GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: 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 05b5cc6bae4d2b4197774d7e9
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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 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9b0
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9b0- 1Shanmuga Sundaramfalse
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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 05b5cc6bae4d2b4197774d7ad
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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 05b5cc69de4d2b4197774c8d5
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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 05b5cc6c8e4d2b4197774deeb
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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 05b5cc6c4e4d2b4197774dcfb
5b5cc6c4e4d2b4197774dcfb- 1Rs. 8,640false
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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 05b5cc632e4d2b4197774b9d5
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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 05b5cc622e4d2b4197774b7d9
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I am Keyboard. A Keyboard has keys of letters, space button and enter button.

