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GATE CSE 2026 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
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Combinatorics deals with problems involving counting. For example, "How many distinct arrangements of N distinct objects in M spaces on a circle are possible?" is a typical problem in combinatorics. This kind of counting is sometimes used in the modeling of several physical phenomena. Often, in such models, the different combinatorial possibilities are assigned probability values. Assigning probabilities enables the computation of the average values of physical quantities.

Consider the following statements:

P : Combinatorics is always invoked in the modeling of physical phenomena.

Q : Modeling some physical phenomena involves assigning probabilities to combinatorial possibilities in order to compute average values of physical quantities.

Based on the passage above, what can be inferred about statements $P$ and $Q$ ?

A

P is False and Q is False

B

P is False and Q is True

C

P is True and Q is False

D

P is True and Q is True

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GATE CSE 2025 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67

"I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age of the great epics is past."

(From G.K. Chesterton's "A Piece of Chalk")

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

A
The author of the passage carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.
B
The author of the passage had decided to write a poem on epics.
C
The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.
D
Epics are described as too inconvenient to write.
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GATE CSE 2024 Set 2
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.66

Sequence the following sentences in a coherent passage.

P: This fortuitous geological event generated a colossal amount of energy and heat that resulted in the rocks rising to an average height of 4 km across the contact zone.

Q: Thus, the geophysicists tend to think of the Himalayas as an active geological event rather than as a static geological feature.

R: The natural process of the cooling of this massive edifice absorbed large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, altering the earth’s atmosphere and making it better suited for life.

S: Many millennia ago, a breakaway chunk of bedrock from the Antarctic Plate collided with the massive Eurasian Plate.

A

QPSR

B

QSPR

C

SPRQ

D

SRPQ

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GATE CSE 2024 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.66

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

Steve was advised to keep his head _____ (i) _____ before heading _____ (ii) _____ to bat; for, while he had a head _____ (iii) _____ batting, he could only do so with a cool head _____ (iv) _____ his shoulders.

A

(i) down (ii) down (iii) on (iv) for

B

(i) on (ii) down (iii) for (iv) on

C

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

D

(i) on (ii) out (iii) on (iv) for

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