Verbal Ability · General Aptitude · GATE ECE
Marks 1
If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [charm → enamor → bewitch] is analogous to [bored → _______ → weary]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
"I cannot support this proposal. My __________ will not permit it."
Courts : __________ : : Parliament : Legislature
(By word meaning)
Mr. X speaks ____________ Japanese ___________ Chinese.
An art gallery engages a security guard to ensure that the items displayed are protected. The diagram below represents the plan of the gallery where the boundary walls are opaque. The location the security guard posted is identified such that all the inner space (shaded region in the plan) of the gallery is within the line of sight of the security guard. If the security guard does not move around the posted location and has a 360$$^\circ$$ view, which one of the following correctly represents the set of ALL possible locations among the locations P, Q, R, and S, where the security guard can be posted to watch over the entire inner space of the gallery.
In a class of five students P, Q, R, S and T, only one student is known to have copied in the exam. The disciplinary committee has investigated the situation and recorded the statements from the students as given below.
Statement of P : R has copied in the exam.
Statement of Q : S has copied in the exam.
Statement of R : P did not copy in this exam.
Statement of S : Only one of us is telling the truth.
Statement of T : R is telling the truth.
The investigating team had authentic information that S never lies. Based on the information given above, the person who has copied in the exam is
The least number of squares that must be added so that the line P-Q becomes the line of symmetry is ______
Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?
(i) I woke up from sleep.
(ii) I woked up from sleep
(iii) I was woken up from sleep
(iv) I was wokened up from sleep.
Which of the above sentences are grammatically correct?
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he _______ the mattress out on the balcony.
Given the seriousness of the situation that he had to face, his ________ was impressive.
Latitude
I requested that he should be given the driving test today instead of tomorrow.
It was her view that the country's problems had been_________ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counter-productive.
Frequency
Gladiator : Arena
Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian Medical Association, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which ______________ treatments are unsatisfactory.
Circuitous
Unemployed : Worker
If we manage to ________ our natural resources, we would leave a better planet for our children.
His rather casual remarks on politics _______ his lack of seriousness about the subject.
Marks 2
Sequence the following sentences (P, Q, R, S) in a coherent passage:
P: Shifu’s student exclaimed, “Why do you run since the bull is an illusion?”
Q: Shifu said, “Surely my running away from the bull is also an illusion.”
R: Shifu once proclaimed that all life is illusion.
S: One day, when a bull gave him chase, Shifu began running for his life.
Examples of mirror and water reflections are shown in the figures below:
An object appears as the following image after first reflecting in a mirror and then reflecting on water.
The original object is
Forestland is a planet inhabited by different kinds of creatures. Among other creatures, it is populated by animals all of whom are ferocious. There are also creatures that have claws, and some that do not. All creatures that have claws are ferocious.
Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following options can be logically inferred with certainty?
Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?
When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.
[Excerpt from The Truth about Stories by T. King]
Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used genetically modified mosquitoes to control the overall mosquito population. It remains to be seen if this novel approach has unforeseen consequences.
Which one of the following is the correct logical inference based on the information in the above passage?
Statement 1 : All purple are green
Statement 2 : All black are green
Conclusion I : Some black are purple.
Conclusion II : No black is purple
Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is logically CORRECT?
Which of the following can be deducted from the above passage?
(i) Nowadays, computers are present in almost all places.
(ii) Computers cannot be used for solving problems in engineering
(iii) For humans, there are both positive and negative effects of using computers.
(iv) Artificial intelligence can be done without data.
From the text above, we can infer that :
Indian history written by British Historians _______.
1. Mathew is not standing next to Seema.
2. There are two people standing between Lohit and the engineer.
3. Rahul is not a doctor.
4. The teacher and the dancer are standing next to each other.
5. Seema is turning to her right to speak to the doctor standing next to her.
Who among them is an Engineer ?
Which of the following statements can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?
(i) Even as a junior cricketer. John was considered a good captain.
(ii) Finding a complete captain is a challenge.
(iii) Fans and the Cricket Board have differing views on what they want in a captain
(iv) Over the past three seasons John has accumulated big scores.
Which one of the following statements can be logically inferred from the information given in the above paragraph?
Here, the word ‘antagonistic’ is closest in meaning to
Which of the following statement best reflects the author’s opinion?