Mechanical Engineering
GATE ME area:general-aptitude PYQs
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Question 1
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He did not manage to fix the car himself, so he ______ in the garage.
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Planting : Seed :: Raise : _____
(By word meaning)
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A certain country has 504 universities and 2591 colleges. These are categorised into Grades I, II, and III as shown in the given pie charts.
What is the percentage, correct to one decimal place, of higher education institutions (colleges and universities) that fall into Grade III?
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The minute-hand and second-hand of a clock cross each other _______ times between 09:15:00 AM and 09:45:00 AM on a day.
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The symbols ◯, ∗, △, and □ are to be filled, one in each box, as shown below.
The rules for filling in the four symbols are as follows.
Every row and every column must contain each of the four symbols.
Every 2×2 square defined by bold lines must contain each of the four symbols.
Which symbol will occupy the box marked with ‘?’ in the partially filled figure?
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In a recently held parent-teacher meeting, the teachers had very few complaints about Ravi. After all, Ravi was a hardworking and kind student. Incidentally, almost all of Ravi’s friends at school were hardworking and kind too. But the teachers drew attention to Ravi’s complete lack of interest in sports. The teachers believe that, along with some of his friends who showed similar disinterest in sports, Ravi needed to engage in some sports for his overall development.
Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following statements can be logically inferred with certainty?
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Consider the following inequalities
where
and
are positive integers.
The value of
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Which one of the sentence sequences in the given options creates a coherent narrative?
(i) I could not bring myself to knock.
(ii) There was a murmur of unfamiliar voices coming from the big drawing room and the door was firmly shut.
(iii) The passage was dark for a bit, but then it suddenly opened into a bright kitchen.
(iv) I decided I would rather wander down the passage.
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How many pairs of sets (S,T) are possible among the subsets of that satisfy the condition that S is a subset of T?
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An opaque pyramid (shown below), with a square base and isosceles faces, is suspended in the path of a parallel beam of light, such that its shadow is cast on a screen oriented perpendicular to the direction of the light beam. The pyramid can be oriented in any direction within the light beam. Under these conditions, which one of the shadows P, Q, R, and S is NOT possible?
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