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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS

GATE APTI- SET 02

Geology & Geophysics-2021

Maximum marks: 15 Time allowed: 30 minutes

Instructions:
 The assignment includes 10 MCQs for GATE G&G
 Use of analog calculators and other electronic gadgets is not allowed in
the exam hall
 Q1-Q5 is of 01 mark each and there will be negative marking for each
wrong question @33%
 Q6-Q10 is of 02 marks each and there will be negative marking @66%
 Candidate is advised not to leave the examination hall till the time is over.

1. Introducing a man, a woman said, 'His wife is the only daughter of my

father. How is that man related to the woman?
(a)Husband (b) Brother-in-law (c) Son (d) Daughter

2. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:

To those of us who had always thought him timid, his ------came as a
surprise.
(A) Intrepidity (B) inevitability
(C) Inability (D) inertness

3. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:

Medicine is to illness as law is to
(A) Discipline (B) anarchy
(C) Treason (D) etiquette

4. Read the following paragraph:

"The ordinary form of mercury thermometer is used for temperature ranging
from -40°F to 500°F. For measuring temperature below -40°F, thermometers
filled with alcohol are used. These are, however, not satisfactory for use in high
temperatures. When a mercury thermometer is used for temperature above
500°F, the space above the mercury is filled with some inert gas, usually
nitrogen or carbon dioxide, placed in the thermometer under pressure. As the

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mercury rises, the gas pressures are increased, so that it is possible to use these
thermometers for temperatures as high as 1000°F."
With what, besides mercury, would a thermometer be filled if it was
designed to be used for measuring temperature of about 500°F?
(A) Pyrometer (B) Inert gas
(C) Iron and brass (D) Gas

5. The cost of manufacturing tractors in Korea is twenty percent less than the
cost of manufacturing tractors in Germany. Even after transportation fees and
import taxes are added, it is still cheaper to import tractors from Korea to
Germany than to produce tractors in Germany. Which of the following
assertions is best supported by the above information?

(A) Labour costs in Korea are twenty percent below those in Germany.
(B) Importing tractors into Germany will eliminate twenty percent of the
manufacturing jobs in Germany.
(C) The costs of transporting a tractor from Korea to Germany is more than
twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Korea.
(D) The import taxes on a tractor imported from Korea to Germany is less than
twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Germany.

Numerical Ability

6. In a survey, 3/16 of the people surveyed told that they preferred to use public
transport while commuting daily to office. 5/8 of the people surveyed told that
they preferred to use their own vehicles. The remaining 75 respondents said that
they had no clear preference. How many people preferred to use public
transport?

(A) 75 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) 133

7. Find the same relationship of given analogy

Sound: Cacophony:: Smell : ?
(a)Laugh (b) Talk
(c) vision (d) Stench

8. Find the same relationship of the letters K/T: 11/20:: J/R:?

(a)8/18 (b) 12/18 (c) 10/18 (d) 9/18

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9. Nun is related to Convent in the same way as Hen is related to:
(a)Hen (b) House (c) Farm (d) Cote

10. Select the best alternative. Seismography: Earthquake:: Tachometer : ?

(a)Strength (b) Power (c) Strains (d) Capacity

ANSWER KEYS
1.A 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.D 10.C

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