GATE XH-C5 2024 Paper 1 — page 5

Questions 13–15 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

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?

Your answerChoose one option.

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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2024 · Paper 1

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