List of top General Aptitude Questions asked in GATE Chemistry

A regular dodecagon (12-sided regular polygon) is inscribed in a circle of radius \( r \) cm as shown in the figure. The side of the dodecagon is \( d \) cm. All the triangles (numbered 1 to 12 in the figure) are used to form squares of side \( r \) cm, and each numbered triangle is used only once to form a square. The number of squares that can be formed and the number of triangles required to form each square, respectively, are:


 

In the given figure, the numbers associated with the rectangle, triangle, and ellipse are 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Which one among the given options is the most appropriate combination of \( P \), \( Q \), and \( R \)?

Column-I has statements made by Shanthala; and, Column-II has responses given by Kanishk. 


 

A rectangle has a length \(L\) and a width \(W\), where \(L>W\). If the width, \(W\), is increased by 10%, which one of the following statements is correct for all values of \(L\) and \(W\)? 
Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

A 4 × 4 digital image has pixel intensities (U) as shown in the figure. The number of pixels with \( U \leq 4 \) is:


 

We __________ tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain. 
Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

A \(100\text{ cm} \times 32\text{ cm}\) rectangular sheet is folded 5 times. Each time the sheet is folded, the long edge aligns with its opposite side. Eventually, the folded sheet is a rectangle of dimensions \(100\text{ cm} \times 1\text{ cm}\).
The total number of creases visible when the sheet is unfolded is ............
In a class of 100 students,
(i) there are 30 students who neither like romantic movies nor comedy movies,
(ii) the number of students who like romantic movies is twice the number of students who like comedy movies, and
(iii) the number of students who like both romantic movies and comedy movies is 20.
How many students in the class like romantic movies?
Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?
When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.
[Excerpt from The Truth about Stories by T. King]
Out of 1000 individuals in a town, 100 unidentified individuals are covid positive. Due to lack of adequate covid-testing kits, the health authorities of the town devised a strategy to identify these covid-positive individuals. The strategy is to:
(i) Collect saliva samples from all 1000 individuals and randomly group them into sets of 5.
(ii) Mix the samples within each set and test the mixed sample for covid.
(iii) If the test done in (ii) gives a negative result, then declare all the 5 individuals to be covid negative.
(iv) If the test done in (ii) gives a positive result, then all the 5 individuals are separately tested for covid.
Given this strategy, no more than ........... testing kits will be required to identify all the 100 covid positive individuals irrespective of how they are grouped.
Courts : ........... : : Parliament : Legislature (By word meaning)
Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?
\textit{When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.}
[Excerpt from \textit{The Truth about Stories} by T. King]
Out of 1000 individuals in a town, 100 unidentified individuals are covid positive. Due to lack of adequate covid-testing kits, the health authorities of the town devised a strategy to identify these covid-positive individuals. The strategy is to:
(i) Collect saliva samples from all 1000 individuals and randomly group them into sets of 5.
(ii) Mix the samples within each set and test the mixed sample for covid.
(iii) If the test done in (ii) gives a negative result, then declare all the 5 individuals to be covid negative.
(iv) If the test done in (ii) gives a positive result, then all the 5 individuals are separately tested for covid.
Given this strategy, no more than _____ testing kits will be required to identify all the 100 covid positive individuals irrespective of how they are grouped.
A \(100\text{ cm} \times 32\text{ cm}\) rectangular sheet is folded 5 times. Each time the sheet is folded, the long edge aligns with its opposite side. Eventually, the folded sheet is a rectangle of dimensions \(100\text{ cm} \times 1\text{ cm}\).
The total number of creases visible when the sheet is unfolded is _____.
How many rectangles are present in the given figure?
Forestland is a planet inhabited by different kinds of creatures. Among other creatures, it is populated by animals all of whom are ferocious. There are also creatures that have claws, and some that do not. All creatures that have claws are ferocious.
Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following options can be logically inferred with \textit{certainty?}
Which one of the following options represents the given graph?
What is the smallest number with distinct digits whose digits add up to 45?
In a class of 100 students,
(i) there are 30 students who neither like romantic movies nor comedy movies,
(ii) the number of students who like romantic movies is twice the number of students who like comedy movies, and
(iii) the number of students who like both romantic movies and comedy movies is 20.
How many students in the class like romantic movies?
Courts : _____ : : Parliament : Legislature (By word meaning)
“I cannot support this proposal. My ______ will not permit it.”