GATE EE topic:verbal-aptitude PYQs & Answers — Page 2

Questions 11–20 of 32. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it?

We tend to think of cancer as a ‘modern’ illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a disease of overproduction, of sudden growth, a growth that is unstoppable, tipped into the abyss of no control. Modern cell biology encourages us to imagine the cell as a molecular machine. Cancer is that machine unable to quench its internal command (to grow) and thus transform into an indestructible, self-propelled automaton.

[Adapted from The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee]

Your answerChoose one option.

It is a reflection of why cancer seems so modern to most of us.

It tells us that modern cell biology uses and promotes metaphors of machinery.

Modern cell biology encourages metaphors of machinery, and cancer is often imagined as a machine.

Modern cell biology never uses figurative language, such as metaphors, to describe or explain anything.

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As you grow older, an injury to your ______ may take longer to ______.

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heel / heel

heal / heel

heal / heal

heel / heal

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Altruism is the human concern for the wellbeing of others. Altruism has been shown to be motivated more by social bond, familiarity and identification of belongingness to a group. The notion that altruism may be attributed to empathy or guilt has now been rejected.

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

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Humans engage in altruism due to guilt but not empathy

Humans engage in altruism due to empathy but not guilt

Humans engage in altruism due to group identification but not empathy

Humans engage in altruism due to empathy but not familiarity

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The people ______ were at the demonstration were from all sections of society.

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whose

which

who

whom

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The importance of sleep is often overlooked by students when they are preparing for exams. Research has consistently shown that sleep deprivation greatly reduces the ability to recall the material learnt. Hence, cutting down on sleep to study longer hours can be counterproductive.

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

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Sleeping well alone is enough to prepare for an exam. Studying has lesser benefit.

Students are efficient and are not wrong in thinking that sleep is a waste of time.

If a student is extremely well prepared for an exam, he needs little or no sleep.

To do well in an exam, adequate sleep must be part of the preparation.

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This book, including all its chapters, ____ interesting. The students as well as the instructor ____ in agreement about it.

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is, was

are, are

is, are

were, was

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People were prohibited ____ their vehicles near the entrance of the main administrative building.

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to park

from parking

parking

to have parked

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Select the word that fits the analogy: Do : Undo :: Trust : ____

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Entrust

Intrust

Distrust

Untrust

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Stock markets ____ at the news of the coup.

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poised

plunged

plugged

probed

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Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of a bank in India is defined as an asset which remains unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of time in terms of interest, principal, or both. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed the definition of NPA thrice during 1993-2004, in terms of the holding period of loans. The holding period was reduced by one quarter each time. In 1993, the holding period was four quarters (360 days).

Based on the above paragraph, the holding period of loans in 2004 after the third revision was ____ days.

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135

180

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