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

Questions 11–20 of 26. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

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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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 on some students who exercise.

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was conferred ____ Mary Kom, a six-time world champion in boxing, recently in a ceremony ____ the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the President’s official residence) in New Delhi.

Your answerChoose one option.

with, at

on, in

on, at

to, at

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Despite a string of poor performances, the chances of K. L. Rahul’s selection in the team are _____.

Your answerChoose one option.

slim

bright

obvious

uncertain

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Select the word that fits the analogy:

Cover : Uncover :: Associate : _____

Your answerChoose one option.

Unassociate

Inassociate

Misassociate

Dissociate

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Hit by floods, the kharif (summer sown) crops in various parts of the country have been affected. Officials believe that the loss in production of the kharif crops can be recovered in the output of the rabi (winter sown) crops so that the country can achieve its food-grain production target of 291 million tons in the crop year 2019-20 (July-June). They are hopeful that good rains in July-August will help the soil retain moisture for a longer period, helping winter sown crops such as wheat and pulses during the November-February period.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

Your answerChoose one option.

Officials declared that the food-grain production target will be met due to good rains.

Officials want the food-grain production target to be met by the November-February period.

Officials feel that the food-grain production target cannot be met due to floods.

Officials hope that the food-grain production target will be met due to a good rabi produce.

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Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lends commercial banks, and reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from commercial banks.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above page?

Your answerChoose one option.

Decrease in repo rate will increase cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks.

Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks.

Increase in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and decrease lending by commercial banks.

Decrease in repo rate will decrease cost of borrowing and increase lending by commercial banks.

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Once the team of analysts identify the problem, we __________ in a better position to comment on the issue.

Which one of the following choices CANNOT fill the given blank?

Your answerChoose one option.

will be

were to be

are going to be

might be

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A final examination is the __________ of a series of evaluations that a student has to go through.

Your answerChoose one option.

culmination

consultation

desperation

insinuation

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Are there enough seats here? There are ______ people here than I expected.

Your answerChoose one option.

many

most

least

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