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GATE CE 2025 Set 2
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

"His life was divided between the books, his friends, and long walks. A solitary man, he worked at all hours without much method, and probably courted his fatal illness in this way. To his own name there is not much to show; but such was his liberality that he was continually helping others, and fruits of his erudition are widely scattered, and have gone to increase many a comparative stranger's reputation."

(From E.V. Lucas's "A Funeral")

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

A
The solitary man described in the passage is dead.
B
Strangers helped create a grand reputation for the solitary man described in the passage.
C
The solitary man described in the passage found joy in scattering fruits.
D
The solitary man worked in a court where he fell ill.
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GATE CE 2025 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

"Why do they pull down and do away with crooked streets, I wonder, which are my delight, and hurt no man living? Every day the wealthier nations are pulling down one or another in their capitals and their great towns: they do not know why they do it; neither do I. It ought to be enough, surely, to drive the great broad ways which commerce needs and which are the life-channels of a modern city, without destroying all history and all the humanity in between: the islands of the past."

(From Hilaire Belloc's "The Crooked Streets")

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

A
The author of the passage takes delight in wondering.
B
The wealthier nations are pulling down the crooked streets in their capitals.
C
In the past, crooked streets were only built on islands.
D
Great broad ways are needed to protect commerce and history.
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GATE CE 2024 Set 2
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.833

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)–(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.

Yoko Roi stands _____ (i) _____ as an author for standing _____ (ii) _____ as an honorary fellow, after she stood _____ (iii) _____ her writings that stand _____ (iv) _____ the freedom of speech.

A

(i) out (ii) down (iii) in (iv) for

B

(i) down (ii) out (iii) by (iv) in

C

(i) down (ii) out (iii) for (iv) in

D

(i) out (ii) down (iii) by (iv) for

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GATE CE 2024 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.83

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.

From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic stadiums, athletics ___(i)___ the potential for a spectacle. The crowd ___(ii)___ with bated breath as the Olympian artist twists his body, stretching the javelin behind him. Twelve strides in, he begins to cross-step. Six cross-steps ___(iii)___ in an abrupt stop on his left foot. As his body ___(iv)___ like a door turning on a hinge, the javelin is launched skyward at a precise angle.

A

(i) hold (ii) waits (iii) culminates (iv) pivot

B

(i) holds (ii) wait (iii) culminates (iv) pivot

C

(i) hold (ii) wait (iii) culminate (iv) pivots

D

(i) holds (ii) waits (iii) culminate (iv) pivots

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