Engineering Sciences
GATE XE year:2018 PYQs
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Questions 1–10 of 175. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 1
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“Going by the ______ that many hands make light work, the school ______ involved all the students in task.” The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
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“Her ______ should not be confused with miserliness; she is ever willing to assist those in need.” The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
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Seven machines take 7 minutes to make 7 identical toys. At the same rate, how many minutes would it take for 100 machines to make 100 toys?
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A rectangle becomes a square when its length and breadth are reduced by 10 m and 5 m, respectively. During this process, the rectangle loses 650 m² of area. What is the area of the original rectangle in square meters?
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A number consists of two digits. The sum of the digits is 9. If 45 is subtracted from the number, its digits are interchanged. What is the number?
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For integers
,
and
, what would be the minimum and maximum values respectively of
if
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Given that
and
are integers and
is odd, which one of the following statements is correct?Your answerChoose one option.
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From the time the front of a train enters a platform, it takes 25 seconds for the back of the train to leave the platform, while traveling at a constant speed of 54 km/h. At the same speed, it takes 14 seconds to pass a man running at 9 km/h in the same direction as the train. What is the length of the train and that of the platform in meters, respectively?
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Which of the following functions describe the graph shown in the below figure?

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Consider the following three statements:
(i) Some roses are red.
(ii) All red flowers fade quickly.
(iii) Some roses fade quickly.
Which of the following statements can be logically inferred from the above statements?
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