GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which of the following causes tornadoes? 2701 0

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    condensation
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    dry climates
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    wind shear
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    stationary fronts
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Answer : 2. "dry climates"
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Answer: B) dry climates Explanation: Conditions suitable for the formation of a tornado develop when varying temperatures and humidity come together and form thunderclouds. This refers to the presence of warm and moist condition in the lower atmosphere and cold and dry conditions in the upper atmosphere. The place where these varying masses of air meet is known as the dry-line. Such conditions, which are suitable for the formation of a tornado, are most often observed just before a low pressure system develops.   Once the ideal conditions occur, the warm air tries to rise in the atmosphere, while the cold air blocks it. This makes the air in between rotate horizontally. In the meanwhile, the land is heated by the Sun, and hence, the air near the ground becomes warm and starts rising. Continuous fueling by the heat energy from the Sun ensures that the warm air has an upper hand over cold air. As a result of this, the cold air at the top starts sinking and the warm air below starts rising in a spinning motion. As the amount of warm air increases, the formation gains height and becomes intense. The intensity of these devastating tornadoes is such that they can clear off anything that comes in their path.

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Answer : 4. "Tanuja"
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Answer: D) Tanuja Explanation: The four vocal musicians and one actress in the group are given. Two dancers are Shailaja and Tanuja. Two violinists are Girija and Vanaja. Since Jalaja and Shailaja cannot be violinists, so remaining two violinists are Tanuja and Pooja. Clearly, Tanuja is both a violinist and a dancer.

Q: I have an eye but cannot see? 2700 0

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Answer :
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Its a Needle. Needle has an eye but can't see.

Q: A passenger train covers the distance between station K and L, 40 minutes faster than a goods train. Find this distance between K and L if the average speed of the passenger train is 50 km/h and that of goods train is 30 km/h? 2699 0

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    50 kms
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    48 kms
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    46 kms
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    44 kms
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Answer : 1. "50 kms"
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Answer: A) 50 kms Explanation: Let the distance be 'd' kms. According to the given data, d30 - d50 = 4060 hrs=> 6d = 300=> d = 50 kms.

Q: A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today. How old was his son? 2694 0

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    50 yrs
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    25 yrs
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    72 yrs
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    40 yrs
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Answer : 1. "50 yrs"
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Answer: A) 50 yrs Explanation: Let the daughter age be 'x'Therefore, Son age = 5x, Mother age = 25x, Person age = 50x. Thus we get, x+5x+25x+50x = 8181x = 81x = 1 Daughter's age = 1, Son's = 5, Mother's = 25, Person's age = 50.

Q: When 0.46 is written in simplest form, the sum of the numerator and the denominator is  ? 2693 0

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    69
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    73
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    96
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    41
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Answer : 2. "73"
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Answer: B) 73 Explanation: 0.46 = 46/100 = 23/50. Sum of the numerator and denominator is 23 + 50 = 73

Q: Ravi and Ramu are partners in a business.Ravi contributes 1/6 of the capital for 16 months and Ramu received 2/3 of the profit. For how long Ramu's money was used ? 2692 0

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    11 months
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    10 months
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    9 months
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    8 months
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Answer : 4. "8 months"
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Answer: D) 8 months Explanation: Let the total Profit be Z.Ramu's profit share is 2/3 of profit (i.e 2Z/3)Ravi's profit is (Z-2Z/3) =Z/3Hence the profit ratio is , Ravi : Ramu = Z/3 : 2Z/3 = 1:2 Let total Capital be Rs.X and Ramu has contributed for Y months.Since Ramu's profit share is 2/3, his invest share will be 2/3 in capital. Ravi's invest for 16 months / Ramu's invest for Y months = Ravi's profit share / Ramu's profit sharei.e. (X/6 x 16) / (2X/3 x Y) = 1/2 Solving the above equation, we get Y = 8.So Ramu's money has been used for 8 months.

Q: What is the common ratio of the following geometric sequence? 4, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125,... 2690 0

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    0.5
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    -1
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    1.5
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    -0.5
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Answer : 1. "0.5"
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Answer: A) 0.5 Explanation: In mathematics, a geometric progression, also known as a geometric sequence, is a sequence of numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, non-zero number called the common ratio.   Herein the given sequence, 4, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125,... Common Ratio r = 2/4 = 1/2 = 0.5/1 = 0.25/0.5 = 0.125/0.25 == 0.5.

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