GATE Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Sandeep got Rs. 6000 as his share out of the total profit of Rs. 9000 which he and Saketh earned at the end of one year. If Sandeep invested Rs. 20000 for 6 months, whereas Saketh invested his amount for the whole year, the amount invested by Saketh? 1960 05b5cc6a6e4d2b4197774cdd9
5b5cc6a6e4d2b4197774cdd9- 1Rs. 5000true
- 2Rs. 6200false
- 3Rs. 8100false
- 4R. 7600false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 5000"
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Answer: A) Rs. 5000 Explanation: Let the amount invested by saketh = RS. p Now, that of sandeep = 20,000 x 6 saketh = 12 x p Ratio of their earnings = 120000 : 12p = 6000 : (9000 - 6000) => 12000012p = 60003000 => p= Rs. 5000 Hence, the amount investe by saketh = Rs. p = Rs. 5000.
Q: A person travels from K to L a speed of 50 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ? 1960 05b5cc6d8e4d2b4197774e764
5b5cc6d8e4d2b4197774e764- 155 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "60 kmph"
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Answer: C) 60 kmph Explanation: Speed on return trip = 150% of 50 = 75 km/hr. Average speed = (2 x 50 x 75)/(50 + 75) = 60 km/hr.
Q: I am an English word with five letters. If you remove my last four I am still pronounced the same. What am I? 1960 05b5cc68ee4d2b4197774c410
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An English word with five letters in which if you remove the last four letters, still pronounced the same is QUEUE.
Q: 70000 a year is how much an hour? 1959 05b5cc626e4d2b4197774b886
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Answer : 2. "8"
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Answer: B) 8 Explanation: Given for year = 70000 => 365 days = 70000 => 365 x 24 hours = 70000 => 1 hour = ? 70000/365x24 = 7.990 = 8
Q: Which digits will come in the place of '?' in the following series ? 372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7 1958 05b5cc731e4d2b4197774f800
5b5cc731e4d2b4197774f800- 14, 4false
- 26, 2true
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Answer : 2. "6, 2"
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Answer: B) 6, 2 Explanation: Given series is 372, 823, 644, 582, 46?, 8?7 Here the series follow the rule that :372 = 3+7+2 = 12823 = 8+2+3 = 13644 = 6+4+4 = 14582 = 5+8+2 = 1546? = 4+6+? = 16 => ? = 68?7 = 8+?+7 = 17 => ? = 2 So the missing numbers are 6 and 2
Q: A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel is ? 1958 05b5cc720e4d2b4197774f640
5b5cc720e4d2b4197774f640- 111false
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Answer : 3. "9"
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Answer: C) 9 Explanation: Here the number of cogs is inveresly proportional to number of revolutions => More cogs less revolution=> 6 : 14 :: x : 21=> (21x6)/14 = 9
Q: On a school’s Annual day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 112 children. But on that particular day, 32 children were absent. Thus the remaining children got 6 extra sweets. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ? 1957 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9a4
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9a4- 114false
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Answer : 4. "15"
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Answer: D) 15 Explanation: Let 'K' be the total number of sweets.Given total number of students = 112If sweets are distributed among 112 children,Let number of sweets each student gets = 'L' => K/112 = L ....(1)But on that day students absent = 32 => remaining = 112 - 32 = 80Then, each student gets '6' sweets extra. => K/80 = L + 6 ....(2)from (1) K = 112L substitute in (2), we get112L = 80L + 48032L = 480L = 15 Therefore, 15 sweets were each student originally supposed to get.
Q: Peacock : India :: Bear : ? 1957 05b5cc699e4d2b4197774c71f
5b5cc699e4d2b4197774c71f- 1Englandfalse
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Answer : 3. "Russia"
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Answer: C) Russia Explanation: Here the relation between the given words is that the first word is the National animal of the second word. As Peacock is the national bird of India, similarly Bear is the national animal of Russia. Hence, Peacock : India :: Bear : Russia.

