GATE 2016 General Aptitude GA Set-8

Q. 1 Q. 5 carry one mark each.

Q.1 The chairman requested the aggrieved shareholders to _________________ him.

(A) bare with (B) bore with (C) bear with (D) bare

Q.2 Identify the correct spelling out of the given options:

(A) Managable (B) Manageable (C) Mangaeble (D) Managible

Q.3 Pick the odd one out in the following:

13, 23, 33, 43, 53

(A) 23 (B) 33 (C) 43 (D) 53

Q.4 R2D2 is a robot. R2D2 can repair aeroplanes. No other robot can repair aeroplanes.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?
(A) R2D2 is a robot which can only repair aeroplanes.

(B) R2D2 is the only robot which can repair aeroplanes.

(C) R2D2 is a robot which can repair only aeroplanes.

(D) Only R2D2 is a robot.

Q.5 If |9y6| =3, then y2 4y/3 is .

(A) 0 (B) +1/3 (C) 1/3 (D) undefined

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Q. 6 Q. 10 carry two marks each.

Q.6 The following graph represents the installed capacity for cement production (in tonnes) and the
actual production (in tonnes) of nine cement plants of a cement company. Capacity utilization of a
plant is defined as ratio of actual production of cement to installed capacity. A plant with installed
capacity of at least 200 tonnes is called a large plant and a plant with lesser capacity is called a
small plant. The difference between total production of large plants and small plants, in tonnes is
____.

Q.7 A poll of students appearing for masters in engineering indicated that 60 % of the students believed
that mechanical engineering is a profession unsuitable for women. A research study on women with
masters or higher degrees in mechanical engineering found that 99 % of such women were
successful in their professions.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above paragraph?
(A) Many students have misconceptions regarding various engineering disciplines.

(B) Men with advanced degrees in mechanical engineering believe women are well suited to be
mechanical engineers.

(C) Mechanical engineering is a profession well suited for women with masters or higher degrees
in mechanical engineering.

(D) The number of women pursuing higher degrees in mechanical engineering is small.

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Q.8 Sourya committee had proposed the establishment of Sourya Institutes of Technology (SITs) in line
with Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to cater to the technological and industrial needs of a
developing country.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentence?

Based on the proposal,

(i) In the initial years, SIT students will get degrees from IIT.
(ii) SITs will have a distinct national objective.
(iii) SIT like institutions can only be established in consultation with IIT.
(iv) SITs will serve technological needs of a developing country.

(A) (iii) and (iv) only. (B) (i) and (iv) only.

(C) (ii) and (iv) only. (D) (ii) and (iii) only.

Q.9 Shaquille O Neal is a 60% career free throw shooter, meaning that he successfully makes 60 free
throws out of 100 attempts on average. What is the probability that he will successfully
make exactly 6 free throws in 10 attempts?

(A) 0.2508 (B) 0.2816 (C) 0.2934 (D) 0.6000

Q.10 The numeral in the units position of 211870 + 146127 3424 is _____.

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L: Zoology
Q. 1 Q. 10 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Acorn worms (Saccoglassus sp.) belong to which ONE of the following Phyla?
(A) Platyhelminthes (B) Achelminthes
(C) Hemichordata (Chordata) (D) Annelida

Q.2 A population of Bees develops resistance to pesticides and the trait gets fixed within a few
generations. This is an example of
(A) macroevolution. (B) disruptive selection.
(C) stabilizing selection. (D) microevolution.

Q.3 The nature of the polymorphic DNA fragment used for mapping is
(A) dominant. (B) partial dominant.
(C) co-dominant. (D) recessive.

Q.4 The sex of a Drosophila melanogaster, which has 4 copies of X-chromosomes and 4 sets of
autosomes will be
(A) female. (B) male. (C) metafemale. (D) metamale.

Q.5 Which of the following cations are found in higher concentration in extracellular fluid as compared
to intracellular fluid in animals?
(A) Na+ and Ca++ (B) K+ and Ca++ (C) K+ and Mg++ (D) Na+ and Mg++

Q.6 Detoxification of alcohol occurs in liver cells where peroxisomal enzymes remove hydrogen from
it, which is
(A) combined with water molecules to generate hydrogen peroxide.
(B) used to break down hydrogen peroxide.
(C) transferred to the mitochondria.
(D) transferred to oxygen molecules to generate hydrogen peroxide.

Q.7 When cells are treated with cyanide, which ONE of the following organelles will have the highest
level of cyanide inside?
(A) Mitochondria (B) Peroxisomes (C) Lysosomes (D) Endoplasmic reticulum

Q.8 Toxoplasmosis in humans is caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite with
two different life cycles, sexual and asexual. The sexual cycle occurs in which ONE of the
following definitive hosts?
(A) Dog (B) Cat (C) Rat (D) Human

Q.9 Which ONE of the following is often a life-threatening systemic inflammatory response?
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Lupus erythematosus
(C) Septic shock
(D) Hypertension

Q.10 During the gastrulation stage of amphibian development, ectoderm formation takes place by the
expansion of epithelial cell sheet over mesodermal cells. This type of cell movement is termed as
(A) ingression. (B) epiboly. (C) involution. (D) delamination.

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Q. 11 Q. 20 carry two marks each.

Q.11 In a population, 600 individuals have MM blood group, 300 have MN blood group and 100 have
NN blood group. What will be the frequencies of M and N alleles in this population?
(A) M 0.75 and N 0.25 (B) M 0.65 and N 0.35
(C) M 0.85 and N 0.15 (D) M 0.55 and N 0.45

Q.12 The molecules, hexanoic acid, lysine, histidine and glucose, each contain 6 carbon atoms, but have
completely different properties due to the presence of different functional groups. Which ONE of
these molecules has a high calorific value?
(A) Lysine (B) Hexanoic acid (C) Glucose (D) Histidine

Q.13 The primary function of polysaccharides attached to glycoproteins in the animal cell membrane is
to
(A) facilitate diffusion of molecules down their concentration gradients.
(B) maintain membrane fluidity at low temperatures.
(C) maintain the integrity of a fluid mosaic membrane.
(D) mediate cell-to-cell recognition.

Q.14 Which ONE of the following mechanisms is used to coordinate the expression of multiple, related
genes in eukaryotic cells?
(A) Environmental signals enter the cell and bind directly to promoters.
(B) Genes share a common intragenic sequence, and allow several activators to turn on their
transcription, regardless of location.
(C) Genes are organized into large operons, allowing them to be transcribed as a single unit.
(D) Genes are organized into clusters, with local chromatin structures influencing the expression of
all the clustered genes at once.

Q.15 In an experiment involving development of 64-cell stage sea urchin, an isolated animal hemisphere
was combined with isolated micromeres. Which ONE of the following will be the resulting
structure?
(A) A ball of ectomesodermal cells (B) A ciliated ball of ectodermal cells
(C) A recognizable pluteus larva (D) A ball of endodermal cells

Q.16 Glycoprotein hormones, hCG and eCG, are synthesized in women and mares respectively, during
pregnancy. Both of these chorionic gonadotropin hormones
(A) have only LH-like activity in their respective species.
(B) have only FSH-like activity in other species.
(C) are biologically inactive in other species.
(D) are routinely employed to promote final stages of follicular maturation, ovulation and to treat
infertility in women.

Q.17 Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal parasite that causes dysentery in humans. This parasite
resides in the isotonic environment of intestine and other tissues in the human body and does not
possess contractile vacuoles. If this parasite is placed in fresh water, it will
(A) survive for long time, until they re-enter the host environment.
(B) die due to hypoosmotic shock.
(C) not survive in water as they require high salt content.
(D) die due to hyperosmotic shock.

Q.18 In an experiment involving Drosophila development, a large amount of purified bicoid mRNA was
injected into the posterior end of a wild-type embryo, the resulting developing embryo will have

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(A) normal development with one each of head, thorax and abdomen.
(B) head in the middle with two thoraces and two abdomens.
(C) a head with two thoraces and an abdomen.
(D) two heads and two thoraces with an abdomen segment in the middle.

Q.19 The migratory desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, exists in two mutually exclusive forms: a
short-winged, uniformly colored, solitary insect and a long-winged, brightly colored, gregarious
morph. These phenotypes depend on crowding. Such phenotypic plasticity is called
(A) reaction norm. (B) polyphenism.
(C) Batesian mimicry. (D) polymorphism.

Q.20 Given below is the list of animals and their respective characteristics.

Animals Characteristics
I. Sea anemone i. Three pairs of jointed legs
II. Bluefly ii. Diploblastic acoelomate
III. Starfish iii. Collar cells
IV. Sponge iv. Tube feet

Which ONE of the following represents the correct match?

(A) I-iv; II-i; III-ii; IV-iii (B) I-iii; II-i; III-iv; IV-ii
(C) I-ii; II-i; III-iv; IV-iii (D) I-ii; II-i; III-iii; IV - iv

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