GATE ES topic:verbal-aptitude PYQs & Answers

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We __________ tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain.

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

Your answerChoose one option.

have been playing

had been playing

would have been playing

could be playing

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Column-I has statements made by Shantha; and Column-II has responses given by Kanishk.

Column-I: P. This house is in a mess. Q. I am not happy with the marks given to me. R. Politics is a subject I avoid talking about. S. I don’t know what this word means.

Column-II:

Alright, I won’t bring it up during our conversations.

Well, you can easily look it up.

No problem, let me clear it up for you.

Don’t worry, I will take it up with your teacher.

Identify the option that has the correct match between Column-I and Column-II.

Your answerChoose one option.

P – 2; Q – 3; R – 1; S – 4

P – 3; Q – 4; R – 1; S – 2

P – 4; Q – 1; R – 2; S – 3

P – 1; Q – 2; R – 4; S – 3

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If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [sick → infirm → moribund] is analogous to [sily → ______ → daft]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Your answerChoose one option.

frown

fawn

vein

vain

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Thousands of years ago, some people began dairy farming. This coincided with a number of mutations in a particular gene that resulted in these people developing the ability to digest dairy milk.

Based on the given passage, which of the following can be inferred?

Your answerChoose one option.

All human beings can digest dairy milk.

No human being can digest dairy milk.

Digestion of dairy milk is essential for human beings.

In human beings, digestion of dairy milk resulted from a mutated gene.

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Rafi told Mary, “I am thinking of watching a film this weekend.” The following reports the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he ______ of watching a film that weekend.

Your answerChoose one option.

thought

is thinking

am thinking

was thinking

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Permit : ______ : : Enforce : Relax (By word meaning)

Your answerChoose one option.

Allow

Forbid

License

Reinforce

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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 intial 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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Mr. X speaks ________ Japanese ________ Chinese.

Your answerChoose one option.

neither / or

either / nor

neither / nor

also / but

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Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used genetically modified mosquitoes to control the overall mosquito population. It remains to be seen if this novel approach has unforeseen consequences.

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

Your answerChoose one option.

Using chemicals to kill mosquitoes is better than using genetically modified mosquitoes because genetic engineering is dangerous

Using genetically modified mosquitoes is better than using chemicals to kill mosquitoes because they do not have any side effects

Both using genetically modified mosquitoes and chemicals have undesired consequences and can be danger

Using chemicals to kill mosquitoes may have undesired consequences but it is not clear if using genetically modified mosquitoes has any negative consequence

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

Your answerChoose one option.

Present, past

Future, past

Past, future

Future, present

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