GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean? 1529 05b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b762
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Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis. Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.
Q: When the price of whear was increased by 32%, a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on wheat was only 10% more than before. If 30 kg per month were consumed before, find the new monthly consumption of family? 1616 05b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b758
5b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b758- 127 kgsfalse
- 225 kgstrue
- 324 kgsfalse
- 421 kgsfalse
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Answer : 2. "25 kgs"
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Answer: B) 25 kgs Explanation: Initial wheat per kg cost be Rs. 100 Then, monthly expenditure of the family = 30 x 100 = 3000 After increase in cost, Let P be new monthly consumption of family. P x 132 = 110/100 x 3000 => P = 25 kg.
Q: Find the next number in the given number series? 11, 5.5, 10, 6.5, 9, ? 1388 05b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b753
5b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b753- 16.5false
- 27.5true
- 38.5false
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Answer : 2. "7.5"
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Answer: B) 7.5 Explanation: The given number series follows a pattern that 11 11 - 5.5 = 5.5 5.5 + 4.5 = 10 10 - 3.5 = 6.5 6.5 + 2.5 = 9 9 - 1.5 = 7.5 Hence, the next number in the given number series is 7.5.
Q: Gases in the atmosphere and their percentages? 1024 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b744
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The air around us is a mixture of gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen, but containing much smaller amounts of water and other gases. Earth's atmosphere is composed of many gases. Their percentages by volume is given by:: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 0.9% Argon, and 0.03% Carbon dioxide And very small percentages of other elements.
Q: Covalent bonds hold atoms together because they 1583 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b73e
5b5cc619e4d2b4197774b73e- 1fill shells without giving atoms much chargefalse
- 2bring electrons closer to protonsfalse
- 3Both A & Btrue
- 4use forces between nuclei as well as forces between electronsfalse
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Answer : 3. "Both A & B"
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Answer: C) Both A & B Explanation: Covalent bonds hold atoms together because the attraction between the positively charged nuclei and the negatively charged shared electrons is greater than the repulsions between the nuclei themselves.
Q: Which three components are common to all amino acids? 1613 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b72e
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Any two amino acids vary structure by the r-group, otherwise all amino acids are in the same structure. All amino acids have in common carboxyl group -COO , amino group -NH3+ and a hydrogen -H and a r-group which are all bonded to a central carbon.
Q: Which of the following is a chemical property? 1605 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b723
5b5cc619e4d2b4197774b723- 1Reactivitytrue
- 2Solubilityfalse
- 3Densityfalse
- 4All of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "Reactivity"
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Answer: A) Reactivity Explanation: The ability of two or more substances to combine to form other substances is called Reactivity.
Q: Which elements are malleable and good conductors of electricity? 2466 05b5cc619e4d2b4197774b714
5b5cc619e4d2b4197774b714- 1tin and silvertrue
- 2iodine and silverfalse
- 3tin and xenonfalse
- 4iodine and xenonfalse
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Answer : 1. "tin and silver"
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Answer: A) tin and silver Explanation: Tin and Silver are malleable and good conductors of electricity. The other combinations have a non metal in them which are bad conductors.