GATE XE · 2026 · GA
Question 5: Spatial Aptitude
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Question 5
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A coin with heads facing up is shown as H and a coin with tails facing up is shown as T.
Six coins are placed in the Starting Arrangement, as shown in the figure below. A “step” is defined as interchanging a pair of adjacent coins without flipping them. The minimum number of steps needed to go from the Starting Arrangement to the Final Arrangement, as shown in the figure, is ________.
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GATE XE 2026 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- General Aptitude
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- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 1 mark
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