Test Preparation on GATE General Aptitude (One Mark) Practice Paper-1
1.
It is a common criticism that most of the academicians live in their _____., so, they are not aware of the real-life challenges.
Ivory towers mean a lack of concern with or interest in practical matters.
2.
His hunger for reading is insatiable. He reads indiscriminately. He is most certainly a/an _____ reader.
Voracious means hungry for knowledge.
3.
Select the word that fits the analogy: Fuse : Fusion :: Use: _______.
Verb and noun analogy.
4.
If 0, 1, 2, ......., 7, 8, 9 are coded as O, P, Q ....., V, W, X, then 45 will be coded as _______.
O – 0, P – 1, Q – 2, R – 4, T – 5, U – 6, V – 7, W – 8, X – 9 So, ST = 45
5.
The sum of two positive numbers is 100. After subtracting 5 from each number, the product of the resulting numbers is 0. One of the original numbers is _______ .
As Given that : a + b = 100 and (a – 5) (b – 5) = 0 So, either a = 5 or b = 5 Since 5 is not in any of the options. If a = 5, then b = 95 or if b = 5, then a = 95 Hence of the original number is 95.