C) 16 (D) 14
(C) 18 (D) 19
AA [GATE-S1-EE/CS1-2017-IITR]
30. Six people are seated around a circular table. AC [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR]
There are atleast two men and two women. 36. The number of roots of e x  0.5 x 2  2  0 in
There are at least three right-handed the range [–5, 5] is
persons. Every woman has a left-handed
(A) 0 (B) 1
person to here immediate right. None of the
women are right-handed. The number of (C) 2 (D) 3
women at the table is
AC [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR]
(A) 2 37. An air pressure contour line joins locations
(B) 3 in a region having the same atmospheric
pressure. The following is an air pressure
(C) 4 contour plot of a geographical region.
(D) Cannot be determined Contour lines are shown at 0.05 bar intervals
in this plot.
31. There are 3 red socks, 4 green socks and 3
blue socks. You choose 2 socks. The
probability that they are of the same colour
is
(A) 1/5 (B) 7/30
(C) 1/4 (D) 4/15
32. Choose the option with words that are not
synonyms.
(A) aversion, dislike
(B) luminous, radiant
If the possibility of a thunderstorm is given
(C) plunder, loot by how fast air pressure rises or drops over a
(D) yielding, resistant region, which of the following regions is
most likely to have a thunderstorm?
(A) P (B) Q
33. There are five buildings called V, W, X, Y
and Z in a row (not necessarily in that (C) R (D) S
order). V is to the West of W. Z is to the
East of X and the West of V. W is to the AB [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR]
West of Y. Which is the building in the 38. “We lived in a culture that denied any merit
middle? to literary works, considering them
important only when they are handmaidens
(A) V (B) W to something seemingly more urgent-namely
(C) X (D) Y ideology. This was a country where all
gestures, even the most private, were
AB [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR] interpreted in political terms,”.
34. Saturn is _______ to be seen on a clear night
with the naked eye.

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The author’s belief that ideology is not as (C) have been

important as literature is revealed by the
(D) would have been
word:
(A) ‘culture’ (B) ‘seemingly’ AB [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
44. There was no doubt that their work was
(C) ‘urgent’ (D) ‘political’
thorough.
Which of the words below is closest in
39. X is a 30 digit number starting with the digit
meaning to the underlined word above?
4 followed by the digit 7. Then the number
X3 will have (A) pretty (B) complete
(A) 90 digits (B) 91 digits (C) sloppy (D) haphazard
(C) 92 digits (D) 93 digits
AB [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
AB [GATE-S2-EE/CS2-2017-IITR] 45. What is the value of x when
40. There are three boxes. One contains apples, x2 2x  4
 16   3
another contains oranges and the last one 81      144?
contains both apples and oranges. All three  25  5
are known to be incorrectly labelled. If you
(A) 1
are permitted to open just one box and then
pull out and inspect only one fruit, which (B) -1
box would you open to determine the
contents of all three boxes? (C) -2
(A) The box labelled ‘Apples’ (D) Cannot be determined
(B) The box labelled ‘Apples and Oranges’
AA [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
(C) The box labelled 'Oranges' 46. Bhaichung was observing the pattern of
(D) Cannot be determined people entering and leaving a car service
centre. There was a single window where
AB [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR] customers were being observed. He saw that
41. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The people inevitably came out of the centre in
probability that the product of the numbers the order that they went in. however, the
appearing on the top faces of the dice is a time they spent inside seemed to vary a log:
perfect square is Some people came out in a matter of
1 2 minutes while for others it took much
(A) (B) longer.
9 9
From this, what can one conclude?
1 4
(C) (D) (A) The centre operates on a first-come-
3 9
first-served basis, but with variable
AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR] service times, depending on specific
42. Four cards lie on a table. Each card has a customer needs.
number printed on one side and a colour on
the other. The faces visible on the cards are (B) Customers were served in an arbitrary
2,3, red and blue order, since they took varying amounts
of time for service completion in the
Proposition: If a card has an even value on centre.
one side, then its opposite face is red.
(C) Since some people came out within a
The cards which MUST be turned over to few minutes of entering the centre, the
verify the above preposition are system is likely to operate on a last-
come-first-served basis.
(A) 2, red (B) 2, 3, red
(D) Entering the centre early ensured that
(C) 2, blue (D) 2, red, blue one would have shorter service times
AB [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR] and most people attempted to do this.
43. The event would have been successful if AD [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
you_______able to come 47. The points in the graph below represent the
(A) are halts of a lift for durations of 1minute, over
a period of 1 hour.
(B) had been
AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
50. P, Q, R, S, T and U are seated around a
circular table. R is seated two places to the
right of Q,P is seated three places to the left
R. S is seated opposite U. If P and U now
switch seats, which of the following must
necessarily be true?
(A) P is immediately to the right of R
(B) T is immediately to the left of P
Which of the following statements are (C) T is immediately to the left of P or P is
correct? immediately to the right of Q
(i) The elevator never moves directly from (D) U is immediately to the right of R or P
any non-ground floor to another non- is immediately to the left of T
ground floor over the one hour period.
AC [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
(ii) The elevator stays on the fourth floor 51. The ways in which this game can be played
for the longest duration over the one- _______ potentially infinite.
hour period.
(A) is (B) is being
(A) Only (i) (B) Only (ii)
(C) are (D) are being
(D) Both (i) and (ii) (C) Neither (i) nor
(ii) AA [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
52. If you choose plan P, you will have to
AD [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
_______ plan Q, as these two are mutually
48. Budhan covers a distance of 19 km in 2
________ .
hours by cycling one fourth of the time and
walking the rest. The next day he cycles (at (A) forgo, exclusive (B) forget,
the same speed as before) for half the time inclusive
and walks the rest (at the same speed as (C) accept, exhaustive (D) adopt,
before) and covers 26 km in 2 hours. The instrusive
speed in km/h at which Budhan walks is :
(A) 1 (B) 4 AD [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
53. If a and b are integers and a – b is even,
(C) 5 (D) 6 which of the following must always be
even ?
AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2017-IITR]
49. A map shows the elevations of Darjeeling. (A) ab (B) a2 + b2 + 1
Gangtok, Kalimpong, Pelling and Siliguri. (C) a2 + 2 + 1 (D) ab – b
Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than
Gangtok. Pelling is at a higher elevation AC [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
than Siliguri. Darjeeling is at a higher 54. A couple has 2 children. The probability that
elevation than Gangtok. both children are boys if the older one is a
Which of the following statements can be boy is
inferred from the paragraph above? (A) 1/4 (B) 1/3
(i) Pelling is at higher elevation than (C) 1/2 (D) 1
Kalimpong
(ii) Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than AB [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
Darjeeling. 55. P looks at Q while Q looks at R.P is
married, R is not. The number of pairs of
(iii) Kalimpong is at a higher elevation than people in which a married person is looking
Siliguri at an unmarried person is :
(iv) Siliguri is at a lower elevation than (A) 0
Gangtok.
(B) 1
(A) Only (ii)
(C) 2
(B) Only (ii) and (iii) (D) Cannot be determined
(C) Only (ii) and (iv)
AD [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
(D) Only (iii) and (iv) 56. “If you are looking for a history of India, or
for an account of the rise and fall of the
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British Raj, or for the reason 0of the (alternate) days of a month in winter
cleaving of the subcontinent into two (average temperature 100C) and a month in
mutually antagonistic parts and the effects summer (average temperature 300C).
this mutilation will have in the respective
sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will
not find it in these pages; for though I have
spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too
near the seat of events, and was too
intimately associated with the actors, to get
the perspective needed for the impartial
recording of these matters.”
Which of the following is closest in meaning
to ‘cleaving’?
(A) deteriorating (B) arguing
(C) departing (D) splitting
AA [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
57. X bullocks and Y tractors take 8 days to Consider the following statements based on
plough a field. If we halve the number of the date shown above :
bullocks and double the number of tractors, i. Over the given months, the difference
it takes 5 days to plough the same field. between the maximum and the
How many days will it take X bullocks minimum pollutant concentrations is
alone to plough the field ? the same in both winter and summer.
(A) 30 (B) 35 ii. There are at least four days in the
(C) 40 (D) 45 summer month such that the pollutant
concentrations on those days are within
AC [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR] 1 ppm of the pollutant concentrations
58. There are 4 women P, Q, R, S and 5 men V, on the corresponding days in the winter
W, X, Y, Z in a group. We are required to month.
form pairs each consisting of one woman
Which one of the following options is
and one man. P is not to be paired with Z,
correct ?
and Y must necessarily be paired with
someone. In how many ways can 4 such (A) Only i (B) Only ii
pairs be formed ? (C) Both i and ii (D) Neither i nor ii
(A) 74 (B) 76
AC [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
(C) 78 (D) 80 61. The bacteria in milk are destroyed when it
_________ heated to 80 degree Celsius.
AD [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
59. All people in a certain island are either (A) would be (B) will be
‘Knights’ or ‘Knaves’ and each person (C) is (D) was
knows every other person’s identity.
Knights NEVER lie, and knaves ALWAYS AA [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
lie. 62. ________________ with someone else’s
email account is now a very serious offence.
P says “Both of us are knights”. Q says
“None of us are knaves”. (A) Involving (B) Assisting
Which one of the following can be logically (C) Tampering (D) Incubating
inferred from the above ? AB [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
(A) Both P and Q are knights 63. Consider the following sentences :
(B) P is a knight; Q is a knave All benches are beds. No bed is a bulb.
Some bulbs are lamps.
(C) Both P and Q are knaves
Which of the following can be inferred ?
(D) The identities of P, Q cannot be
determined i. Some beds are lamps.
ii. Some lamps are beds.
AB [GATE-AG/ME2/GG-2017-IITR]
(A) Only i (B) Only ii
60. In the graph below, the concentration of a
particular pollutant in a lake is plotted over (C) Both i and ii (D) Neither i nor ii
AA [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR] (A) P (B) Q

64. If the radius of a right circular cone is
(C) R (D) S
increased by 50%, its volume increases by
(A) 75% (B) 100% AC [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
(C) 125% (D) 237.5% 68. The last digit of
(2171)7  (2172)9  (2173)11  (2174)13 is
AD [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
65. The following sequence of numbers is (A) 2 (B) 4
arranged in increasing order : 1, x, x, x, y, y,
(C) 6 (D) 8
9, 16, 18. Given that the mean and median
are equal, and are also equal to twice the AC [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
mode, the value of y is 69. Two machines M1 and M2 are able to
(A) 5 (B) 6 execute any of four jobs P,Q,R and S. The
(C) 7 (D) 8 machines can perform one job on one object
at a time, Jobs P,Q,R and S take 30 minutes,
AA [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR] 20 minutes, 60 minutes and 15 minutes each
66. The old concert hall was demolished respectively. There are 10 objects each
because of fears that the foundation would requiring exactly 1 job, Job P is to be
be affected by the construction of the new performed on 2 objects, Job Q on 3 objects,
metro line in the area. Modern technology Job R on 1 object and Job S on 4 objects.
for underground metro construction tried to What is the minimum time needed to
mitigate the impact of pressurized air complete all the jobs ?
pockets created by the excavation of large
(A) 2 hours (B) 2.5 hours
amounts of soil. But even with these
safeguards, it was feared that the soil below (C) 3 hours (D) 3.5 hours
the concert hall would not be stable.
AB [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
For this, one can infer that
70. The bar graph below shows the output of
(A) the foundations of old buildings create five carpenters over one month, each of
pressurized air pockets underground, whom made different items of furniture :
which are difficult to handle during chairs, tables, and beds.
metro construction.
(B) metro construction has to be done
carefully considering its impact on the
foundations of existing buildings.
(C) old buildings in an area form an
impossible hurdle to metro construction
in that area.
(D) pressurized air can be used to excavate
large amounts of soil from underground
areas.
AD [GATE-MN/CE1-2017-IITR]
67. Students applying for hostel rooms are
alloted rooms in order of seniority. Students
already staying in a room will move if they
get a room in their preferred list. Preferences
of lower ranked applicants are ignored Consider the following statements.
during allocation. i. The number of beds made by carpenter
Given the data below, which room will Ajit C2 is exactly the same as the number of
stay in ? tables made by carpenter C3.
Room ii. The total number of chairs made by all
Student Current
Names
seniority room
preference carpenters is less than the total number
list of tables.
Amar 1 P R,S,Q
Which one of the following is true ?
Akbar 2 None R,S
Anthony 3 Q P (A) Only i (B) Only ii
Ajit 4 S Q,P,R (C) Both i and ii (D) Neither i nor ii

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71. He was one of my best _______ and I felt 76. “Here, throughout the early 1820s, Stuart
his loss ________. continued to fight his losing battle to allow
his sepoys to wear their caste-marks and
(A) friend, keenly (B) friends, keen their own choice of facial hair on parade,
(C) friend, keener (D) friends, keenly being again reprimanded by the commander-
in-chief. His retort that ‘A stronger instance
AD [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR] than this of European prejudice with relation
72. As the two speakers became increasingly to this country has never come under my
agitated, the debate became _______. observations’ had no effect on his
superiors.”
(A) lukewarm (B) poetic
According to this paragraph, which of the
(C) forgiving (D) heated statements below is most accurate ?
AD [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR] (A) Stuart’s commander-in-chief was
73. A right-angled cone (with base radius 5 cm moved by this demonstration of his
and height 12 cm), as shown in the figure prejudice.
below, is rolled on the ground keeping the (B) The Europeans were accomodating of
point P fixed until the point Q (at the base of the sepoys’ desire to wear their caste-
the cone, as shown) touches the ground marks.
again.
(C) Stuart’s ‘losing battle’ refers to his
inability to succeed in enabling sepoys
to wear caste-marks.
(D) The commander-in-chief was exempt
from the European prejudice that
dictated how the sepoys were to dress.
AD [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
77. What is the sum of the missing digits in the
By what angle (in radians) about P does the subtraction problem below ?
cone travel? 5_ _ _ _
 48 _ 8 9
_______
5 5
(A) (B) 1111
12 24
(A) 8 (B) 10
24 10
(C) (D)
5 13 (C) 11 (D) Cannot be
determined
AB [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
74. In a company with 100 employees, 45 earn AC [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
Rs. 20,000 per month, 25 earn Rs. 30,000, 78. Let S1 be the plane figure consisting of the
20 earn Rs. 40,000, 8 earn Rs. 60,000, and 2 points (x, y) given by the inequalities
earn Rs. 150,000. The median of the salaries | x  1| 2 and | y  2 | 3 . Let S 2 be the
is plane figure given by the inequalities
(A) Rs. 20,000 (B) 30,000 x  y  2, y  1, and x  3 . Let S be the
union of S1 and S 2 . The area of S is
(C) Rs. 32,000 (D) Rs. 40,000
(A) 26 (B) 28
AA [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
75. P, Q, and R talk about S’s car collection. P (C) 32 (D) 34
states that S has at least 3 cars. Q believes AB [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
that S has less than 3 cars. R indicates that to 79. Two very famous sportsmen Mark and
his knowledge, S has at least one car. Only Steve happened to be brothers, and played
one of P, Q and R is right. The number of for country K. Mark teased James, an
cars owned by S is opponent from country E, “There is no way
(A) 0 (B) 1 you are good enough to play for your
country,” James replied, “Maybe not, but at
(C) 3 (D) Cannot be least I am the best player in my own
determined family.”
Which one of the following can be inferred

from this conversion?
(A) Mark was known to play better than
James
(B) Steve was known to play better than
Mark
(C) James and Steve were good friends
(D) James played better than Steve
AA [GATE-ME1/AR-2017-IITR]
80. The growth of bacteria (lactobacillus in milk
leads to curd formation. A minimum
bacterial population density of 0.8 (in
suitable units) is needed to form curd. In the
graph below, the population density of
lactobacillus in 1 litre of milk is plotted as a
function of time, at two different
temperatures, 250 C and 370 C .
Consider the following statements based on

the data shown above :
i. The growth in bacterial population
stops earlier at 370C as compared to
250C
ii. The time taken for curd formation at
250C is twice the time taken at 370C
Which one of the following options is
correct?
(A) Only i (B) Only ii
(C) Both i and ii (D) Neither i nor ii
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Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D B A B A A D C A A
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
C A B A D A D C C B
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C D C D C B C B D A
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
D D A B B C C B A B
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
B C B B B A D D C C
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
C A D C B D A C D B
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
C A B A D A D C C B
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
D D D B A C D C B A
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(C) 35
(B) 33
(D) 37
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1. Which of the following is CORRECT 7. In a world filled with uncertainty, he was
with respect to grammar and usage? Mount glad to have many good friends. He had
Everest is _________. always assisted them in times of need and
(A) the highest peak in the world was confident that they would reciprocate.
(B) highest peak in the world However, the events of the last week
(C) one of highest peak in the world proved him wrong.
(D) one of the highest peak in the world Which of the following inference(s) is/are
logically valid and can be inferred from the
AB [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc] above passage?
2. The policeman asked the victim of a theft, (i) His friends were always asking him to
“What did you ?” help them.
(A) loose (B) lose (ii) He felt that when in need of help, his
friends would let him down.
(C) loss (D) louse
(iii) He was sure that his friends would
AA [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc] help him when in need.
3. Despite the new medicine’s _________ in (iv) His friends did not help him last week.
treating diabetes, it is not ________widely. (A) (i) and (ii) (B) (iii) and (iv)
(A) effectiveness --- prescribed (C) (iii) only (D) (iv) only
(B) availability --- used AD [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
8. Leela is older than her cousin Pavithra.
(C) prescription --- available
Pavithra’s brother Shiva is older than
(D) acceptance --- proscribed Leela. When Pavithra and Shiva are
visiting Leela, all three like to play chess.
AA [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc] Pavithra wins more often than Leela does.
4. In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both
Which one of the following statements
ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are
must be TRUE based on the above?
unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, 45% are
apples. Of the ripe ones, 66% are oranges. (A) When Shiva plays chess with Leela and
If the pile contains a total of 5692000 Pavithra, he often loses.
fruits, how many of them are apples? (B) Leela is the oldest of the three.
(C) Shiva is a better chess player than
(A) 2029198 (B) 2467482 Pavithra.
(C) 2789080 (D) 3577422 (D) Pavithra is the youngest of the three.
AC [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc] AC [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
5. Michael lives 10 km away from where I 1 1
live. Ahmed lives 5 km away and Susan 9. If q  a  and r  b  and s  c  1 , the
r s q
lives 7 km away from where I live. Arun is
farther away than Ahmed but closer than value of abc is _____.
Susan from where I live. From the (A) ( rqs ) 1 (B) 0
information provided here, what is one
possible distance (in km) at which I live (C) 1 (D) r+q+s
from Arun’s place? AC [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
(A) 3.00 (B) 4.99 10. P, Q, R and S are working on a project. Q
can finish the task in 25 days, working
(C) 6.02 (D) 7.01 alone for 12 hours a day. R can finish the
task in 50 days, working alone for 12 hours
AC [GATE-S1-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
per day. Q worked 12 hours a day but took
6. A person moving through a tuberculosis
sick leave in the beginning for two days. R
prone zone has a 50% probability of
worked 18 hours a day on all days. What is
becoming infected. However, only 30% of
the ratio of work done by Q and R after 7
infected people develop the disease. What
days from the start of the project?
percentage of people moving through a
tuberculosis prone zone remains infected (A) 10:11 (B) 11:10
but does not show symptoms of disease? (C) 20:21 (D) 21:20
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AB [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc] performance of each of the students in a

11. The volume of a sphere of diameter 1 unit test was evaluated out of 200 marks. It was
is ________ than the volume of a cube of observed that the mean of group P was
side 1 unit. 105, while that of group Q was 85. The
(A) least (B) less standard deviation of group P was 25,
while that of group Q was 5. Assuming
(C) lesser (D) low that the marks were distributed on a normal
AA [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc] distribution, which of the following
statements will have the highest probability
12. The unruly crowd demanded that the of being TRUE?
accused be _____________ without trial.
(A) No student in group Q scored less
(A) hanged (B) hanging marks than any student in group P.
(C) hankering (D) hung (B) No student in group P scored less
marks than any student in group Q.
AD [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc]
(C) Most students of group Q scored
13. Choose the statement(s) where the
marks in a narrower range than
underlined word is used correctly:
students in group P.
(i) A prone is a dried plum.
(D) The median of the marks of group P is
(ii) He was lying prone on the floor. 100.
(iii) People who eat a lot of fat are prone to
heart disease. AC [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc]
17. A smart city integrates all modes of
(A) (i) and (iii) only
transport, uses clean energy and promotes
(B) (iii) only sustainable use of resources. It also uses
(C) (i) and (ii) only technology to ensure safety and security of
(D) (ii) and (iii) only the city, something which critics argue,
will lead to a surveillance state.
AC [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc] Which of the following can be logically
14. Fact: If it rains, then the field is wet. inferred from the above paragraph?
Read the following statements: (i) All smart cities encourage the
(i) It rains formation of surveillance states.
(ii) The field is not wet (ii) Surveillance is an integral part of a
(iii) The field is wet smart city.
(iii) Sustainability and surveillance go hand
(iv) It did not rain
in hand in a smart city.
Which one of the options given below is (iv) There is a perception that smart cities
NOT logically possible, based on the given promote surveillance.
fact?
(A) (i) and (iv) only
(A) If (iii), then (iv).
(B) (ii) and (iii) only
(B) If (i), then (iii).
(C) (iv) only
(C) If (i), then (ii). (D) (i) only
(D) If (ii), then (iv).
AC [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GGV-2016-IISc]
AB [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc] 18. Find the missing sequence in the letter
15. A window is made up of a square portion series.
and an equilateral triangle portion above it.
B, FH, LNP, _ _ _ _.
The base of the triangular portion coincides
with the upper side of the square. If the (A) SUWY (B) TUVW
perimeter of the window is 6 m, the area of (C) TVXZ (D) TWXZ
the window in m2 is ______.
AA [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GGV-2016-IISc]
(A) 1.43 (B) 2.06
19. The binary operation □ is defined as a □ b
(C) 2.68 (D) 2.88 = ab+(a+b), where a and b are any two real
numbers.
AC [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GG-2016-IISc]
16. Students taking an exam are divided into The value of the identity element of this
two groups, P and Q such that each group operation, defined as the number x such
has the same number of students. The that a □ x = a, for any a, is _______ .
(A) 0 (B) 1 (A) Mr. X is longer than Mr. Y.

(C) 2 (D) 10 (B) Mr. X is more elongated than Mr. Y.
AC [GATE-S2-ME/BT/CH/GGV-2016-IISc] (C) Mr. X is taller than Mr. Y.
20. Which of the following curves represents (D) Mr. X is lengthier than Mr. Y.
the function y  ln(| e [|sin(| x |)] |) for |x| < 2 ?
AB [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
Here, x represents the abscissa and y 22. The students ________ the teacher on
represents the ordinate. teachers’ day for twenty years of dedicated
teaching.
(A) facilitated (B) felicitated
(A) (C) fantasized (D) facilitated
23. After India’s cricket world cup victory in
1985, Shrotria who was playing both tennis
and cricket till then, decided to concentrate
only on cricket. And the rest is history.
What does the underlined phrase mean in
this context ?
(A) history will rest in peace
(B) rest is recorded in history books
(C) rest is well known
(B)
(D) rest is archaic
24. Given (9 inches)½ = (0.25 yards)½, which
one of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) 3 inches = 0.5 yards
(B) 9 inches = 1.5 yards
(C) 9 inches = 0.25 yards
(D) 81 inches = 0.0625 yards
(C) AB [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
25. S, M, E and F are working in shifts in a
team to finish a project. M works with
twice the efficiency of others but for half as
many days as E worked. S and M have 6
hour shifts in a day, whereas E and F have
12 hours shifts. What is the ratio of
contribution of M to contribution of E in
the project?
(D) (A) 1:1 (B) 1:2
(C) 1:4 (D) 2:1
AD [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc]
26. The Venn diagram shows the preference of
the student population for leisure activities.
21. Based on the given statements, select the
appropriate option with respect to grammar
and usage. Statements
(i) The height of Mr. X is 6 feet.
(ii) The height of Mr. Y is 5 feet.

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From the data given, the number of such that the combined area of the square
students who like to read books or play and the rectangle is a MINIMUM ?
sports is ___. (A) 30 (B) 40
(A) 44 (B) 51
(C) 120 (D) 180
(C) 79 (D) 108
AC [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc]
AA [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc] 31. An apple costs Rs. 10. An onion costs Rs.
27. Social science disciplines were in existence 8.
in an amorphous from until the colonial
period when they are institutionalized. In Select the most suitable sentence with
varying degrees, they were intended to respect to grammar and usage.
further the colonial interest. In the time of (A) The price of an apple is greater than
globalization and the economic rise of an onion.
postcolonial countries like India,
(B) The price of an apple is more than
conventional ways of knowledge
onion.
production have become obsolete.
Which of the following can be logically (C) The price of an apple is greater than
inferred from the above statements ? that of an onion.
(i) Social science disciplines have (D) Apples are more costlier than onions.
become obsolete.
(ii) Social science disciplines had a pre- 32. The Buddha said, “Holding on to anger is
colonial origin. like grasping a hot coal with the intent of
(iii) Social science disciplines always throwing it at someone else; you are the
promote colonialism. one who gets burnt.”
(iv) Social science must maintain Select the word below which is closest in
disciplinary boundaries. meaning to the word underlined above.
(A) (ii) only
(A) burning (B) igniting
(B) (i) and (iii) only
(C) clutching (D) flinging
(C) (ii) and (iv) only
(D) (iii) and (iv) only AB [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc]
33. M has a son Q and a daughter R. He has
AD [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc] no other children. E is the mother of P and
28. Two and quarter hours back, when seen in daughter-in-law of M. How is P related to
a mirror, the reflection of a wall clock M?
without number markings seemed to show
1:30. What is the actual current time shown (A) P is the son-in-law of M.
by the clock ? (B) P is the grandchild of M.
(A) 8:15 (B) 11.15 (C) P is the daughter-in law of M.
(C) 12:15 (D) 12:45 (D) P is the grandfather of M.
AC [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc] AC,D [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN-2016-IISc]
29. M and N start from the same location. M 34. The number that least fits this set: (324,
travels 10 km East and then 10 km North- 441, 97 and 64) is ________.
East. N travels 5 km South and then 4 km
South-East. What is the shortest distance (A) 324 (B) 441
(in km) between M and N at the end of (C) 97 (D) 64
their travel ?
AA [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc]
(A) 18.60 (B) 22.50 35. It takes 10 s and 15 s, respectively, for two
(C) 20.61 (D) 25.00 trains travelling at different constant speeds
to completely pass a telegraph post. The
AB [GATE-S3-EC/ME-2016-IISc] length of the first train is 120 m and that of
30. A wire of length 340 mm is to be cut into the second train is 150 m. The magnitude
two parts. One of the parts is to be made of the difference in the speeds of the two
into a square and the other into a rectangle trains (in m/s) is __________.
where sides are in the ratio of 1:2. What is (A) 2.0 (B) 10.0
the length of the side of the square (in mm)
(C) 12.0 (D) 22.0
AD [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc] AA [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc]
36. The velocity V of a vehicle along a straight 40. A straight line is fit to a data set (ln x, y).
line is measured in m/s and plotted as This line intercepts the abscissa at ln x =
shown with respect to time in seconds. At 0.1 and has a slope of −0.02. What is the
the end of the 7 seconds, how much will value of y at x = 5 from the fit?
the odometer reading increase by (in m) ? (A) −0.030 (B) −0.014
(C) 0.014 (D) 0.030
AD [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
41. Out of the following four sentences, select
the most suitable sentence with respect to
grammar and usage.
(A) I will not leave the place until the
minister does not meet me.
(B) I will not leave the place until the
(A) 0 (B) 3 minister doesn’t meet me.
(C) 4 (D) 5 (C) I will not leave the place until the
minister meet me.
AA [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc] (D) I will not leave the place until the
37. The overwhelming number of people minister meets me.
infected with rabies in India has been
flagged by the World Health Organization AA [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
as a source of concern. It is estimated that 42. A rewording of something written or
inoculating 70% of pets and stray dogs spoken is a ___________.
against rabies can lead to a significant (A) paraphrase (B) paradox
reduction in the number of people infected (C) paradigm (D) paraffin
with rabies.
AA [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
Which of the following can be logically 43. Archimedes said, “Give me a lever long
inferred from the above sentences ? enough and a fulcrum on which to place it,
(A) The number of people in India infected and I will move the world.”
with rabies is high. The sentence above is an example of a
___________ statement.
(B) The number of people in other parts of
the world who are infected with rabies (A) figurative (B) collateral
is low. (C) literal (D) figurine
(C) Rabies can be eradicated in India by AC [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
vaccinating 70% of stray dogs. 44. If ‘relftaga’ means carefree, ‘otaga’ means
(D) Stray dogs are the main source of careful and ‘fertaga’ means careless, which
rabies worldwide. of the following could mean ‘aftercare’?
(A) zentaga (B) tagafer
38. A flat is shared by four first year (C) tagazen (D) relffer
undergraduate students. They agreed to
allow the oldest of them to enjoy some AD [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
extra space in the flat. Manu is two months 45. A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of
older than Sravan, who is three months side one unit. After it is built, one cubic
younger than Trideep. Pavan is one month block is removed from every corner of the
older than Sravan. Who should occupy the cube. The resulting surface area of the
extra space in the flat? body (in square units) after the removal is
__________.
(A) Manu (B) Sravan
(A) 56 (B) 64
(C) Trideep (D) Pavan
(C) 72 (D) 96
AB [GATE-S4-EC/AR/CY/IN/MA-2016-IISc]
AB [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
39. Find the area bounded by the lines
46. A shaving set company sells 4 different
3x+2y=14, 2x-3y=5 in the first quadrant.
types of razors, Elegance, Smooth, Soft
(A) 14.95 (B) 15.25 and Executive. Elegance sells at Rs. 48,
(C) 15.70 (D) 20.35 Smooth at Rs. 63, Soft at Rs. 78 and
Executive at Rs. 173 per piece. The table
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below shows the numbers of each razor AB [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]

sold in each quarter of a year. 50. In a process, the number of cycles to
Quarter \ failure decreases exponentially with an
Elegance Smooth Soft Executive increase in load. At a load of 80 units, it
Product
Q1 27300 20009 17602 9999 takes 100 cycles for failure. When the load
Q2 25222 19392 18445 8942 is halved, it takes 10000 cycles for failure.
Q3 28976 22429 19544 10234 The load for which the failure will happen
Q4 21012 18229 16595 10109
in 5000 cycles is ________.
Which product contributes the greatest
fraction to the revenue of the company in (A) 40.00 (B) 46.02
that year? (C) 60.01 (D) 92.02
(A) Elegance (B) Executive
AB [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
(C) Smooth (D) Soft 51. The man who is now
MunicipalCommissioner worked as
____________________.
47. Indian currency notes show the
denomination indicated in at least (A) the security guard at a university
seventeen languages. If this is not an (B) a security guard at the university
indication of the nation’s diversity, nothing
else is. (C) a security guard at university
Which of the following can be logically (D) the security guard at the university
inferred from the above sentences? AA [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
(A) India is a country of exactly seventeen 52. Nobody knows how the Indian cricket
languages. team is going to cope with the difficult and
(B) Linguistic pluralism is the only seamer-friendly wickets in Australia.
indicator of a nation’s diversity. Choose the option which is closest in
(C) Indian currency notes have sufficient meaning to the underlined phrase in the
space for all the Indian languages. above sentence.
(D) Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence (A) put up with
of India’s diversity.
(B) put in with
48. Consider the following statements relating (C) put down to
to the level of poker play of four players P, (D) put up against
Q, R and S.
AC [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
I. P always beats Q
53. Find the odd one in the following group of
II. R always beats S words.
III. S loses to P only sometimes mock, deride, praise, jeer
IV. R always loses to Q (A) mock (B) deride
Which of the following can be logically (C) praise (D) jeer
inferred from the above statements ?
AD [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
(i) P is likely to beat all the three other
54. Pick the odd one from the following
players
options.
(ii) S is the absolute worst player in the set (A) CADBE (B) JHKIL
(A) (i) only (C) XVYWZ (D) ONPMQ
(B) (ii) only
AB [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
(C) (i) and (ii) 55. In a quadratic function, the value of the
(D) neither (i) nor (ii) product of the roots (α, β) is 4. Find the
value of
AB [GATE-S5-CE/CS-2016-IISc]
 n  n
49. If f ( x)  2 x 7  3 x  5 , which of the
  n   n
following is a factor of f(x)?
(A) n 4 (B) 4n
(A) (x3+8) (B) (x-1)
(C) 22 n1 (D) 4n1
(C) (2x-5) (D) (x+1)
AA [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
56. Among 150 faculty members in an
institute, 55 are connected with each other
through Facebook® and 85 are connected
through WhatsApp®. 30 faculty members
do not have Facebook® or WhatsApp® (A) 21 (B) 27
accounts. The number of faculty members (C) 30 (D) 36
connected only through Facebook®
accounts is ______________. AC [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
60.
(A) 35 (B) 45
(C) 65 (D) 90
57. Computers were invented for performing
only high-end useful computations.
However, it is no understatement that they
have taken over our world today. The
internet, for example, is ubiquitous. Many
believe that the internet itself is an
unintended consequence of the original
invention. With the advent of mobile
computing on our phones, a whole new
dimension is now enabled. One is left
wondering if all these developments are
good or, more importantly, required. Choose the correct expression for f(x) given
in the graph.
Which of the statement(s) below is/are
logically valid and can be inferred from the (A) f ( x)  1 | x  1|
above paragraph?
(i) The author believes that computers are (B) f ( x)  1 | x  1|
not good for us.
(C) f ( x )  2 | x  1|
(ii) Mobile computers and the internet are
both intended inventions (D) f ( x )  2 | x  1|
(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only AC [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
(C) both (i) and (ii) 61. If I were you, I __________ that laptop.
It’s much too expensive.
(D) neither (i) nor (ii)
(A) won’t buy (B) shan’t buy
58. All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two (C) wouldn’t buy (D) would buy
lakes. AA [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
Which of the statement(s) below is/are 62. He turned a deaf ear to my request.
logically valid and can be inferred from the What does the underlined phrasal verb
above sentences? mean?
(i) Ooty is not a hill-station. (A) ignored (B) appreciated
(ii) No hill-station can have more than one (C) twisted (D) returned
lake.
AC [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
(A) (i) only 63. Choose the most appropriate set of words
(B) (ii) only from the options given below to complete
the following sentence. _________
(C) both (i) and (ii) ___________ is a will, _________ is a
(D) neither (i) nor (ii) way.
(A) Wear, there, their
AC [GATE-S6-EE/CS-2016]
59. In a 2 × 4 rectangle grid shown below, (B) Were, their, there
each cell is a rectangle. How many (C) Where, there, there
rectangles can be observed in the grid? (D) Where, their, their

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AA [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016] (C) Statues of kings are a reminder of

64. (x % of y) + (y % of x) is equivalent to their greatness.
______.
(D) A king’s greatness, as we know him
(A) 2 % of xy today, is interpreted by historians.
(B) 2 % of (xy/100)
(C) xy % of 100 AB [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
68. Fact 1: Humans are mammals.
(D) 100 % of xy
Fact 2: Some humans are engineers.
AA [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
Fact 3: Engineers build houses.
65. The sum of the digits of a two digit number
is 12. If the new number formed by If the above statements are facts, which of
reversing the digits is greater than the the following can be logically inferred?
original number by 54, find the original I. All mammals build houses.
number.
II. Engineers are mammals.
(A) 39 (B) 57
III. Some humans are not engineers.
(C) 66 (D) 93
(A) II only. (B) III only.
AD [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
(C) I, II and III. (D) I only.
66. Two finance companies, P and Q, declared
fixed annual rates of interest on the AD [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
amounts invested with them. The rates of 69. A square pyramid has a base perimeter x,
interest offered by these companies may and the slant height is half of the perimeter.
differ from year to year. Year-wise annual What is the lateral surface area of the
rates of interest offered by these companies pyramid?
are shown by the line graph provided
(A) x2 (B) 0.75 x2
below.
(C) 0.50 x2 (D) 0.25 x2
AC [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
70. Ananth takes 6 hours and Bharath takes 4
hours to read a book. Both started reading
copies of the book at the same time. After
how many hours is the number of pages to
be read by Ananth, twice that to be read by
Bharath? Assume Ananth and Bharath read
all the pages with constant pace.
If the amounts invested in the companies, P
and Q, in 2006 are in the ratio 8:9, then the (A) 1 (B) 2
amounts received after one year as interests (C) 3 (D) 4
from companies P and Q would be in the
ratio: AC [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]
(A) 2:3 (B) 3:4 71. The chairman requested the aggrieved
shareholders to _________________ him.
(C) 6:7 (D) 4:3
(A) bare with (B) bore with
AD [GATE-S7-PI/CE/AG/EY/MT-2016]
67. Today, we consider Ashoka as a great ruler (C) bear with (D) bare
because of the copious evidence he left
behind in the form of stone carved edicts. AB [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]
Historians tend to correlate greatness of a 72. Identify the correct spelling out of the
king at his time with the availability of given options:
evidence today. Which of the following (A) Managable (B) Manageable
can be logically inferred from the above
sentences? (C) Mangaeble (D) Managible
(A) Emperors who do not leave significant AB [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]

sculpted evidence are completely 73. Pick the odd one out in the following:
forgotten. 13, 23, 33, 43, 53
(B) Ashoka produced stone carved edicts (A) 23 (B) 33
to ensure that later historians will (C) 43 (D) 53
respect him.
AB [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016] Which of the following can be logically

74. R2D2 is a robot. R2D2 can repair inferred from the above paragraph?
aeroplanes. No other robot can repair (A) Many students have misconceptions
aeroplanes. regarding various engineering
Which of the following can be logically disciplines.
inferred from the above statements?
(B) Men with advanced degrees in
(A) R2D2 is a robot which can only repair mechanical engineering believe
aeroplanes. women are well suited to be
(B) R2D2 is the only robot which can mechanical engineers.
repair aeroplanes. (C) Mechanical engineering is a
(C) R2D2 is a robot which can repair only profession well suited for women with
aeroplanes. masters or higher degrees in
(D) Only R2D2 is a robot. mechanical engineering.
(D) The number of women pursuing
AC [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016] higher degrees in mechanical
75. If | 9 y  6 | 3 , then y 2  4 y / 3 is ______. engineering is small.
(A) 0 (B) +1/3 AC [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]
78. Sourya committee had proposed the
(C) −1/3 (D) undefined
establishment of Sourya Institutes of
A120.0 [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016] Technology (SITs) in line with Indian
76. The following graph represents the Institutes of Technology (IITs) to cater to
installed capacity for cement production (in the technological and industrial needs of a
tonnes) and the actual production (in developing country.
tonnes) of nine cement plants of a cement Which of the following can be logically
company. Capacity utilization of a plant is inferred from the above sentence?
defined as ratio of actual production of
cement to installed capacity. A plant with Based on the proposal,
installed capacity of at least 200 tonnes is (i) In the initial years, SIT students will
called a large plant and a plant with lesser get degrees from IIT.
capacity is called a small plant. The (ii) SITs will have a distinct national
difference between total production of objective.
large plants and small plants, in tonnes is
____. (iii) SIT like institutions can only be
established in consultation with IIT.
(iv) SITs will serve technological needs of
a developing country.
(A) (iii) and (iv) only.
(B) (i) and (iv) only.
(C) (ii) and (iv) only.
(D) (ii) and (iii) only.
AA [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]
79. Shaquille O’ Neal is a 60% career free
throw shooter, meaning that he
AC [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016] successfully makes 60 free throws out of
77. A poll of students appearing for masters in 100 attempts on average. What is the
engineering indicated that 60 % of the probability that he will successfully make
students believed that mechanical exactly 6 free throws in 10 attempts ?
engineering is a profession unsuitable for (A) 0.2508 (B) 0.2816
women. A research study on women with
masters or higher degrees in mechanical (C) 0.2934 (D) 0.6000
engineering found that 99 % of such A7.0 [GATE-S8-EE/AE/TF/XE/XL-2016]
women were successful in their 80. The numeral in the units position of
professions.
211870  146127  3424 is _____.
*********

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Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A B A A C C B D C C
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
B A D C B C C C A C
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C B C C B D A D C B
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
C C B CD A D A C B A
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
D A A C D B D D B B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
B A C D B A D D C C
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
C A C A A D D B D C
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
C B B B C * C C A *
76. 120.0
80. 7.0
GATE 2015 PAPERS of the standard written English, select the

answer that produces the most effective
HAACH [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK] sentence.
1. Operators , ,  are defined by : Tuberculosis, together with its effects,
ab ranks one of the leading causes of death in
a b ; India.
ab
ab (A) ranks as one of the leading causes of
a b ; a  b  ab death.
ab
Find the value of (66 6)  (66 6). (B) rank as one of the leading causes of
(A) –2 (B) –1 death.
(C) 1 (D) 2 (C) has the rank of the leading causes of
death.
AB [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK]
2. Choose the most appropriate word from the (D) are one of the leading causes of death.
options given below to complete the
AB [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK]
following sentence.
8. Humpty Dumpty sits on a every day while
The principal presented the chief guest with having lunch. The wall sometimes breaks. A
a ________, as token of appreciation. person sitting on the wall falls if the wall
(A) momento (B) memento breaks. Which one of the statements below
(C) momentum (D) moment is logically valid and can be inferred from
the above sentences?
AA [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK] (A) Humpty Dumpty always falls while
3. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of having lunch.
the four options given below, to complete (B) Humpty Dumpty does not fall
the sometimes while having lunch.
following sentence: (C) Humpty Dumpty never falls during
Frogs__________. dinner.
(A) Croak (B) Roar (D) When Humpty Dumpty does not sit on
the wall, the wall does not break.
(C) Hiss (D) Patter
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AC [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK] 9. Find the missing Value:
4. Choose the word most similar in meaning to
the given word: ( educe)
(A) Exert (B) Educate
(C) Extract (D) Extend
AA [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK]
5. If logx (5 / 7)  1/ 3 , then the value of x is
AD [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK]
(A) 343/125 (B) 125/343 10. Read the following paragraph and choose
(C) –25/49 (D) –49/25 the correct statement.
AC [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK] Climate change has reduced human
6. A cube of side 3 units is formed using a set security and threatened human well being.
of smaller cubes of side 1 unit; Find the An ignored reality of human progress is
proportion of the number of faces of the that human security largely depends upon
smaller cubes visible to those which are environmental security. But on the
NOT visible. contrary, human progress seems
contradictory to environment security. To
(A) 1:4 (B) 1:3 keep up both at the required level is a
(C) 1:2 (D) 2:3 challenge to be addressed by one and all.
One of the ways to curb the climate
AA [GATE-EC1/CH-2015-IITK] change may be suitable scientific
7. The following question presents a sentence, innovations, while the other may be the
part of which is underlined. Beneath the Gandhian perspective on small scale
sentence you find four ways of phrasing the progress with focus on sustainability.
underlined part. Following the requirements
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(A) Human progress and security are Cumulative Electricity

positively associated with Stretch distance used
environmental security. (km) (kWh)
(B) Human progress is contradictory to
environmental security. M 20 12
(C) Human security is contradictory to N 45 25
environmental security.
(D) Human progress depends upon O 75 45
environmental security. P 100 57
AA [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] The stretch where the electricity
11. Choose the word most similar in meaning to consumption per km is minimum is
the given word? (A) M (B) N
Awkward (C) O (D) P
(A) Inept (B) Graceful AB [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK]
(C) Suitable (D) Dreadful 16. Lamenting the gradual sidelining of the arts
in school curricula, a group of prominent
AB [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] artists wrote to the Chief Minister last year,
12. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of asking him to allocate more funds to support
the four options given below, to complete arts education in schools. However, no such
the following sentence: increase has been announced in this year’s
Dhoni, as well as the other team members Budget. The artists expressed their deep
of Indian team, ________present on the anguish at their request not being approved,
occasion but many of them remain optimistic about
(A) were (B) was funding in the future.
(C) has (D) have Which of the statement(s) below is/are
AB [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] above statements ?
13. Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview
(i) The artists expected funding for the
for two vacancies in the same
arts to increase this year
department.The probability of Ram’s
selection is 1/6 and that of Ramesh is 1/8. (ii) The Chief Minister was receptive to
What is the probability that only one of the idea of increasing funding for the
them will be selected? arts
(A) 47 / 48 (B) 1/ 4 (iii) The Chief Minister is a prominent
artist
(C) 13 / 48 (D) 35 / 48
(iv) Schools are giving less importance to
AC [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] arts education nowadays.
14. What is the adverb for the given word
(A) (iii) and (iv) (B) (i) and (iv)
below?
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) (D) (i) and (iii)
MISOGYNOUS
(A) Misogynousness AB [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK]
(B) Mysogynity 17. If a  b 2  c 2  1 , then ab+bc+ac lies in the
2
interval
(C) Misogynously
(A) 1, 2 / 3  (B)  1 / 2,1
(D) Misogynous
AC [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK]
(C)  1,1 / 2  (D)  2,  4
15. An electric bus has onboard instruments that AB [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK]
report the total electricity consumed since 18. In the following sentence certain parts are
the start of the trip as well as the total underlined and marked P, Q, and R. One of
distance convered. During a single day of the parts may contain certain error or may
operation the bus travels on stretches M,N, not be acceptable in standard written
O and P, in that order. The cumulative communication. Select the part containing
distances travelled and the corresponding an error. Choose D as your answer if there is
electricity consumption are shown in the no error.
Table below:
The student corrected all the errors that AC [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]

P 23. Find the missing sequence in the letter series
the instructor marked on the below:
Q A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY
answer book . (A) LMN (B) MNO
R (C) MNOP (D) NOPQ
(A) P (B) Q AB [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
(C) R (D) No Error 24. Choose the correct verb to fill in the below:
AD [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] Let us ______.
19. Given below are two statements followed by (A) introvert (B) alternate
two conclusions. Assuming these statements (C) atheist (D) altruist
to be true, decide which one logically
follows. AA [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
25. If x > y >1, which of the following must be
Statements: true?
I. All film stars are playback singers. i. ln x > ln y ii. ex > ey
x y
iii. y > x iv. cos x > cos y
II. All film directors are film stars.
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (i) and (iii)
Conclusions: (C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iv)
I. All film directors are playback
AB [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
singers.
26. Ms. X will be in Bagdogra from 01/05/2014
II. Some film stars are film directors. to 20/05/2014 and from 22/05/2014 to
31/05/2014. On the morning of 21/05/2014,
(A) Only conclusion I follows.
she will reach Kochi via Mumbai.
(B) Only conclusion II follows. Which one of the statements below is
(C) Neither conclusion I or II follows. logically valid and can be inferred from the
above sentences?
(D) Both conclusion I and II follow.
(A) Ms. X will be in Kochi for one day,
A800 [GATE-EC2/ME1-2015-IITK] only in May.
20. A tiger is 50 leaps of its own behind a deer. (B) Ms. X will be in Kochi for only one
The tiger takes 5 leaps per minute to the day in May.
deer’s 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 (C) Ms. X will be only in Kochi for one
metre and 5 metre per leap respectively, day in May.
what distance in metres will the tiger have
to run before it catches the deer? (D) Only Ms. X will be in Kochi for one
day in May.
AB [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
21. Choose the most suitable one word AC [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
substitute for the following expression: 27. log tan10  log tan 20  .......  log tan 890 is
Connotation of a road or way …
(A) Pertinacious (A) 1 (B) 1/ 2
(B) Viaticum (C) 0 (D) –1
(C) Clandestine
A2.064 [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
(D) Ravenous 28. From a circular sheet of paper of radius 30
AB [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK] cm, a sector of 10% area is removed. If the
22. Choose the most appropriate word from the remaining part is used to make a conical
options given below to complete the surface, then the ratio of the radius and
following sentence. height of the cone is _________.
If the athlete had wanted to come first in the AA [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK]
race, he ____ several hours every day. 29. Ram and Shyam shared a secret and
(A) should practise promised to each other it would remain
(B) should have practised between them. Ram expressed himself in
one of the following ways as given in the
(C) practised
choices below. Identify the correct way as
(D) should be practising per standard English.

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(A) It would remain between you and me. AA [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK]

(B) It would remain between I and you. 34. Based on the given statements, select the
most appropriate option to solve the given
(C) It would remain between you and I. question.
(D) It would remain with me. If two floors in a certain building are 9 feet
apart, how many steps are there in a set of
AB [GATE-EC3/ME2-2015-IITK] stairs that extends from the first floor to the
30. In the following question, the first and the second floor of the building?
last sentence of the passage are in order and Statements:
numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is I. Each step is 3/4 foot high.
split into 4 parts and numbered as 2, 3, 4 ,
II. Each step is 1 foot wide.
and 5.These 4 parts are not arranged in
proper order. Read the sentences and (A) Statement I alone is sufficient, but
arrange them in a logical sequence to make statement II alone is not sufficient.
a passage and choose the correct sequence (B) Statement II alone is sufficient, but
from the given options. statement I alone is not sufficient.
(C) Both statements together are sufficient,
1. On Diwali, the family rises early in the but neither statement alone is sufficient.
morning (D) Statement I and II together are not
2. The whole family, including the young sufficient.
and the old enjoy doing this. AB [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK]
3. Children let off fireworks later in the 35. Which one of the following combinations is
night with their friends. incorrect?
(A) Acquiescence – Submission
4. At sunset, the lamps are lit and the (B) Wheedle – Roundabout
family performs various rituals.
(C) Flippancy – Lightness
5. Father, mother, and children visit (D) Profligate – Extravagant
relatives and exchange gifts and sweets.
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK]
6. Houses look so pretty with lighted 36. Select the alternative meaning of the
lamps all around. underlined part of the sentence.
(A) 2, 5, 3, 4 (B) 5, 2, 4, 3 The chain snatchers took to their heels when
the police party arrived.
(C) 3, 5, 4, 2 (D) 4, 5, 2, 3
(A) took shelter in a thick jungle
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK] (B) open indiscriminate fire
31. Which of the following options is the closest (C) took to flight
in meaning to the sentence below? (D) unconditionally surrendered
She enjoyed herself immensely at the party.
(A) She had a terrible time at the party A32 [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK]
37. The pie chart below has the breakup of the
(B) She had a horrible time at the party number of students from different
(C) She had a terrific time at the party departments in an engineering college for
(D) She had a terrifying time at the party the year 2012. The proportion of male to
female students in each department is 5 : 4.
AA [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK]
There are 40 males in Electrical
32. Given Set A = {2, 3, 4, 5} and Set B = {11,
Engineering. What is the difference between
12, 13, 14, 15}, two numbers are randomly
the number of female students in the Civil
selected, one from each set. What is the
department and the female students in the
probability that the sum of the two numbers
Mechanical department ?
equals 16?
(A) 0.20 (B) 0.25
(C) 0.30 (D) 0.33
33. Didn’t you buy __________ when you went
shopping?
(A) any paper (B) much paper
(C) no paper (D) a few paper
AA [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK] (C) Statements II and III follow.

38. The probabilities that a student passes in (D) All statements follow.
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are m,
p and c respectively. Of these subjects, the AC [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
student has 75% chance of passing in at 41. Consider a function f(x) = 1 – |x| in
least one, a 50% chance of passing in at  1  x  1 . The value of x at which the
least two and a 40% chance of passing in function attains a maximum, and the
exactly two. Following relations are drawn maximum value of the function are :
in m, p, c: (A) 0, –1 (B) –1, 0
I. p + m + c = 27/20 (C) 0,1 (D) –1, 2
II. p + m + c = 13/20 AC [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
III. (p)  (m)  (c) = 1/10 42. Choose the statement where underlined
word is used correctly.
(A) Only relation I is true
(A) The industrialist had a personnel jet.
(B) Only relation II is true (B) I write my experience in my personnel
(C) Relations II and III are true diary.
(D) Relations I and III are true (C) All personnel are being given the day
off.
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK] (D) Being religious is a personnel aspect.
39. The number of students in a class who have
answered correctly, wrongly, or not AD [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
attempted each question in an exam, are 43. A generic term that includes various items
listed in the table below. The marks for each of clothing such as a skirt, a pair of trousers
question are also listed. There is no negative and a shirt is
or partial marking. (A) fabric (B) textile
Answered Answered Not (C) fibre (D) apparel
Q.No. Marks
Correctly Wrongly Attempted
1 2 21 17 6 AC [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
2 3 15 27 2 44. Based on the given statements, select the
most appropriate option to solve the given
3 1 11 29 4
question.
4 2 23 18 3
5 5 31 12 1 What will be the total weight of 10 poles
What is the average of the marks obtained each of same weight?
by the class in the examination? Statements:
(A) 2.290 (B) 2.970 (I) One fourth of the weight of a pole is
(C) 6.795 (D) 8.795 5Kg
(II) The total weight of these poles is 160kg
AA [GATE-EE1/CS1-2015-IITK] more than the total weight of two poles.
40. The given statement is followed by some
courses of action. Assuming the statement to (A) Statement I alone is not sufficient.
be true decide the correct option. (B) Statement II alone is not sufficient.
Statement: (C) Either I or II alone is sufficient.
There has been a significant drop in the (D) Both statement I and II together are not
water level in the lakes supplying water to sufficient.
the city.
AC [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
I The water supply authority should 45. We _________ our friend’s birthday and we
impose a partial cut in supply to tackle ________ how to make it up to him.
the situation.
(A) completely forgot --- don’t just know
II The government should appeal to all
(B) forgot completely --- don’t just know
the residents through mass media for
minimal use of water. (C) completely forgot--- just don’t know
III The government should ban the water (D) forgot completely --- just don’t know
supply in lower areas. A8 [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK]
(A) Statements I and II follow. 46. If p,q,r,s are distinct integers such that:
(B) Statements I and III follow. f(p,q,r,s) = max(p,q,r,s)

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g(p,q,r,s,) = min (p,q,r,s) II. P–3, R–3, S – 3, T–3, U–3

h(p,q,r,s) = remainder of (p  q)/(r  s) if (p III. P2, R2, S2, T2, U2
 q)>(r  s) or remainder of (r  s)/(p  q) if
(r  s) > (p  q) (A) I only (B) I and II
Also a function fgh (p,q,r,s) = f(p,q,r,s) (C) II and III (D) I and III
 g(p,q,r,s)  h(p,q,r,s)
AB [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
Also the same operations are valid with two 51. Five teams have to compete in a league,
variable function of the form f(p,q). with every team playing every other team
What is the value of fg(h(2,5,7,3),4,6,8)? exactly once, before going to next round.
How many matches will have to be held to
complete the league round of matches?
47. Four branches of a company are located at
M,N,O, and P. M is north of N at a distance (A) 20 (B) 10
of 4km; P is south of O at a distance of 2km; (C) 8 (D) 5
N is southeast of O by 1km. What is the
AB [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
distance between M and P in km?
52. Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of
(A) 5.34 (B) 6.74 the four options given below, to complete
(C) 28.5 (D) 45.49 the following sentence:
AA [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK] Apparent lifelessness
48. Out of the following four sentences, select ____________dormant life.
the most suitable sentence with respect to (A) harbours (B) leads to
grammar and usage: (C) supports (D) affects
(A) Since the report lacked needed
information, it was of no use to them. AB [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
53. Choose the statement where underlined
(B) The report was useless to them because
word is used correctly.
there were no needed information in it.
(C) Since the report did not contain the (A) When the teacher eludes to different
needed information, it was not real authors, he is being elusive.
useful to them. (B) When the thief keeps eluding the
(D) Since the report lacked needed police, he is being elusive.
information, it would not had been (C) Matters that are difficult to understand,
useful to them. identify or remember are allusive.
AB [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK] (D) Mirages can be allusive, but a better
49. In a triangle PQR, PS is the angle bisector way to express them is illusory.
of QPR and QPS = 600 . What is the AC [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
length of PS? 54. Fill in the blanks with the correct
idiom/phrase.
That boy from the town was a ______ in the
sleepy village.
(A) dog out of herd
(B) sheep from the heap
(C) fish out of water
(D) bird from the flock
(A)
q  r  (B)
qr AB [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
qr (q  r) 55. Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.
q  r 
2
(C) q 2
r 2
 (D)
qr
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, then the
AB [GATE-EE2/CS2-2015-IITK] third statement is:
50. If the list of letters, P,R,S,T,U is an (A) True
arithmetic sequence, which of the following (B) False
are also in arithmetic sequence? (C) Uncertain
I. 2P, 2R, 2S, 2T, 2U (D) Data insufficient
AC [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK] AC [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
56. Right triangle PQR is to be constructed in 60. Select the appropriate option in place of
the xy-plane so that the right angle is at P underlined part of the sentence.
and line PR is parallel to the x-axis. The x Increased productivity necessary reflects
and y coordinates of P, Q, and R are to be greater efforts made by the employees.
integers that satisfy the inequalities:
(A) Increase in productivity necessary
4  x  5 and 6  y  16 . How many
different triangles could be constructed with (B) Increase productivity is necessary
these properties? (C) Increase in productivity necessarily
(A) 110 (B) 1,100 (D) No improvement required.
(C) 9,900 (D) 10,000 AB [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]

61. Select the pair that best expresses a
AC [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK] relationship similar to that expressed in the
57. A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event pair:
that head occurs in each of the first two Children : Pediatrician
tosses. Let Y be the event that a tail occurs
on the third toss. Let Z be the event that two (A) Adult : Orthopaedist
tails occur in three tosses. Based on the (B) Females : Gynaecologist
above information, which one of the (C) Kidney : Nephrologist
following is TRUE?
(D) Skin : Dermatologist
(A) X and Y are not independent
AB [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]
(B) Y and Z are dependent 62. If ROAD is written as URDG, then SWAN
(C) Y and Z are independent should be written as:
(D) X and Z are independent (A) VXDQ (B) VZDQ
(C) VZDP (D) UXDQ
AD [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
58. Given below are two statements followed by AB [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]
two conclusions. Assuming these statements 63. Extreme focus on syllabus and studying for
to be true, decide which one logically tests has become such a dominant concern
follows. of Indian students that they close their
Statement: minds to anything _______ to the
requirements of the exam.
I. No manager is a leader. (A) related (B) extraneous
II. All leaders are executives. (C) outside (D) useful
Conclusions: AC [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]
I. No manager is an executive. 64. A function f(x) is linear and has a value of
29 at x = –2 and 39 at x = 3. Find its value at
II. No executive is a manager.
x = 5.
(A) Only conclusion I follows. (A) 59 (B) 45
(B) Only conclusion II follows.
(C) 43 (D) 35
(C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
AC [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]
(D) Both conclusions I and II follow. 65. The Tamil version of ______ John
Abraham-starrer Madras Cafe _____ cleared
A280 [GATE-ME3/IN/PI-2015-IITK]
by the Censor Board with no cuts last week,
59. In the given figure angle Q is a right angle,
but the film’s distributors _______ no takers
PS:QS=3:1,RT:QT=5:2 and PU:UR=1:1 If
among the exhibitors for a release in Tamil
area of triangle QTS is 20cm2, then the area
Nadu _____ this Friday
triangle PQR in cm2 is_______.
(A) Mr., was, found, on
(B) a, was, found, at
(C) the ,was, found, on
(D) a, being , find at

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A2006 [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK] the other one. T insists on a portfolio if P

66. The exports and imports(in crores of Rs.) of gets one. Which is the valid distribution of
a country from the year 2000 to 2007 are portfolios ?
given in the following bar chart. In which (A) P-Home, Q-Power, R-Defense,
year is the combined percentage increase in
imports and exports the highest ? S-telecom, T-Finance
(B) R-Home, S-Power, P-Defense,
AA [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK]
67. Alexander turned his attention towards Q-Telecom, T-Finance
India, since he had conquered Persia. Which (C) P-Home, Q-Power, T-Defense,
one of the statements below is logically S-Telecom, U-Finance
valid and can be inferred from the above
sentence ? (D) Q-Home, U-Power, T-Defense,
R-Telecom, P-Finance
70. Most experts feel that in spite of possessing
all the technical skills required to be a
batsman of the highest order, he is unlikely
to be so due to lack of requisite
temperament. He was guilty of throwing
away his wicket several times after working
hard to lay a strong foundation. His critics
(A) Alexander would not have turned his pointed out that until he addressed this
attention towards India had he not problem, success at the highest level will
conquered Persia. continue to elude him. Which of the
statement(s) below is/are logically valid and
(B) Alexander was not ready to rest on his can be inferred from the above passage ?
laurels, and wanted to march to India.
(i) He was already a successful batsman at
(C) Alexander was completely in control of the highest level.
his army and could command it to (ii) He has to improve his temperament in
move towards India. order to become a great batsman
(D) Since Alexander’s kingdom extended (iii) He failed to make many of his good
to Indian borders after the conquest of starts count.
Persia, he was keen to move further.
(iv) Improving his technical skills will
AB [GATE-CE1/CS3-2015-IITK] guarantee success.
68. Choose the most appropriate equation for (A) (iii) and (iv) (B) (ii) and (iii)
the function drawn as a thick line, in the plot
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) (D) (ii) only
below.
AA [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK]
71. Mr. Vivek walks 6 meters North-east, then
turns and walks 6 meters South-east, both at
60 degrees to east. He further moves 2
meters South and 4 meters West. What is
the straight distance in metres between the
point he started from and the point he finally
reached?
(A) x = y- |y| (B) x = - (y- |y|)
(A) 2 2 (B) 2
(C) x = y + |y (D) x = - (y +|y|)
(C) 2 (D) 1/ 2
69. The head of a newly formed government AB [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK]
desires to appoint five of the six selected 72. Choose the statement where underlined
members P,Q,R,S,T, and U to portfolios of word is used correctly.
Home, Power, Defense, Telecom, and (A) The minister insured the victims that
Finance. U does not want any portfolio if S everything would be all right.
gets one of the five. R wants either Home or
Finance or no portfolio. Q says that if S gets (B) He ensured that the company will not
either Power or Telecom, then she must get have to bear any loss
(C) The actor got himself ensured against cannot teach any of the three subjects, i.e.
any accident EM, ES or TD. 6 can teach only ES. 4 can
(D) The teacher insured students of good teach all three subjects, i.e. EM, ES and TD.
results 4 can teach ES and TD. How many can
teach both ES and EM but not TD?
AC [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK] (A) 1 (B) 2
73. Which word is not a synonym for the word (C) 3 (D) 4
vernacular?
(A) regional (B) indigenous A4536 [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK]
78. How many four digit numbers can be
(C) indigent (D) colloquial formed with the 10 digits 0,1,2,….9 if no
AB [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK] number can start with 0 and if repetitions
74. Four cards are randomly selected from a are not allowed?
pack of 52 cards. If the first two cards are AD [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK]
kings, what is the probability that the third 79. The word similar in meaning to ‘dreary’ is
card is a king?
(A) cheerful (B) dreamy
(A) 4 / 52 (C) hard (D) dismal
(B) 2 / 50
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(C) (1/ 52)  (1/ 52) 80. The given question is followed by two
(D) (1/ 52)  (1/ 51)  (1/ 50) statements; select the most appropriate
option that solves the question Capacity of a
AB [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK] solution tank A is 70% of the capacity of
75. Choose the most appropriate word from the tank B. How many gallons of solution are in
options given below to complete the tank A and tank B?
following sentence
Statements:
The official answered _______ that the (I) Tank A is 80% full and tank B is 40%
complaints of the citizen would be looked full
into
(II) Tank A if full contains 14,000 gallons
(A) respectably (B) respectfully of solution.
(C) reputably (D) respectively (A) Statement I alone is sufficient
(B) Statement II alone is sufficient
AD [GATE-CE2-2015-IITK]
76. Read the following table giving sales data of (C) Either statement I or II alone is
five types of batteries for years 2006 to sufficient.
2012: (D) Both the statements I and II together are
Type Type Type Type Type
sufficient.
Year
I II III IV V ******
2006 75 144 114 102 108
2007 90 126 102 84 126
2008 96 114 75 105 135
2009 105 90 150 90 75
2010 90 75 135 75 90
2011 105 60 165 45 120
2012 115 85 160 100 145
Out of the following which type of battery
achieved highest growth between the years
2006 and 2012?
(A) Type V (B) Type III
(C) Type II (D) Type I
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77. There are 16 teachers who can teach
Thermodynamics (TD), 11 who can teach
Electrical Sciences (ES), and 5 who can
teach both TD and Engineering Mechanics
(EM). There are a total of 40 teachers. 6

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Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C B A C A C A B 3 D
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A B B C C B B B D 80
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
B B C B A B C * A B
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
C A A A B C 32 A C A
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
C C D C C 8 A B B B
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
B B B C B C C D * C
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
B B B C C * A B B B
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
A B C B B D A * D D
9. 3
28. 2.06
37. 32
59. 280
66. 2006
78. 4536
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AD [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP]
Find the odd from the following group :
AC [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP] W,E,K,O I,Q,W,A F,N,T,X
1. Choose the most appropriare phrase from N,V,B,D
the optinons given below to complete the (A) W,E,K,O
following sentence
(B) I,Q,W,A
The aircraft ----------- take off as soon as
(C) F, N, T, X
its flight plan was filed.
(D) N, V, B, D
(A) is allowed to
(B) will be allowed to AB [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP]
7. For submitting tax returns, all resident males
(C) was allowed to with annual income below Rs 10 lakh
(D) has been allowed to should fill up Form P and all resident
females with inccme below Rs 8 lakh should
AD [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP] fill up Form Q. All people with incomes
2. Read the statements: above Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form R,
All women are entrepreneurs. except non residents with income above Rs
Some women are doctors. 15 lakhs, who should fill up Form S. All
Which of the following conclusions can othrs should fill Form T. An example of a
be logically inferred from the above penson who should fill Form T is.
statements? (A) A resident male with annual income
(A) All women are doctors Rs 9 lakh
(B) All doctors are entrepreneurs
(B) A resident female with annual income
(C) All entrepreneurs are women Rs 9 lakh
(D) Some entrepreneurs are doctors
(C) A non-resident male with annual
AB [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP] income Rs 16 lakh
3. Choose the most appropriate word the (D) A non-resident female with annual
options given below to complete the income Rs 16 lakh
following sentence.
Many ancient cultures attributed to A560 [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP]
supernatural causes. However, modem 8. A train that is 280 metres long, travelling at
science has largely helped_________such a uniform speed crosses a placform in 60
notions. seconds and passes a man standing on the
platform 20 seconds. What is the length of
(A) Impel (B) Dispel the platform metres?
(C) Propel (D) Repel
AA [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP] 9. The exports and imports (in crones of Rs.)
4. The statistics of runs socred in a series by of a country from 2000 to 2007 are given in
four batsmen are provided in the following the following bar chart. If the trade deficit is
table. Who is the most consistent batsman of defined as excess of imports over exports in
these four? which year is the trade deficit 1/5th of the
exports?
Standard
Batsman Average
deviation
K 31.2 5.21
L 46.0 6.35
M 54.4 6.22
N 17.9 5.90
(A) K (B) L
(C) M (D) N
A725 [GATE-EC1/ME1-2014-IITKGP]
5. What is the next number in the series? (A) 2005 (B) 2004
12 35 81 173 357 (C) 2007 (D) 2006
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10. You are given three coins: one has heads on 16. Find the odd one in the following group
both faces the second has tails on both faces, Q,W,Z,B B,H,K,M W,C,G,J, M,S,V,X
and the third has a head on one face and a
tail on the other. You choose a coin at (A) Q, W, Z, B (B) B, H, K, M
randomand toss it, and it comes up heads. (C) W, C, G, J (D) M, S, V, X
The probability that the orther face is tails is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 17. Lights of four colors (red, blue, green,
(C) 1/2 (D) 2/3 yellow) are hung on a ladder. On every step
AB [GATE-EC2/ME2-2014-IITKGP] of the ladder there are two lights. If one of
11. Choose the most appropriate word from the the lights is red the other light on that step
options given below to complete the will always be blue. If one of the lights on a
following sentence. Communication step is green, the other light on that step will
interpersonal skills are -------- important in always be yellow. Which of the following
their own ways. statements is not necessarily correct?
(A) Each (B) Both (A) The number of red light is equal to the
(C) All (D) Either number of blue light
AB [GATE-EC2/ME2-2014-IITKGP] (B) The number of green lights is equal to

12. Which of the options given below best the number of yellow lights
completes the following sentence? (C) The sum of the red and green lights is
She will feel much better if she -----------. equal to the sum of the yellow blue
(A) Will get some rest lights
(B) Gets some rest (D) The sum of the red and blue lights is
(C) Will be getting some rest equal to the sum of the green and
yellow lights
(D) is getting some rest
AC [GATE-EC2/ME2-2014-IITKGP]
18. The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers
13. Choose the most approptiate pair of words
is 656. The average of four consecutive
from the options given below to complete
even numbers is 87. What is the sum of the
the following sentence.
smallest odd number and second largest
She could not ------ the thought of -------- even number?
the election to her bitter rival.
(A) Bear, loosing
19. The total exports and revenues from the
(B) Bare, loosing exports of a country are given in the two
(C) Bear, losing charts shown below. The pie chart for
exports shows the quantity of each item
(D) Bare, losing
exported as a percentage of the total
AB [GATE-EC2/ME2-2014-IITKGP] quantity of exports. The pie chart for the
14. A regular die has six sides with number 1 to revenues shows the percentage of the total
6 marked on its sides. If a very large number revenue generated through export of each
of throws show the following frequencies of item. The total quantity of exports of all the
occurrence: items is 500 thousand tonnes and the total
revenues are 250 crore rupees. Which item
1  0.167; 2  0.167;3  0.152;
among the following has generated the
4  0.166;5  0.168; 6  0.180 . We maximum revenue per kg?
call this die
(A) Irregular
(B) Biased
(C) Gaussian
(D) Insufficient
15. Fill in the missing number in the series.
2 3 6 15 - 157 630
(A) Item 2 (B) Items 3 AB [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP]

(C) Item 6 (D) Items 5 26. Find the next term in the sequence. 7G,
11K, 13M, -----.
AA [GATE-EC2/ME2-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 15Q (B) 17G
20. It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank
by draining it at a constant rate. It is decided (C) 15P (D) 17P
to simultanecusly pump water into the half-
full tank while draining it. What is the rate AD [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP]
at which water has to be pumped in so that it 27. The multi-level hierarchical pie chart
gets fully filled in 10 minutes? shows the population of animals in a
reserve forest. The correct conclusions
(A) 4 times the draining rate from this information are.
(B) 3 times the draining rate (i) Butterflies are birds
(C) 2.5 times the draining rate (ii) There are more tigers in this forest
(D) 2 times the draining rate than red ants
(iii) All reptiles in this forest are either
AC [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP] snakes or crocodiles.
21. "India is a country of rich heritage and
cultural diversity.” (iv) Elephants are the largest mammals in
this forest.
Which one of the following facts best
supports the claim made in the above
sertence?
(A) India is a union of 28 states and 7
union territories.
(B) India has a population of over 1.1
billion.
(C) India is home to 22 official languages
and thousands of dialects.
(D) The Indian cridket team draws players
from over ten states.
AB [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP]
22. The value of one U.S. dollar is 65 Indian
Rupees today, compared to 60 last year. The (A) (i) and (ii) only
Indian Rupee has_____.
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(A) depressed (B) depreciated
(C) (i), (iii), and (iv) only
(C) appreciated (D) stabilized (D) (i), (ii), and (iii) only
AB [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP] A4 [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP]
23. 'Advice’ is ---------------. 28. A man can now at 8 km per hour in still
(A) A verb water. If it takes him thrice as long to row
upstream, as to row downstream, then find
(B) A non the stream velocity in km per hour.
(C) An adjective
(D) Both a verb and a noun 29. A firm producing air purifiers sold 200 units
in 2012. The following pie chart presents
A16to16 [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP] the share of raw material, labour, energy,
24. The next term in the series 81, 54, 36, 24 plant & machinery, and transportation costs
...is ______ in the total manufacturing cost of the firm in
AD [GATE-EC3/ME3-2014-IITKGP] 2012. The expenditure on labour in 2012 in
25. In which of the following options will the Rs. 4,50,000. In 2013, the raw material
expression P < M be definitely true? expenses increased by 30% and all other
expenses increased by 20%. If the company
(A) M < R> P > S (B) M > S < P < F registered a profit of Rs. 10 lakhs in 2012, at
(C) Q < M < F = P (D) P = A < R < M what price (in Rs.) was each air purifier
sold?

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35. In a sequence of 12 consecutive odd
numbers, the sum of the first 5 numbers is
425. What is the sum of the last 5 numbers
in the sequence?
AC [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
36. Find the next term in the sequence: 13M,
17Q, 19 S, ---
(A) 21 W (B) 21 V
(C) 23 W (D) 23 V
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30. A batch of one hundred bulbs is inspected AB [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
by testing four randomly chosen bulbs. The 37. If KCLFTSB’ stands for ‘best of luck' and
batch is rejected in even one of the bulbs in ‘SHSWDG' stands for 'good wishes’ which
defective. A batch typically has five of the following indicates 'ace the exam’?
defective bulbs. The probability that the (A) MCHTX (B) MXHTC
current batch is accepted is ----------. (C) XMHCT (D) XMHTC
AA [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP] AB [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
31. Which of the following options is the closest 38. Industrial consumption of power doubled
in meaning to the word underlined in the from 2000-2001 to 2010-2011. Find the
sentence below? annual rate of increase in percent assuming
In a democracy, everybody has the it to be uniform over the years.
freedom to disagree with the govemment. (A) 5.6 (B) 7.2
(A) dissent (B) descent (C) 10.0 (D) 12.2
(C) decent (D) decadent A22 [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
39. A firm producing air purifiers sold 200 units
AB [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
in 2012. The following pie chart presents
32. Afret the discussion, Tomsaid to me, please
the share of raw material, labour energy,
revert”. He expects me to ---------------.
plant & machinery, and transportation costs
(A) Retract in the total manufacturing cost of the firm in
(B) Get back to him 2012. The expenditure on labour in 2012 is
Rs. 4,50,000. In 2013, the raw material
(C) Move in reverse expenses increased by 30% and all other
(D) Retreat expenses increased by 20%. What is the
percentage increase in total cost for the
AB [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP] company in 2013?
33. While receiving the award, the scientist
said, “I feel vindicated’. Which of the
following is closest in meaning to the word
'vindicated'?
(A) Punished
(B) Substantiated
(C) Appreciated
(D) Chastened
AA [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
34. Let f  x, y   x n y m  P . If x is doubled
and y is halved, the new value of f is
n m
(A) 2 p
m n
(B) 2 p AB [GATE-EC4/ME4-2014-IITKGP]
(C) 2  n  m  p 40. A five digit number is formed using the
digits 1,3,5,7 and 9 without repeating any of
(D) 2  m  n  p them what is the sum of all such possible
five digit number?
(A) 6666660 (B) 6666600 (A) The Palghat gap is caused by high
(C) 6666666 (D) 6666606 rainfall and high temperatures in
southem Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
AB [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] (B) The region in Tamil nadu and Kerala
41. Which of the following options is the closest that are near the Palghat Gap are low-
in meaning to the phrase underined in the lying
sentence below? (C) The low terrain of the Palghat Gap has
It is fascinating to see life forms cope with a significant impact on weather
varied enviror mantal conditions. patterns in neighbouring parts of
(A) Adopt to Tamil nadu and kerala
(D) Higher summer temperatures result in
(B) Adapt to
higher rainfall near the Palghat Gap
(C) Adepe in area
(D) Accept with
AB [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP]
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] 47. Geneticists say that they are very close to
42. Choose the most appropriate wond from confirming the genetic roots of psychiatric
the options given below to complete the illnesses such as depression and
following sentence. He could not schizophrenia, and consequently, that
understand the judges awarding her the doctors will be able to eradicate these
first prize, because he thought that her diseases through early identification and
performance was quite _______. gene therapy.
(A) Superb (B) Medium On which of the following assumptions
(C) Mediocre (D) Exhilarating does the statement above rely?
(A) Strategies are now available for
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] eliminating psychiatr illnesses
43. In a press meet on the recent scam, the (B) Certain psychiatric illnesses have a
minister said, “The buck stops here”. What genetic basis
did the minister corrvey by the statement?
(C) All human diseases can be traced back
(A) He wants all the money to genes and how they are expressed
(B) He will return the money (D) In the future, genetics will become the
(C) He will assume final responsibility only relevant field for identifying
(D) He will resist all enquiries psychiatric illnesses
A96 [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] A 850 [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP]

44. If (z + 1 / z) 2 = 98, compute (z2 + 1 / z2), 48. Round trip tickets to a tourist desination are
eligible for a discount of 10% on the total
AD [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] fare. In addition, groups of 4 or more get a
discount of 5% on the total fare. If the one
The roots of ax  bx  c  0 are real and
2
45. way single person fare is Rs 100, a group of
positive a, b and c are real. Then 5 tourists purchasing round-trip tickets will
ax 2  b x  c  0 has be charged Rs ________.
(A) No roots (B) 2 real roots A48 [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP]
49. In a survey, 300 respondents were asked
(C) 3 real roots (D) 4 real roots whether they own a vehicle or not. If yes,
AC [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] they were further asked to mention whether
46. The Palghat Gap (or Palakkad Gap), a they own a car or scooter or both. Their
region about 30 km wide in the southern responses are tabulated below. What percent
part of the Western Ghats in India, is lower of respondents do not own a scooter?
than the hilly terrain to its north and south.
The exact react reasons for the formation of Men Women
this gap are not clear. It results in the Own Car 40 34
neighbouring regions of Tamil Nadu getting vehicle Scooter 30 20
more rainfall from the south west monsoon
and the neighbouring regions of Kerala Both 60 46
having higher summer temperatures. Do not 20 50
Own vehicle
What can be inferred from this passage?

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A6 [GATE-EE1/CS1-2014-IITKGP] events of the war, Kaliningrad is now a

50. When a point inside of a tetrahedron (a solid Russian territory and has a predominantly
with four traingular surfaces) is connected Russian population. It is bordered by the
by straight lines to its comers, how marry Baltic Sea on the north and the countries of
(new) internal planes are created with these Poland to the south and west and Lithuania
lines? ----------. to the east respectively. Which of the
statements below can be inferred from this
AA [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] passage?
51. Choose the most appropriate phrase from
(A) Kaliningrad was historically Russian
the options given below to complete the
in its ethnic make up
following sentence.
(B) Kaliningrad is a part of Russia
India is a post-colonial country because despite it not being contiguous with
(A) it was a former British colony the rest of Russia
(B) Indian Information Technology (C) Koenigsberg was renamed
professionals have colonized the Kaliningrad, as that was its original
world Russian name
(C) India does not follow any colonial (D) Poland and Lithuania are on the route
practices from Kaliningrad to the rest of Russia
(D) India has helped other countries gain
AD [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP]
freedom
57. The number of people diagnosed with
AB [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] dengue fever (contracted from the bite of a
52. Who ___________ was coming to see us mosquito) in north India is twice the number
this evening? diagnosed last year. Municipal authorities
(A) you said have concluded that measures to control the
(B) did you say mosquito population have failed in this
region.
(C) did you say that
Which one of the following statements, if
(D) had you said true, does not contradict this conclusion?
AA [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] (A) A high proportion of the affected
53. Match the columns. population has returned from
neighbouring countries where dengue
Column 1 Column 2
is prevalent
1) eradicate P) misrepresent (B) More cases of dengue are now
2) distort Q) soak completely reported because of an increase in the
3) saturate R) use Municipal Office’s administrative
4) utilize S) destroy utterly efficiency
(C) Many more cases of dengue are being
(A) 1:S, 2:P, 3:Q, 4:R
diagnosed this year since the
(B) 1:P, 2:Q, 3:R, 4:S introduction of a new and effective
(C) 1:Q, 2:R, 3:S, 4:P diagnostic test
(D) 1:S, 2:P, 3:R, 4:Q (D) The number of people with malarial
fever (also contracted from mosquito
AB [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] bites) has increased this year
54. What is the average of all multiples of 10
from 2 to 198? AD [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 90 (B) 100 58. If x is real and | x 2  2 x  3 | 11 , then
(C) 110 (D) 120 possible values of |  x 3  x 2  x | include
AC [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] (A) 2, 4 (B) 2, 14

(C) 4, 52 (D) 14, 52
55. The value of 12  12  12  ... is :
A140 [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 3.464 (B) 3.932 59. The ratio of male to female students in a
(C) 4.000 (D) 4.444 college for five years is plotted in the
following line graph. If the number of
AB [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP] female students doubled in 2009, by what
56. The old city of Koenigsberg, which had a percent did the number of male students
German majority population before World increase in 2009?
War 2, is now called Kaliningrad. After the
examination. The marks for each question

are also listed. There is no negative or
partial marking in the examination.
Answ Answer
Not
Q ered ed
Marks Attemp
No. Corre Wrongl
ted
ctly y
1 2 21 17 6
2 3 15 27 2
3 2 23 18 3
What is the average of the marks obtained
AA [GATE-EE2/CS2-2014-IITKGP]
by the class in the examination ?
60. At what time between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. will
the minute hand and hour hand of a clock (A) 1.34 (B) 1.74
make an angle closest to 60°? (C) 3.02 (D) 3.91
(A) 6: 22 a.m. (B) 6: 27 a.m.
AB [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP]
(C) 6: 38 a.m. (D) 6: 45 a.m. 66. A dance programme is scheduled for 10.00
a.m. Some students are participating in the
programme and they need to come an hour
61. I : While trying to collect an envelope II :
earlier than the start of the event. These
from under the table, III. Mr. X fell down
students should be accompanied by a parent.
and IV : was losing consciousness.
Other students and parents should come in
Which one of the above underlined parts time for the programme. The instruction you
of the sentence is NOT appropriate? think that is appropriate for this is
(A) I (B) II (A) Students should come at 9.00 a.m.
(C) III (D) IV and parents should come at 10.00
a.m.
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP] (B) Participating students should come at
62. If she _______________ how to calibrate 9.00 a.m. accompanied by a parent,
the instrument, she _______________ done
and other parents and students should
the experiment. come by 10.00 a.m.
(A) knows, will have (C) Students who are not participating
(B) knew, had should come by 10.00 a.m. and they
should not bring their parents.
(C) had known, could have Participating students should come at
(D) should have known, would have 9.00 a.m.
(D) Participating students should come
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP] before 9.00 a.m. Parents who
63. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning accompany them should come at 9.00
to the word “coherent”. a.m. All others should come at 10.00
(A) sticky a.m.
(B) well-connected AD [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP]
(C) rambling 67. By the beginning of the 20th century,
several hypotheses were being proposed,
(D) friendly suggesting a paradigm shift in our
understanding of the universe. However, the
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP]
clinching evidence was provided by
64. Which number does not belong in the series
experimental measurements of the position
below?
of a star which was directly behind our sun.
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64 Which of the following inference(s) may
(A) 17 (B) 37 be drawn from the above passage ?
(C) 64 (D) 26 (i) Our understanding of the universe
changes based on the positions of
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP] stars
65. The table below has question-wise data on (ii) Paradigm shifts usually occur at the
the performance of students in an beginning of centuries

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(iii) Stars are important objects in the AA [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]

universe 72. Choose the most appropriate word from the
(iv) Experimental evidence was important options given below to complete the
in confirming this paradigm shift following sentence.
(A) (i), (ii) and (iv) (B) (iii) only ____________ is the key to their happiness;
(C) (i) and (iv) (D) (iv) only they are satisfied with what they have.
(A) Contentment (B) Ambition
(C) Perseverance (D) Hunger
68. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
Rupees grew at 7% during 2012-2013. For AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
international comparison, the GDP is 73. Which of the following options is the closest
compared in US Dollars (USD) after in meaning to the sentence below?
conversion based on the market exchange “As a woman, I have no country.”
rate. During the period 2012-2013 the
(A) Women have no country.
exchange rate for the USD increased from
Rs. 50/ USD to Rs. 60/ USD. India’s GDP (B) Women are not citizens of any
in USD during the period 2012-2013 country.
(A) increased by 5 % (C) Women’s solidarity knows no
(B) decreased by 13% national boundaries.
(C) decreased by 20% (D) Women of all countries have equal
(D) decreased by 11% legal rights.
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP] A25 [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
69. The ratio of male to female students in a 74. In any given year, the probability of an
college for five years is plotted in the earthquake greater than Magnitude 6
following line graph. If the number of occurring in the Garhwal Himalayas is
female students in 2011 and 2012 is equal, 0.04. The average time between successive
what is the ratio of male students in 2012 to occurrences of such earthquakes is ____
male students in 2011? years.
AA [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
75. The population of a new city is 5 million
and is growing at 20% annually. How
many years would it take to double at this
growth rate?
(A) 3-4 years (B) 4-5 years
(C) 5-6 years (D) 6-7 years
AA [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
(A) 1:1 (B) 2:1 76. In a group of four children, Som is younger
(C) 1.5:1 (D) 2.5:1 to Riaz. Shiv is elder to Ansu. Ansu is
youngest in the group. Which of the
AC [GATE-EE3/CS3-2014-IITKGP] following statements is/are required to find
70. Consider the equation: (7526)8 − (Y)8 = the eldest child in the group? Statements
(4364)8, where (X)N stands for X to the base 1. Shiv is younger to Riaz.
N. Find Y. 2. Shiv is elder to Som.
(A) 1634 (B) 1737 (A) Statement 1by itself determines the
(C) 3142 (D) 3162 eldest child.
AD [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP] (B) Statement 2 by itself determines the
71. Choose the most appropriate word from the eldest child.
options given below to complete the (C) Statements 1 and 2 are both required to
following sentence. determine the eldest child.
A person suffering from Alzheimer’s (D) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient
disease _____ short-term memory loss. to determine the eldest child.
(A) experienced
AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
(B) has experienced
77. Moving into a world of big data will require
(C) is experiencing us to change our thinking about the merits
(D) experiences of exactitude. To apply the conventional
mindset of measurement to the digital, (A) 1:2 (B) 2:1

connected world of the twenty-first century (C) 1:4 (D) 4:1
is to miss a crucial point. As mentioned
earlier, the obsession with exactness is an AC [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
artefact of the information-deprived analog 79. X is 1 km northeast of Y. Y is 1 km
era. When data was sparse, every data point southeast of Z. W is 1 km west of Z. P is 1
was critical, and thus great care was taken to km south of W. Q is 1 km east of P. What is
avoid letting any point bias the analysis. the distance between X and Q in km?
From “BIG DATA” Viktor Mayer- (A) 1 (B) √2
Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier
(C) √3 (D) 2
The main point of the paragraph is:
(A) The twenty-first century is a digital A0.48 to 0.49 [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
world 80. 10% of the population in a town is HIV+. A
new diagnostic kit for HIV detection is
(B) Big data is obsessed with exactness
available; this kit correctly identifies HIV+
(C) Exactitude is not critical in dealing with individuals 95% of the time, and HIV−
big data individuals 89% of the time. A particular
(D) Sparse data leads to a bias in the patient is tested using this kit and is found to
analysis be positive. The probability that the
individual is actually positive is _______
AD [GATE-IN/CE2-2014-IITKGP]
78. The total exports and revenues from the AA [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP]
exports of a country are given in the two pie 81. A student is required to demonstrate a high
charts below. The pie chart for exports level of comprehension of the subject,
shows the quantity of each item as a especially in the social sciences.
percentage of the total quantity of exports. The word closest in meaning to
The pie chart for the revenues shows the comprehension is
percentage of the total revenue generated (A) understanding (B) meaning
through export of each item. The total
quantity of exports of all the items is 5 lakh (C) concentration (D) stability
tonnes and the total revenues are 250 crore
AB [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP]
rupees. What is the ratio of the revenue
82. Choose the most appropriate word from the
generated through export of Item 1 per
kilogram to the revenue generated through
following sentence.
export of Item 4 per kilogram?
One of his biggest ______ was his ability
to forgive.
(A) vice (B) virtues
(C) choices (D) strength
AD [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP]
83. Rajan was not happy that Sajan decided to
do the project on his own. On observing his
unhappiness, Sajan explained to Rajan that
he preferred to work independently.
Which one of the statements below is
above sentences?
(A) Rajan has decided to work only in a
group.
(B) Rajan and Sajan were formed into a
group against their wishes.
(C) Sajan had decided to give in to
Rajan’s request to work with him.
(D) Rajan had believed that Sajan and he
would be working together.

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AC [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP] country Y. Taking both countries together,

84. If y  5 x 2  3 , then the tangent at x = 0, y = what is the percentage of people taller than
3 6 ft?
(A) passes through x = 0, y = 0 (A) 3.0 (B) 2.5
(B) has a slope of +1 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.25
(C) is parallel to the x-axis AB [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP]
(D) has a slope of –1 90. The monthly rainfall chart based on 50 years
of rainfall in Agra is shown in the following
A1300 [GATE-CE1/CH-2014-IITKGP] figure. Which of the following are true? (k
85. A foundry has a fixed daily cost of Rs percentile is the value such that k percent of
50,000 whenever it operates and a variable the data fall below that value)
cost of Rs 800Q, where Q is the daily
production in tonnes. What is the cost of
production in Rs per tonne for a daily
production of 100 tonnes?
86. Find the odd one in the following group:
ALRVX, EPVZB, ITZDF, OYEIK
(A) ALRVX (B) EPVZB
(C) ITZDF (D) OYEIK
87. Anuj, Bhola, Chandan, Dilip, Eswar and
Faisal live on different floors in a six-
storeyed building (the ground floor is (i) On average, it rains more in July than
numbered 1, the floor above it 2, and so on). in December
Anuj lives on an even-numbered floor. (ii) Every year, the amount of rainfall in
Bhola does not live on an odd numbered August is more than that in January
floor. Chandan does not live on any of the (iii) July rainfall can be estimated with
floors below Faisal’s floor. Dilip does not better confidence than February
live on floor number 2. Eswar does not live rainfall
on a floor immediately above or
immediately below Bhola. Faisal lives three (iv) In August, there is at least 500 mm of
floors above Dilip. Which of the following rainfall
floor-person combinations is correct? (A) (i) and (ii)
Anuj Bhola Chandan Dilip Eswar Faisal (B) (i) and (iii)
(A) 6 2 5 1 3 4 (C) (ii) and (iii)
(B) 2 6 5 1 3 4 (D) (iii) and (iv)
(C) 4 2 6 3 1 5
(D) 2 4 6 1 3 5 ***********
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88. The smallest angle of a triangle is equal to
two thirds of the smallest angle of a
quadrilateral. The ratio between the angles
of the quadrilateral is 3:4:5:6. The largest
angle of the triangle is twice its smallest
angle. What is the sum, in degrees, of the
second largest angle of the triangle and the
largest angle of the quadrilateral?
89. One percent of the people of country X are
taller than 6 ft. Two percent of the people of
country Y are taller than 6 ft. There are
thrice as many people in country X as in
Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C D B A * D B * D B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
B B C B * C D 16 D A
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
C B B 16 D B D 4 * *
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
A B B A * C B B 22 B
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
B C C 96 D C B * 48 6
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
A B A B C B D D * A
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
D C C C C B D D C C
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
D A C 25 A A C D C *
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
A B D C * D D * D B
5. 725
8. 56
15. 45
29. 20000
30. 0.80 to 0.82
35. 495
48. 850
59. 140
80. 0.48 to 0.49
85. 1300
88. 180

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GATE 2013 PAPERS (A) 30 (B) 36

(C) 40 (D) 24
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
1. Choose the grammatically CORRECT AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
sentence: 7. Find the sum to n terms of the series
10  84  734  .....
(A) Two and two add four
(B) Two and two become four 9(9n  1) 9(9n  1)
(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) Two and two are four 10 8
(D) Two and two make four 9(9n  1) 9(9 n  1)
(C) n (D)  n2
8 8
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
2. Statement: You can always give me a ring AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
whenever you need. 8. Statement: There were different streams of
Which one of the following is the best freedom movements in colonial India
inference from the above statement? carried out by the moderates, liberals,
(A) Because I have a nice caller tune. radicals, socialists, and so on.
(B) Because I have a better telephone Which one of the following is the best
facility inference from the above statement?
(A) The emergence of nationalism in
(C) Because a friend in need is a friend
colonial India led to our
indeed
Independence.
(D) Because you need not pay towards the
(B) Nationalism in India emerged in the
telephone bills when you give me a
context of colonialism.
ring.
(C) Nationalism in India is homogeneous
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB] (D) Nationalism in India is heterogeneous.
3. In the summer of 2012, in New Delhi, the
mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday AB [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
9. The set of values of p for which the roots of
was 410 C and of Tuesday to Thursday was
the equation 3x 2  2 x  p( p  1)  0 are of
130 C. If the temperature on Thursday was
15% higher than that of Monday, then the opposite sign is
temperature in 0 C on Thursday was (A) (,0) (B) (0, 1)
(A) 40 (B) 43 (C) (1,  ) (D) (0,  )

(C) 46 (D) 49 AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB]
10. What is the chance that a leap year, selected
AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB] at random, will contain 53 Saturdays?
4. Complete the sentence:
(A) 2/7 (B) 3/7
Dare _______________ mistakes.
(C) 1/7 (D) 5/7
(A) Commit
(B) To commit AA [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB]
11. Complete the sentence:
(C) Committed
Universalism is to particularism as
(D) Committing diffuseness is to ________
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB] (A) specificity (B) neutrality
5. They were requested not to quarrel with (C) generality (D) adaptation
others.
AA [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB]
Which one of the following options is the 12. Were you a bird, you ___________ in the
closest in meaning to the work quarrel? sky.
(A) make out (B) call out (A) would fly
(C) dig out (D) fall out (B) shall fly
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2013-IITB] (C) should fly
6. A car travels 8 km in the first quarter of an (D) shall have flown
hour, 6 km in the second quarter and 16 km
in the third quarter. The average speed of AB [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB]
the car in km per hour over the entire 13. Which one of the following options is the
journey is closest in meaning to the word given below?
Nadir across a spider attempting tirelessly to have

(A) Highest (B) Lowest its net. Time and again, the spider failed but
that did not deter it to refrain from making
(C) Medium (D) Integration
attempts. Such attempts by the spider made
AC [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB] Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started
14. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT observing the nearimpossible goal of the
sentence: spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider
(A) He is of Asian origin succeeded in having its net despite several
failures. Such act of the spider encouraged
(B) They belonged to Africa Bruce not to commit suicide. And then,
(C) She is an European Bruce went back again and won many a
battle, and the rest is history.
(D) They migrated from India to Australia
Which one of the following assertions is
AC [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB] best supported by the above information?
15. What will be the maximum sum of 44, 42,
(A) Failure is the pillar of success
40, ... ?
(A) 502 (B) 504 (B) Honesty is the best policy
(C) 506 (D) 500 (C) Life begins and ends with adventures
(D) No adversity justifies giving up hope
AD [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB]
16. Out of all the 2-digit integers between 1 and AB [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
100, a 2-digit number has to be selected at 21. Friendship, No matter how ____________ it
random. What is the probability that the is, has its limitation
selected number is not divisible by 7?
(A) cordial (B) intimate
(A) 13/90 (B) 12/90
(C) secret (D) pleasant
(C) 78/90 (D) 77/90
AD [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
AC [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB] 22. A number much greater than 75 and smaller
17. A tourist covers half of his journey by train than 117 is
at 60 km/h, half of the remainder by bus at
(A) 91 (B) 93
30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h.
The average of the tourist in km/h during his (C) 89 (D) 96
entire journey is
AC [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
(A) 36 (B) 30 23. The pair that best express a relationship
(C) 24 (D) 18 similar to that expression in the pair:
Medicine: Health
AB [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB]
18. Find the sum of the expression (A) Science: Experiment
(B) Wealth : Peace
1 1 1 1
   ...  (C) Education: Knowledge
1 2 2 3 3 4 80  81
(D) Money: Happiness
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 10 AC [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
24. Which of the following options is closest in
AB [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB] meaning to the word given below?
19. The current erection cost of a structure is “Primeval”
Rs. 13,200. If the labour wages per day
increase by 1/5 of the current wages and the (A) Modern (B) Historic
working hours decrease by 1/24 of the (C) Primitive (D) Antique
current period, then the new cost of erection
in Rs. is A4.667 [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
25. A reduction of 5% in price of sugar enables
(A) 16,500 (B) 15,180 a housewife to buy 3 kg more for Rs.280.
(C) 11,000 (D) 10,120 Find the reduced price
AD [GATE-CS/ME-2013-IITB] AA [GATE-CE-2013-IITB]
20. After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce 26. x and y are two positive real numbers, such
went in exile and wanted to commit suicide. that equation
Just before committing suicide, he came
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2x + y ≤ 6; x + 2y ≤ 8 3 X 8
(A)  
For which values of (x, y), the function f 5 Y 5
(x, y) = 3x + 6y will give maximum value 3 X 8
(A) 4 / 3, 10 / 3 (B)  
11 Y 8
(B) 8 / 3, 20 / 3 3 X 8
(C) 8 / 3, 10 / 3 (C)  
11 Y 5
(D) 4 / 3, 20 / 3 3 X 8
(D)  
AA [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] 5 Y 11
27. A firm is selling it product at Rs. 60/unit.
The total cost of production is Rs. 100 and AC [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
firm is earning total profit of Rs. 500. Later, 32. The Headmaster ______to speak to you.
the total cost increased by 30%. By what Which of the following options is incorrect
percentage the price should be increased to to complete the above sentence?
maintain the same profit level (A) is wanting
(A) 5 (B) 15 (B) wants
(C) 10 (D) 30 (C) want
AD [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] (D) was wanting
28. Abhishek is elder to Savan, Savan is AC [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
younger to Anshul. The correct relations is 33. Mahatama Gandhi was known for his
(A) Abhishek is elder to Anshul humility as
(B) Anshul is elder to Abhishek (A) he played an important role in
(C) Abhishek and Anshul are of same age humiliating exit of British from India.
(B) he worked for humanitarian causes.
(D) No conclusion can be drawn
(C) he displayed modesty in his
AD [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] interactions.
29. 2010 2011 (D) he was a fine human being.
Raw material 5200 6240
AD [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
Power & fuel 7000 9450
34. I: All engineering students
Salary & wages 9000 12600
II: should learn mechanics,
Plants & machinery 20000 25000
Advertising 15000 19500 III : mathematics
Research & development 22000 26400 IV : and how to do computation.
Which one of the following increased by Which of the above underlined parts of the
same percentage in year 2010-2011? sentence is not appropriate?
(A) Raw material and salary and wages (A) I (B) II
(B) Salary and wages and advertising (C) III (D) IV
(C) Power and fuel and advertising
AB [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
(D) Raw material and research and 35. Select the pair that best expresses a
development relationship similar to that expressed in the
AB [GATE-CE-2013-IITB] pair:
30. I. : The professor water: pipe::
II: ordered to (A) cart: road
III: the student to go (B) electricity: wire
IV: out of the class (C) sea: beach
The incorrect one is (D) music: instrument
(A) (I) (B) (II) AC [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
(C) (III) (D) (IV 36. Velocity of an object fired directly in
upward direction is given by V = 80 – 32 t,
AB [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB] where t (time) is in seconds. When will the
31. If 3 ≤ X ≤ 5 and 8 ≤ Y ≤ 11 then which of velocity be between 32 m/sec and 64 m/sec?
the following options is TRUE?
(A) (1, 3/2) (B) (1/2, 1)

(C) (1/2, 3/2) (D) (1, 3) **********
AC [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
37. In a factory, two machines M1 and M2
manufacture 60% and 40% of the
autocomponents respectively. Out of the
total production, 2% of M1 and 3% of M2
are found to be defective. If a randomly
drawn autocomponent from the combined
lot is found defective, what is the
probability that it was manufactured by M2?
(A) 0.35 (B) 0.45
(C) 0.5 (D) 0.4
38. Following table gives data on tourists from
different countries visiting India in the year
2011.
Country Number of Tourists

USA 2000
England 3500
Germany 1200
Italy 1100
Japan 2400
Australia 2300
France 1000
Which two countries contributed to the one

third of the total number of tourists who
visited India in 2011?
(A) USA and Japan
(B) USA and Australia
(C) England and France
(D) Japan and Australia
AB [GATE-CH/BT-2013-IITB]
39. If |−2x + 9|= 3 then the possible value of |–
X|–X2 would be:
(A) 30 (B) – 30
(C) – 42 (D) 42
40. All professors are researchers
Some scientists are professors
Which of the given conclusions is logically
valid and is inferred from the above
arguments:
(A) All scientists are researchers
(B) All professors are scientists
(C) Some researchers are scientists
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Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D C C A D C D D B A
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A A B C C D C B B D
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
B D C C * A A D D B
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
B C C D B C C C B C
25. 4.667
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GATE 2012 PAPERS Discipline on the battlefield kept units

obedient, intact and fighting, even when the
cAD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] odds and conditions were against them.
Which one of the following statements best
1. If (1.001)1259  3.52 and (1.001)2062  7.85,
sums up the meaning of the above passage?
then (1.001)3321 = (A) Thorough regimentation was the main
(A) 2.23 (B) 4.33 reason for the efficiency of the Roman
legions even in adverse circumstances.
(C) 11.37 (D) 27.64
(B) The legions were treated inhumanly as if
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] the men were animals.
2. Choose the most appropriate alternative (C) Discipline was the armies’ inheritance
from the options given below to complete from heir seniors.
the following sentence: (D) The harsh discipline to which the
If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he legions were subjected to led to the odds
______ the mattress out on the balcony. and conditions being against them.
(A) Should take AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD]
(B) Shall take 7. Raju has 14 currency notes in his pocket
(C) Should have taken consisting of only Rs. 20 notes and Rs. 10
(D) Will have taken notes. The total money value of the notes is
Rs. 230. The number of Rs. 10 notes that
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] Raju has is
options given below to complete the (A) 5 (B) 6
following sentence: (C) 9 (D) 10
Given the seriousness of the situation that AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD]
he had to face, his ____ was impressive. 8. There are eight bags of rice looking alike,
(A) beggary seven of which have equal weight and one is
(B) nomenclature slightly heavier. The weighing balance is of
unlimited capacity. Using this balance, the
(C) jealousy minimum number of weighings required to
(D) nonchalance identify the heavier bag is
AB [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] (A) 2 (B) 3
4. Which one of the following options is the (C) 4 (D) 8
closest in meaning to the word given below?
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD]
Latitude 9. The data given in the following table
(A) Eligibility summarizes the monthly budget of an
(B) Freedom average household.
(C) Coercion Category Amount (Rs.)
Food 4000
(D) Meticulousness
Clothing 1200
AB [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] Rent 2000
5. One of the parts (A, B, C, D) in the sentence Savings 1500
given below contains an ERROR. Which Other expenses 1800
one of the following is INCORRECT? The approximate percentage of the
I requested that he should be given the monthly budge NOT spent on savings is
driving test today instead of tomorrow. (A) 10% (B) 14%
(A) Requested that (C) 81% (D) 86%
(B) Should be given
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD]
(C) The driving test 10. A and B are friends. They decide to meet
(D) Instead of tomorrow between 1 PM and 2 PM on a given day.
There is a condition that whoever arrives
AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2012-IITD] first will not wait for the other for more than
6. One of the legacies of the Roman legions 15 minutes. The probability that they will
was discipline. In the legions, military law meet on that day is
prevailed and discipline was brutal.
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(A) 1/4 (B) 1/16 pass, must be available for Day, Evening
(C) 7/16 (D) 9/16 and Saturday work. Transportation paid,
expenses reimbursed. Which one of the
AA [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] following is the best inference from the
11. The cost function for a product in a firm is above advertisement?
given by 5q2, where q is the amount of
(A) Gender-discriminatory
production. The firm can sell the product at
a market price of Rs.50 per unit. The (B) Xenophobic
number of units to be produced by the firm (C) Not designed to make the post
such that the profit is maximized is attractive
(A) 5 (B) 10 (D) Not gender-discriminatory
(C) 15 (D) 25 AA [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT-2012]
AA [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] 17. Given the sequence of terms, AD CG FK
12. Choose the most appropriate alternative JP, the next term is
from the options given below to complete (A) OV (B) OW
the following sentence: (C) PV (D) PW
Suresh’s dog is the one ________ was hurt
in the stampede. AC [GATE-CS/ME/CH/CE-2012]
18. Which of the following assertions are
(A) that (B) which
CORRECT?
(C) who (D) whom
P : Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7
AD [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] to the mean of the list
13. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT Q : Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7
sentence: to the standard deviation of the list
(A) They gave us the money back less the R : Doubling each entry in a list doubles
service charges of Three Hundred the mean of the list
rupees. S : Doubling each entry in a list leaves
(B) This country's expenditure is not less the standard deviation of the list
than that of Bangladesh. unchanged
(C) The committee initially asked for a (A) P, Q (B) Q, R
funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later (C) P, R (D) R, S
settled for a lesser sum.
AB [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012]
(D) This country's expenditure on
19. An automobile plant contracted to buy
educational reforms is very less
shock absorbers from two suppliers X and
AA [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] Y. X supplies 60% and Y supplies 40% of
14. Which one of the following options is the the shock absorbers. All shock absorbers are
closest in meaning to the word given below? subjected to a quality test. The ones that
pass the quality test are considered reliable
Mitigate
Of X's shock absorbers, 96% are reliable. Of
(A) Diminish (B) Divulge Y's shock absorbers, 72% are reliable.
(C) Dedicate (D) Denote The probability that a randomly chosen
shock absorber, which is found to be
AB [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] reliable, is made by Y is
15. Choose the most appropriate alternative
from the options given below to complete (A) 0.288 (B) 0.334
the following sentence: (C) 0.667 (D) 0.720
Despite several __________ the mission AB [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012]
succeeded in its attempt to resolve the 20. A political party orders an arch for the
conflict. entrance to the ground in which the annual
(A) attempts (B) setbacks convention is being held. The profile of the
arch follows the equation y = 2x – 0.1x2
(C) meetings (D) delegations where y is the height of the arch in meters.
AC [GATE-CS/ME/CH/BT/CE-2012] The maximum possible height of the arch is
16. Wanted Temporary, Part-time persons for (A) 8 meters (B) 10 meters
the post of Field Interviewer to conduct (C) 12 meters (D) 14 meters
personal interviews to collect and collate
economic data. Requirements: High School- ***********
Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D C D B B A A A D C
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A A D A B C A C B B

GATE-2011 PAPERS
GATE 2011 PAPERS Gladiator : Arena

(A) dancer : stage
AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] (B) commuter: train
1. There are two candidates P and Q in an (C) teacher : classroom
election. During the campaign, 40% of the (D) lawyer : courtroom
voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q.
However, on the day of election 15% of the AA [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM]
voters went back on their promise to vote 6. The fuel consumed by a motorcycle during a
for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of the journey while traveling at various speeds is
voters went back on their promise to vote indicated in the graph below.
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
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM]
following sentence:
It was her view that the country's problems The distances covered during four laps of
had been_________ by foreign the journey are listed in the table below
technocrats, so that to invite them to come Average
back would be counter-productive. speed
Distance
(A) Identified Lap
(kilometers) (kilometers
(B) ascertained per hour)
(C) Texacerbated P 15 15
(D) Analysed Q 75 45
AB [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] R 40 75
3. Choose the word from the options given S 10 10
below that is most nearly opposite in
meaning to the given word: From the given data, we can conclude that
the fuel consumed per kilometre was least
Frequency during the lap
(A) periodicity (A) P (B) Q
(B) rarity (C) R (D) S
(C) gradualness
AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM]
(D) persistency 7. Three friends, R, S and T shared toffee from
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees, but
4. Choose the most appropriate word from the returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4th of
options given below to complete the what was left but returned three toffees to
following sentence: Under ethical guidelines the bowl. T took half of the remainder but
recently adopted by the Indian Medical returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl
Association, human genes are to be had 17 toffees left, how many toffees-were
manipulated only to correct diseases for originally there in the bowl?
which______________ treatments are (A) 38 (B) 31
unsatisfactory. (C) 48 (D) 41
(A) Similar (B) Most
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM]
(C) Uncommon (D) Available 8. Given that f(y) = | y | / y, and q is any non-
AD [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] zero real number, the value of | f(q) - f(-q) |
5. The question below consists of a pair of is
related words followed by four pairs of (A) 0 (B) -1
words. Select the pair that best expresses the (C) 1 (D) 2
relation in the original pair:

AC [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] (A) Hyperbolic

9. The sum of n terms of the series (B) Restrained
4+44+444+.... is (C) Argumentative
(A) (4 / 81) 10n 1  9n  1 (D) Indifferent
AB [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
(B) (4 / 81) 10n 1  9n  1
14. Choose the word from the options given
below that is most nearly opposite in
(C) (4 / 81) 10n  2  9n  10
meaning to the given word:
(D) (4 / 81) 10n  9n  10 Amalgamate
(A) Merge (B) Split
AB [GATE-EC/EE/IN-2011-IITM] (C) Collect (D) Separate
10. The horse has played a little known but very
important role in the field of medicine. AA [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
Horses were injected with toxins of diseases 15. Which of the following options is the closest
until their blood built up immunities. Then a in the meaning to the word below:
serum was made from their blood. Serums Inexplicable
to fight with diphtheria and tetanus were (A) Incomprehensible (B) Indelible
developed this way.
(C) Inextricable (D) Infallible
It can be inferred from the passage that
horses were AD [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
(A) given immunity to diseases 16. P, Q, R and S are four types of dangerous
microbes recently found in a human habitat.
(B) generally quite immune to diseases The area of each circle with its diameter
(C) given medicines to fight toxins printed in brackets represents the growth of
a single microbe surviving human immunity
(D) given diphtheria and tetanus serums
system within 24 hours of entering the body.
AB [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM] The danger to human beings varies
11. If Log (P) = (1/2)Log (Q) = (1/3) Log (R), proportionately with the toxicity, potency
then which of the following options is and growth attributed to a microbe shown in
TRUE? the figure below
(A) P2 = Q3R2
(B) Q2 = PR
(C) Q2 = R3P
(D) R = P2Q2
AC [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
12. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from
the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
I contemplated________Singapore for my
vacation but decided against it.
(A) To visit A pharmaceutical company is
(B) having to visit contemplating the development of a
(C) visiting vaccine against the most dangerous
microbe. Which microbe should the
(D) for a visit company target in its first attempt?
AB [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM] (A) P (B) Q
13. Choose the most appropriate word from the (C) R (D) S
AA [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
following sentence.
17. The variable cost (V) of manufacturing a
If you are trying to make a strong product varies according to the equation
impression on your audience, you cannot V= 4q, where q is the quantity produced.
do so by being understated, tentative The fixed cost (F) of production of same
or_____________. product reduces with q according to the
equation F = 100/q. How many units
GATE-2011 PAPERS
should be produced to minimize the total

cost (V+F)?
(A) 5 (B) 4
(C) 7 (D) 6
18. A transporter receives the same number of
orders each day. Currently, he has some
pending orders (backlog) to be shipped. If
he uses 7 trucks, then at the end of the 4th
day he can clear all the orders.
Alternatively, if he uses only 3 trucks, then
all the orders are cleared at the end of the
10th day. What is the minimum number of
trucks required so that there will be no
pending order at the end of the 5th day?
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 7
AD [GATE-CS/ME-2011-IITM]
19. A container originally contains 10 litres of
pure spirit. From this container 1 litre of
spirit is replaced with 1 litre of water.
Subsequently, 1 litre of the mixture is again
replaced with 1 litre of water and this
process is repeated one more time. How
much spirit is now left in the container?
(A) 7.58 litres (B) 7.84 litres
(C) 7 litres (D) 7.29 litres
20. Few school curricula include a unit on how
to deal with bereavement and grief, and yet
all students at some point in their lives
suffer from losses through death and
parting.
Based on the above passage which topic
would not be included in a unit on
bereavement?
(A) how to write a letter of condolence
(B) what emotional stages are passed
through in the healing process
(C) what the leading causes of death are
(D) how to give support to a grieving
friend
***********
Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A C B D D A C D C B
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
B C B B A D A C D C

GATE 2010 PAPERS which of the following statements best

sums up the meaning of the above passage:
AB [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] (A) Modern warfare has resulted in civil
1. Which of the following options is the closest strife.
in meaning to the world below: Circuitous (B) Chemical agents are useful in modern
(A) Cyclic (B) indirect warfare.
(C) confusing (D) crooked (C) Use of chemical agents in warfare
AA [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] would be undesirable.
2. The question below consists of a pair of (D) People in military establishments like
related of related words followed by four to use chemical agents in war.
pairs of words. Select the pair that best
expresses the relation in the original pair. AC [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG]
Unemployed: Worker 7. If 137 + 276 = 435 how much is 731 + 672 ?
(A) fallow : land (A) 534 (B) 1403
(B) unaware : sleeper (C) 1623 (D) 1513
(C) wit : jester AD [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG]
(D) renovated : house 8. 5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20
AB [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] days; 8 semi-skilled worker can build a wall
3. Choose the most appropriate word from the in 25days; 10 unskilled workers can build a
options given below to complete the wall in 30 days. If a team has 2 killed, 6
following sentence: semi-skilled and 5 unskilled workers, how
long will it take to build the wall?
If we manage to ________ our natural
resources, we would leave a better planet (A) 20 days (B) 18 days
for our children. (C) 16 days (D) 15 days
(A) uphold (B) restrain AB [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG]
(C) Cherish (D) conserve 9. Given digits 2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 how many
distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000
AC [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] can be formed?
options given below to complete the (A) 50 (B) 51
following sentence: (C) 52 (D) 54
His rather casual remarks on politics AB [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG]
_______ his lack of seriousness about the 10. Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are
subject. sibiligs (i.e. brothers and sisters). All were
(A) masked (B) belied born on 1st January. The age difference
(C) cherish (D) conserve between any two successive siblings (that is
born one after another) is less than 3 years.
AD [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] Given the following facts:
5. 25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play i. Hair’s age + Gita’s age > Irfan’s age +
hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of Saira’s age.
them play both hockey and football. Then
the number of persons playing neither ii. The age difference between Gita and
hockey nor football is: Saira is 1 year. However, Gita is not
the oldest and Saira is not the
(A) 2 (B) 17 youngest.
(C) 13 (D) 3 iii. There are not twins.
AC [GATE-COMMON-2010-IITG] In what order were they born (0ldest
6. Modern warfare has changed from large first)?
scale clashes of armies to suppression of (A) HSIG (B) SGHI
civilian populations. Chemical agents that
do their work silently appear to be suited to (C) IGSH (D) IHSG
such warfare; and regretfully, there exist *********
people in military establishments who think
that chemical agents are useful tools for
their cause.

Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B A B C D C C D B B
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