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SMART COURSE QUESTIONS

Direction & Distance meters South and 4 meters West. What is


the straight distance in meters between the
0Direction for Q.1 to Q.50 point he started from and the point he
finally reached?
Vikram was going army camp. He started walking
8m in East direction, from where he turns to his (A) 2√2 (B) 2
right and walk for 6m, from where he turns (C) √2 (D) 1/√2
90˚ACW and walk for 10m and again he turns in [GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CE-2)]
that direction and covers the same distance, then Q.12 Fatima starts from point P, goes North for
he turns to his right and walk for 7m, finally he 3 km and then East for 4 km to reach point
walks for 4m before stopping towards his right. Q. She then turns to face point P and goes
Q.1 Ending Point is in which direction with 15 km in that direction. She then goes
respect to Starting point? North for 6 km. How far is she from point
Q.2 Starting point is in which direction with P, and in which direction should she go to
respect to Ending point? reach point P?
Q.3 Minimum distance between Starting point (A) 8 km, East (B) 12 km, North
& Ending point? (C) 6 km, East (D) 10 km, North
Q.4 Total distance covered by Vikram? [GATE 2017 IIT-Roorkee (EC-2)]
Q.5 At last Vikram is facing in which Q.13 A person travelled by car 70 km towards
direction? north to A then covered 30 km turning left
to B. Again he turned towards left and
travelled 110 km to C. Then he cycled at
0Direction for Q.6 to Q.100
the rate of 10 km/hour towards the starting
Raj was going to meet Shilpa. He started walking point. The time taken by him to reach the
8m towards North direction from where he turns starting point from C will be
to his right and walk for 4m, from where he again (A) 3 hours (B) 5 hours
turns in that direction and walk for 5m, finally he (C) 7 hours (D) 21 hours
walks for 8m before stopping towards his right. [ESE 2019]
Q.6 Ending Point is in which direction with Q.14 A man walked 3 km towards East, then 5
respect to Starting point? km towards North-East, then 8 km towards
Q.7 Starting point is in which direction with South and finally 5 km towards North-East
respect to Ending point? direction. The distance of his present
Q.8 Minimum distance between Starting point location from the starting point will be
& Ending point? (A) 9 km (B) 11 km
Q.9 Total distance covered by Raj? (C) 15 km (D) 21 km
Q.10 At last Raj is facing in which direction? [ESE 2020]
Q.15 On a planer field, you travelled 3 units
Q.11 Mr. Vivek walks 6 meters North-East, then East from a point O. Next you travelled 4
turns and walks 6 meters South-East, both units South to arrive at point P. Then you
at 60 degrees to East. He further moves 2 travelled from P in North-East direction
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such that you arrive at a point that is 6 Q.20 One day Sonu and Pinky was seating in a
units East of point O. Next, you travelled park on a bench, Facing each other. At that
in the North-West direction, so that you time sonu’s shadow was to the Right of
arrive at point Q that is 8 units North of Pinky.
point P. The distance of point Q to point In which direction Pinky was facing?
O, in same units, should be
(A) East (B) South
(A) 6 units (B) 4 units
(C) North (D) Either B or C
(C) 5 units (D) 3 units
Q.21 One Evening Sonu and Pinky was seating
[GATE 2021 IIT-Bombay [AE, AR, BM, CE-2,
in a park on a bench, After some time they
MN, PH)]
started jogging. after crossing Each other
Q.16 I am standing at the center of the circular
Sonu’s shadow was to the Left of Pinky. In
field from where I go down south to the
which direction Sonu is facing?
edge of the circular field, From where I
turn to left & walk along with the (A) North (B) South
boundary of the circle covering its three- (C) Either A or B (D) None of these
eight, from where I turn to my WEST & Q.22 One Evening Sejal was seating on a Beach
walk right across to the end of the circle. watching sunset and Harry was seeing her.
In which direction I am from Starting In which Direction harry was Facing?
Point? (A) North (B) South
(A) North-east (B) North-west (C) Either A or B (D) None of these
(C) South-east (D) South-west
Q.23 Ms. X came out of a building through its
Q.17 K is to the north of J and I is to the east of front door to find her shadow due to the
N, who is to the east of J and south east of morning sun falling to her right side with
K.M is to the south of I and L is to the the building to her back. From this, it can
north of N. be inferred that building is facing
L is in which direction with respect to M? (A) North (B) East
(A) East (B) North-East (C) West (D) South
(C) South-East (D) NOT [GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (ME – 1, XH)]
Q.18 X is 1 km North-East of Y. Y is 1 km Q.24 The front door of Mr. X’s house faces
South-East of Z. W is 1 km West of Z. P is East. Mr. X leaves the house, walking 50
1 km South of W. Q is 1 km East of P. m straight from the back door that is
What is the distance between X and Q in situated directly opposite to the front door.
km. He then turns to his right, walks for
(A) 1 (B) √𝟐 another 50 m and stops. The direction of
(C) √3 (D) 2 the point Mr. X is now located at with
[GATE 2014 : IIT-Kharagpur (CE-2, IN, PI)] respect to the starting point is
Q.19 There are five buildings called V, W, X, Y (A) North-West (B) North-East
and Z in a row (not necessarily in that (C) South-East (D) West
order). V is to the West of W, Z is to the [GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (ME – 1, MT)]
East of X and the West of V, W is to the
Q.25 A man walks 1 km to East and then he
West of Y. Which is the building in the
turns to South and walks 5 km. Again, he
middle?
turns to East and walks 2 km. After, he
(A) V (B) W
turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how
(C) X (D) Y far he is from his station point?
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(A) 3 km (B) 4 km Q.10 It is quarter past three in your watch. The


(C) 5 Km (D) 7 km angle between the hour hand and the
minute hand is ______.
[ESE 2021]
(A) 22.50 (B) 150
Clock (C) 7.50 (D) 00
[GATE 2020: IIT Delhi (EC)]
Q.1 What will be the angular distance covered Q.11 Find the time between 4 to 5 at which
by minute hand from 12:00 am to minute hand & hour hand will coincide?
02:25am? OR
(A) 970° (B) 780° At what time between 4 to 5 distances
(C) 870° (D) 890° between minute hand & hour hand will 00?
Q.2 If minute hand of a clock travels from 12
pm to 03:45pm. then what will be the Q.12 Find the time between 4 to 5 at which
angular distance covered by hour hand. minute hand & hour hand will Opposite to
each other?
(A) 120.5° (B) 110°
(C) 90.5° (D) 112.5° OR
At what time between 4 to 5
Q.3 If minute hand covers the distance of distance/Angle between minute hand &
1230˚ then what will be the time for which hour hand will 1800?
hour hand runs for? Q.13 Find the time between 8 to 9 at which
(A) 3hr25m (B) 215m minute hand & hour hand will make
(C) 2hr20m (D) 210m straight line?
Q.4 What will be the angle made by minute Q.14 Find the time between 4 to 5 at which
hand in 40 sec? minute hand & hour hand will make Right
Q.5 What will be the angle made by Minute Angle?
hand in 1 minute 15 second? OR
Q.6 If the actual time is 11:30 and when we At what time between 4 to 5
move minute hand towards clockwise distance/Angle between minute hand &
direction of 135˚ angle. Then what will be hour hand will 90˚?
time in clock? Q.15 A watch uniformly gains 5 min per hour. It
was set right on 8 am Monday.
Q.7 If we move the hour hand of a clock
towards clockwise direction by 85˚ angle What time it will show on 9 pm of same
which is showing 4 am, then what will be day?
the time in clock. (A) 09:05pm (B) 10:05pm
Q.8 What will be the angle between the minute (C) 10:05am (D) 11:05pm
hand and hour hand when clock shows Q.16 A watch loses 5 min every hour and was
06:16? (A) 960 (B) 880 set right at 10 pm on a Saturday. When
will it show the correct time again?
(C) 840 (D) 920
(A) 11 am Friday (B) 10 pm Saturday
Q.9 At what time between 6 am and 7 am will
(C) 10 pm Friday (D) 10 pm Sunday
the minute hand and hour hand of a clock
make an angle closest to 600? Q.17 A clock gain 1 hour in each 24 hours. If
clock shows correct time on Monday 9 am
(A) 6:22 am (B) 6.27 am
then what is the correct time, when clock
(C) 6:38 am (D) 6:45 am
shows 11:00 am Wednesday?
[GATE 2014 : IIT KHA (CS-2, EE-2)] (A) 11 am Thursday
(B) 9 am Wednesday
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(C) 9 pm Friday Q.25 What will be the water image of a clock


(D) 8 pm Tuesday when it is showing 15:40?
Q.18 A clock gain 10 minute per hour. At 04:00 (A) 03 : 50 (B) 02 : 50
am Sunday it set right, after few days (C) 02 : 20 (D) 03 : 45
when it was checked it was showing 05:00 Counting of Figure
am Tuesday, what is the correct time?
(A) 11 am Thursday (B) 10 am Monday Q.1 How many Triangles are there in the
figure?
(C) 10 pm Monday (D) 8 pm Tuesday
Q.19 A watch which gains uniformly, was
observed to be 5 min slow at 12:00 noon
on Monday. It was noticed 10 min fast at 6
pm on the next day. When did the watch
show the correct time?
Q.20 A wall clock gains 5 min per hour while a
table clock loses 10 min per hour. They
both set right at 10:00 am on Sunday,
when both of the clock will show the same
(A) 33 (B) 59
time again?
(C) 71 (D) 61
Q.21 A wall clock gains 02 min per 12 hours
Q.2 How many Triangles are there in the
while a table clock loses 02 min per 36
figure?
hours.
They both set right at 12:00 am on
Monday, when both of the clock will show
the same time again?
Q.22 A faulty wall clock is known to gain 15
minutes every 24 hours. It is synchronized
to the correct time at 9 AM on 11th July.
What will be the correct time to the nearest (A) 16 (B) 27
minute when the clock shows 2 PM on (C) 32 (D) 30
15th July of the same year?
Q.3 How many Quadrilaterals are there in the
(A) 12:45 PM (B) 12:58 PM figure?
(C) 1:00 PM (D) 2:00 PM
[GATE 2021: IIT Guwahati (CE-2)]
Q.23 Two and a quarter hour back, when seen in
a mirror, the reflection of a wall clock
without number markings seemed to show
1:30. What is the actual current time
shown by the clock?
(A) 70 (B) 100
(A) 8 : 15 (B) 11 : 15
(C) 30 (D) 40
(C) 12 : 15 (D) 12 : 45
Q.4 In a 2×4 rectangle grid shown below, each
[GATE 2016: IISc-Banglore (EC-2, ME-3)]
cell is a rectangle. How many rectangles
can be observed in the grid?
Q.24 What will be the mirror image of a clock
when it is showing 08:15?
(A) 03 : 15 (B) 04 : 45
(C) 04 : 15 (D) 03 : 45
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(A) 21 (B) 27 Q.4 M and N had four children (P, Q, R and S)


(C) 30 (D) 36 of them, only P and R are married. They
[GATE 2016: IISc-Bangalore (CS-2, EE-1)] had children X and Y respectively. If Y is
Q.5 How many Triangles are there in the the legitimate child of W, which one of the
figure? following statements is necessarily
FALSE?
(A) W is the wife of P
(B) W is the wife of R
(C) M is the grandmother of Y
(D) R is the father of Y
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras (ME-1)]
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 10 Q.5 Pointing towards a Man a woman said ‘he
is the only son of my mother’s mother,
Blood Relation how is the woman related to the man?
(A) Mother (B) Aunt
Q.1 M has a son Q and a daughter R. He has
(C) Cousin (D) Niece
no other children. E is the mother of P and
daughter-in-law of M. How is P related to Q.6 Pointing to a man in a photograph a
M? woman says, He is the father-in-law of the
(A) P is the son-in-law of M. wife of only grandson of my own father-
(B) P is the grandchild of M. in-law.
(C) P is the daughter-in law of M. How is woman related to man?
(D) P is the grandfather of M. (A) Son (B) Wife
[GATE 2016: IISc Bangalore (EC-3, IN)] (C) Cousin (D) Nephew
Q.2 Each of P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z has Q.7 Pointing towards Neha, Samar said ‘I am
been married at most once. X and Y the only son of her mother’s son.’
married and have two children P and Q, Z How is Neha related to Samar?
is grandfather of the daughter ‘S’ of P. (A) Aunt (B) Niece
Further Z and W married and are parents
(C) Mother (D) Cousin
of R. Which one of the following must
Q.8 These questions are based on the following
necessarily be FALSE?
information.
(A) X is the mother-in-law to R
(B) P and R are not married to each other ‘X @ Y’ Means ‘X is the mother of Y’
(C) P is son of X and Y ‘X $ Y’ Means ‘X is the husband of Y’
(D) Q cannot be married to R ‘X # Y’ Means ‘X is the sister of Y’
[GATE 2016 : IIT Roorkee (EC-2)] ‘X * Y’ Means ‘X is the son of Y’
Q.3 P, Q, R, S and T are related and belong to M * H @ D * K, in this what is relation of
the same family. P is the brother of S. Q is K with M?
the wife of P, R and T are the children of (A) Mother (B) Father
the siblings P and S respectively. Which
(C) Father-in-law (D) Sister
one of the following statements is
Q.9 These questions are based on the following
necessarily FALSE?
information.
(A) S is the sister-in-law of Q
‘X @ Y’ Means ‘X is the mother of Y’
(B) S is the aunt of R
(C) S is the brother of P ‘X $ Y’ Means ‘X is the husband of Y’
(D) S is the aunt of T ‘X # Y’ Means ‘X is the sister of Y’
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras (CE-1)] ‘X * Y’ Means ‘X is the son of Y’
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Which of the following indicates the (A) RSTN (B) TLPH


relationship ‘R’ is the daughter of T’? (C) HLPT (D) XSVR
(A) R # F * B @ T (B) R # F * B $ T [GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (EE)]
(C) T @ B # R * F (D) T @ B # F * R Q.5 If E = 10; J = 20; O = 30; T = 40 , what
Q.10 These questions are based on the following will be P + E + S + T ?
information. (A) 51 (B) 120
‘X @ Y’ Means ‘X is the mother of Y’ (C) 82 (D) 164
‘X $ Y’ Means ‘X is the husband of Y’ [GATE 2019 : IIT Madras (CE-1)]
‘X # Y’ Means ‘X is the sister of Y’ Q.6 If IMHO = JNIP, IDK = JEL and SO = TP
‘X * Y’ Means ‘X is the son of Y’ then IDC = ______.
If F # J * T $ R @ L, then which of the (A) JDE (B) JED
following is definitely true? (C) JCE (D) JEC
(A) L is the brother of F. [GATE 2019 : IIT Madras (ME-2)]
(B) F is the sister of L. Q.7 P, Q, R and S are to be uniquely coded
(C) F is the brother of J. using α and β. If P is coded as αα and Q
(D) L is the brother of J. as αβ, then R and S respectively, can be
coded as..
Coding-Decoding (A) βα and ββ (B) αβ and ββ
(C) ββ and αα (D) βα and αβ
Q.1 If “KCLFTSB” stands for “best of luck” [GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (IN, ME-1, MT)]
and “SHSWDG” stands for “good Q.8 If P = 3, R = 27, T = 243, then Q + S = ?
wishes”, which of the following indicates
“ace the exam”?
(A) 40 (B) 110
(A) MCHTX (B) MXHTC
(C) 90 (D) 80
(C) XMHCT (D) XMHTC
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (CS, IT)]
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-4, ME-4)]
Q.9 If 0, 1, 2…… 7, 8, 9 are coded as O, P,
Q.2 If ROAD is written as URDG, then Q,….., V, W, X then 4,5 will be coded as..
SWAN should be written as..
(A) SU (B) ST
(A) VXDQ (B) VZDQ
(C) SS (D) TS
(C) VZDP (D) UXDQ
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (CE-1)]
[GATE 2015 : IIT Kanpur (EC-4, ME-4)]
Q.3 If ‘relftaga’ means carefree,
‘otaga’ means careful and Letters Series
‘fertaga’ means careless, Q.10 Given the sequence of terms, AD, CG, FK,
Which of the following could mean JP, the next term is
‘aftercare’? (A) OV (B) OW
(A) Zentaga (B) Tagafer (C) PV (D) PW
(C) Tagazen (D) Relffer [GATE 2012 : IIT Delhi (CE, CH, CS, ME, PI)]
[GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore (CE-1, CS-1)] Q.11 Find the next term in the sequence :
Q.4 In a certain code,
7G, 11K, 13M, ___
AMCF is written as EQGJ and
(A) 15Q (B) 17Q
NKUF is written as ROYJ.
(C) 15P (D) 17P
How will DHLP be written in that code?
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Q.12 Find the next term in the sequence : Q.20 Pick the odd one out in the following :
13M, 17Q, 19S, ____ 13, 23, 33, 43, 53
(A) 21W (B) 21V (A) 23 (B) 33
(C) 23W (D) 23V (C) 43 (D) 53
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-4, ME-4)] [GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore (EE-2)]
Q.13 Find the missing sequence in the letter
Number Series
series below: A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY
(A) LMN (B) MNO Q.21 Fill in the missing number in the series.
(C) MNOP (D) NOPQ 2 3 6 15 _____ 157.5 630
[GATE 2015 : IIT Kanpur (EC-3, CH)] [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-2, ME-2)]
Q.14 Find the missing sequence in the letter
Q.22 What is the next number in the series?
series.
12 35 81 173 357 ____
B, FH, LNP, __.
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-1, ME-1)]
(A) SUWY (B) TUVW
Q.23 The next term in the series is 81, 54, 36,
(C) TVXZ (D) TWXZ
24___?
[GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore (CH, ME-2)]
Q.15 Select the next element of the series : [GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-3, ME-3)]
Z, WV, RQP, ___ Q.24 What is the missing number in the
(A) LKJI (B) KJIH following sequence?
(C) NMLK (D) JIHG 2, 12, 60, 240, 720, 1440, _____, 0
[GATE 2020 : IIT Delhi (EE)] (A) 2880 (B) 1440
Odd One Out (C) 720 (D) 0
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CS, MN)]
Q.16 Find the odd one from the following Q.25 The missing number in the given sequence
group: 343, 1331, _______, 4913 is
W, E, K, O I, Q, W, A
(A) 4096 (B) 2744
F, N, T, X N, V, B, D
(C) 2197 (D) 3375
(A) W, E, K, O (B) I, Q, W, A
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras (EE)]
(C) F, N, T, X (D) N, V, B, D
Q.26 Fill in the missing value
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-1, ME-1)]
6 5 4
Q.17 Find the odd one in the following group
ALRVX, EPVZB, ITZDF, OYEIK 7 4 7 2 1

(A) ALRVX (B) EPVZB 1 9 2 8 1 2 1


(C) ITZDF (D) OYEIK 4 1 5 2 3
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (CE-1, CH, MT)] 3 3
Q.18 Find the odd one in the following group :
[GATE 2015: IIT Kanpur (EC-1, ME-1)]
Q, W, Z, B B, H, K, M
Q.27 Find the missing element in the following
W, C, G, J M, S, V, X
figure
(A) Q, W, Z, B (B) B, H, K, M
5
(C) W, C, G, J (D) M, S, V, X t h
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-2, ME-2)] n
? x
Q.19 Pick the odd one from the following 9
options.
(A) CADBE (B) JHKIL (A) e (B) y
(C) XVYWZ (D) ONPMQ (C) d (D) w
[GATE 2016 : IISc Bangalore (CS-2, EE-1)] [GATE 2020: IIT Delhi (ME-2, PI)]

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Coding Decoding Q.34 What does ‘ti’ stands for?


(A) sbi (B) has
0Direction for Q.28 to Q.300 (C) banks (D) Eithr 1 or 2
In a certain code language, Q.35 What is the code for ‘Indian’?
‘Live Today Like Last’ is written as ‘ra mu pe ka’ (A) na (B) sn
‘Live Like A King’ is written as ‘su ka pe ke’‘Be
(C) pn (D) sh
Like Last King’ is written as ‘pe na ke ra’
Q.36 What is code for national?
‘A Good Day Today’ is written as ‘da ku mu su’
(A) na (B) sn
Q.28 What does the code ‘ka’ stands for in the
(C) ti (D) mn
given code language?
(A) Live (b) Like
(C) A (d) King 0Direction for Q.37 to Q.400
Q.29 What does the code ‘na’ stands for in the Letter M K A D E T R J I W U B F H Q
given code language? Digit 7 % $ 6 5 8 1 9 2 @ # © ¬ 3 4
/Sym
(A) Be (B) Like bol
(C) Last (D) King code

Q.30 Which of the following is the code for Condition:


‘Good King’ in the given code language? (i) If the first letter is a consonant and the
(A) su ke (B) ka da last letter is a vowel both are to be
(C) pe ku (D) ke su coded as the code for the vowel.
(E) CND (ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last
Q.31 Which of the following may be the code letter is a consonant, the codes for the
for ‘Day Was Good’ in the given code first and the last letters are to be
language? interchanged.
(A) su mu ku (B) da me mu (iii)If the third letter is a vowel it is to be
(C) su pe ma (D) ku pa da coded as ‘S’
Q.37 WHIMTD
0Direction for Q.32 to Q.360
(A) @3S786 (B) @3S768
In a certain code language (C) 63S73@ (D) @3S78@
‘Indian banks are associates’ is written as ‘za pn Q.38 WEMKUA
ka sh’, (A) $5d %#$ (B) $d7%#$
‘SBI has associates banks’ is written as ‘pn za bi
(C) $57%#@ (D) $57%#$
ti’,
Q.39 EMDFHK
‘National and Indian institute’ is written as ‘na ha
sh sn’ (A) %76¬3% (B) 576¬35
‘National has international banks’ is written as ‘bi (C) 576¬3% (D) %76¬35
na mn pn’. Q.40 QTRUJE
Q.32 How is ‘banks’ written in that code (A) 48d#95 (B) 581#95
language? (C) 581#94 (D) 582#95
(A) Pn (B) sn
Order & Ranking
(C) ti (D) za
Q.33 International’ is written as? Q.1 In a row of 45 students, Kabir is 26th from
(A) mn (B) na right end of the row. What is the rank of
(C) bi (D) Eithr 1 or 3 Kabir from left end of the row?

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Q.2 In a row of 38 students, Priti is 21st from (A) Abhishek is elder to Anshul
Left end of the row. What is the rank of (B) Anshul is elder to Abhishek
Priti from Right end of the row? (C) Abhishek and Anshul are of the same
Q.3 In a Class of 36 students, Harry is 13th age
from left end of the row and Sejal is 15th (D) No conclusions follow
from Right end of the row. How many
[GATE 2013: IIT-Bombay (CE, MT)]
students will sit between them?
Q.10 Tanya is older than Eric.
Q.4 In a Class of 28 students, Sonu is 17th from
left end of the row and Pinky is 19th from Cliff is older than Tanya.
Right end of the row. How many students Eric is older than Cliff.
will sit between them? If the first two statements are true, then the
Q.5 In a row of players Sachin is 13th from third statement is:
Left end of the row and Saurav is 17th (A) True (B) False
from Right end of the row, If there are 10 (C) Uncertain (D) Data
players sit between them. insufficient
Then how many players are there in the [GATE 2015: IIT-Kanpur (IN, ME-3, MT, PI)]
row? Q.11 In a group of four children, Som is
th
Q.6 In a row of Actors Guddu is 11 from Left younger to Riaz. Shiv is elder to Ansu.
end of the row and Bablu is 15th from Ansu is youngest in the group. Which of
Right end of the row, If there are 10 the following statements is /are required to
Actors sit between them. find the eldest child in the group?
Then how many Actors are there in the Statements :
row? 1. Shiv is younger to Riaz.
Q.7 L, M and N are waiting in a queue meant 2. Shiv is elder to Som.
for children to enter the zoo. There are 5 (A) Statement 1 by itself determines the
children between L and M, and 8 children eldest child.
between M and N. If there are 3 children (B) Statement 2 by itself determines the
ahead of N and 21 children behind L, then eldest child.
what is the minimum number of children (C) Statements 1 and 2 are both required to
in the queue? determine the eldest child.
(A) 28 (B) 27 (D) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to
(C) 41 (D) 40 determine the eldest child.
[GATE 2014 : IIT-Kharagpur (CE-2, IN, PI)]
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Q.12 Consider five people – Mita, Ganga,
Q.8 Ravi is taller than Arun but shorter than
Rekha, Lakshmi and Sana. Ganga is taller
Iqbal. Sam is shorter than Ravi. Mohan is
than both Rekha and Lakshmi. Lakshmi is
shorter than Arun. Balu is taller than
taller than Sana. Mita is taller than Ganga.
Mohan and Sam. The tallest person can be
Which of the following conclusions are
(A) Mohan (B) Ravi true?
(C) Balu (D) Arun 1. Lakshmi is taller than Rekha
[GATE 2012: IIT-Delhi (AR, GG, TF)] 2. Rekha is shorter than Mita
Q.9 Abhishek is elder to Savar. Savar is 3. Rekha is taller than Sana
younger to Anshul. Which of the given 4. Sana is shorter than Ganga
conclusions is logically valid and is (A) 2 and 4 (B) 1 only
inferred from the above statements? (C) 1 and 3 (D) 3 only
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Q.13 Six students P, Q, R, S, T and U with Read Watch


distinct heights, compare their heights and books TV
make the following observations. 13 12 9
7
44 17
Observation I : S is taller than R.
Observation II : Q is the shortest of all. 15
Observation III : U is taller than only one
Play sports
student.
Observation IV : T is taller than S but is (A) 44 (B) 51
not tallest. (C) 79 (D) 108
The number of students that are taller than [GATE 2016: IISc Banglore (EC-2, ME-3)]
R is the same as number of student shorter Q.2 In the given diagram, teachers are
than______. represented in the triangle, researchers in
(A) T (B) R the circle and administrators in the
(C) S (D) P rectangle. Out of the total number of the
[GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (CS-2)] people, the percentage of administrators
Q.14 Consider the following gold articles P, Q, shall be in the range of ______.
Teachers
R, S and T with different weights : 10
• P weighs twice as much as Q
70
• Q weighs four and a half times as
20 Administrators
much as R
• R weighs half as much as S 20
• S weighs half as much as T Researchers
40
• T weighs less than P but more than R
Article T will be lighter in weight than :
(A) 0 to 15 (B) 16 to 30
(A) P and S (B) P and R
(C) 31 to 45 (D) 46 to 60
(C) P and Q (D) Q and R
[GATE 2019: IIT Madras (CH, CS)]
[ESE 2020]
Q.3 25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play
Q.15 Consider the following students in an
hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of
examination:
them play both hockey and football. Then
• A scored more than B
the number of persons playing neither
• C scored as much as D
hockey nor football is
• E scored less than F
(A) 2 (B) 17
• B scored more than C
(C) 13 (D) 3
• F scored less than D
[GATE 2010 : IIT Guwahati (All Branches)]
Who scored the lowest?
Q.4 500 students are taking one or more
(A) E (B) C
courses out of Chemistry, Physics and
(C) D (D) F
Mathematics. Registration records indicate
[ESE 2020]
course enrolment as follows : Chemistry
Venn Diagram (329), Physics (186), Mathematics (295),
Chemistry and Physics (83), Chemistry
Q.1 The Venn diagram shows the preference of and Mathematics (217), and Physics and
the student population for leisure Mathematics (63). How many students are
activities. From the data given, the number taking all 3 subjects?
of students who like to read books or play (A) 37 (B) 43
sports is ____. (C) 47 (D) 53
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Q.5 Among 150 faculty members in an Q.9 In a college, there are three student clubs.
institute, 55 are connected with each other Sixty students are only in the Drama club,
through Facebook® and 85 are connected 80 students are only in the Dance club, 30
through WhatsApp®. 30 faculty members student are only in the Maths club, 40
do not have Facebook® or WhatsApp® students are in both Drama and Dance
accounts. The number of faculty members clubs, 12 students are in both Dance and
connected only through Facebook® Maths clubs, 7 students are in both Drama
accounts is ______. and Maths clubs, and 2 students are in all
(A) 35 (B) 45 the clubs. If 75% of the students in the
(C) 65 (D) 90 college are not in any of these clubs, then
[GATE 2016: IISc Banglore (CS-2, EE-1)] the total number of students in the college
is ______.
Q.6 There are 16 teachers who can teach
(A) 1000 (B) 975
Thermodynamics (TD), 11 who can teach
Electrical Sciences (ES), and 5 who can (C) 900 (D) 225
teach both TD and Engineering mechanics [GATE 2019: IIT Madras (CH, CS)]
(EM). There are a total of 40 teachers, 6 Q.10 A gathering of 50 linguists discovered that
can not teach any of the three subjects, i.e. 4 knew Kannada, Telugu and Tamil, 7
EM, ES and TD. 6 can teach only ES. 4 knew only Telugu and Tamil, 5 knew only
can teach all three subjects i.e. EM, ES and Kannada and Tamil, 6 knew only Telugu
TD. 4 can teach ES and TD. How many and Kannada. If the number of linguists
can teach both ES and EM but not TD? who knew Tamil is 24 and those who
knew Kannada is also 24, how many
(A) 1 (B) 2 linguists knew only Telugu?
(C) 3 (D) 4 (A) 9 (B) 10
[GATE 2015: IIT Kanpur (CE-2)] (C) 11 (D) 8
Q.7 Forty students watched films A, B and C [GATE 2010 : IIT Guwahati (TF)]
over a week. Each student watched either Q.11 In a class of 300 students in an M.Tech
only one film or all three. Thirteen programme, each student is required to
students watched film A. sixteen students take at least one subject from the following
watched film B and nineteen students three:
watched film C. How many students M600 : Advanced Engineering
watched all three films? Mathematics
(A) 0 (B) 2 C600 : Computational Methods for
(C) 4 (D) 8 Engineers
[GATE 2018: IIT Guwahati (ME-2, PI)] E600 : Experimental Techniques for
Q.8 In a sports academy of 300 people, 105 Engineers
play only cricket, 70 play only hockey, 50 The registration data for the M.Tech class
play only football, 25 play both cricket and shows that 100 students have taken M600,
hockey, 15 play both hockey and football 200 students have taken C600, and 60
and 30 play both cricket and football. The students have taken E600. What is the
rest of them play all three sports. What is maximum possible number of students in
the percentage of people who play at least the class who have taken all the above
two sports? three subjects?
(A) 25.00 (B) 28.00 (A) 20 (B) 30
(C) 23.30 (D) 50.00 (C) 40 (D) 50
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Q.12 In a group of 1000 people, 750 speak Q.15 A contour line joins locations having the
Hindi and 400 speak English. The number same height above the mean sea level. The
of only Hindi speaking people is: following is a contour plot of a
(A) 150 (B) 350 geographical region. Contour lines are
(C) 600 (D) 750 shown at 25 m intervals in this plot.
[ESE 2021]
Q.13 To pass a test, a candidate needs to answer 425 Q
at least 2 out of 3 questions correctly. A 450 550
total of 6,30,000 candidates appeared for

575
the test. Question A was correctly P
550
answered by 3,30,000 candidates.
Question B was answered correctly by 500
2,50,000 candidates, Question C was 500 475
answered correctly by 2,60,000 candidates.
Both questions A and B were answered The path from P to Q is best described by
correctly by 1,00,000 candidates. Both (A) Up-Down-Up-Down
questions B and C were answered correctly (B) Down-Up-Down-Up
by 90,000 candidates. Both questions A (C) Down-Up-Down
and C were answered correctly by 80,000 (D) Up-Down-Up
candidates. If the number of students
[GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (EC, BT, PI Set-1)]
answering all questions correctly is the
same as the number answering none, how Q.16 An air pressure contour line joins locations
many candidates failed to clear the test? in a region having the same atmospheric
pressure. The following is an air pressure
(A) 30,000 (B) 2,70,000
contour plot of a geographical region.
(C) 3,90,000 (D) 4,20,000
Contour lines are shown at 0.05 bar
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (CH, IN, MT)]
intervals in this plot. [EE (S2)/CS(S2)]
Contour Line
R
Q.14 A contour line joins locations having the 0.65 0. 9
same height above the mean sea level. The 0.7

0.95
S
following is a contour plot of a
0. 9
5

geographical region. Contour lines are P


0 .9
shown at 25 m intervals in this plot. If in a 0. 8
flood the water level rises to 525 m, which 0 .8
Q
5
of the villages P, Q, R, S, T gets 0. 7

submerged? 0 1 2 km

4 26 Q If the possibility of a thunderstorm is given


460 R
550 by how fast air pressure rises or drops over
a region, which of the following regions is
P
550 most likely to have a thunderstorm?
500
T (A) P (B) Q
460
500
S (C) R (D) S
(A) P, Q (B) P, Q, T [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (EE, CS Set – 2)]
(C) R, S, T (D) Q, R, S
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Syllogism: Smart Course Questions: (C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.


(D) Both conclusions I and II follow.
Q.1 Arguments: [GATE 2015 : IIT Kanpur (EC-2, ME-2)]
All professors are researchers. Q.5 Fact 1 : Humans are mammals.
Some scientists are professors. Fact 2 : Some humans are engineers.
Which of the given conclusions is Fact 3 : Engineers build house.
logically valid and is inferred from the If the above statements are facts, which of
above arguments: the following can be logically inferred?
(A) All scientists are researchers
(B) All professors are scientists I. All mammals build houses.
(C) Some researchers are scientists II. Engineers are mammals.
(D) No conclusion follows III. Some humans are not engineers.
[GATE 2013 : IIT Bombay (CH)] (A) II only (B) III only
Q.2 Statements: (C) I, II and III (D) I only
All women are entrepreneurs. [GATE 2016 : IISc Banglore (CE-2, MT, PI)]
Some women are doctors. Q.6 Some tables are shelves.
Which of the following conclusions can be Some shelves are chairs.
logically inferred from the above All chairs are benches.
statements?
Which of the following conclusions can be
(A) All women are doctors. deduced from the preceding sentences?
(B) All doctors are entrepreneurs.
(C) All entrepreneurs are women. (i) At least one bench is a table.
(D) Some entrepreneurs are doctors. (ii) At least one shelf is a bench.
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur (EC-1, ME-1)] (iii) At least one chair is a table.
Q.3 Statements: (iv) All benches are chairs.
No manager is a leader. (A) Only (i) (B) Only (ii)
All leaders are executive. (C) Only (ii) and (iii) (D) Only (iv)
Conclusions : [GATE 2016 : IISc Banglore (CE-2, MT, PI)]
I. No manager is an executive. Q.7 Sentences :
II. All executives are manager. All benches are beds.
(A) Only conclusion I follows. No bed is a bulb.
(B) Only conclusion II follows. Some bulbs are lamps.
(C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows. Which of the following can be inferred?
(D) Both conclusion I and II follow. (i) Some beds are lamps.
[GATE 2014 : IIT Kh (IN, ME-3, MT, PI)] (ii) Some lamps are beds.
Q.4 Statements : (A) Only (i) (B) Only (ii)
All film star are playback singers.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) (D) Neither (i) nor
All film directors are film stars. (ii)
Conclusions : [GATE 2017 : IIT Roorkee (CE-1, CH)]
I. All film directors are playback singers. Q.8 Statements :
II. Some film stars are film directors. (i) Some roses are red.
(A) Only conclusion I follows. (ii) All red flowers fade quickly.
(B) Only conclusion I nor II follows.
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(iii) Some roses fade quickly. Based on the above statements and
Which of the following statements can be conclusions which one of the following
logically inferred from the above options is CORRECT?
statements? (A) Only conclusion I is correct.
(A) If (i) is true & (ii) is false, then (ii) is (B) Only conclusion II is correct.
false (C) Both conclusion I and II are correct.
(B) If (i) is true & (ii) is false, then (iii) is (D) Neither conclusion I nor II is correct.
true [GATE 2021 : IIT B (ME-2)]
(C) If (i) & (ii) are true, then (iii) is true Q.12 Statement :
(D) If (i) & (ii) are false, then (iii) is false All bacteria are microorganisms.
[GATE 2018 : IIT Guwahati (ME-1)] All pathogens are microorganisms.
Q.9 Statement : Conclusion :
All purple are green. I : Some pathogens are bacteria.
All black are green. II : All pathogens are not bacteria.
Conclusion : Based on the above statements and
I. Some black are purple conclusions, which one of the following
options is logically CORRECT?
II. No black is purple
(A) Only conclusion I correct.
Based on the above statements and
conclusions, which one of the following (B) Only conclusion II is correct.
options is logically CORRECT? (C) Either conclusion I or II is correct.
(A) Both conclusion I & II are correct. (D) Neither conclusion I nor II is correct.
(B) Only conclusion I is correct. [GATE 2021 : IIT B (CS-1)]
(C) Only conclusion II is correct. Analogies
(D) Either conclusion I or II is correct.
[GATE 2021 : IIT B (EC)] Q.1 The question below consists of a pair of
related words followed by four pairs of
Q.10 Statement :
words. Select the pair that best expresses
Some football players play cricket.
the relation in the original pair.
All cricket players play hockey.
Unemployed : Worker
Among the options given below, the
(A) Fallow : Land
statement that logically follows from the
(B) Unaware : Sleeper
two statements 1 and 2 above, is
(C) Wit : Jester
(A) All football players play hockey.
(D) Renovated : House
(B) Some football players play hockey.
[GATE 2010 : IIT- Guwahati (All branches)]
(C) No football player plays hockey.
Q.2 The question below consists of a pair of
(D) All hockey players play football. related words followed by four pairs of
[GATE 2021 : IIT B (CE-2)] words. Select the pair that best expresses
Q.11 Statement : the relation in the original pair.
All entrepreneurs are wealthy. Preamble : Constitution
All wealthy are risk seekers. (A) Amendment : Law
Conclusion : (B) Prologue : Play
I : All risk seekers are wealthy. (C) Episode : Serial
II : Only some entrepreneurs are risk (D) Plot : Story
seekers. [GATE 2010 : IIT- Guwahati (TF)]

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Q.3 The question below consists of a pair of Q.9 Select the word that fits the analogy
related words followed by four pairs of Do : Undo : : Trust : ____
words. Select the pair that best expresses (A) Intrust (B) Untrust
the relation in the original pair : (C) Entrust (D) Distrust
Gladiator : Arena [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras (EE)]
(A) Dancer : Stage Q.10 Select the word that fits the analogy
(B) Commuter : Train
Build : Building : : Grow : ______
(C) Teacher : Classroom
(A) Growth (B) Grew
(D) Lawyer : Courtroom
(C) Growed (D) Grown
[GATE 2011 : IIT-Madras (EC, EE, IN,
MT)] [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras (IN, ME-1, MT)]
Q.4 Select the pair that best expresses a Q.11 Select the word that fits the analogy :
relationship similar to that expressed in the White : Whitening : : Light : _____
pair : (A) Enlightening (B) Lightning
Water : pipe : : ? : ? (C) Lightening (D) Lighting
(A) Cart : road [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras(ME-2, PI)]
(B) Electricity : wire Q.12 Select the word that fits the analogy :
(C) Sea : beach Fuse : Fusion :: Use : _______
(D) Music : instrument (A) Usage (B) User
[GATE 2013 : IIT-Bombay (CH)] (C) Uses (D) Union
Q.5 Select the pair that best expresses a
[GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras (CE-1)]
relationship similar to the expressed in the
Q.13 Select the word that fits the analogy :
pair
Partial : Impartial : : Popular :
Medicine : Health
________
(A) Science : Experiment
(B) Wealth : Peace (A) Unpopular (B) Impopular
(C) Education: Knowledge (C) Dispopular (D) Mispopular
(D) Money : Happiness [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras (CE-2)]
[GATE 2013 IIT-Bombay (CE, MT)] Q.14 Select the word that fits the analogy:
Q.6 Select the pair that best expresses a Cook : Cook : : Fly : _____
relationship similar to that expressed in the (A) Flyer (B) Flying
pair: (C) Flew (D) Flightier
Children : Pediatrician [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras(CS, IT)]
(A) Adult: Orthopedist Q.15 Select the word that fits the analogy:
(B) Females: Gynecologist Cover : Uncover : : Associate : ____
(C) Kidney: Nephrologist (A) Unassociate (B) Dissociate
(D) Skin: Dermatologist (C) Inassociate (D) Misassociate
[GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CE-1, CS-3)] [GATE 2020 : IIT-Madras (CH, BT)]
Q.7 A court is to a judge as _________ is to a Q.16 Nostalgia is to anticipation as _______is to
teacher. _______.
(A) A student (B) A punishment
Which one of the following options
(C) A syllabus (D) A school
maintains a similar logical relation in the
Q.8 Select the word that fits the analogy :
above sentence?
Explicit : Implicit : : Express : _____.
(A) Future, Past (B) Future, Present
(A) Repress (B) Suppress
(C) Past, Future (D) Present, Past
(C) Compress (D) Impress
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Q.17 Oasis is to sand as island is to _______. (iv) V is a neighbor of S.


Which one of the following options Which of the following must be true?
maintains a similar logical relation in the (A) P is not seated opposite to Q
above sentence? (B) R is the left neighbor of S
(A) Mountain (B) Stone (C) Q is a neighbor of R
(C) Land (D) Water (D) P is a neighbor of R
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (EE)] [GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CH, BT)]
Q.18 Pen : Write : : Knife : _____ Q.4 Six people are seated around a circular
Which one of the following options table. There are atleast two men and two
maintains a similar logical relation in the women. There are atleast three right-
above? handed persons. Every woman has a left-
(A) Sharp (B) Cut handed person to her immediate right.
(C) Blunt (D) Vegetables. None of the women are right-handed. The
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (CS-2)] number of women at the table is
(A) 2 (B) 3
Seating Arrangement (C) 4 (D) Can’t be determine
[GATE 2017 : IIT-Roorkee (CS-1, EE-1)]
Q.1 S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seated
Q.5 Four people are standing in a line facing
around a circular table. T’s neighbors are
you. They are Rahul, Mathew, Seema and
Y and V. Z is seated third to the left of T
Lohit. One is engineer, one is a doctor, one
and second to the right of S. U’s neighbors
a teacher and another a dancer. You are
are S and Y; and T and W are not seated
told that :
opposite each other. Who is third to the
left of V? 1. Mathew is not standing next to Seema.
(A) X (B) W 2. There are two people standing between
(C) U (D) T Lohit and the engineer.
[GATE 2017 : IIT-Roorkee (EC-1, PI)] 3. Rahul is not a doctor.
Q.2 P, Q, R, S, T and U are seated around a 4. The teacher and the dancer are
circular table. R is seated two places to the standing next to each other.
right of Q. P is seated three places to the 5. Seema is turning to her right to speak
left of R. S is seated opposite U. If P and U to the doctor standing next to her.
now switch seats, which of the following Who among them is an Engineer?
must necessarily be true? (A) Lohit (B) Seema
(A) P is immediately to the right of R. (C) Rahul (D) Mathew
(B) T is immediately to the left of P. [GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (EC)]
(C) T is immediately to the left of P or P is Q.6 Five friends P, Q, R, S and T went
immediately to the right of Q. camping. At night, they had to sleep in a
(D) U is immediately to the right of R or P row inside the tent. P, Q, and T refused to
is immediately to the left of T. sleep next to R since he snored loudly. P
[GATE 2017 : IIT-Roorkee(CE-2, IN)] and S wanted to avoid Q as he usually
Q.3 P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seated hugged people in sleep.
around a circular table. Assuming everyone was satisfied with the
(i) S is seated opposite to W. sleeping arrangements, what is the order in
(ii) U is seated at the second place to the which they slept?
right of R. (A) RSPTQ (B) QRSPT
(iii)T is seated at the third place to the left (C) QTSPR (D) SPRTQ
of R. [GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CE-1)]
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Q.7 Five different books (P, Q, R, S, T) are to Q.12 Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are
be arranged on a shelf. The books R and S seated around a square table. Rahul is
are to be arranged first and second sitting to the left of Murali, Srinivas is
respectively from right side of the shelf. sitting to the right of Arul. Which of the
The number of different orders in which P, following pairs are seated opposite each
Q and T may be arranged is ________. other?
(A) 6 (B) 2 (A) Rahul and Murali
(C) 12 (D) 120 (B) Srinivas and Arul
[GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (EC)] (C) Srinivas and Murali
Q.8 Four persons P, Q, R and S are to be (D) Srinivas and Rahul
seated in a row, all facing the same [GATE 2017 IIT-Roorkee (CS-1, EE-1)]
direction, but not necessarily in the same
order. P and R cannot sit adjacent to each 0Direction for Q.13 to Q.150
other. S should be seated to the right of Q.
Then number of distinct seating P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seating around a
arrangements possible is square table facing the center in such a way that
(A) 4 (B) 2 four of them sit at four corners of the square while
(C) 8 (D) 6 four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. P
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (IN, CE-1)] sits second to right of U. U sits in the middle of
Q.9 Four persons P, Q, R and S are to be one of the sides of the table. V who does not sit at
seated in row. R should not be seated at any of the corners of the table sits second to the
the second position from the left end of the right of S. Only two people sit between S and Q
row. The number of distinct seating (taken from one side).R is not an immediate
arrangements possible is neighbor of V. W is sits second to the left of Q.T
(A) 6 (B) 18 is not an immediate neighbor of V or U.
(C) 24 (D) 9 Q.13 Who sits exactly between U and P?
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (CE-2)] (A) Q (B) R.
Q.10 Five persons P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in (B) T (D) W
a row not necessarily in the same order. Q Q.14 How many persons sit between P and W
and R are separated by one person, and S when counted in anti-clockwise direction
should not be seated adjacent to Q. The from P?
number of distinct seating arrangements (A) One (B) Two.
possible is (C) Three (D) four
(A) 10 (B) 8 Q.15 What is the position of U with respected to
(C) 4 (D) 16 R?
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (ME-1)] (A) Immediate to the right
Q.11 Five person P, Q, R, S and T are to be (B) Second to the left
seated in a row, all facing the same (C) Immediate to the left.
direction, but not necessarily in the same (D) Third to the right
order. P and T cannot be seated at either
end of the row. P should not be seated 0Direction for Q.16 to Q.180
adjacent to S. R is to be seated at the
second position from the left end of the A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a
row. The number of distinct seating square table in such a way that four of them sit at
arrangements possible is :
four corners of the square while four sit in the
(A) 2 (B) 4
middle of each of the four sides. Those who sit at
(C) 3 (D) 5
the four corners faces outside while those who sit
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (ME-2)]
in the middle of the sides face the center of the
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table. D sits third to the left of G. E sits third to (A) 000.00 (B) 300.00
the left of C. C does not sits any of the corners. (C) 166.67 (D) 433.33
Only one person sits between E and F. F is not an [GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (EC)]
immediate neighbour of C. H is facing outside. A Q.3 There are three boxes. One contains
is not an immediate neighbour of F and H. The apples, another contains oranges and the
number of person sitting between B and D is same last one contains both apples and oranges.
as between D and C. All three are known to be incorrectly
Q.16 Who sits exactly between E and F? labelled. If you are permitted to open just
(A) A (B) B. one box and then pull out and inspect only
(C) C (D) H one fruit, which box would you open to
Q.17 Which of the following pairs represents determine the contents of all three boxes?
the persons who sit in the middle of the
sides and face to each other? (A) The box labelled ‘Apples’
(A) AC (B) BD (B) The box labelled ‘Apples and
(C) BC. (D) EH Oranges’
Q.18 If A is made to face outside direction, who (C) The box labelled ‘Oranges’
would sit to the immediate right of A?
(D) Cannot be determined
(A) G (B) D
[GATE 2017 : IIT-Roorkee(CS-2, EE-2)]
(C) B (D) E.
Q.4 In the following question, the first and the
last sentence of the passage are in order
Logical Puzzle and numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the
Q.1 There are eight bags of rice looking alike, passage is split into 4 parts and numbered
seven of which have equal weight and one as 2, 3, 4 and 5. These 4 parts are not
is slightly heavier. The weighing balance arranged in proper order. Read the
is of unlimited capacity. Using this sentences and arrange them in a logical
balance, the minimum number of sequence to make a passage and choose
weighings required to identify the heavier the correct sequence from the given
bag is options.
(A) 2 (B) 3 1. On Diwali, the family rises early in the
(C) 4 (D) 8 morning.
[GATE 2012 : IIT-Delhi (EC, EE, IN, MT)] 2. The whole family, including the young
Q.2 Two design consultants, P and Q, started and the old enjoy doing this.
working from 8 AM for a client. The client 3. Children let off fireworks later in the
budgeted a total of USD 3000 for the night with their friends.
consultants. P stopped working when hour 4. At sunset, the lamps are lit and the
hand moved by 210 degrees on the clock. family performs various rituals.
Q stopped working when the hour hand 5. Father, mother and children visit
moved by 240 degrees. P took two tea relatives and exchange gifts and
breaks of 15 minutes each during her shift, sweets.
but took no lunch break. Q took only one 6. Houses looks so pretty with lighted
lunch break for 20 minutes, but no tea lamps all around.
breaks. The market rate for consultants is (A) 2, 5, 3, 4 (B) 5, 2, 4, 3
USD 200 per hour and breaks are not paid. (C) 3, 5, 4, 2 (D) 4, 5, 2, 3
After paying the consultants, the client [GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (EC-3, CH)]
shall have USD ________ remaining in
Q.5 If two floors in a certain building are 9
the budget.
feet apart, how many steps are there in
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a set of stairs that extends from the first (B) R-Home, S-Power, P-Defense, Q-
floor to the second floor of the building? Telecom, T-Finance
Statements : (C) P-Home, Q-Power, T-Defense, S-
I. Each step is 3/4 foot high. Telecom, U-Finance
II. Each step is 1 foot wide. (D) Q-Home, U-Power, T-Defense, R-
(A) Statement I alone is sufficient, but Telecom, P-Finance
statement II alone is not sufficient. [GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CE-1, CS-3)]
(B) Statement II alone is sufficient, but Q.8 P, Q, R and S crossed a lake in a boat that
statement I alone is not sufficient. can hold a maximum of two persons, with
(C) Both statements together are sufficient, only one set of oars. The following
but neither statement alone is additional facts are available.
sufficient. (i) The boat held two persons on each of
the three forward trips across the lake
(D) Statement I and II together are not
and one person on each of the two
sufficient.
return trips.
[GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CS-1, EE-1)]
(ii) P is unable to row when someone else
Q.6 Based on the given statements, select the
is in the boat.
most appropriate option to solve the given
(iii)Q is unable to row with anyone else
question.
except R.
What will be the total weight of 10 poles
(iv) Each person rowed for at least one trip
each of same weight?
(v) Only one person can row during a trip
Statements:
I. One fourth of the weight of a pole is 5 Who rowed twice?
kg. (A) P (B) Q
II. The total weight of these poles is 160 (C) R (D) S
kg more than the total weight of two [GATE 2018 : IIT- Guwahati (EE)]
poles. Q.9 Each of the letters arranged as below
(A) Statement I alone is not sufficient. represents a unique integer from 1 to 9.
(B) Statement II alone is not sufficient. The letters are positioned in the figure
(C) Either I or II alone is sufficient. such that (A × B × C) , (B × G × E) and
(D) Both statement I and II together are not (D × E × F) are equal. Which integer among
sufficient. the following choices cannot be
[GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CS-2, EE-2)] represented by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F
Q.7 The head of a newly formed government and G?
desires to appoint five of the six selected A D
members P, Q, R, S, T and U to portfolios B G E
of Home, Power, Defense, telecom and C F
Finance. U does not want any portfolio if S
(A) 4 (B) 5
gets one of the five. R wants either Home
(C) 6 (D) 9
or Finance or no portfolio. Q says that if S
[GATE 2018 : IIT-Guwahati(CE-1)]
gets either Power or Telecom, then she
must get the other one. T insists on a Q.10 Each of the letters in the figure below
portfolio if P gets one. represents a unique integer from 1 to 9.
The letters are positioned in the figure
Which is the valid distribution of
such that each of (A + B + C), (C + D +
portfolio?
E), (E + F + G) and (G + H + K) is equal
(A) P-Home, Q-Power, R-Defense, S-
to 13. Which integers does E represent?
Telecom, T-Finance
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A B C (iii)There are no twins.


D In what order were they born (oldest first)?
E F G (A) HSIG (B) SGHI
H (C) IGSH (D) IHSG
K [GATE 2010 IIT-Guwahati (All Branches)]
(A) 1 (B) 4 Q.14 For submitting tax returns, all resident
males with annual income below Rs. 10
(C) 6 (D) 7
lakh should fill up form P and all resident
Q.11 P, Q, and R talk about S’s car collection. P
females with income below Rs. 8 lakh
states that S has at least 3 cars. Q believes
should fill up form Q. All people with
that S has less than 3 cars. R indicates that
incomes above Rs. 10 lakh should fill up
to his knowledge, S has at least one car.
form R, except non-residents with income
Only one of P, Q and R is right. The
above Rs. 15 lakhs, who should fill up
number of cars owned by S is
form S. All others should fill form T. An
(A) 0
example of a person who should fill form
(B) 1
T is,
(C) 3
(A) A resident male with annual income
(D) Cannot be determined
Rs. 9 lakh.
[GATE 2017 : IIT-Roorkee (ME – 1)]
(B) A resident female with annual income
Q.12 The police arrested four criminals – P, Q,
Rs. 9 lakh.
R and S. The criminals knew each other.
(C) A non-resident male with annual
They made the following statements :
income Rs. 16 lakh.
P says “Q committed the crime”
(D) A non-resident female with annual
Q says “S committed the crime”
income Rs. 16 lakh
R says “I did not do it”
[GATE 2014 : IIT-Kharagpur (EC-1, ME-1)]
S says “What Q said about me is false”
Q.15 Lights of four colors (red, blue, green,
Assume only one of the arrested four
yellow) are hung on a ladder. On every
committed the crime and only one of the
step of the ladder there are two lights. If
statements made above is true. Who
one of the lights is red, the other light on
committed the crime?
that step will always be blue. If one of the
(A) P (B) R
lights on a step is green, the other light on
(C) S (D) Q
that step will always be yellow. Which of
[GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (CH, CS)] the following statements is not necessarily
Q.13 Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) correct?
are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All
(A) The number of red lights is equal to
were born on 1st January. The age
the number of blue lights.
difference between any two successive
(B) The number of green lights is equal to
siblings (that is born one after another) is
the number of yellow lights.
less than 3 years. Given the following facts
: (C) The sum of the red and green lights is
equal to the sum of the yellow and blue
(i) Hari’s age + Gita’s age > Irfan’s age +
lights.
Saira’s age.
(ii) The age difference between Gita and (D) The sum of the red and blue lights is
Saira is 1 year. However, Gita is not equal to the sum of the green and yellow
the oldest and Saira is not the lights.
youngest. [GATE 2014 : IIT-Kharagpur (EC-2, ME-2)]

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Q.16 Mohan, the manager, wants his four (B) Adaptation deals with causes of
workers to work in pairs. No pairs should climate change.
work for more than 5 hours. Ram and John (C) Mitigation deals with actions taken to
have worked together for 5 hours. Krishna reduce the use of fossil fuels.
and Amir have worked as a team for 2 (D) Adaptation deals with actions taken to
hours. Krishna does not want to work with combat green-house gas emissions.
Ram. Whom should Mohan allot to work [GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (ME-2, PI)]
with John, if he wants all the workers to Q.3 After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce
continue working? went in exile and wanted to commit
(A) Amir (B) Krishna suicide. Just before committing suicide, he
(C) Ram (D) None of the came across a spider attempting tirelessly
three to have its net. Time and again, the spider
[GATE 2019 : IIT-Madras (CE-2)] failed but that did not deter it to refrain
from making attempts. Such attempts by
Logical Reasoning the spider made Bruce curious. Thus,
Q.1 The given statement is followed by some Bruce started observing the near
courses of action. Assuming the statement impossible goal of the spider to have the
to be true decide the correct option. net. Ultimately, the spider succeeded in
Statement: There has been a significant having its net despite several failures. Such
drop in the water level in the lakes act of the spider encouraged Bruce not to
supplying water to the city. commit suicide. And then, Bruce went
back again and won many a battle, and the
I. The water supply authority should
rest is history.
impose a partial cut in supply to tackle
Which of the following assertions is best
the situation.
supported by the above information?
II. The government should appeal to all
(A) Failure is the pillar of success.
the residents through mass media for
(B) Honesty is the best policy.
minimal use of water.
(C) Life begins and ends with adventures.
III. The government should ban the water (D) No adversity justifies giving up hope.
supply in lower areas. [GATE 2013 : IIT-Bombay (CS, ME, PI)]
(A) Statements I and II follow. Q.4 The American psychologist Howard
(B) Statements I and III follow. Gardner expounds that human intelligence
(C) Statements II and III follow. can be sub-categorized into multiple kinds,
(D) All statements follow. in such a way that individuals differ with
[GATE 2015 : IIT-Kanpur (CS-1, EE-1)] respect to their relative competence in
each kind. Based on this theory, modern
Q.2 Climate change and resilience deal with
educationists insist on prescribing multi-
two aspects - reduction of sources of
dimensional curriculum and evaluation
nonrenewable energy resources and
parameters that enable development and
reducing vulnerability of climate change
assessment of multiple intelligences.
aspects. The terms 'mitigation' and
Which of the following statements can be
'adaptation' are used to refer to these
inferred from the given text?
aspects, respectively.
(A) Howard Gardner insists that the
Which of the following assertions is best teaching curriculum and evaluation
supported by the above information? needs to be multi-dimensional.
(A) Mitigation deals with consequences of (B) Modern educationists insist that the
climate change. teaching curriculum and evaluation
needs to be multi-dimensional.
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(C) Modern educationists want to develop (A) GST is imposed at the point of usage
and assess the theory of multiple of goods and services.
intelligences. (B) GST does not have a component
(D) Howard Gardner wants to develop and specific to UT.
assess the theory of multiple (C) GST includes all indirect taxes.
intelligences. (D) GST in imposed on the production of
[GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CE-1)] goods and services.
Q.5 The dawn of the 21st century witnessed [GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CS, IT)]
the melting glaciers oscillating between Q.7 Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve
giving too much and too little to billions of Bank of India (RBI) lends commercial
people who depend on them for fresh banks, and reverse repo rate is the rate at
water. The UN climate report estimates which RBI borrows money from
that without deep cuts to ma-made commercial banks.
emissions, at least 30% of the northern Which of the following statements can be
hemisphere’s surface permafrost could inferred from the above passage?
melt by the end of the century. Given this (A) Decrease in repo rate will decrease
situation of imminent global exodus of cost of borrowing and increase lending
billions of people displaced by rising seas, by commercial banks.
nation-states need to rethink their carbon (B) Decrease in repo rate will increase cost
footprint for political concerns, if not for of borrowing and decrease lending by
environmental ones. commercial banks.
Which one of the following statements can (C) Increase in repo rate will decrease cost
be inferred from the given passage? of borrowing and decrease lending by
commercial banks.
(A) Nation-states do not have
environmental concerns. (D) Increase in repo rate will increase cost
of borrowing and Increase lending by
(B) Billions of people are responsible for
commercial banks.
man-made emissions.
[GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CH, BT)]
(C) Billions of people are affected by Q.8 Geneticists say that they are very close to
melting glaciers. confirming the generating roots of
(D) Nation-states are responsible for psychiatric illnesses such as depression
providing fresh water to billions of and schizophrenia, and consequently, that
people. doctors will be able to eradicate these
[GATE 2020 : IIT-Delhi (CS, IT)] diseases through early identification and
Q.6 Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an gene therapy.
indirect tax introduced in India in 2017 On which of the following assumptions
that is imposed on the supply of goods and does the statement above rely?
services, and it subsumes all indirect taxes
except few. It is a destination-based tax (A) Strategies are now available for
imposed on goods and services used, and it eliminating psychiatric illnesses.
is not imposed at the point of origin from (B) Certain psychiatric illnesses have a
where goods come. GST also has a few genetic basis.
components specific to state governments, (C) All human diseases can be traced back
central government and Union Territories to genes and how they are expressed.
(UTs). (D) In the future, genetics will become the
Which one of the following statements can only relevant field for identifying
be inferred from the given passage? psychiatric illnesses.
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[GATE 2014 : IIT-Kharagpur (CS-1, EE-1)]


Q.9 Statement : Either P marries Q or X
marries Y. Among the given options
below, the logical negation of the above
statement is
(A) Neither P marries Q nor X marries Y.
(B) P does not marry Q and X marries Y.
(C) P marries Q and X marries Y.
(D) X does not marries Y and P marries Q.
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (IN, CE-1)]
Q.10 Some people suggest Anti-Obesity
Measures (AOM) such as displaying
calorie information in restaurant menus.
Such measures sidestep addressing the
core problems that cause obesity, poverty
and income inequality.
Which one of the following statements
summarizes the passage?
(A) AOM are addressing the core
problems and are likely to succeed.
(B) The proposed AOM addresses the core
problems that cause obesity.
(C) AOM are addressing the problem
superficially.
(D) If obesity reduces, poverty will
naturally reduce, since obesity causes
poverty.
[GATE 2021 : IIT-BOM (CS-1)]

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A Answer Keys

Smart Course Questions


Direction & Distance
1. East 2. West 3. 25 m 4. 45 m 5. South
6. Northwest 7. Southeast 8. 5m 9. 25 m 10. West
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. D
21. D 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C

Clock
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. 4° 5. 7.5°
6. 11:52.5 7. 06:50 am 8. D 9. A 10. C
08:43*7/11 04:5*5/11
11. 04:21*9/11 12. 04:54*6/11 13. 14. 15. B
8:10*10/11 04:38*2/11
10 pm 10 am
16. C 17. B 18. C 19. 20.
Monday Tuesday
After 135
21. 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. B
Days
Counting of Figure
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D

Blood Relation
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B

Coding-Decoding
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B
Letters Series
10. A 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. C
15. B
Odd One Out
16. D 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. B
Number Series
21. 45 22. 725 23. 16 24. B 25. C
26. 3 27. C
Coding Decoding
28. A 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. A
33. A 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. A
38. D 39. D 40. B

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Order & Ranking


1. 20 2. 18 3. 8 4. 6 5. 40 or 18
6. 36 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. A

Venn Diagram
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. A 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. C
11. B 12. C 13. D
Contour Line
14. C 15. C 16. B

Syllogism
1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. D.

10.8 Analogies
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. D 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. D 18. B

Seating Arrangement
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D
6. A 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. D
11. C 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. B 17. C 18. D

Logical Puzzle
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. B
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. D
16. B

Logical Reasoning
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
6. A 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. C

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Paper Folding and Cutting Q.4 A square transparent sheet with a pattern is
given in Figure. Find out from amongst the
Q.1 Select the option that depicts how the alternatives as to how the pattern would
given transparent sheet of paper would appear when the transparent sheet is folded
appear if it is folded at the dotted line. at the dotted line.
Question figure:

Questions figure
Answer figures:

(A) (B) (C) (D)


(A) (B) (C) (D) Q.5 A square transparent sheet with a pattern is
Q.2 A figure of transparent sheet with a pattern given in Figure. Find out from amongst the
is given below. Select the option that alternatives as to how the pattern would
shows how the paper would appear when appear when the transparent sheet is folded
the transparent sheet is folded at the dotted at the dotted line.
line.

Questions figure
Questions figure

(A) (B) (C) (D)


(A) (B) (C) (D) Q.6 A square transparent sheet with a pattern is
Q.3 A square transparent sheet with a pattern is given in Figure. Find out from amongst the
given in figure. Find out from amongst the alternatives as to how the pattern would
alternatives as to how the pattern would appear when the transparent sheet is folded
appear when the transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line.
at the dotted line.

Questions figure

(A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D)


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Q.7 A transparent square sheet shown below is


folded along the dotted line. The folded
sheet will look like _____.
(A) (B)

(C) (D)
Q.10 A piece of paper is folded and punched as
shown below in the question figure. From
the given answer figure, indicate how it
(A) (B)
will appear when opened.

(C) (D) Questions figure

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(A) (B) (C) (D)
Q.8 A transparent square sheet shown below is
Q.11 A piece of paper is folded and cut as
folded along the dotted line. The folded
shown below in the question figures. From
sheet will look like_____
the given answer figure, indicate how it
will appear when opened.

Questions figure
(A) (B)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

(C) (D)
Q.12 A piece of paper is folded and punched as
shown below in the question figures. From
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay(CS-2)] the given answer figures, indicate how it
Q.9 A piece of paper is folded and cut as will appear when opened?
shown below in the questions figures.
Select from the given answer figure, how
it will appear when unfolded.
Questions figure

Questions figure
(A) (B)
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(A) (B)

(C) (D)
Q.13 A piece of paper is folded and cut as
shown below in the question figures. From (C) (D)
the given answer figure, indicate how it
will appear when opened.
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Mirror Images
Questions figure Q.1 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then
which of the answer figures is the right
image of the given figure?
N
(A) (B)

M
Questions figure
(C) (D)
Q.14 A piece of paper is folded and punched as
shown below in the question figures. From
the given answer figures, indicate how it (A) (B)
will appear when opened?

?
(C) (D)
Questions figure Q.2 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then
which of the answer figures is the right
image of the given figures?

(A) (B)

M N
Questions figure
(C) (D)
Q.15 A circular sheet of paper is folded along
the lines in the directions shown. The
paper, after being punched in the final
(A) (B)
folded state as shown and unfolded in the
reverse order of folding, will look
like________.

(C) (D)
Q.3 If a mirror placed on the line MN, then
which of the answer figure is the correct
Questions figure
image of the question figure?
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Questions figure

Questions figure (A) (B)

(C) (D)
(A) (B)
Q.7 Choose the alternative which is closely
resembles the water-image of the given
combination?
(C) (D)
Q.4 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then (A) (B)
which of the answer figure is the right (C) (D)
images of the given figure? Q.8 Choose the alternative which is closely
M N resembles the water-image of the given
combination.?

Questions figure (A) (B)


(C) (D)
Q.9 Choose the alternative which is closely
resembles the water-image of the given
(A) (B) (C) (D)
combination?
Q.5 Which of the answer figures is exactly the
mirror image of the given figure, when the
mirror is held on the line AB? (A) (B)
A (C) (D)
Q.10 Choose the alternative which is closely
Y M
resembles the water-image of the given
O Z
combination?
B
Questions figure (A) (B)
Y M M (C) (D)
O Y O Q.11 Choose the alternative which is closely
(A) (B) resembles the water-image of the given
combination?
M Y O Y
O M
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(C) (D)
Q.6 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then
Q.12 Choose the alternative which is closely
which of the answer figures is the right
resembles the water-image of the given
image of the given figure?
M N combination?

(A) (B)
(C) (D)
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Q.13 Choose the alternative which is closely Q.18 The mirror image of the above text about
resembles the mirror image of the given the X-axis is
combination? Y

(A) PHYLAXIS
(B)
(C) X
(D) (A)
Q.14 Choose the alternative which is closely (B)
resembles the mirror image of the given (C)
combination? (D)
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(A) Figure Symmetry
(B)
(C) Q.1 Which of the following are the lines of
symmetry?
(D)
C
Q.15 Choose the alternative which is closely
resembles the mirror image of the given E H

combination? A B
G F
(A) D
(B) (A) AB and CD
(C) (B) EF and GH
(D) (C) All of the above
Q.16 Choose the alternative which is closely (D) None of the above
resembles the mirror image of the given Q.2 How many lines of symmetry can be
combination? drawn for given figure?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) Questions figure
Q.17 The mirror image of the above text about (A) 01 (B) 02
the X-axis is (C) 04 (D) 06
Y Q.3 How may capital letters of English
alphabets have both vertical line of
symmetry?
TRIANGLE
(A) 04 (B) 06
(C) 05 (D) 03
X
Q.4 What letters of the English alphabet have
(A) (B)
reflectional symmetry (i.e., symmetry
(C) (D)
related to mirror reflection) about a
[GATE 2021 : IIT-Bombay (IN, CE-1)] vertical mirror.
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(A) 11 (B) 09
(C) 10 (D) 12
Q.5 In the following figures, the figure that is
not symmetric with respect to any line is :

(A) (B)

(A)
(C) (D)
Q.6 How may circles are needed to make line
PQ symmetric?
P

(B)

Q (C)
(A) 06 (B) 05
(C) 04 (D) 07
Q.7 The least number of squares that must be
added so that the line P-Q becomes the
line of symmetry is _____.
P
(D)

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Q.9 A jigsaw puzzle has 2 pieces. One of the
pieces is shown above. Which one of the
given options for the missing piece when
assembled will form a rectangle? The
piece can be moved, rotated or flipped to
assemble with the above piece.
Q
(A) 4 (B) 7
(C) 6 (D) 3
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Q.8 A jigsaw puzzle has 2 pieces. One of the
pieces is shown above. Which one of the
given options for the missing piece when
assembled will form a rectangle? The
piece can be moved, rotated or flipped to
assemble with the above piece.

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(A) (D)

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(C)

A Answer Keys

Smart Course Questions


Paper Folding & Cutting
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. A
11. B 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. A

Mirror Image
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C
6. C 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. C 17. B 18. C

Figure Symmetry
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B

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