GATE CSE Verbal Aptitude PYQs & Answers — Page 2

Questions 11–20 of 35. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Sequence the following sentences in a coherent passage.

P: This fortuitous geological event generated a colossal amount of energy and heat that resulted in the rocks rising to an average height of 4 km across the contact zone.

Q: Thus, the geophysicists tend to think of the Himalayas as an active geological event rather than as a static geological feature.

R: The natural process of the cooling of this massive edifice absorbed large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, altering the earth’s atmosphere and making it better suited for life.

S: Many millennia ago, a breakaway chunk of bedrock from the Antarctic Plate collided with the massive Eurasian Plate.

Your answerChoose one option.

QSR

QSPR

SPRQ

SRPQ

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We reached the station late, and ______ missed the train.

Your answerChoose one option.

near

nearly

utterly

mostly

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Kind : ______ : Often : Frequently (By word meaning)

Your answerChoose one option.

Mean

Type

Cruel

Kindly

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Which one of the following sentence sequences creates a coherent narrative? (i) Once on the terrace, on her way to her small room in the corner, she notices the man right away. (ii) She begins to pant by the time she has climbed all the stairs. (iii) Mina has bought vegetables and rice at the market, so her bags are heavy. (iv) He was leaning against the parapet, watching the traffic below.

Your answerChoose one option.

(i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

(iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

(iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

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The ________ is too high for it to be considered ________.

Your answerChoose one option.

fair / fare

faer / fair

fare / fare

fare / fair

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Gauri said that she can play the keyboard ______ her sister

Your answerChoose one option.

as well as

as better as

as nicest as

as worse as

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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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Listening to music during exercise improves exercise performance and reduces discomfort. Scientists researched whether listening to music while studying can help students learn better and the results were inconclusive. Students who need external stimulation for studying fared worse while students who did not need any external stimulation benefited from music.

Which one of the following statements is the CORRECT inference of the above passage?

Your answerChoose one option.

Listening to music has no effect on learning and a positive effect on physical exercise.

Listening to music has a clear positive effect both on physical exercise and on learning.

Listening to music has a clear positive effect on physical exercise. Music has a positive effect on learning only in some students.

Listening to music has a clear positive effect on learning in all students. Music has a positive effect only in some students who exercise.

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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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