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General Aptitude
Verbal Ability
Objective Comprehension

Questions mapped to Objective Comprehension under Verbal Ability.

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Q#1 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it?

We tend to think of cancer as a 'modern' illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a disease of overproduction, of sudden growth, a growth that is unstoppable, tipped into the abyss of no control. Modern cell biology encourages us to imagine the cell as a molecular machine. Cancer is that machine unable to quench its initial command (to grow) and thus transform into an indestructibel, self-propelled automation.

(Adapted from The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee)

It is a reflection of why cancer seems so modern to most of us.

It tells us that modern cell biology uses and promotes metaphors of machinery.

Modern cell biology encourages metaphors of machinery, and cancer is often imagined as a machine.

Modern cell biology never uses figurative langauge, such as metaphors, to describe or explain anything.

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Q#2 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2022 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Altruism is the human concern for the well being of others. Altruism has been shown to be motivated more by social bonding, familiarity and identification of belongingness to a group. The notion that altruism may be attributed to empathy or guilt has now been rejected.

Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information in the above passage?

Humans engage in altruism due to guilt but not empathy.

Humans engage in altruism due to empathy but not guilt.

Humans engage in altruism due to group identification but not empathy.

Humans engage in altruism due to empathy but not familiarity.

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Q#3 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2020 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of a bank in India is defined as an asset, which remains unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of time in terms of interest, principal, or both. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed the definition of NPA thrice during 1993-2004. in terms of the holding period of loans. The holding period was reduced by one quarter each time. In 1993, the holding period was four quarters (360 days). Based on the above paragraph, the holding period of loans in 2004 after the third revision was __________days.

45

90

135

180

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Q#4 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2016 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Computers were invented for performing only high–end useful computation. However, it is no understatement that they have taken over our world today. The internet, for example, is ubiquitous. Many believe that the internet itself is an unintended consequence of the original invention. With the advent of mobile computing on our phones, a whole new dimension is now enabled. One is left wondering if all these developments are good or, more importantly required.

Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid can be inferred from the above paragraph?

(i) The author believes that computers are not good for us.

(ii) Mobile computers and the internet are both intended inventions.

(i) only

(ii) only

both (i) and (ii)

neither (i) nor (ii)

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Q#5 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2014 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The Palghat Gap (or Palakkad Gap), a region about 30km wide in the southern part of the western ghats in India, is lower than the hilly terrain to its north and south. The exact reasons for the formation of this gap are not clear. It result in the neighboring regions of Tamil Nadu getting more rainfall from the south west monsoon and the neighboring regions of Kerala having higher summer temperatures.

What can be inferred from this passage?

The Palghat gap is caused by high rainfall and high temperatures in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The regions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala that are near the Palghat gap are low – lying.

The low terrain of the Palghat Gap has a significant impact on weather patterns in neighboring parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Higher summer temperatures result in higher rainfall near the Palghat Gap area.

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Q#6 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2014 (Set 2) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The old city of Koenigsberg, which had a German majority population before world war 2, is now called Kaliningrad. After the events of the war, Kaliningrad is snow a Russian territory and has a predominantly Russian population. It is boarded by the Baltic sea on the north and the countries of Poland to the south and west and Lithuania to the east respectively. Which of the statements below can be inferred from this passage?

Kaliningrad was historically Russian in its ethnic make up

Kaliningrad is a part of Russia despite it not being contiguous with the rest of Russia

Koenigsberg was renamed Kaliningrad, as that was its original Russian name

Poland and Lithuania are on the route from Kaliningrad to the rest of Russia

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Q#7 Verbal Ability GATE EE 2014 (Set 3) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

A dance programme is schedule for 10.00 a.m. Some students are participating in the programme and they need to come an hour earlier than the start of the event. These students should be accompanied by a parent. Other student and parents should come in time for the programme. The instruction you think that is appropriate for this is

Students should come at 9.00 a.m. and parents should come at 10.00 a.m.

Participating students should come at 9.00 a.m. accompanied by a parent, and other parents and students should come by 10.00 a.m.

Students who are not participating should come by 10.00 a.m. and they should not bring their parents. Participating students should come at 9.00 a.m.

Participating students should come before 9.00 a.m. Parents who accompany them should come at 9.00 a.m. All others should come at 10.00 a.m.

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