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GATE 2018
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Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry one mark each.
Q.1 “The driver applied the ______ as soon as she approached the hotel where she wanted to take a ______”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
(A) brake, break (B) break, break
(C) brake, brake (D) break, brake
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Q.2 "It is no surprise that every society has had codes of behaviour; however, the nature of these codes is often ______."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
(A) unpredictable (B) simple
(C) expected (D) strict
Q.3 Hema's age is 5 years more than twice Hari's age. Suresh's age is 13 years less than 10 times Hari's age. If Suresh is 3 times as old as Hema, how old is Hema?
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(A) 14 (B) 17
(C) 18 (D) 19
Q.4 Tower A is 90 m tall and tower B is 140 m tall. They are 100 m apart. A horizontal skywalk connects the floors at 70 m in both the towers. If a taut rope connects the top of tower A to the bottom of tower B, at what distance (in meters) from tower A will the rope intersect the skywalk?
(A) 22.22 (B) 50
(C) 57.87 (D) 77.78
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Q.5 The temperature T in a room varies as a function of the outside temperature To and the number of persons in the room p, according to the relation T = ? (Tp + To), where T and K are constants. What would be the value of T given the following data?
| To | p | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 32.4 | |
| 25 | 5 | 42.0 |
(A) 0.8 (B) 1.0
(C) 2.0 (D) 10.0
Q. 6 – Q. 10 carry two marks each.
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Q.6 A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more, he would have made a 10% gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller?
(A) 48 (B) 52
(C) 60 (D) 108
Q.7 The price of a wire made of a superalloy material is proportional to the square of its length. The price of 10 m length of the wire is Rs. 1600. What would be the total price (in Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6m?
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(A) 768 (B) 832
(C) 1440 (D) 1600
Q.8 Which of the following function(s) is an accurate description of the graph for the range(s) indicated?
(i) y = |x - 1| for -1 = x = 2
(ii) y = 2x + 4 for -3 = x = -1
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(iii) y = -1 for -1 < x < 2
(iv) y = 1 for 2 = x = 3
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) only.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) only.
(C) (i) and (iv) only.
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(D) (ii) and (iv) only.
Q.9 Consider a sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, …, an where an = 1/(n) - 1/(n+2), for each integer n > 0. What is the sum of the first 50 terms?
(A) (1+ 1/2)- (1/50 + 1/51)
(B) (1+ 1/2)+ (1/50 + 1/51)
(C) (1+ 1/2)- (1/51 + 1/52)
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(D) 1-(1/51 + 1/52)
Q.10 Each of the letters arranged as below represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The letters are positioned in the figure such that (A × B × C), (B × G × E) and (D × E × F) are equal.
Which integer among the following choices cannot be represented by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F or G?
(A) 4 (B) 5
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(C) 6 (D) 9
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