GATE XH-C5 topic:social-science PYQs & Answers — Page 2

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Aman, Beena, Chiranjeevi and Dhiman are four siblings. Each of them is an expert in one of the performing arts, namely, dance, theatre, guitar and percussion, not necessarily in that order. The dancer is taller than the theatre expert. Aman is taller than Chiranjeevi. The percussionist is taller than Beena but shorter than Aman. Beena is shorter than the dancer. The guitarist is not the tallest. Dhiman is shorter than both, guitarist and Chiranjeevi.

What is the expertise of Aman?

Your answerChoose one option.

Dance

Theatre

Guitar

Percussion

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Let

be an isosceles triangle with the base

of length 8 units. Let

be a perpendicular of length 4 units drawn from the vertex

onto the base

and

Then, which of the following is the set of values of the angles (in degrees)

respectively?

Your answerChoose one option.

45,45,90

100,40,40

90,45,45

40,40,100

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In the given passage, fill in the blanks with most suitable set of given words:

The future must no longer be__ by the past. While, the effects of the past are still with us, each day is a new__. Therefore, one should from solely believing in destiny and crave towards charting their own path of success with grit and labour. Positive_____ is imperative.

Your answerChoose one option.

Determined, beginning, refrain, anticipation

Fascinated, one, include, physiology

Explored, suffering, content, psychiatry

Marred, life, hinder, labyrinth

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Indian society is experiencing a boom in pet culture, where people are becoming responsible caretakers of pets rather than merely providing food and shelter. They no longer like to identify themselves as ‘pet-owners’ but rather as ‘pet-parents’. This means that there is an emotional transaction rather than a utilitarian one.

Which of the following weaken(s) the argument presented in the given passage?

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

Some social media influencers are using their pets only for popularity.

Food, medicines and clothes for pets are becoming easily available.

Pet owners are expecting some provision for tax rebate.

In today’s stressful times pets provide emotional support.

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Three statements, S1, S2 and S3 are given, followed with 4 conclusions, C1, C2, C3 and C4. S1: Hostel authorities organised a special lunch on 01-02-26 during 12 noon to 3 pm, for those residents of the Hostel, who paid hostel mess fees on time. S2: Hostel authorities issued a notice that, since elections for Mess Council is held during 4-5 pm of 01-02-26, residents of the Hostel who are contesting the elections need to stay away from the hostel since morning till 5 pm. S3: Hostel residents who were eligible to have special lunch, had it on 01-02-26. C1: Residents who did not have special lunch on 01-02-26, either did not pay hostel mess fees on time or were contesting elections. C2: Residents having special lunch on 01-02-26, were either not contesting elections or had paid hostel mess fees on time. C3: Residents who are contesting elections need not care about paying mess fees. C4: Residents who have paid hostel mess fees on time could join special lunch only if they are not contesting elections. Which of the conclusions is/are incorrect?

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

Only one among C1, C2, C3 and C4 is incorrect.

C1 and C2 are incorrect.

C2 and C3 are incorrect.

C3 and C4 are incorrect.

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Six statements, S1 to S6, are given. S1: All GATE candidates are engineers. S2: Some GATE candidates are CAT candidates. S3: All GRE candidates are GATE candidates. S4: All engineers are GRE candidates. S5: Some CAT candidates are GRE candidates. S6: Some CAT candidates are engineers.

Based on S1-S6, following options provide a set of three statements, followed by a fourth statement. Identify the option(s) where the fourth statement can be necessarily inferred from the set of three statements.

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

=> S5

=> S6

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Four couples M-N, O-P, R-L, S-E meet to have a dinner together on an eight-seater rectangular dining table with four seats each on opposite sides. The men are named as M, O, R, S. Two of the men, O, R, sit on the two corners of one side of the table and M sits beside R. Further, none of the couples occupy seats opposite to each other. However, a person sits adjacent to the seat opposite to his/her spouse.

Based on the information, which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

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

R sits opposite to N and S sits opposite to P.

R sits opposite to P and O sits opposite to N.

S sits opposite to N and O sits opposite to L.

M sits opposite to L and O sits opposite to E.

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Me and my spouse have a big family, comprising 8 females and 6 males. We have two sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest is unmarried. Out of my two grandsons and three granddaughters, only one grandson is a single child. His mother is my younger daughter.

Which of my children necessarily has two daughters?

Your answerChoose one option.

None of my sons

One of my sons

One of my daughters

Elder daughter

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Given the first four terms 30, 105, 385, 1001 in a sequence, which amongst the following is the fifth term of the sequence?

Your answerChoose one option.

2341

2431

2571

2751

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Three players named Arun, Babita and Chandu play a game by tossing an unbiased coin in turn whose rules are as follows:

Initially each player has 100 candies. If the tossing of this coin results in a ‘head’ then the player who tosses receives 10 candies from each of the other two players, whereas, if the toss results in a ‘tail’ then the player who tosses has to give away 20 candies to each of the other two players. A player with the highest number of candies at the end will be the winner. The game is started by Arun, followed by Babita and finally stopped after Chandu’s turn. Given that Arun is the only winner, which of the following hold(s) true?

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

Arun has 90 candies more than Chandu

Both Babita and Chandu have the same number of candies

Arun has 90 candies more than Babita

Babita and Chandu together have 120 candies

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