GATE XE Analytical Aptitude PYQs & Answers

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Consider an art gallery whose walkways are shown as lines in the diagram. A black dot represents a junction of two walkways. A guard may be placed at a junction to watch over the walkways that meet at that junction. The minimum number of guards needed to watch all the walkways is ________.

Diagram for Engineering Sciences question 3

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The 2ⁿᵈ of June is a Thursday in a certain year. Which day of the week is the 3ʳᵈ of July in that year?

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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Four people P, Q, R, and S, of different ages, make the following observations.

P – I am younger than S.

Q – I am neither the youngest nor the oldest.

R – P is older than me.

Based on these observations, the youngest person is ______.

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In the context of the given figure, which one of the following options correctly represents the entries in the blocks labelled (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively?

Diagram for Engineering Sciences question 4

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Q, M, 12, and 8

K, L, 10 and 14

I, J, 10, and 8

L, K, 12 and 8

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For the clock shown in the figure, if O* = O Q S Z P R T, and X* = X Z P W Y O Q, then which one among the given options is most appropriate for *?

Diagram for Engineering Sciences question 7

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P U W R T V X

P R T Q O S U

P T V Q S U W

P S U P R T V

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Consider a five-digit number

that has distinct digits

, and

, and satisfies the following conditions:

If integers 1 through 5 are used to construct such a number, the value of

is:

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If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [walk → jog → sprint] is analogous to [bothered → ________ → daunted]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

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phased

phrased

faded

fused

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Residency is a famous housing complex with many well-established individuals among its residents. A recent survey conducted among the residents of the complex revealed that all of those residents who are well established in their respective fields happen to be academicians. The survey also revealed that most of these academicians are authors of some best-selling books.

Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following statements can be logically inferred with certainty?

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Some residents of the complex who are well established in their fields are also authors of some best-selling books.

All academicians residing in the complex are well established in their fields.

Some authors of best-selling books are residents of the complex who are well established in their fields.

Some academicians residing in the complex are well established in their fields.

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In the last few years, several new shopping malls were opened in the city. The total number of visitors in the malls is impressive. However, the total revenue generated through sales in the shops in these malls is generally low.

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

Your answerChoose one option.

Fewer people are visiting the malls but spending more

More people are visiting the malls but not spending enough

More people are visiting the malls and spending more

Fewer people are visiting the malls and not spending enough

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Given below are two statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements.

Statement 1: Some soaps are clean.

Statement 2: All clean objects are wet.

Conclusion I: Some clean objects are soaps.

Conclusion II: No clean object is a soap.

Conclusion III: Some wet objects are soaps.

Conclusion IV: All wet objects are soaps.

Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?

Your answerChoose one option.

Only conclusion I is correct

Either conclusion I or conclusion II is correct

Either conclusion III or conclusion IV is correct

Only conclusion I and conclusion III are correct

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GATE XE Analytical Aptitude PYQs

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