GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades. 1. Mr. A sits opposite to cook 2. Miss b sits right to the barber.3. The washer man is on the left of the tailor 4. Miss D sits opposite Mr. C What are the trades of A and B ? 2815 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9bd
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9bd- 1Tailor and Barberfalse
- 2Tailor and cooktrue
- 3Barber and cookfalse
- 4washer man and cookfalse
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Answer : 2. "Tailor and cook"
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Answer: B) Tailor and cook Explanation: Clealry, C and D sit opposite to each other. So, if A sits opposite to cook, B shall be the cook.Now, B is to the right of barber. So, one of the rest, say C will be barber.Clealry, then D on the opposite side shall be washerman or tailor. But, washerman is left of tailor and D on the left of A.So, D is washerman and A is tailor. Thus, A and B are Tailor and Cook.
Q: Which of the following equations represents Photosynthesis? 2811 05b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d1c4
5b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d1c4- 16CO2 + 6H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2true
- 2C6H12O6 + 6O2 -----> CO2 + 6H2Ofalse
- 3CO2 + H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2false
- 46O2 + 6H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6CO2false
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Answer : 1. "6CO2 + 6H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2"
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Answer: A) 6CO2 + 6H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 Explanation: Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms activities. Photosynthesis can be represented using a chemical equation. The overall balanced equation is 6CO2 + 6H2O →Sunlight C6H12O6 + 6O2Source of Carbon & Oxygen + Source of Electrons & Hydrogen + Energy that drives Photosynthesis ----> Sugar + Gas produced by splitting water. Where CO2 = carbon dioxide H2O = waterC6H12O6 = glucose O2 = oxygen.
Q: A driver of auto rickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the % profit for the same journey if he goes for 4 passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litres ? 2810 05b5cc6fee4d2b4197774f157
5b5cc6fee4d2b4197774f157- 168%false
- 280%false
- 375%false
- 4100%true
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Answer : 4. "100%"
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Answer: D) 100% Explanation: When 3 passengers income was 3xexpense= Rs.30 profit =20% of 30 = Rs.6 That means his earning is Rs.36. so that per passenger fare must be Rs.12. When 4 passengersearning = 12x4=Rs.48.expense =Rs.24.profit = Rs.24 = 100%
Q: The Length of the Day is determined in 2806 05b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183
5b5cc6aee4d2b4197774d183- 1length of the hoursfalse
- 2length of the yearfalse
- 3astronomical unitstrue
- 4solar termsfalse
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Answer : 3. "astronomical units"
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Answer: C) astronomical units Explanation: The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units. The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.
Q: If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area ? 2803 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e988
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e988- 1108 sq.cmfalse
- 2112 sq.cmfalse
- 3116 sq.cmfalse
- 4120 sq.cmtrue
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Answer : 4. "120 sq.cm"
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Answer: D) 120 sq.cm Explanation: The triangle with sides 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm is right angled, where the hypotenuse is 26 cm. Area of the triangle =1/2 x base x height => 1/2 x 24 x 10 = 120 sq.cm
Q: Given that on 9th August 2016 is Saturday. What was the day on 9th August 1616 ? 2801 05b5cc6d3e4d2b4197774e4af
5b5cc6d3e4d2b4197774e4af- 1Saturdaytrue
- 2Sundayfalse
- 3Fridayfalse
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Answer : 1. "Saturday"
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Answer: A) Saturday Explanation: We know that, After every 400 years, the same day occurs.Thus, if 9th August 2016 is Saturday, before 400 years i.e., on 9th August 1616 has to be Saturday.
Q: "Compounding frequency" refers to 2801 05b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb57
5b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb57- 1What type of interest your account earnsfalse
- 2How often your interest is calculated and added back into your accounttrue
- 3What interest rate you can expect from your accountfalse
- 4How easily you can add money into your accountfalse
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Answer : 2. "How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account"
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Answer: B) How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account Explanation: Compounding frequency : The time periods when interest will be calculated on top of the original loan amount (or) The number of compounding periods in one year. The greater the compounding frequency, the more often your interest is calculated and added back into your account.
Q: 5% people of a village in India died by dengue, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning ? 2798 05b5cc6e0e4d2b4197774eb5c
5b5cc6e0e4d2b4197774eb5c- 14400true
- 23100false
- 32800false
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Answer : 1. "4400"
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Answer: A) 4400 Explanation: Let 'P' be the original population at the beginning P x (95/100) x (85/100) = 3553 P = 4400.

