GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: A cowboy arrives in town on Friday. He stays for 3 days and then leaves on Friday. How is that possible? 1440 05b5cc694e4d2b4197774c4c0
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You will get the answer in the riddle itself, if you read the riddle carefully. The riddle says "A cowboy arrives in town on Friday." So Friday is the name of the horse on which he comes. Hence, the only possibility is he arrives on the horse friday on Tuesday, stays for 3 days and leaves on the same horse on Friday.
Q: A class consists of both boys and girls along with a teacher. After a class, the teacher drinks 9 litres of water, a boy drinks 7 litres of water and a girl drinks 4 litres of water. If after a class 42 litres of water was consumed, find the number of girls in the class ? 1440 05b5cc745e4d2b4197774fa2c
5b5cc745e4d2b4197774fa2c- 18false
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Answer : 4. "3"
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Answer: D) 3 Explanation: Given teacher drinks 9 ltrLet number of boys be 'A'.Let number of girls be 'B'.Boy drinks 7 ltr and girl drinks 4 ltrAfter class total water consumed = 42 ltrThen,9 + 7A + 4B = 42=> 7A + 4B = 33By trial and error method,The only integers which satisfy the equation is A = 3 and B = 3Therefore, number of girls in the class = 3.
Q: If 25% of three-seventh of 26% of a number is 145.5, what is the number? 1439 05b5cc6bfe4d2b4197774d9f1
5b5cc6bfe4d2b4197774d9f1- 14987false
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Answer : 3. "5223"
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Answer: C) 5223 Explanation: Given, 25% of three-seventh of 26% of a number is 145.5 Let the required number be 'N' i.e, 25100x37x26100xN = 145.5 N = 145.5x7x1000075x26 => N = 5223.07
Q: The price of a car is increased by 25%, by how much percent, must the new price of this car be decreased to restore its original price ? 1438 05b5cc6c5e4d2b4197774dda0
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Answer : 1. "20%"
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Answer: A) 20% Explanation: Suppose that the original price of the car = Rs. x Then new price of the car => (x) + (x ×25/100) = Rs. 5x/4 To restore the original price, the new price must be decreased by 5x/4 − x = x/4 So required percentage =(x/4)/(5x/4) × 100% = 20%
Q: Why do you want to work in the service line to which you have applied ? 1436 05b5cc767e4d2b4197774fdeb
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The interviewer is looking for similar things whether asking about company or position. The interviewer wants to : - Learn about your career goals and how this position fits into your plan. - Make sure that you are sincerely interested in the job and will be motivated to perform if hired. - Find out what you know about the company, industry, position. - Understand your priorities and preferences.
Q: What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question ? 52.5% of 800 + 30.5% of 2800 = ? + 87.30 1435 05b5cc6c1e4d2b4197774db2d
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Answer : 4. "1186.70"
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Answer: D) 1186.70 Explanation: 52.5% of 800 + 30.5% of 2800 = ? + 87.30 420 + 854 - 87.30 = ? 1274 - 87.30 = ? ? = 1186.70
Q: In which city the world's tallest sandcastle has been built ? 1435 05b5cc6c8e4d2b4197774dedc
5b5cc6c8e4d2b4197774dedc- 1Duisburgtrue
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Answer : 1. "Duisburg"
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Answer: A) Duisburg Explanation:
Q: What is something you will never see again? 1435 05b5cc62ae4d2b4197774b8eb
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Yesterday, is what we will never see again as the time we come across will never be back.

