GATE CH Verbal Aptitude PYQs & Answers — Page 2

Questions 11–20 of 28. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Inhaling the smoke from a burning ________ could ________ you quickly.

Your answerChoose one option.

tire / tier

tire / tyre

tyre / tire

tyre / tier

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Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super Rice (GS), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher yields sustainable.

Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information given in the above passage?

Your answerChoose one option.

GS is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather

GS may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change

GS grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than regular rice

Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather

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Consider the following sentences: (i) Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam. (ii) Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess. Which of the following is the CORRECT observation about the above two sentences?

Your answerChoose one option.

(i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is unambiguous

(i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is unambiguous

(i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is ambiguous

(i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is ambiguous

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______ is to surgery as writer is to ______ Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?

Your answerChoose one option.

Plan, outline

Hospital, library

Doctor, book

Medicine, grammar

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Some people suggest anti-obesity measures (AOM) such as displaying calorie information in restaurant menus. Such measures sidestep addressing the core problems that cause obesity: poverty and income inequality.

Which one of the following statements summarizes the passage?

Your answerChoose one option.

The proposed AOM addresses the core problems that cause obesity.

If obesity reduces, poverty will naturally reduce, since obesity causes poverty.

AOM are addressing the core problems and are likely to succeed.

AOM are addressing the problem superficially.

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was conferred ____ Mary Kom, a six-time world champion in boxing, recently in a ceremony ____ the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the President’s official residence) in New Delhi.

Your answerChoose one option.

with, at

on, in

on, at

to, at

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Despite a string of poor performances, the chances of K. L. Rahul’s selection in the team are ____.

Your answerChoose one option.

slim

bright

obvious

uncertain

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Select the word that fits the analogy:

Cover : Uncover :: Associate : ____

Your answerChoose one option.

Unassociate

Inassociate

Misassociate

Dissociate

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Hit by floods, the kharif (summer sown) crops in various parts of the country have been affected. Officials believe that the loss in production of the kharif crops can be recovered in the output of the rabi (winter sown) crops so that the country can achieve its food-grain production target of 291 million tons in the crop year 2019-20 (July-June). They are hopeful that good rains in July-August will help the soil retain moisture for a longer period, helping winter sown crops such as wheat and pulses during the November-February period.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

Your answerChoose one option.

Officials declared that the food-grain production target will be met due to good rains.

Officials want the food-grain production target to be met by the November-February period.

Officials feel that the food-grain production target cannot be met due to floods.

Officials hope that the food-grain production target will be met due to a good rabi produce.

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Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lends commercial banks, and reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from commercial banks.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above page?

Your answerChoose one option.

Decrease in repo rate will increase cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks.

Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks.

Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks.

Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks.

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