GATE CSE topic:verbal-aptitude PYQs & Answers

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The antonym of the word protagonist is ________.

Your answerChoose one option.

agnostic

antagonist

arsonist

anarchist

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Expedite, Hasten, Hurry, __________

Fill the blank by choosing a word with a meaning similar to that of the words given above.

Your answerChoose one option.

Accelerate

Retard

Provide

Disable

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Combinatorics deals with problems involving counting. For example, “How many distinct arrangements of N distinct objects in M spaces on a circle are possible?” is a typical problem in combinatorics. This kind of counting is sometimes used in the modeling of several physical phenomena. Often, in such models, the different combinatorial possibilities are assigned probability values. Assigning probabilities enables the computation of the average values of physical quantities.

Consider the following statements:

P: Combinatorics is always invoked in the modeling of physical phenomena.

Q: Modeling some physical phenomena involves assigning probabilities to combinatorial possibilities in order to compute average values of physical quantities.

Based on the passage above, what can be inferred about statements P and Q?

Your answerChoose one option.

P is False and Q is False

P is False and Q is True

P is True and Q is False

P is True and Q is True

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Water : P :: Food : Q

Choose the P and Q combination from the options below to form a meaningful analogy.

Your answerChoose one option.

P = Thirst; Q = Hunger

P = Drink; Q = Hunger

P = Thirst; Q = Satiated

P = Wet; Q = Critic

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Ravi had _____ younger brother who taught at _____ university. He was widely regarded as _____ honorable man.

Select the option with the correct sequence of articles to fill in the blanks.

Your answerChoose one option.

a; a; an

the; an; a

a; an; a

an; an; a

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Despite his initial hesitation, Rehan’s ______ to contribute to the success of the project never wavered.

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

Your answerChoose one option.

ambivalence

satisfaction

resolve

revolve

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The CEO’s decision to downsize the workforce was considered myopic because it sacrificed long-term stability to accommodate short-term gains.

Select the most appropriate option that can replace the word “myopic” without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Your answerChoose one option.

visionary

shortsighted

progressive

innovative

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“I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one’s pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age of the great epics is past.”

(From G.K. Chesteron’s “A Piece of Chalk”)

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

Your answerChoose one option.

The author of the passage carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.

The author of the passage had decided to write a poem on epics.

The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.

Epics are described as too inconvenient to write.

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If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [dry → arid → parched] is analogous to [diet → fast → ______ ]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Your answerChoose one option.

starve

reject

feast

deny

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In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)–(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.

Steve was advised to keep his head (i) _____ before hiding (ii) _____ to bat; for, while he had a head (iii) _____ batting, he could only do so with a cool head (iv) _____ his shoulders.

Your answerChoose one option.

(i) down (ii) down (iii) on (iv) for

(i) on (ii) down (iii) for (iv) on

(i) down (ii) out (iii) for (iv) on

(i) on (ii) out (iii) on (iv) for

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