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?

  • A

    Gender-discriminatory

  • B

    Xenophobic

  • C

    Not designed to make the post attractive

  • D

    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.

  • A

    that

  • B

    which

  • C

    who

  • D

    whom

Question 3

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

  • A

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

  • B

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

  • C

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

  • D

    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

  • A

    Diminish

  • B

    Divulge

  • C

    Dedicate

  • D

    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.

  • A

    attempts

  • B

    setbacks

  • C

    meetings

  • D

    delegations

Question 6

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

  • A

    He is of Asian origin.

  • B

    They belonged to Africa.

  • C

    She is an European.

  • D

    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

  • A

    Highest

  • B

    Lowest

  • C

    Medium

  • D

    Integration

Question 8

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

  • A

    specificity

  • B

    neutrality

  • C

    generality

  • D

    adaptation

Question 9

Were you a bird, you ______________ in the sky.

  • A

    would fly

  • B

    shall fly

  • C

    should fly

  • D

    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

  • A

    merge

  • B

    split

  • C

    collect

  • D

    separate

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