GATE General Aptitude Practice Questions — All Questions
18 questions
Choose the word that best completes: 'Her argument was so ___ that no one could refute it.'
- a.cogent✓
- b.vague
- c.trivial
- d.weak
'Cogent' means clear, logical, and convincing.
'Ephemeral' most nearly means:
- a.Permanent
- b.Heavy
- c.Short-lived✓
- d.Loud
'Ephemeral' means lasting a very short time.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
- a.Its a fine day
- b.It's a fine day✓
- c.Its a fine day.
- d.Its' a fine day
'It's' is the contraction of 'it is'.
Antonym of 'expand':
- a.Grow
- b.Contract✓
- c.Enlarge
- d.Stretch
The antonym of 'expand' is 'contract'.
Complete the analogy: Author is to Book as Composer is to:
- a.Orchestra
- b.Symphony✓
- c.Audience
- d.Stage
An author creates a book; a composer creates a symphony (musical work).
Fill in: 'The results were ___ with our expectations.'
- a.consistent to
- b.consist of
- c.consistent in
- d.consistent with✓
'Consistent with' is the correct collocation.
If the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2 and there are 30 students, the number of boys is:
- a.15
- b.12
- c.18✓
- d.20
Boys = 30 x 3/5 = 18.
A shopkeeper gives a 10% discount on a 500 item. The price paid is:
- a.450✓
- b.490
- c.400
- d.480
500 x 0.9 = 450.
The value of 0.2 x 0.3 is:
- a.0.5
- b.0.006
- c.0.06✓
- d.0.6
0.2 x 0.3 = 0.06.
If 5 machines make 5 items in 5 minutes, how long do 100 machines take to make 100 items?
- a.100 minutes
- b.5 minutes✓
- c.20 minutes
- d.1 minute
Each machine makes 1 item in 5 minutes; 100 machines make 100 items in 5 minutes.
The next term: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
- a.30
- b.49
- c.40
- d.36✓
Perfect squares; 6^2 = 36.
A car's speed increases from 40 to 60 km/h. The percentage increase is:
- a.20%
- b.50%✓
- c.33%
- d.40%
(60-40)/40 = 50%.
If all Bloops are Razzies and all Razzies are Lazzies, then all Bloops are:
- a.Not Lazzies
- b.None
- c.Lazzies✓
- d.Only Razzies
By transitivity, all Bloops are Lazzies.
Complete: Z, X, V, T, ?
- a.S
- b.U
- c.R✓
- d.Q
Letters go back by 2: T -> R.
A is B's father. B is C's father. A is C's:
- a.Uncle
- b.Father
- c.Brother
- d.Grandfather✓
A is the grandfather of C.
Which does not belong: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11?
- a.3
- b.5
- c.9✓
- d.7
9 is not prime; the rest are primes.
If MONDAY is to 6 letters, then FRIDAY has:
- a.5 letters
- b.8 letters
- c.7 letters
- d.6 letters✓
FRIDAY has 6 letters.
Statement: 'Some pens are red. All red things are bright.' Conclusion:
- a.All bright things are pens
- b.All pens are bright
- c.Some pens are bright✓
- d.No pen is bright
Some pens are red and all red things are bright, so some pens are bright.