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GATE ME 2019 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.33
The minister avoided any mention of the issue of women’s reservation in the private in the private sector. He was accused of _______ the issue.
A
tying
B
collaring
C
skirting
D
belting
2
GATE ME 2019 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.33
John Thomas, an _______________ writer, passed away in 2018.
A
dominant
B
eminent
C
prominent
D
imminent
3
GATE ME 2019 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.33
A worker noticed that the hour hand on the factory clock had moved by 225 degrees during her stay at the factory. For how long did she stay in the factory?
A
4 hours and 15 mins
B
3.75 hours
C
8.5 hours
D
7.5 hours
4
GATE ME 2019 Set 1
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.67
Congo was named by Europeans. Congo’s dictator Mobuto later changed the name of the country and the river to Zaire with the objective of Africanising names of persons and spaces. However, the name Zaire was a Portuguese alternation of Nzadi o Nzere, a local African term meaning 'River that swallows Rivers'. Zaire was the Portuguese name for the Congo river in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the paragraph above?
A
The term Nzadi o Nzere was of Portuguese origin
B
As a dictator Mobuto ordered the Portuguses to alter the name of the river to Zaire
C
Mobuto was not entirely successful in Africanising the name of his country
D
Mobuto’s desire to Africanise names was prevented by the Portuguese