GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Which of the following causes tornadoes? 2338 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.

Q: Which one of the following launched world's longest scheduled flight ? 2337 0

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    Qatar Airways
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    British Airways
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    Jet Blue
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    Air India
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Answer : 1. "Qatar Airways"
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Answer: A) Qatar Airways Explanation: The Qatar Airways has launched the World’s longest scheduled commercial service to ply between Doha to Auckland. The inaugural service of Flight QR920 took off on February 5, 2017 from Doha and will take 16 hours and 20 minutes to travel 14,535 kilometers to reach Auckland in New Zealand.This makes Qatar Airways to launch the World’s fastest and longest passenger service in terms of flying time. Prior to this, emirates launched the world’s longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight with a service from Dubai to Auckland, spanning 14,200 kilometres.

Q: What has a foot but no legs? 2336 0

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A measuring device.   Measuring devices have feet on them to measure distance.

Q: What has four wheels and flies? 2336 0

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Garbage truck. It’s true, a garbage truck has 4 wheels and lots of flies because flies like garbage. Here flies means insects like houseflies, mosquitoes, ... It doesn't mean that it flies in the air.

Q: Which of these is unique to flowering plants? 2336 0

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    double fertilization
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    an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
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    haploid gametophytes
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    pollen production
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Answer : 1. "double fertilization"
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Answer: A) double fertilization Explanation: In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.   Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

Q: Under which conditions are gases most soluble in water? 2334 0

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    low pressure and low temperature
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    low pressure and high temperature
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    high pressure and low temperature
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    high pressure and high temperature
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Answer : 3. "high pressure and low temperature"
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Answer: C) high pressure and low temperature Explanation: Henry's Law tells that the solubility of a gas is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the solvent. Hence under high pressure, more gas is dissolved. Also that Henry's Law involves a constant which is temperature-dependent. Under high temperatures, less gas is dissolved whereas under low temperatures, more gas is dissolved.   For Example ::   You can think of a can of soda. The contents are under pressure and if you shake the can before opening, the soda fizzes out all over as you open it. So the higher the pressure, the more gas or more CO2 can be dissolved in the drink. Eliminate choices 1 and 2. Now focus on the temperature. Soda goes flat (loses carbonation or gas) as it warms up. Soda is usually served cold because more of the carbonation or CO2 stays in the drink when the soda is cold.   Hence, in high pressure and low temperature conditions gases are most soluble in water.

Q: When 0.46 is written in simplest form, the sum of the numerator and the denominator is  ? 2332 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: Selling an article at a profit of 20%, Aman gets Rs. 400 more than selling at a loss of 20%. The cost price of the article is ? 2327 0

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    Rs.1000
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    Rs. 1020
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    Rs.1210
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    Rs.1140
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Answer : 1. "Rs.1000"
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Answer: A) Rs.1000 Explanation: Cost price of the article is given by = 400x100/(20+20) = Rs.1000

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