GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: A water tank in a village is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the tank is full, in how many hrs will the leak empty it ? 2242 0

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    34 hrs
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    36 hrs
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    38 hrs
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    40 hrs
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Answer : 4. "40 hrs"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 40 hrs Explanation: The time taken by the leak to empty the tank = 18 - 110 = 5 - 440 = 140 Therefore, the leak empties the tank in 40 hours.

Q: Twenty men can do a work in eighteen days. Eighteen women can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a woman and a man ? 2241 0

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    4:5
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    3:4
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    4:3
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    2:3
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Answer : 3. "4:3"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 4:3 Explanation: (20 x 18) men can complete the work in in one day. one man's one day work = 1/360 (18 x 15) women can complete the work in 1 day 1 woman's one day work = 1/270 So, required ratio = 1270:1360= 4:3

Q: If Hema walks at 12 km/hr instead of 8 km/hr, she would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by Hema is ? 2238 0

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    40 kms
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    30 kms
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    46 kms
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    32 kms
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Answer : 1. "40 kms"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 40 kms Explanation: Let the actual distance travelled be x km. Then x/8=(x+20)/12 => 12x = 8x + 160=> 4x = 160=> x = 40 km.

Q: At what time between 2 and 3 O'clock, the hands of a clock coincide ? 2238 0

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    1 10/11 minutes past 2
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    1 10/11 minutes past 3
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    1 11/10 minutes past 3
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    11 10/11 minutes past 2
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Answer : 1. "1 10/11 minutes past 2"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 1 10/11 minutes past 2 Explanation: Since, in one hour, two hands of a clock coincide only once, so, there will be value.Required time T = 211H×30 + Ao minutes past H.Here H - initial position of hour hand = 2 (since 2 O'clock)A° = Required angle = 0° (Since it coincides)   T = 2112×30 + 0o minutes past 2    => 11011 minutes past 2

Q: Find the correct sentence from the following options ? 2237 0

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    The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them
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    The dacoits being stopped to divide the booty, the police overtook them.
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    The dacoits having been stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them
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    The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them
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Answer : 4. "The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them"
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Answer: D) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them Explanation: As it is the past continuous sentence.

Q: Chemical name of Gold? 2235 0

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    Argentinum
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    Ferrus
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    Aurum
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    Selenium
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Answer : 3. "Aurum"
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Answer: C) Aurum Explanation: The Chemical name of Gold is Aurum with symbol Au with atomic number 79 and a group 11 element. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal.

Q: Which of the following is the most stable carbocation? 2234 0

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    4
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    3
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    2
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    1
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Answer : 3. "2"
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Answer: C) 2 Explanation: Here the most stable carbocation is the option (2).   Carbocations are always hungry for electrons. The stability of carbocations increases from primary to secondary to tertiary. Here, option (c) shows the most stable carbocation because it can easily withdraw electrons from two other carbon atoms and the more electronegative oxygen atom.   Carbocation stability depends on hyperconjugation. The tertiary carbocation is stabilized by electron releasing inductive effect.

Q: Which of the following is not an Input device? 2234 0

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    Joystick
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    Headphones
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    Mouse
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    Scanner
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Answer : 2. "Headphones"
Explanation :

Answer: B) Headphones Explanation: Here Joystick, Mouse and Scanner are Input devices through which data is given to the computers. But Headphones are output devices through which sound comes as an output from the computer or any devices.

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