Mechanical Engineering Gate Yearwise

Mechanical Engineering GATE 2015 Set-3 Questions with Answer

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Ques 1 General Aptitude

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence.
Apparent lifelessness ________ dormant life.

harbours

leads to

supports

affects

Ques 2 General Aptitude

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.
That boy from the town was a ________ in the sleepy village.

dog out of herd

sheep from the heap

fish out of water

bird from the flock

Ques 3 General Aptitude

Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive.

When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive.

Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive.

Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory.

Ques 4 General Aptitude

Tanya is older than Eric.
Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, then the third statement is:

True

False

Uncertain

Data insufficient

Ques 5 General Aptitude

Five teams have to compete in a league, with every team playing every other team exactly once, before going to the next round. How many matches will have to be held to complete the league round of matches?

Ques 6 General Aptitude

Select the appropriate option in place of the underlined part of the sentence.
Increased productivity necessary reflects greater efforts made by the employees.

Increase in productivity necessary

Increase productivity is necessary

Increase in productivity necessarily

No improvement required

Ques 7 General Aptitude

Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these statements to be true, decide which one logically follows.
Statements:
I. No manager is a leader.
II. All leaders are executives.
Conclusions:
I. No manager is an executive.
II. No executive is a manager.

Only conclusion I follows.

Only conclusion II follows.

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Both conclusions I and II follow.

Ques 8 General Aptitude

In the given figure angle Q is a right angle, PS:QS = 3:1, RT:QT = 5:2 and PU:UR = 1:1. If area of triangle QTS is 20 cm², then the area of triangle PQR in cm² is ________.

280 is the correct answer.

Ques 9 General Aptitude

Right triangle PQR is to be constructed in the xy-plane so that the right angle is at P and line PR is parallel to the x-axis. The x and y coordinates of P, Q, and R are to be integers that satisfy the inequalities: -4 ≤ x ≤ 5 and 6 ≤ y ≤ 16. How many different triangles could be constructed with these properties?

110

1,100

9,900

10,000

Ques 10 General Aptitude

A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event that head occurs in each of the first two tosses. Let Y be the event that a tail occurs on the third toss. Let Z be the event that two tails occur in three tosses. Based on the above information, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

X and Y are not independent

Y and Z are dependent

Y and Z are independent

X and Z are independent

Ques 11 Machine Design

For the given fluctuating fatigue load, the values of stress amplitude and stress ratio are respectively