GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: k, l, m together started a business. k invested Rs.6000 for 5 months l invested Rs.3600 for 6 months and m Rs.7500 for 3 months. If they get a total profit of Rs.7410. Find the share of l ? 3216 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9a6
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9a6- 1Rs. 1640false
- 2Rs. 2500false
- 3Rs. 2160true
- 4Rs. 3000false
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Answer : 3. "Rs. 2160"
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Answer: C) Rs. 2160 Explanation: => 60x5 : 36x6 : 75x3 => 100 : 72 : 75 => 72/247 x 7410 = Rs. 2160
Q: '.bak' extension refers to what kind of file? 3209 05b5cc645e4d2b4197774bb9f
5b5cc645e4d2b4197774bb9f- 1Documentfalse
- 2Movie/Video filefalse
- 3Backup filetrue
- 4Audio filefalse
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Answer : 3. "Backup file"
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Answer: C) Backup file Explanation: In computing, ".bak" is a filename extension commonly used to signify a backup copy of a file.
Q: Poison glands of snakes are homologous to 3205 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d153
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d153- 1sebaceous glands of mammalsfalse
- 2salivary glands of vertebratestrue
- 3stings of raysfalse
- 4electric organs of fishesfalse
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Answer : 2. "salivary glands of vertebrates"
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Answer: B) salivary glands of vertebrates Explanation: Here Homologous Means having the same relation or relative position or structure. Here in snakes poison is in glands and here salivary glands are in Vertebrates.
Q: A group consists of 4 men, 6 women and 5 children. In how many ways can 2 men , 3 women and 1 child selected from the given group ? 3204 05b5cc6dde4d2b4197774e9d3
5b5cc6dde4d2b4197774e9d3- 1600true
- 2610false
- 3609false
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Answer : 1. "600"
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Answer: A) 600 Explanation: Two men, three women and one child can be selected in ⁴C₂ x ⁶C₃ x ⁵C₁ ways = 600 ways.
Q: Find the next number in the given series ? 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, . . . 3204 05b5cc71be4d2b4197774f54e
5b5cc71be4d2b4197774f54e- 12false
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- 31false
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Answer : 4. "-1"
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Answer: D) -1 Explanation: 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, ... has two different series 1) 3, 6, 9, 12, 15..... 2) 7, 5, 3, 1, ..... -1 is the next number.
Q: At a certain rate of interest the compound interest of 3 years and simple interest of 5 years for certain sum of money is respectively Rs. 1513.2 and Rs. 2400. Find the common rate of interest per annum ? 3199 05b5cc6cde4d2b4197774e1cc
5b5cc6cde4d2b4197774e1cc- 15%true
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Answer : 1. "5%"
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Answer: A) 5% Explanation: Given compound interest for 3 years = Rs. 1513.2 and simple interest for 5 years = Rs. 2400 Now, we know that C.I = P1+R100n - 1 => 1513.2 = P1+R1003 - 1 ...........(A) And S.I = PTR/100 => 2400 = P5R/100 ..................(B) By solving (A) & (B), we get R = 5%.
Q: There are 44 students in a hostel, due to the administration, 15 new students has joined. The expense of the mess increase by Rs. 33 per day. While the average expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 3, what was the original expenditure of the mess ? 3193 05b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa9f
5b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa9f- 1Rs. 404false
- 2Rs. 514false
- 3Rs. 340false
- 4Rs. 616true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 616"
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Answer: D) Rs. 616 Explanation: Let the average expenditure per head be Rs. pNow, the expenditure of the mess for old students is Rs. 44pAfter joining of 15 more students, the average expenditure per head is decreased by Rs. 3 => p-3Here, given the expenditure of the mess for (44+15 = 59) students is increased by Rs. 33Therefore, 59(p-3) = 44p + 3359p - 177 = 44p + 3315p = 210 => p = 14Thus, the expenditure of the mess for old students is Rs. 44p = 44 x 14 = Rs. 616.
Q: The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 26 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 19 years and the average age of the last three persons is 32 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row ? 3191 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e97e
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e97e- 132 yrsfalse
- 229 yrstrue
- 324 yrsfalse
- 427 yrsfalse
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Answer : 2. "29 yrs"
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Answer: B) 29 yrs Explanation: Total age seven persons = (26 x 7)yearsTotal age of the first three persons and the last three persons are (19 x 3) years and (32 x 3) years respectively.Age of the person sitting in the middle of the row = 26 x 7 - 19 x 3 - 32 x 3 = 182 - 57 - 96 = 29 years.