Verbal Ability · General Aptitude · GATE EE

If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [talk → shout → scream] is analogous to [please → _______ → pander].
Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Rafi told Mary, "I am thinking of watching a film this weekend."

The following repots the above statement in indirect speech:

Rafi told Mary that he _________ of watching a film that weekend.

Permit : __________ : : Enforce : Relax

(By word meaning)

A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted to stop using tobacco.

Based only on the information in the above passage, which one of the following options can be logically inferred with certainty?

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it?

We tend to think of cancer as a 'modern' illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a disease of overproduction, of sudden growth, a growth that is unstoppable, tipped into the abyss of no control. Modern cell biology encourages us to imagine the cell as a molecular machine. Cancer is that machine unable to quench its initial command (to grow) and thus transform into an indestructible, self-propelled automaton.

[Adapted from The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee]

As you grow older, an injury to your __________ may take longer to ___________.

Given below are two statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements.

Statement I : Some bottles are cups.

Statement II : All cups are knives.

Conclusion I : Some bottles are knives.

Conclusion II : Some knives are cups.

Conclusion III : All cups are bottles.

Conclusion IV : All knives are cups.

Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?

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

Following a row ____(i) ______ the shopkeeper ____(ii) ______ the price of a frying pan, the cook stood ____(iii) ______ a row to withdraw cash _____(iv) ______ the ATM booth.

Altruism is the human concern for the well being of others. Altruism has been shown to be motivated more by social bonding, familiarity and identification of belongingness to a group. The notion that altruism may be attributed to empathy or guilt has now been rejected. Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information in the above passage?