2026 · Paper 2

Complete GATE CE 2026 Paper 2 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 10–12 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

Question 10

Open question

GAMCQ2 marksNeeds review

Which one of the patterns labelled P, Q, R, and S is used to generate the following figure?



Your answerChoose one option.

A.

P

B.

Q

C.

R

D.

S

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Question 11

Open question

CEMCQ1 markNeeds review

Matrix A has the eigenvalues 1, 2, and 3. The Trace of



is

Your answerChoose one option.

A.

6

B.

14

C.

20

D.

8

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Question 12

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CEMCQ1 markNeeds review

A fifth-degree polynomial in



is defined for



. All coefficients of the polynomial are positive. The first derivative of the polynomial is obtained numerically at a point by using the first-order forward as well as the first-order backward difference methods. Identical step lengths are used for both the methods.

Following statements are made.

(I) Forward difference method underestimates the true derivative. (II) Backward difference method overestimates the true derivative.

Which one of the following options is CORRECT?

Your answerChoose one option.

A.

Both statements (I) and (II) are FALSE.

B.

Both statements (I) and (II) are TRUE.

C.

Statement (I) is TRUE and statement (II) is FALSE.

D.

Statement (I) is FALSE and statement (II) is TRUE.

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