GATE Life Sciences (XL)2010 Part 01 GA (General Aptitude) Compulsory Paper

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(GA)GeneralAptitude(CompulsoryPaper)

1. Thequestionbelowcontainsapairofrelatedwordsfollowedbyfourpairofwords.Selectthepairthatbestexpresstherelationintheoriginalpair

Unemployed:Worker

a. Fallow:landb. Unaware:Sleeperc. Wit:Jesterd. Renovated:house

2. Choose themost appropriateword from the option givenbelow to complete thefollowingsentence:Hisrathercasual remarksonpolitics ____________his lackofseriousnessabout thesubject.

a. Maskedb. Beliedc. Betrayedd. Suppressed

3. Whichofthefollowingoptionistheclosetinmeaningthewordbelow:

Circuitous

a. Cyclicb. Indirectc. Confusingd. Crooked

4. 25personsareinaroom.15ofthemplayhockey,17ofthemplayfootballand10ofthemplaybothhockeyandfootball.Thenhenumberofpersonplayingneitherhockeynorfootballis:

a. 2b. 17c. 13d. 3

5. Choosethemostappropriatewordfromtheoptionsgivenbelowtocompletethefollowingsentence:

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Ifwemanageto____________ournaturalresources,wewouldleaveabetterplantforourchildren.

a. Upholdb. Restrainc. Cherishd. Conserve

6. 5skilledworkerscanbuildawall in20days;8 semi‐skilledworkers canbuildawall in25days;10unskilledworkerscanbuildawall in30days. Ifateamhas2skilled, 6 semi‐skilled and 5 unskilledworkers, how longwill I take to build thewall?

a. 20daysb. 18daysc. 16daysd. 15days

7. Givendigits2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4howmanydistinct4digitnumbergreater than3000canbeformed

a. 50b. 51c. 52d. 54

8. If137+276=435howmuchis731+672?a. 534b. 1403c. 1623d. 1513

9. Hari(H),Gita(G),Irfan(I)andSaira(S)aresiblings(i.e.,brothersandsisters).Allwerebornon1stJanuary.Theagedifferencebetweenanytwosuccessivesiblings(thatisbornoneafteranother)islessthan3years.Giventheflowingfacts:

(A).Hari’sage+Gita’sage>Ifran’sage+Saira’sage

(B).TheagedifferencebetweenGitaandSaira is1year.However,Gita isnot theoldestandSairaisnottheyoungest

(C).Therearenotwins.

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c. IGSHd. IHSG

10. Modernwarfarehaschangedfromlargescaleclashesofarmiestosuppressionofcivilian populations. Chemical agents that doo their work silently appear to besuited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in militaryestablishmentswhothinkthatchemicalagentsareusefultoolsfortheircauses.Whichofthefollowingstatementbestsumsupthemeaningoftheabovepassage?

a. Modernwarfarehasresultedincivilstrifeb. Chemicalagentsareusefulinmodernwarfarec. Useofchemicalagentsinwarfarewouldbeundesirabled. Peopleinmilitaryestablishmentsliketousechemicalagentsinwar

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