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WorksheetsPreparatory Aptitude Test-1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
A milk vendor has two cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk 3: 5?
4 litres, 8 litres
6 litres, 6 litres
5 litres, 7 litres
7 litres, 5 litres
The air-conditioned bus service from Siruseri industry park runs at regular intervals throughout the day. It is now 3:12 pm and it has arrived 1 minute ago but it was 2 minutes late. The next bus is due at 3:18 pm. When is the next bus due?
3:27 pm
3:29 pm
3:24 pm
3:25 pm
In a test with 26 questions, five points were deducted for each wrong answer and eight points were added for every correct answer. How many were answered correctly if the score was zero?
11
10
13
12
A and B completed certain work together in 5 days. Had A worked at twice his own speed and B half his own speed, it would have taken them 4 days to complete the job. How much time would it take for A alone to do the job?
10 days
20 days
25 days
15 days
Introducing Kavi, Veena said, “She is the sister of the son of the wife of my husband”. How is Veena related to Kavi?
Aunt
Sister
Mother
Daughter
The bus goes to Mumbai from Delhi at the rate of 60 km per hour. Another bus leaves from Mumbai to Delhi at the same time as the first bus at the rate of 70 km/hr. Find the average speed of the journeys of the two buses combined if it is known that the distance from Mumbai to Delhi is 420 kilometers
64.615 kmph
64.5 kmph
63.823 kmph
64.82 kmph
It was Sunday on 1st Jan,2006. What was the day of the week 1st Jan,2010?
Sunday
Saturday
Friday
Wednesday
For the sale season, a mall first increased the rate of its products by 10% and then offered a discount of 10%. What is the change in the rate of products in comparison to the original?
1%
1.11%
3.5%
5%
From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there in the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
702
624
756
812
A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
145°
150°
155°
160°
Find the smallest number which leaves the remainders 13, 41 and 29 at the end when divided by 20, 48 and 36 respectively.
187
713
720
727
A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm and iron weighs 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:
3.6 kg
3.696 kg
36 kg
36.9kg
Find the missing number in the series 4, 18, ……, 100, 180, 294.
32
36
48
40
A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is:
2
3
4
5
Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is even?
½
3/4
3/8
5/16
Since World War II, the nation-state 1) ---------------- (regarded,have been regarded,has been regarded) with approval by every political system and every ideology. In the name of 2)--------------(modernism,modernizing,modernisation) in the West, of socialism in the Eastern bloc, and of development in the Third World, it was expected to guarantee the happiness of individuals as citizens and of peoples as 3) ---------------(society,societies,social) . However, the state today appears to have broken 4)--------------(into,down,up ) in many parts of the world. It has failed to 5) -----------(warranty,guarantee ,prove) either security or social justice, and has been unable to 6)-------------(pave,prove, prevent ) either international wars or civil wars. Disturbed by the claims of 7) ------------------( communities, community, communalism) within it, the nation-state tries to repress 8)-----------(there,those,their) demands and to proclaim itself as the only guarantor of security of all. In the name of national unity, territorial integrity, equality of all its citizens and nonpartisan secularism, the state can use its powerful resources to 9) ----------(repress,regress, reject) the demands of the communities; it may even go so far as genocide to ensure that order 10)------------------( prevails,prevalent,relevant)
1.has been regarded 2.modernization 3.societies 4.down 5.guarantee 6.prevent 7.communities 8.their 9.reject 10.prevails
1.have been regarded 2.modernization 3.societies 4.down 5.guarantee 6.prevent 7.community 8.their
9.reject 10.prevails
1.has been regarded 2.modernization 3.societies 4.into 5.guarantee 6.pave 7.communities 8.their
9.reject 10.prevails
The momentum of legal 1. -----------(developing,action,development) has occurred in other institutions besides the GATT, most notably in the European Union (EU).2.-----------(From ,last,over) the past two decades the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has 3.-------------(commonly, consistently,closely) rendered decisions that have expanded incrementally the EU’s internal market, in which the doctrine of ‘mutual recognition’ handed down in the case Cassis de Dijon in 1979 was a 4.-------------( lock,gate,key) turning point. The Court is now 5. -------- (widely,most,above all ) recognized as a major player in European integration, even though arguably 6. -----------(so, such,this) a strong role was not originally envisaged in the Treaty of Rome, which 7.--------(imitated,initially, initiated) the current European Union. One means the Court used to expand integration was the ‘teleological method of interpretation’, whereby the actions of member states were 8.------------(evacuated,evaluated,expected) against ‘the accomplishment of the most elementary community 9.-------------(gossip,leader,goals) set forth in the Preamble to the [Rome] treaty’.
1.Development 2.over 3.commonly 4.gate 5.most 6.Such 7.initiated 8.Evaluated 9.Goals
1.Development 2.over 3.Consistently 4.key 5.Widely 6.so 7.initiated 8.Evaluated 9.Goals
1.Development 2.over 3.Consistently 4.key 5.Widely 6.Such 7.initiated 8.Evaluated 9.Goals
A greenhouse is a glass-covered structure(1) __________(uses, using, used) to grow plants. It has transparent glass that allows sunlight to pass(2) ________(out,through,inside), but does not allow the heat inside to escape. The same(3) ________(effect, affect) occurs on the earth. The(4) ________(sun’s, suns, sun) radiation(5) __________(passes, passing) through the atmosphere to heat the earth’s surface. When heated, the earth’s surface produces infrared radiation, which has a longer wavelength than that of sunlight. This infrared radiation rises into the atmosphere where gases, such as carbon dioxide,(6) ____________(prevents, prevent, prevented) the infrared radiation from escaping into space. The concentrations of these gases,(7) __________(that, those, which) are called greenhouse gases, control how much-infrared radiation escapes.
1.used 2.through 3.effect 4.sun 5.passes 6.prevent 7.which
1.used 2.through 3.effect 4.sun’s 5.passing 6.prevented 7.which
1.used 2.through 3.effect 4.sun’s 5.passes 6.prevent 7.which
Chatbots are now part of1. ________(a,an,the)cultural narrative and are 2. _________(because,become,becoming )even more sophisticated. It is hard to find 3. __________ (someone,everybody,everyone)who has not had an interaction with a chatbot or virtual assistant. As chatbots and virtual assistants 4._______ (got,get,give)more sophisticated, they5. _______ (will be able,shall be able will do)to respond with increasing empathy and personalization,6. ________ (shamelessly,seamlessly,sinfully) tracking the customer7. _______ (state,journey,journal). Whether voice or text activated, bots8. _______(will be,were,are) able to help users find 9. _________ (products,produce,promise)and answers 24 X 7, on any device or channel faster than ever10. _________(beneath,before,beside). In fact, more and more people are rating messaging as a top choice for customer service.
1.the 2.becoming 3.someone 4.get 5.will do 6.seamlessly 7.journey 8.will be 9.products 10.before
1.the 2.becoming 3.someone 4.got 5.will be able 6.shamelessly 7.journey 8.will be 9.products 10.before
1.the 2.becoming 3.someone 4.get 5.will be able 6.seamlessly 7.journey 8.will be 9.products 10.before
Technology has1. ______ (revolved,revolutionized,rotate )our lives and influenced nearly 2. ______ (all,every,most) industry, including fitness. From apps to wearables, technology is constantly 3. _______ (constant,current,changing)the way4. ______ (a,this,the )fitness industry functions. Mobile technology, fitness wearables and data, and smart equipment 5._______ (are, was, is )shaping the way health clubs6. ________( or,nor,and )equipment manufacturers operate today. Engaging members via mobile with digital fitness challenges, reward programs, push notifications and wearable integration not only7. _________ (denies,allows,accepts)fitness operators to8. _______ (foster,destroy,collude ) existing relationships with clients 9. _______ (and,but,while)also build10. _______ (on,of.after)them.
1.revolutionized 2.every 3.changing 4.the 5.are 6.and 7.allows 8.foster 9.while 10.on
1.revolutionized 2.every 3.changing 4.the 5.are 6.and 7.allows 8.foster 9.but 10.on
1.revolutionized 2.every 3.changing 4.the 5.are 6.nor 7.allows 8.foster 9.but 10.on
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions 1.--------(is,are,were) caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them. The rules 2. --------(state,stuck,struck) that a driver 3.-------(may,might, must) keep sufficient distance from the vehicle in front in order to stop safely and avoid a 4.--------(collusion,commission,collision). Drivers5.------------(must,could, should) allow a minimum two seconds’ gap between their vehicle and the one ahead. At sixty kilometres an hour,6.---------(those,these, this) equates to thirty-three metres; at a hundred it equates to fifty-five metres. 7.-----(Much,maximum,More) distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor 8.---------(ability,agility,visibility).
1.are 2.state 3.must 4.collision 5.should 6.this 7.more 8.visibility
1.are 2.state 3.must 4.commission 5.should 6.this 7.more 8.visibility
1.are 2.state 3.must 4.collision 5.should 6.those 7.more 8.visibility
There is 1.-------(the ,a,that) place forty kilometres north-east of Portland, Victoria, which makes for an unusual visit. It is Lake Condah. Here are to be 2.------(find,finding, found) remains of aboriginal settlements: the circular stone bases of several hundred huts, rock-lined water channels, and stone tools 3.-------(chipped,chopped,chucked) from rock not normally found in the area. One of the attractions of Lake Condah long ago was its fish and the most startling evidence of aboriginal technology and engineering to be found there are the systems built 4.--------(to eat,to scare ,to trap) fish. Water courses 5.-------------(had been constructed ,had been constituted,had been communicated )by redirecting streams, building stone sides and even scraping out new channels. At strategic spots, they piled rocks 6.-------(across,under,in) the water courses to create 7.-----------(weird,ware,weirs) and build funnels to channel eels and fish into conical baskets. This is an eel-fishing technique which has hardly changed to the present day. Beside some of the larger traps, there are the 8. ----------(outlines,outlays,inlay) of rectangular, stone-lined ponds, probably to hold fish and keep them fresh. On the bluffs overlooking the lake, stone circles are all that remain of ancient 9.--------(dealings,drillings ,dwellings). Not all of the stones were quarried locally. The huts vary in size, but all have gaps for doorways located on the lee side, away from the prevailing wind.
1.a 2.found 3.chipped 4.to 5.trap 6.had been constituted 7.across 8.Weirs 9.outlines 10.dwellings
1.a 2.found 3.chipped 4.to 5.trap 6.had been constituted 7.under 8.Weirs 9.outlines 10.dwellings
1.a 2.found 3.chipped 4.to 5.trap 6.had been constructed 7.across 8.Weirs 9.outlines 10.dwellings
Afterwards there 1.(were,will be,was) silence on board of the yacht. For some reason 2.----(and,or,but) other we did not begin that game of dominoes. We felt meditative, and fit for nothing but placid staring. The day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance. The water 3.-------(shines,shunned,shone) pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, 4.----(hang,holding,hung) from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds. Only the gloom to the west, brooding over the upper reaches, became more sombre every minute, as if angered by the approach of the sun. And at last, in its curved and imperceptible fall, the sun sank low, and 5.--------(from,with,by) glowing white changed to 6.------(a,the ,that) dull red without rays and without heat, as if about to go out suddenly, 7.-------(stuck ,stricken,stroke) to death by the touch of that gloom brooding over a crowd of men.
1.Was 2.or 3.shone 4.hung 5.from 6.a 7.stricken
1.Was 2.or 3.shines 4.hung 5.from 6.a 7.stricken
1.Was 2.and 3.shone 4.hung 5.from 6.a 7.stricken
Dolphins 1.--------(were,was,are) regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we 2.---------( retrieve,realize,recall) that their society is more complex 3.------(than,those,that) people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have 4.--------(survive,suggested,sealed) that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate 5.------(by,with,for) each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument 6.---------(for,to,in) favor of man’s superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the 7.-------(side,shore,contrary), the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.
1.are 2. realise 3.that 4.suggested 5.by 6.in 7.contrary
1.are 2.realise 3.than 4.suggested 5.with 6.in 7.contrary
1.are 2.realise 3.than 4.suggested 5.with 6.in 7.contrary
Naval architects never claim 1.------(this,those,that) a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely 2.--------(,should be,would be,should have) never have happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of lifeboats. It 3.--------(had been,have been,has been) thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled 4.----(in.out,over) and sank in a cold, stormy night. It 5.----(sank down,floated,went down) so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble 6.--------(onboard,hovercraft, overboard), only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. 7.-----------(However,Whether,Whenever) there were an unpleasant number of questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many survivors were men in the prime of life, 8.--------(when,while,meanwhile) most of the dead were women, children and the elderly.
1.that 2.should have 3.had been 4.Over 5.went down 6.overboard 7.However 8.while
1.that 2.should have 3.has been 4.Over 5.went down 6.overboard 7.However 8.while
1.that 2.should have 3.had been 4.Over 5.went down 6.onboard 7.However 8.while
Erosion of America’s farmland 1.-----(through,with,by) wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands 2.-------(over,under,above) the plough in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland 3.-------(were damaged,was damaged,damaged) by erosion.After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has 4.----------(accelerates,decelerates , accelerated) due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years 5.---------(past,gone, ahead), soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes, are likely to replace petroleum6.----(srace,sparse, scarcity) as the nation’s most critical natural resource problem.
1.by 2.Under 3.were damaged 4.accelerates 5.ahead 6.scarcity
1.by 2.Under 3.were damaged 4.accelerated 5.past 6.scarcity
1.by 2.Under 3.were damaged 4.accelerated 5.ahead 6.scarcity
1.-----(From,Long ago,Since) I have been settled in the work of the ministry in this place, I 2.-----(has,am ,have) always had a peculiar concern for the souls of the young people, and a desire that religion might 3.-------(fail,fruit,flourish) among them. Because I knew the special opportunity they had beyond others and that ordinarily 4.----(these,their, those) for whom God intended mercy were brought to fear and love him in their youth. And it has ever 5.---------(appearing,appealed, appeared) to me a peculiarly amiable thing to see young people walking in the ways of virtue and Christian piety, having their hearts 6.--------(purify,petrified,purified) and sweetened with a principle of divine love. How exceedingly beautiful and 7.---------(conducive,conductive,contrary) to the adorning and happiness of the town if the young people 8.--------(could be,will be, shall be) persuaded, when they meet together, to converse as Christians and as the children of God, avoiding impurity, levity, and extravagance, keeping strictly to rules 9.----(in,for,of) virtue and conversing together of the things of God and Christ and heaven!
1.Since 2.Have 3.flourish 4.those 5.appeared 6.purified 7.conducive 8.will be 9.of
1.Since 2.Have 3.flourish 4.those 5.appeared 6.purify 7.conducive 8.could be 9.of
1.Since 2.Have 3.flourish 4.those 5.appeared 6.purified 7.conducive 8.could be 9.of
Philosophy of Education is a label 1.-------(applied to,applied in,applied for) the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. It can be considered 2.(a,an the) branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined as the teaching and learning of specific 3.---------(skillful,skiing,skills) and the imparting of knowledge, judgment and wisdom, and is something 4.------------(narrower,taller,broader) than the societal institution of education we often speak 5.----(on,with,of). Many educationalists 6.----------(consider,considering,configured) it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of the real world to be 7.(fatal,useless,useful). But philosophers dating back to Plato and 8.-------(a,an,the) Ancient Greeks have given the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt that their work has helped shape the practice of education 9.----(in,out,over) the millennia.
1.applied to 2.a 3.skills 4.taller 5.of 6.consider 7.useful 8.the 9.over
1.applied to 2.a 3.skills 4.broader 5.of 6.consider 7.useful 8.the 9.over
1.applied to 2.a 3.skills 4.broader 5.of 6.considering 7.useful 8.the 9.over
During 1.---------(a,an,the) Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas in his work "De Magistro". Perennialism 2.---------(held,having, holds) that one should teach those things deemed to be 3.-------(on,in,of) everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which are apt to change over time), and that one 4.---------(would,could,should) teach first about people, not machines or techniques. It was originally religious 5--------(at,on, in) nature, and it was only much later that a theory of secular perennialism 6.-----------(developing,development,developed).During the Renaissance, the French skeptic Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592) 7.---------(was,were,has been) one of the first to 8.------------(casually,colonial,critically) look at education. Unusually for his time, Montaigne was willing to question the conventional wisdom of the period, calling into question the whole edifice of the educational system, and the implicit assumption that university-educated philosophers were necessarily 9.-------(wise,wiser,worse) than uneducated farm workers, for example.
1.the 2.held 3.of 4.Should 5.In 6.developed 7.was 8.critically 9.wiser
1.the 2.held 3.of 4.Should 5.In 6.developed 7.was 8.casually 9.wiser
1.the 2.held 3.of 4.Should 5.In 6.developing 7.was 8.critically 9.wiser
Sportsmanship can be conceptualized 1.--------(an,at,as) an enduring and relatively stable characteristic or disposition such that individuals 2.-------(defer, differ, deaf) in the way they are generally expected to behave in sports situations. In general, sportsmanship 3.---------(referred, refers,referral) to virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage, and persistence, and4.--------(had been,have been, has been) associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control if dealing 5.--------(by,with,for) others, and respect for both authority and opponents. Sportsmanship is also 6.---------( looked at,looked upon,looked) as being the way one 7.---------(reacted,react,reacts) to a sport/game/player. The four elements of sportsmanship are often shown being good form, the will to win, equity and fairness. All four elements are critical and a balance 8.---------(must be,may be,might be) found among all four for true sportsmanship to be illustrated.
1.as 2.differ 3.referred 4.has been ,with ,looked at ,reacts , Must be
1.as 2.differ 3.refers 4.has been 5.with 6.looked at 7.reacts 8.Must be
1.as 2.differ 3.refers 4.has been 5.with 6.looked upon 7.reacts 8.Must be
Consider the following declaration of a ‘two-dimensional array in C:
char a[100][100];
Assuming that the main memory is byte-addressable and that the array is stored starting from memory address 0, the address of a[40][50] is
4040
4050
5040
5050
The value of j at the end of the execution of the following C program.
int incr (int i)
{
static int count = 0;
count = count + i;
return (count);
}
main ()
{
int i,j;
for (i = 0; i <=4; i++)
j = incr(i);
}
10
4
6
7
Consider the following C declaration
struct {
short s [5]
union {
float y;
long z;
}u;
} t;
Assume that objects of the type short, float and long occupy 2 bytes, 4 bytes and 8 bytes, respectively. The memory requirement for variable t, ignoring alignment considerations, is
22 Bytes
18 Bytes
14 Bytes
10 Bytes
What will be the output of the following C program segment?
char inchar = 'A';
switch (inchar)
{
case \\\'A\\\' :
printf ("choice A \\\\n") ;
case \\\'B\\\' :
printf ("choice B ") ;
case \\\'C\\\' :
case \\\'D\\\' :
case \\\'E\\\' :
default:
printf ("No Choice") ;
}
No Choice
Choice A
Choice A Choice B No Choice
Program gives no output as it is erroneous
Consider the following C program
main()
{
int x, y, m, n;
scanf ("%d %d", &x, &y);
/* x > 0 and y > 0 */
m = x; n = y;
while (m != n)
{
if(m>n)
m = m - n;
else
n = n - m;
}
printf("%d", n);
}
x + y using repeated subtraction
x mod y using repeated subtraction
the greatest common divisor of x and y
the least common multiple of x and y
Consider the following C function:
int f(int n)
{
static int i = 1;
if (n >= 5)
return n;
n = n+i;
i++;
return f(n);
}
The value returned by f(1) is
5
6
7
8
Consider the following C function
void swap (int a, int b)
{
int temp;
temp = a;
a = b;
b = temp;
}
In order to exchange the values of two variables x and y
call swap (x, y)
call swap (&x, &y)
swap (x,y) cannot be used as it does not return any value
swap (x,y) cannot be used as the parameters are passed by value
What does the following fragment of C-program print?
char c[] = "GATE2011";
char *p =c;
printf("%s", p + p[3] - p[1]) ;
GATE2011
E2011
2011
011
Consider the following C program segment:
char p[20];
char *s = "string";
int length = strlen(s);
int i;
for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
p[i] = s[length — i];
printf("%s",p);
The output of the program is
gnirts
gnirt
string
No output
Consider the following recursive C function that takes two arguments
unsigned int foo(unsigned int n, unsigned int r)
{ if (n > 0) return (n%r + foo (n/r, r ));
else return 0;
}
What is the value of foo(513,2)
9
8
5
2
