GATE 2022 General Aptitude (GA) : Q.1 - Q.5 Carry ONE Mark Each
GATE 2022 General Aptitude (GA) : Q.1 - Q.5 Carry ONE Mark Each
GATE 2022 General Aptitude (GA) : Q.1 - Q.5 Carry ONE Mark Each
Q.1 Inhaling the smoke from a burning _________ could _________ you quickly.
What should be the minimum volume (in cm3 ) of the box that can enclose the
sphere?
(A) 𝑟
8
(B) 𝑟
(C) 2𝑟
(D) 8𝑟
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Q.3 Pipes P and Q can fill a storage tank in full with water in 10 and 6 minutes,
respectively. Pipe R draws the water out from the storage tank at a rate of 34
litres per minute. P, Q and R operate at a constant rate.
If it takes one hour to completely empty a full storage tank with all the pipes
operating simultaneously, what is the capacity of the storage tank (in litres)?
(A) 26.8
(B) 60.0
(C) 120.0
(D) 127.5
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Q.4 Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the
center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:
(A) U and S
(B) R and T
(C) R and U
(D) P and S
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Q.5 A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building
given below. The doors are closed initially.
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
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Q. 6 – Q. 10 Carry TWO marks each.
Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the
information given in the above passage?
(A) GSR is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather
(B) GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change
(C) GSR grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than
regular rice
(D) Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather
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A game consists of spinning an arrow around a stationary disk as shown below.
Q.7
When the arrow comes to rest, there are eight equally likely outcomes. It could
come to rest in any one of the sectors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 as shown.
Two such disks are used in a game where their arrows are independently spun.
What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the resulting sectors upon
spinning the two disks is equal to 8 after the arrows come to rest?
(A) 1
16
(B) 5
64
(C) 3
32
(D) 7
64
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Q.8 Consider the following inequalities.
(i) 3𝑝 − 𝑞 < 4
(ii) 3𝑞 − 𝑝 < 12
Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two
inequalities?
(A) 𝑝 + 𝑞 < 8
(B) 𝑝 + 𝑞 = 8
(C) 8 ≤ 𝑝 + 𝑞 < 16
(D) 𝑝 + 𝑞 ≥ 16
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Q.9 Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the
statements.
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Q.10 Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square
with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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Q.12 Three individuals are named P, Q, and R. Together they have a total of fifteen
children of which nine are boys. P has three girls and Q has same number of boys.
Q has one more child than P, who has four children. R has four more boys than the
number of girls. The number of girls of R is equal to the number of boys of P.
How many boys do R and P have?
(A) R = 3, P = 3
(B) R = 4, P = 2
(C) R = 5, P = 1
(D) R = 2, P = 4
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The train will leave at 8:30 PM, we have been ready by 7:30 PM, so that we can
reach the station on time.
To make the above sentence grammatically correct, the phrase marked in bold is to
be replaced by
(A) were
(B) are
(C) must be
Q.14 Complete the sentence correctly using the options given below.
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Q.15 The Arecibo telescope does not resemble what most of us think of when we hear
the word telescope. Its reflective surface covers an area of 20 acres, which is quite
remarkable. Dangling above it are towers and cables, sub-reflectors and antennas,
all of which can be positioned using 26 motors to transmit radio waves and receive
echoes with astonishing precision.
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Q.16 Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused
by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them. The rules state that a
driver must keep significant distance from the vehicle in front in order to stop safely
and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two seconds gap between
their vehicle and the one ahead. At 60 km per hour, this equates to a gap of
33 meters; at 100 km per hour, it equates to a gap of 55 meters. More distance is
needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility, as during rain slippery roads reduce
the effectiveness of braking.
Which of the following statement(s) can be inferred from the above passage?
(B) Braking may not be as effective during rain as in the dry conditions.
Q.17 There are three separate, but equal-sized boxes. Inside each box, there are two
separate small boxes. Inside each of the small boxes, there are four even smaller
boxes. The total number of boxes will be _______ .
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Q.18 – Q.26 Carry TWO marks Each
Q.18 In a specific language, xer dan means “big horse”, liro cas means “red tomato” and
dum cas dan means “big red barn”.
(A) dum
(B) liro
(C) dan
(D) cas
Q.19 Park street is parallel to Rock street. Garden street is perpendicular (90o) to Lake
street. Lake street is parallel to Rock street.
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Q.20 Six examinations are required to be conducted in a week starting from Sunday to
Saturday. Hindi is not scheduled on the first day and English is not scheduled before
Hindi. Mathematics is scheduled one day after Physics. Biology is scheduled two
days after Hindi. One day prior to Chemistry, there is no examination. Only one
examination can be scheduled on a single day and Sunday is not an off day. What
are the subjects scheduled on first and the last days?
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Q.21 A passage consists of 6 sentences. The first and sixth sentences of the passage are
at their correct positions, while the middle four sentences (represented by P, Q, R,
and S) are jumbled up.
The most logically CORRECT order for the given jumbled up sentences is
(A) QSRP
(B) QPSR
(C) RSPQ
(D) PQRS
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Q.22 For a painting to succeed, it is essential that the painter and his public agree about
what is significant. The subject of the painting may have a personal meaning for the
painter or a common person; but there can also be the possibility of their agreement
on its general meaning. It is at this point that the culture of the society and the period
in question precedes the artists and her/his art. Renaissance art would have meant
nothing to the Aztecs, and vice versa. If, to some extent, a few intellectuals can
appreciate them both today, it is because their culture is a historical one. Its
inspiration is history and all known developments to date.
According to the passage, which of the following is/are NOT necessarily among
the attributes needed for a painter to succeed?
(A) The subject must have a personal meaning for the painter.
(B) The painter is able to communicate and justify the significance of its subject
selection.
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Find the statement(s) that must be TRUE according to the given information.
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Q.24 Cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and tuberculosis cause huge number of deaths.
Poor quality drinking water has always been the world’s greatest single carrier of
sickness. Disease is transmitted when sewage and drinking water come into contact.
Children are particularly vulnerable. In some of the poorest countries the infant
mortality rate is high. The separation of sewage and the supply of clean drinking
water are the domain of civil engineers, and their work makes a significant
contribution to public health. That contribution was recognized when public
sanitation was voted the greatest medical breakthrough, beating the discoveries
including antibiotics and vaccines in a poll organized by the British Medical
Journal.
Identify the statement(s), which is/are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
(B) The infant mortality rate was high in economically weaker countries.
(C) The provision of sewage and drinking water should be adequately separated from
each other.
(D) The literature states that the public health and sanitation was never given its due
importance.
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Q.25 Shark’s teeth have evolved to correspond to the diet of each particular species of
shark. Consequently, the teeth of the great white shark bear little resemblance to
those of the bull shark or nurse shark. There were essentially four different shark
diets and thus four varieties of shark teeth. Sharks that feed on fish have needle like
teeth, perfect for spearing and ripping. Sharks that eat mammals such as seals and
sea lions have heavy, serrated teeth, typically triangular on the upper jaw and
pointed on the lower jaw. Shark that feed in the benthic zone of the ocean have
flattened teeth for crushing the shell of the creatures they find scuttling in the sand
or clinging to rocks. Sharks that bask have teeth that are largely non-functional;
these sharks filter food from the water by passing it through their gills.
Which of the following is/are the CORRECT inference(s) as per the passage?
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Q.26 A particular school management wants to contact all parents, all businessmen and
all engineers. The following statistics are available with the school.
Businessmen = 50
Engineers = 25
Parents = 2500
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Q. 27 – Q. 44 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), carry ONE mark each
Q.27 In a questionnaire based survey, the following item was asked to a respondent:
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Q.29 Which one of the given options reflects Karl Popper’s falsification principle?
(B) Manipulation of observational data will help the researchers to give new results
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Which one of the following methods uses a control group while validating the
Q.31
impact of intervention programmes?
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According to Pierre Bourdieu, the way one speaks or having an accent is ______
Q.33
form of cultural capital.
(A) an objectified
(B) an embodied
(C) an institutionalized
(D) an unusual
Q.34 Which one of the given options is not a latent function of attending a university?
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Who among the following highlighted the concept of ‘Swaraj’ in the reconstruction
Q.35
of traditional village life?
In the 1960s, India adopted a heavy usage of high yielding varieties of seed,
Q.36 chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and new machines to raise the productivity of
agricultural land. This process was described as ___________.
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Among the Toda of South India, property is inherited patrilineally and ritualistic
Q.37
privileges are inherited matrilineally. This is an example of _________________.
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Which of the following is a process wherein socialist states guide economic growth
Q.41 through the planned allocation of public and human resources, as an alternative to
allocation through the market?
(C) Corporatism
(D) Developmentalism
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Which of the following institutions provides the structural link between caste and
Q.44
gender in kinship in India?
(A) Panchayat
(B) Class
(C) Household
(D) Marriage
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Q.45 A researcher is conducting a survey about internet use among the students. She was
asked to follow a probability sampling technique. Which one of the given options
is most suitable?
Stand in front of the library located in her college and hand over the survey
(A)
questionnaires.
(B) Collect the email ids of the students and send the questionnaire.
Collect the roster of students from the college administration and give the
(C)
questionnaire to those selected through a lottery.
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According to Peter Blau, there is __________ price in social exchange but only
Q.47 ______ exchange ratio between two social benefits, because personal
considerations and social norms influence the process of ________.
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[i] Gustavo Esteva argues that the 1949 address of the US President Harry S.
Truman marks the opening of the era of development.
Q.54
[ii] According to Escobar, ‘development can best be described as an apparatus that
links forms of knowledge about the Third World with the deployment of forms of
power and intervention, resulting in the mapping and production of Third World
societies’.
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Which among the listed options most closely replicate(s) Jurgen Habermas’ idea of
Q.55 the public sphere?
(B) Facebook
(D) YouTube
(A) M1X3
(B) M2X2
(C) M1X1
(D) M2X3
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What concepts were studied in the famous Milgram social experiment where
Q.57
teachers did not hesitate to give electric shocks to learners?
(A) Conformity
(B) Obedience
(C) Deviance
(D) Consciousness
According to Max Weber, in addition to power what are the other TWO distinct
Q.58
components of stratification?
(A) Status
(B) Class
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While writing on the diversity of rural settlements, Bernard Cohn has identified
Q.59
which of the following village patterns?
According to Andre Gunder Frank, which of the following factors are responsible
Q.60
for the development of underdevelopment in Latin America?
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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future
(B)
generations
(D) Privileging of the urban classes and manufacturing sector over rural society
The categories of caste and tribe have been understood as colonial constructions.
Q.62
Which statements instantiate the above?
British anthropologists used the categories of caste and tribe to further knowledge
(A)
and understanding of Indian society.
Census operations and administrative practices of the colonial regime made these
(D)
categories what they are today.
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Which statements express the ideas of A. M. Shah with regard to family and
Q.63
household in India?
Households are task-oriented residence units while families are kinship groupings
(A)
that need not be localized.
Households imply the entire biradari (kin network) while families are neo-local
(B)
units.
(C) Households are operational units that function with a family and kinship ideology.
The family provides the larger ideological set-up within which the household
(D)
operates.
According to Celestin Bougle, the spirit of the caste system is determined by the
Q.64 mutual repulsion that exists between castes. Identify TWO different aspects in
which such mutual repulsion is manifested:
(B) Endogamy
(C) Westernization
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Which of the following statements explain and illustrate the term ‘tragedy of
Q.65
commons’?
(B) Transference of rights and control from the community to development agencies
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Q. No. Session Question Subject Key/Range Mark
Type Name
1 4 MCQ GA C 1
2 4 MCQ GA D 1
3 4 MCQ GA C 1
4 4 MCQ GA C 1
5 4 MCQ GA C 1
6 4 MCQ GA B 2
7 4 MCQ GA D 2
8 4 MCQ GA A 2
9 4 MCQ GA C 2
10 4 MCQ GA C 2
11 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 1
12 4 MCQ XH-B1 C 1
13 4 MCQ XH-B1 C 1
14 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 1
15 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 1
16 4 MSQ XH-B1 B, C 1
17 4 NAT XH-B1 33 to 33 1
18 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 2
19 4 MCQ XH-B1 D 2
20 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 2
21 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 2
22 4 MCQ XH-B1 A OR D 2
23 4 MSQ XH-B1 A, D 2
24 4 MSQ XH-B1 A, D OR A, B, D 2
25 4 MSQ XH-B1 B, C, D 2
26 4 NAT XH-B1 2535 to 2535 2
27 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
28 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 1
29 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
30 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
31 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 1
32 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 1
33 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 1
34 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
35 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 1
36 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 1
37 4 MCQ XH-C6 D 1
38 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
39 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
40 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 1
41 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 1
42 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 1
43 4 MCQ XH-C6 D 1
44 4 MCQ XH-C6 D 1
45 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 2
46 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 2
47 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 2
48 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 2
49 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 2
50 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 2
51 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 2
52 4 MCQ XH-C6 B 2
53 4 MCQ XH-C6 A 2
54 4 MCQ XH-C6 C 2
55 4 MSQ XH-C6 B, D 2
56 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B 2
57 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B 2
58 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B 2
59 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B, C 2
60 4 MSQ XH-C6 B, D 2
61 4 MSQ XH-C6 B,C 2
62 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B, D 2
63 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, C, D 2
64 4 MSQ XH-C6 B, D 2
65 4 MSQ XH-C6 A, B 2