GATE XH-C5 year:2024 PYQs & Answers — Page 2

Questions 11–20 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Ama’s tone in the context of the given passage is that of:

For Ama, the difference between men and women was a kind of discrimination and inequality; she felt strongly about women’s rights but was not familiar with concepts like gender and patriarchy. She would have dismissed Betty Friedan because she was predominantly dealing with the problems of white middle-class women in the United States. Ama, and women of her generation, could de-link the oppression of women from the wider struggle for the liberation of human beings from class exploitation and imperialism. So Ama continued to play her role as mother and wife, but would often complain: ‘I am a doormat on which everyone wipes their emotional dirt off’.

Your answerChoose one option.

Compromise

Protest

Contentment

Resignation

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Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage:

I am wearing for the first time some (i)_______ that I have never been able to wear for long at a time, as they are horribly tight. I usually put them on just before giving a lecture. The painful pressure they exert on my feet gods my oratorical capacities to their utmost. This sharp and overwhelming pain makes me sing like a nightingale or like one of those Neapolitan singers who also wear (ii)_____ that are too tight. The visceral physical longing, the overwhelming torture provoked by my (iii)_____, forces me to extract from words distilled and sublime truths, generalized by the supreme inquisition of the pain my (iv)____ suffer.

Your answerChoose one option.

(i) patent-leather belt (ii) belts (iii) patent-leather belt (iv) waist

(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) bands (iii) patent-leather bands (iv) wrist

(i) patent-leather shoes (ii) shoes (iii) patent-leather shoes (iv) feet

(i) patent-leather jacket (ii) jacket (iii) patent-leather jacket (iv) body

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The appropriate synonym for the word ‘ignite’ in the following passage will be:

Spirituality must be integrated with education. Self-realization is the focus. Each one of us must become aware of our higher self. We are links of a great past to a grand future. We should ignite our dormant inner energy and let it guide our lives. The radiance of such minds embarked on constructive endeavor will bring peace, prosperity and bliss to this nation.

Your answerChoose one option.

Encourage

Simulate

Dissipate

Engross

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Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

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One day, I’ll write a book, ‘I said’. Not just a thriller but a real book, about real people.

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said, ‘not just a thriller, but a real book, about real people.’

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said. ‘Not just a thriller but, a real book, about real people’.

‘One day I’ll write a book’, I said, not just a thriller, but a real book, about real people.’

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Fill in the blanks with the correct combination of tenses for the given sentence:

Darwin’s work (i)_____ a related effect that (ii)_____ influenced the development of environmental politics – a ‘decentering’ of the human being.

Your answerChoose one option.

(i) have (ii) had

(i) had (ii) have

(i) had (ii) has

(i) has (ii) have

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Which of the following options holds similar relationship as the words, ‘Music: Notes’?

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Water: Cold drink

Paper: Class Notes

House: Bricks

Graphite: Charcoal

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In a particular code, if “RAMAN” is written as 52 and “MAP” is written as 33, then how will you code “CLICK”?

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On the basis of the statements given below, which valid assumption(s) can be made?

Statements: • Life has suffering • Desire is the cause of suffering • The end of desire is the end of suffering • Desire can be reduced by following the noble eightfold path

Assumptions:

Suffering is because of wants

Life is not always full of suffering

The eightfold path can reduce suffering

Suffering is caused by life

Your answerChoose one option.

Only 1, 3 and 4

Only 1, 2 and 3

Only 1 and 4

Only 2 and 3

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If ‘KARAMCHAND’ is coded as ‘ICPKEFCLF’ what should be the code of ‘CREATION’?

Your answerChoose one option.

ATCCKMP

ETGCVKP

APCRJMP

ETCGKRM

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Given an input line of numbers and words, a machine rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. Here is an illustration of an input and rearrangement sequence (Step 1 to Step 5):

Input: 61 wb ob 48 45 29 34 sb pb lb

Step 1: lb wb ob 48 45 29 34 sb pb 61

Step 2: lb ob wb 45 29 34 sb pb 61 48

Step 3: lb ob pb wb 29 34 sb 61 48 45

Step 4: lb ob pb sb wb 29 61 48 45 34

Step 5: lb ob pb sb wb 61 48 45 34 29

Step 5 is the last step of the above arrangement.

Based on the rules followed in the above steps, answer the following question:

Input: cb kb eb 58 49 23 38 jb nb gb 69 82

Which of the following represents the position of 58 in the fourth step? (Step-5 is the last step of the arrangement.)

Your answerChoose one option.

Second from the left

Fourth from the right

Third from the right

Seventh from the left

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