GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: A man spend 20% of his monthly salary on his children's education and 50% of his salary on food and transport. After Paying the rent of Rs.1000, he is left with Rs.2000. What is his monthly salary? 1334 0

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    7000
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    10000
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    14000
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    20000
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Answer : 2. "10000"
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Answer: B) 10000 Explanation: Let his monthly salary be 'P' 20% on children's education = 20P100 = P5 50% on food and transport = 50P100 = P2 1000 on rent => P - P5 - P2 - 1000 = 2000=> 3P = 30000=> P = 10000   Therefore, his monthly salary = Rs. 10,000

Q: Who won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides  ? 1332 0

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    Shanmuga Sundaram
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    Prashant Ranganathan
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    Suresh Kumar
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    Vijay Ragunathan
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Answer : 2. "Prashant Ranganathan"
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Answer: B) Prashant Ranganathan Explanation: An Indian boy has won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from Jamshedpur, alongwith over 20 high school students from various parts of India, participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Q: A salesman calculated his profit on the marked price and finds it to be 30%. He forgets the fact that he gave a discount of 20%. What is his actual profit percentage? 1331 0

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    260/11%
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    18.4%
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    22.5%
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    100/7%
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Answer : 4. "100/7%"
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Answer: D) 100/7% Explanation: When profit is calculated on Marked Price (M.P) then, C.P = M.P - P% Let M.P = 100  => C.P = 100 - 30 = 70  But S.P = Rs. 80 as he gave 20% discount,  Now, Actual Profit = 80-7070x100   = 100/7 %

Q: What is the smallest unit that can evolve? 1329 0

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The population is the smallest unit of living organisms that can undergo evolution.

Q: Updated List of Cabinet Ministers of India in September 2017 ? 1329 0

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Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio  1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:                                                            – Ministry of Personnel                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy                                                            – Department of Space   All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.   2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs   3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs   4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance                                                     – Minister of Corporate Affair  5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway                                                       – Minister of shipping                                                        – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation  6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry  7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation  8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation  9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence  10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs  11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution  12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development  13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs  14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology           15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare 16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation 17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises      18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries 19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation 20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel 21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs 22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare           23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment 24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting             25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change 26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development 27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways                                                                 – Minster of Coal 28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas                                                                – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

Q: A, B and C started a business where their initial capital was in the ratio of 2:3:4. At the end of 6 months, A invested an amount such that his total capital became equal to C's initial capital investment. If the annual profit of B is Rs. 3000 then what is the total profit  ? 1326 0

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    Rs. 8,640
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    Rs. 9,850
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    Rs. 10,000
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    Rs. 11,220
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 10,000"
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Answer: C) Rs. 10,000 Explanation: Ratio of investments of A, B & C = 2×6+4×6 : 3×12 : 4×12 = 36 : 36 : 48 = 6 : 6 : 8 But given that the annual profit of B is Rs. 3000 => 6 ratio = 3000 Then for the total annual profit of partners is 20 ratio = 3000 x 20/6 = 10,000.

Q: Atomic mass of first 30 elements? 1326 0

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Here I give you the first 30 Atomic elements names and their Atomic masses.   Atomic number      Element        Atomic mass                                      1                 Hydrogen           1         2                  Helium              4         3                 Lithium              6.94         4                Beryllium            9.01         5                  Boron               10.81         6                Carbon               12.01         7                Nitrogen             14.01         8                Oxygen              15.99         9                Fluorine              19.00        10                Neon                 20.18        11               Sodium               22.99        12             Magnesium           25.31        13             Aluminium            26.98        14               Silicon                28.09        15             Phosphorus           30.97        16               Sulphur               32.07        17               Chlorine              35.45        18                Argon                 39.95        19             Potassium              39.10        20              Calcium                40.08        21             Scandium              44.96        22             Titanium               47.87        23            Vanadium              50.94        24             Chromium            24. 52        25            Manganese            54.94        26                Iron                  55.85        27              Cobalt                 58.93        28               Nickel                 58.69        29              Copper                 63.55        30                Zinc                   65.41

Q: I have keys but no locks, I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go outside. What am I? 1322 0

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