GATE XH-C5 topic:analytical-aptitude PYQs & Answers

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Four hills H1, H2, H3, and H4 are present in an area. The following observations are made about them:

i. Neither H2 nor H3 is the easternmost hill. ii. Neither H2 nor H3 is the westernmost hill. iii. Neither the easternmost hill nor the westernmost hill is the southernmost hill. iv. Two hills are located to the west of H2. v. The southernmost hill has at least two hills to its east.

The southernmost hill is _____.

Your answerChoose one option.

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Eight students (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W) are playing musical chairs. The figure indicates their order of position at the start of the game. They play the game by moving forward in a circle in the clockwise direction.

After the 1st round, 4th student behind P leaves the game. After 2nd round, 5th student behind Q leaves the game. After 3rd round, 3rd student behind V leaves the game. After 4th round, 4th student behind U leaves the game. Who all are left in the game after the 4th round?

Note: The figure shown is representative.

Diagram for Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) question 8

Your answerChoose one option.

P; T; Q; S

V; P; T; Q

W; R; Q; V

Q; T; V; W

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In a certain code language, ATTITUDE is written as TAUUEDU and CHILDREN is written as HCJMENER.

How LANGUAGE is written in that code language?

Your answerChoose one option.

ALOHGEA

ALOVAGA

LAVOHEA

ALOVGEA

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Which one of the given options is a possible value of x in the following sequence?

3, 7, 15, x, 63, 127, 255

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In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule.

Diagram for Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) question 9

Rule: The number in a cell represents the count of crosses around its immediate neighboring cells (left, right, top, bottom, diagonals).

As per this rule, the maximum number of crosses possible in the empty column is

Your answerChoose one option.

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Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college elections. However, by the time the due date for registration was over, it was found that surprisingly none of the students from the Department of Human Sciences had completed the registration process.

Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following sets of statement(s) can be logically inferred with certainty?

(i) All those students who would not be eligible to vote in the college elections would certainly belong to the Department of Human Sciences. (ii) None of the students from departments other than Human Sciences failed to complete the registration process with the due time. (iii) All the eligible voters would certainly be students who are not from the Department of Human Sciences.

Your answerChoose one option.

(i) and (ii)

(i) and (iii)

only (i)

only (iii)

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A pandemic like situation hit the country last year, resulting in loss of human life and economic depression. To improve the condition of its citizens, the government made a series of emergency medical interventions and increased spending to revive the economy. In both these efforts, district administration authorities were actively involved.

Which of the following action(s) are plausible?

Your answerSelect all correct options. You can choose more than one.

In future, the government can make district administration authorities responsible for protecting health of citizens and reviving the economy.

The government may set up a task force to review the post pandemic situation and ascertain the effectiveness of the measures taken.

The government may set up a committee to formulate a pandemic management program to minimize losses to life and economy in future.

The government may take population control measures to minimize pandemic related losses in future.

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A code language is formulated thus:

Vowels in the original word are replaced by the next vowel from the list of vowels, A-E-I-O-U (For example, E is replaced by I and U is replaced by A). Consonants in the original word are replaced by previous consonant (For example, T is replaced by S and V is replaced by T).

Then how does the word, GOODMORNING appear in the coded language?

Your answerChoose one option.

HUFNUSPOH

FICLQMEF

FUCLUQMOF

HEEDATTACH

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Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:

• P sits next to S and T. • Q sits diametrically opposite to P. • The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance between T and U.

Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of

Your answerChoose one option.

U and S

R and T

R and U

P and S

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

Statement 1: Some engineers are writers.

Statement 2: No writer is an actor.

Statement 3: All actors are engineers.

Conclusion I: Some writers are engineers.

Conclusion II: All engineers are actors.

Conclusion III: No actor is a writer.

Conclusion IV: Some actors are writers.

Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?

Your answerChoose one option.

Only conclusion I is correct

Only conclusion II and conclusion III are correct

Only conclusion I and conclusion III are correct

Either conclusion II or conclusion IV is correct

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