GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean? 1529 0

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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 0

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    27 kgs
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    25 kgs
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    24 kgs
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    21 kgs
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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 0

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    6.5
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    7.5
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    8.5
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    10.5
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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 0

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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 0

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    fill shells without giving atoms much charge
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    bring electrons closer to protons
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    Both A & B
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    use forces between nuclei as well as forces between electrons
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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 0

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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 0

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    Reactivity
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    Solubility
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    Density
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    All of the above
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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 0

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    tin and silver
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    iodine and silver
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    tin and xenon
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    iodine and xenon
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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.

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