GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Find the Next Number in the given number series? 3, 10.5, 36.75, 128.625, ? 1721 0

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    450.187
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    442.151
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    441.231
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    456.852
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Answer : 1. "450.187"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 450.187 Explanation: Pattern is 3 3 x 3.5 = 10.5 10.5 x 3.5 = 36.75 36.75 x 3.5 = 128.625 128.625 x 3.5 = 450.187

Q: A salesman calculated his profit on the marked price and finds it to be 30%. He forgets the fact that he gave a discount of 20%. What is his actual profit percentage? 1232 0

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    260/11%
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    18.4%
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    22.5%
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    100/7%
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Answer : 4. "100/7%"
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Answer: D) 100/7% Explanation: When profit is calculated on Marked Price (M.P) then, C.P = M.P - P% Let M.P = 100  => C.P = 100 - 30 = 70  But S.P = Rs. 80 as he gave 20% discount,  Now, Actual Profit = 80-7070x100   = 100/7 %

Q: Sweety is 54 years old and her mother is 80. How many years ago was Sweety's mother three times her age? 1449 0

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    20
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    41
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    26
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    33
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Answer : 2. "41"
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Answer: B) 41 Explanation: Given P = 54 and M = 80 According to the question, Let ‘A’ years ago, M = 3P => M - A/P - A = 3 => 80 - A = 3(54 - A) => 80 - A = 162 - 3A => 2A = 82 => A = 41 Therefore, A = 41 years ago Sweety’s mother was 3 times of Sweety’s age. Hence, at the age S = 13 and M = 39.

Q: 19 friends went to a restaurant for a combined weekend dinner party. 13 of them spent Rs. 79 each on their dinner and the rest spent Rs. 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them? 1087 0

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    Rs. 1398.96
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    Rs. 1457.09
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    Rs. 1662.35
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    Rs. 1536.07
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 1536.07"
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Answer: D) Rs. 1536.07 Explanation: Let average expenditure was Rs. R 13 x 79 + 6x(R + 4) = 19R => R = Rs. 80.84 Total money = 19 x 80.84 = Rs. 1536.07.

Q: A certain job was assigned to a group of women to do it in 20 days. But 12 women did not turn up for the job and the remaining did the job in 32 days. The original number of women in the group was? 1899 0

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    36
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    32
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    22
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    28
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Answer : 2. "32"
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Answer: B) 32 Explanation: Let the total women in the group be 'W' Then according to the given data,  W x 20 = (W-12) x 32  => W = 32  Therefore, the total number of women in the group = 32

Q: 9 17 11 19 13 What Are The Next Three Numbers In The Given Number Series? 1414 0

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    17, 10, 18
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    19, 14, 23
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    21, 15, 23
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    19, 13, 22
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Answer : 3. "21, 15, 23"
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Answer: C) 21, 15, 23 Explanation: Given number series is 9 17 11 19 13  Here the pattern is 9 9 + 8 = 17 17 - 6 = 11 11 + 8 = 19 19 - 6 = 13 13 + 8 = 21 21 - 6 = 15 15 + 8 = 23

Q: 25% of 25% Is Equal To 2353 0

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    0.0625
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    0.0210
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    0.03145
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    0.3210
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Answer : 1. "0.0625"
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Answer: A) 0.0625 Explanation: 25% of 25% means   25/100 of 25/100   i.e, 1/4 of 1/4   or in other words 1/4 x 1/4=1/16   Hence, the answer is 1/16 = 0.0625.

Q: Dronacharya Award Is Given To 1977 0

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    Sports Editors
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    Umpires
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    Sportsmen
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    Coaches
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Answer : 4. "Coaches"
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Answer: D) Coaches Explanation: The Dronacharya Award, formally known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports training honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.

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