GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Sound waves cannot travel through 2503 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc95
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc95- 1Gasfalse
- 2Liquidfalse
- 3Vacuumtrue
- 4Solidfalse
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Answer : 3. "Vacuum"
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Answer: C) Vacuum Explanation: Sound waves cannot travel through a Vacuum. A vacuum is an area without any air, like space. So sound cannot travel through space because there is no matter for the vibrations to work in.
Q: Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell? 1356 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc90
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc90- 1Ribosomestrue
- 2Chloroplastfalse
- 3Mitochondriafalse
- 4Nonefalse
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Answer : 1. "Ribosomes"
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Answer: A) Ribosomes Explanation: Ribosomes are present in prokaryotic cells. These are organelles which consist of two subunits. They are present in both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells. They are made up of RNA and proteins and present in the cytoplasm and on the membranes and are involved in protein synthesis.
Q: 6 choose 3 = 1501 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc81
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc81- 120true
- 230false
- 318false
- 424false
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Answer : 1. "20"
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Answer: A) 20 Explanation: 6 choose 3 means number of possible unordered combinations when 3 items are selected from 6 available items i.e, nothing but 6C3. Now 6C3 = 6 x 5 x 4/3 x 2 x 1 = 120/6 = 20.
Q: Penny has 5 children, 1st is January, 2nd kid February, 3rd is called march , 4th is April. What is the name of the 5th. 1637 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc7b
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Here If you notice the difference, There is no question mark (?) at the end of the puzzle. In that case, "What" is the name of the 5th child.
Q: Chipko movement was basically against 3251 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc76
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc76- 1Cultural pollutionfalse
- 2Deforestationtrue
- 3Water pollutionfalse
- 4Noise pollutionfalse
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Answer : 2. "Deforestation"
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Answer: B) Deforestation Explanation: The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan refers to a forest conservation movement or deforestation. In modern india, it began in 1973 in the state of Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand). Sunderlal Bahuguna and 84 villagers risked their lives to protect the forest trees from being felled on the order of the maharaja (king) and went on to become a rallying point for many future environmental movements all over the world it created a precedent for starting of nonviolent protest in India, and its success meant that the world immediately took notice of this non violent movement, which was to inspire in time many such eco-groups by helping to slow down the rapid deforestation, expose vested interests, increase ecological awareness, and demonstrate the viability of people power. Above all, it stirred up the existing civil society in India, which began to address the issues of tribal and marginalized people. Chipko type movement dates back to 1730 AD when in a khejarli village of Rajasthan, 363 people sacrificed their lives to save khejari trees.
Q: The ability to do work is called Energy. 1683 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc5f
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc5f- 1TRUEtrue
- 2FALSE Answer & Explanation Answer:false
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Answer : 1. "TRUE"
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Answer: A) TRUE Explanation: Yes, the ability to do work is called Energy is True.
Q: How many black cards are in a deck? 1463 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc62
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc62- 113false
- 226true
- 339false
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Answer : 2. "26"
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Answer: B) 26 Explanation: The total cards in the deck are 52. These 52 cards are divided into 4 suits of 13 cards in each suit. Two Red suits and Two black suits. Red suits :: Heart suit and Diamond suit = 26 Black suits :: Spade suit and Club suit = 26.
Q: Odometer is to Mileage as Compass is to 4980 05b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc5a
5b5cc6a4e4d2b4197774cc5a- 1Directiontrue
- 2Niddlefalse
- 3Speedfalse
- 4Altitudefalse
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Answer : 1. "Direction"
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Answer: A) Direction Explanation: An odometer is an instrument which is used to measure Mileage of a vehicle. In the same way, Compass is an instrument used to know the direction. Hence, Odometer : Mileage :: Compass :: Direction.

