GATE Practice Question and Answer

Q: What element behaves most like magnesium? 2549 0

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    Silicon
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    Strontium
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    Sulphur
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    Tin
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Answer : 2. "Strontium"
Explanation :

Answer: B) Strontium Explanation: We know that, Elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar characteristics. Here Magnesium and Strontium shared some similar properties because they both belong to the same group. Sr is the chemical symbol for strontium which is a group two element; it has atomic number of 38.

Q: A number when subtracted by 1/7 th of itself gives the same value as the sum of all the angles of a triangle. What is the number? 1757 0

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    420
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    210
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    70
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    35
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Answer : 2. "210"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 210 Explanation: Let the required number be 'p' We know, sum of angles in a triangle are 180 deg According to given data, p - p/7 = 180 7p - p = 180 x 7 => 6p = 1260 => p = 1260/6 = 210

Q: Complete the next number in the given number series? 21 56 102 160 231 316 2472 0

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    416
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    415
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    414
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    413
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Answer : 1. "416"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 416 Explanation: The given number series is  21 56 102 160 231 316   21      56       102        160      231       316         416    +35    +46       +58       +71      +85       +100         +11      +12       +13      +14      +15   Hence, the next number in the given number series is 316 + 100 = 416.

Q: Which best describes Genes? 2304 0

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    long, double chains of nucleic acids.
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    long, single chains of amino acids.
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    long, single chains of nucleic acids.
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    long, double chains of amino acids.
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Answer : 1. "long, double chains of nucleic acids."
Explanation :

Answer: A) long, double chains of nucleic acids. Explanation: Gene is a segment of chromosomal DNA or a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. It is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.   As genes are made up of DNA it impies that they are long, double chains of nucleic acids as DNA is made of nucleic acids.

Q: Simplify the following equation 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = ? 2508 0

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    226.65
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    196.55
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    202.35
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    216.66
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Answer : 1. "226.65"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 226.65 Explanation: 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = ?    55.55 155.00  15.55    0.5    0.05 _______ 226.65 _______   Hence, the value of the given equation 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = 226.65.

Q: In oceania, most towns began as 1343 0

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    Colonial ports
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    plantations
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    tribal ritual centers
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    capital cities
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Answer : 1. "Colonial ports"
Explanation :

Answer: A) Colonial ports Explanation: Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia. In Oceani, most towns began as Colonial Ports.

Q: In a purse there are 30 coins, twenty one-rupee and remaining 50-paise coins. Eleven coins are picked simultaneously at random and are placed in a box. If a coin is now picked from the box, find the probability of it being a rupee coin? 6574 0

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    4/7
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    2/3
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    1/2
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    5/6
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Answer : 2. "2/3"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 2/3 Explanation: Total coins 30 In that, 1 rupee coins 20 50 paise coins 10Probability of total 1 rupee coins =  20C11 Probability that 11 coins are picked = 30C11 Required probability of a coin now picked from the box is 1 rupee = 20C11/30C11 = 2/3.

Q: Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean? 1376 0

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Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis. Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.

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