Verbal Aptitude PYQ quiz GATE CS

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Question 1

Wanted Temporary, Part-time persons for the post of Field Interviewer to conduct personal interviews to collect and collate economic data. Requirements: High School-pass, must be available for Day, Evening and Saturday work. Transportation paid, expenses reimbursed. Which one of the following is the best inference from the above advertisement?

  • Gender-discriminatory

  • Xenophobic

  • Not designed to make the post attractive

  • Not gender-discriminatory

Question 2

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
Suresh’s dog is the one ––––––––– was hurt in the stampede.

  • that

  • which

  • who

  • whom

Question 3

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

  • They gave us the money back less the service charges of Three Hundred rupees.

  • This country’s expenditure is not less than that of Bangladesh.

  • The committee initially asked for a funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later settled for a lesser sum.

  • This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

Question 4

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? Mitigate

  • Diminish

  • Divulge

  • Dedicate

  • Denote

Question 5

Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
Despite several ––––––––– the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the conflict.

  • attempts

  • setbacks

  • meetings

  • delegations

Question 6

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

  • He is of Asian origin.

  • They belonged to Africa.

  • She is an European.

  • They migrated from India to Australia.

Question 7

Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Nadir

  • Highest

  • Lowest

  • Medium

  • Integration

Question 8

Complete the sentence: Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to _________________

  • specificity

  • neutrality

  • generality

  • adaptation

Question 9

Were you a bird, you ______________ in the sky.

  • would fly

  • shall fly

  • should fly

  • shall have flown

Question 10

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:
Amalgamate

  • merge

  • split

  • collect

  • separate

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