GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: Sony is one-fifth the age of her mother 15 years ago and Sony’s brother is three-fifth the age of his mother 10 years ago. If the sum of Sony and her brother’s ages is 31 then how old is Sony's mother ? 2761 0

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    40
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    50
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    60
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    70
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Answer : 2. "50"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 50 Explanation: Sony and her brother's age sum is 31Let Sony's mother's age be 'x'.Now the conditions given for both of their ages related to their mom is1/5(x-15) + 3/5(x-10) = 31x-15 + 3x-30 = 1554x-45 = 1554x = 200x = 50So, Mother's age = 50. Cross verification : 15 years ago age = 35 => Sony age = 710 years ago age = 40 => bro age = 24 Sum = 24 + 7 = 31.

Q: Five boxes of bananas sell for Rs. 30. how many boxes can you buy for Rs.9? 2755 0

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    2
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    1.5
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    1.25
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    2.5
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Answer : 2. "1.5"
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Answer: B) 1.5 Explanation: Given Five boxes of bananas sell for Rs. 30. => 1 Box of Bananas for = 30/5 = Rs. 6   Then, for Rs. 9 => 9/6 = 3/2 = 1.5   Hence, for Rs. 9, 1.5 box of bananas can buy.

Q: Two trains start from same place at same time at right angles to each other. Their speeds are 36km/hr and 48km/hr respectively. After 30 seconds the distance between them will be ? 2752 0

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    900 mts
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    300 mts
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    250 mts
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    500 mts
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Answer : 4. "500 mts"
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Answer: D) 500 mts Explanation: Using pythagarous theorem,distance travelled by first train = 36x5/18x30 = 300mdistance travelled by second train = 48x5/18x30 = 400mso distance between them =√( 90000 + 160000) = √250000 = 500mts.

Q: Arun and Varun started business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six months, Akhil joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be Varun's share in the total profit of Rs. 25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business ? 2748 0

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    Rs. 7500
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    Rs. 4520
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    Rs. 8750
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    Rs. 6350
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 7500"
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Answer: A) Rs. 7500 Explanation: Arun : Varun : Akhil = (20000 x 24) : (15000 x 24) : (20000 x 18) = 4:3:3 B's share = 25000 x 3/10 = Rs. 7500.

Q: A constructor estimates that 4 people can paint Mr. Karthik's house in 6 days. If he uses 5 people instead of 4, how long will they take to complete the job ? 2742 0

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    3 days
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    26/3 days
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    13/4 days
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    24/5 days
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Answer : 4. "24/5 days"
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Answer: D) 24/5 days Explanation: we know that m1 x d1 = m2 x d2=> 4 x 6 = 5 x dwhere d = no. of days taken by 5 men to paintd = 24/5 days.

Q: Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions from the given options. The dog was sitting _______ the table waiting _______ catch the ball that was thrown ________ him _________ his master. 2740 0

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    below, for, to, by
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    under, for, towards, by
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    up, to, towards, by
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    under, to, towards, by
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Answer : 4. "under, to, towards, by"
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Answer: D) under, to, towards, by Explanation: The dog was sitting under the table waiting to catch the ball that was thrown towards him by his master.

Q: A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water   ? 2739 0

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    2 lit
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    4 lit
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    1 lit
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    3 lit
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Answer : 1. "2 lit"
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Answer: A) 2 lit Explanation: Quantity of fruit juice in the mixture = 70 - [70 x (10/100) ]= 63 litres.   After adding water, juice would form 87.5% of the mixture.   Hence, if quantity of mixture after adding x liters of water, [(87.5) /100 ]*x = 63 => x = 72    Hence 72 - 70 = 2 litres of water must be added.

Q: The respective ratio between the speed of a bike, a van  and lorry is 3 : 5 : 2. The speed of the van is 250 percent of the speed of the lorry which covers 360 km in 12 hours. What is the average speed of the bike and the van together? 2739 0

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    60 kmph
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    62 kmph
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    64 kmph
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    63 kmph
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Answer : 1. "60 kmph"
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Answer: A) 60 kmph Explanation: Speed of lorry = 36012 = 30 kmph Speed of van =250100 x 30 = 75 kmph Speed of bike = 35 x 75 = 45 kmph Therefore, now required average speed of bike and van  = 75 + 452= 60 kmph.

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