Chemical Engineering
GATE CH topic:chemical-processes PYQs
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Question 1
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If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simer → seethe → smolder] is analogous to [break → raze → ________]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
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In a locality, the houses are numbered in the following way:
The house-numbers on one side of a road are consecutive odd integers starting from 301, while the house-numbers on the other side of the road are consecutive even numbers starting from 302. The total number of houses is the same on both sides of the road.
If the difference of the sum of the house-numbers between the two sides of the road is 27, then the number of houses on each side of the road is
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For positive integers
and
, with
,
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Which one of the given options is a possible value of x in the following sequence?
3, 7, 15, x, 63, 127, 255
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On a given day, how many times will the second-hand and the minute-hand of a clock cross each other during the clock time 12:05:00 hours to 12:55:00 hours?
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In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)–(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.
From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic stadiums, athletics (i) ______ the potential for a spectacle. The crowd (ii) ______ with bated breath as the Olympian artist twists his body, stretching the javelin behind him. Twelve strides in, he begins to cross-step. Six cross-steps (iii) ______ in an abrupt stop on his left foot. As his body (iv) ______ like a door turning on a hinge, the javelin is launched skyward at a precise angle.
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Three distinct sets of indistinguishable twins are to be seated at a circular table that has 8 identical chairs. Unique seating arrangements are defined by the relative positions of the people.
How many unique seating arrangements are possible such that each person is sitting next to their twin?
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The chart given below compares the Installed Capacity (MW) of four power generation technologies, T1, T2, T3, and T4, and their Electricity Generation (MWh) in a time of 1000 hours (h).

The Capacity Factor of a power generation technology is:
Capacity Factor = Electricity Generation (MWh) / (Installed Capacity (MW) × 1000 (h))
Which one of the given technologies has the highest Capacity Factor?
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In the
array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule.
Rule: The number in a cell represents the count of crosses around its immediate neighboring cells (left, right, top, bottom, diagonals).
As per this rule, the maximum number of crosses possible in the empty column is
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During a half-moon phase, the Earth-Moon-Sun form a right triangle. If the Moon-Earth-Sun angle at this half-moon phase is measured to be 89.85°, the ratio of the Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon distances is closest to
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