GATE-2018 General Aptitude (GA) for CS/IT
Q1.“From where are they bringing their books? ________ bringing _______ books from_____.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
(A) Their, they’re, there
(B) They’re, their, there
(C) There, their, they’re
(D) They’re, there, there
Answer :- (B)
Q.2 “A _________ investigation can sometimes yield new facts, but typically organized ones
are more successful.”
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
(A) meandering (B) timely (C) consistent (D) systematic
Answer :- (A)
Q.3 The area of a square is d. What is the area of the circle which has the diagonal of the
square as its diameter?
(A) πd (B) πd2 (C) 1/4πd2 (D) 1/2πd
Answer :- (D)
Q.4 What would be the smallest natural number which when divided either by 20 or by 42 or
by 76 leaves a remainder of 7 in each case?
(A) 3047 (B) 6047 (C) 7987 (D) 63847
Answer:- (C)
Q.5 What is the missing number in the following sequence?
2, 12, 60, 240, 720, 1440, _____, 0
(A) 2880 (B) 1440 (C) 720 (D) 0
Answer :- (B)
Q.6 In appreciation of the social improvements completed in a town, a wealthy philanthropist
decided to gift Rs 750 to each male senior citizen in the town and Rs 1000 to each female
senior citizen. Altogether, there were 300 senior citizens eligible for this gift. However,
only 8/9th of the eligible men and 2/3rd of the eligible women claimed the gift. How much
money (in Rupees) did the philanthropist give away in total?
(A) 1,50,000 (B) 2,00,000
(C) 1,75,000 (D) 1,51,000
Answer :- (B)
Q.7 If pqr ≠ 0 and p−x =1q, q−y =1r, r−z =1p, what is the value of the product xyz?
(A) −1 (B) 1/pqr (C) 1 (D) pqr
Answer :- (C)
Q.8 In a party, 60% of the invited guests are male and 40% are female. If 80% of the invited
guests attended the party and if all the invited female guests attended, what would be the
ratio of males to females among the attendees in the party?
(A) 2:3 (B) 1:1 (C) 3:2 (D) 2:1
Answer :- (B)
Q.9 In the figure below, ∠DEC + ∠BFC is equal to ____________
(A) ∠BCD − ∠BAD (B) ∠BAD + ∠BCF
(C) ∠BAD + ∠BCD (D) ∠CBA + ∠ADC
Answer :- (A)
Q.10 A six sided unbiased die with four green faces and two red faces is rolled seven times.
Which of the following combinations is the most likely outcome of the experiment?
(A) Three green faces and four red faces.
(B) Four green faces and three red faces.
(C) Five green faces and two red faces.
(D) Six green faces and one red face.
Answer :- (C)
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
(A) Their, they’re, there
(B) They’re, their, there
(C) There, their, they’re
(D) They’re, there, there
Answer :- (B)
Q.2 “A _________ investigation can sometimes yield new facts, but typically organized ones
are more successful.”
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
(A) meandering (B) timely (C) consistent (D) systematic
Answer :- (A)
Q.3 The area of a square is d. What is the area of the circle which has the diagonal of the
square as its diameter?
(A) πd (B) πd2 (C) 1/4πd2 (D) 1/2πd
Answer :- (D)
Q.4 What would be the smallest natural number which when divided either by 20 or by 42 or
by 76 leaves a remainder of 7 in each case?
(A) 3047 (B) 6047 (C) 7987 (D) 63847
Answer:- (C)
Q.5 What is the missing number in the following sequence?
2, 12, 60, 240, 720, 1440, _____, 0
(A) 2880 (B) 1440 (C) 720 (D) 0
Answer :- (B)
Q.6 In appreciation of the social improvements completed in a town, a wealthy philanthropist
decided to gift Rs 750 to each male senior citizen in the town and Rs 1000 to each female
senior citizen. Altogether, there were 300 senior citizens eligible for this gift. However,
only 8/9th of the eligible men and 2/3rd of the eligible women claimed the gift. How much
money (in Rupees) did the philanthropist give away in total?
(A) 1,50,000 (B) 2,00,000
(C) 1,75,000 (D) 1,51,000
Answer :- (B)
Q.7 If pqr ≠ 0 and p−x =1q, q−y =1r, r−z =1p, what is the value of the product xyz?
(A) −1 (B) 1/pqr (C) 1 (D) pqr
Answer :- (C)
Q.8 In a party, 60% of the invited guests are male and 40% are female. If 80% of the invited
guests attended the party and if all the invited female guests attended, what would be the
ratio of males to females among the attendees in the party?
(A) 2:3 (B) 1:1 (C) 3:2 (D) 2:1
Answer :- (B)
Q.9 In the figure below, ∠DEC + ∠BFC is equal to ____________
(A) ∠BCD − ∠BAD (B) ∠BAD + ∠BCF
(C) ∠BAD + ∠BCD (D) ∠CBA + ∠ADC
Answer :- (A)
Q.10 A six sided unbiased die with four green faces and two red faces is rolled seven times.
Which of the following combinations is the most likely outcome of the experiment?
(A) Three green faces and four red faces.
(B) Four green faces and three red faces.
(C) Five green faces and two red faces.
(D) Six green faces and one red face.
Answer :- (C)
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