List of top General Aptitude Questions asked in GATE EC

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 certainty?
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?
Consider the following square with the four corners and the center marked as P, Q, R, S and T respectively.
Let X, Y, and Z represent the following operations:
X: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the S-Q axis.
Y: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the P-R axis.
Z: rotation of the square by 90 degree clockwise with respect to the axis perpendicular, going into the screen and passing through the point T.
Consider the following three distinct sequences of operation (which are applied in the left to right order).
(1) XYZ
(2) XY
(3) ZZZZ
Which one of the following statements is correct as per the information provided above?
Consider the following inequalities.
\text{(i) } 2x - 1 \(>\) 7
\text{(ii) } 2x - 9 \(<\)1
Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two inequalities?
Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used genetically modified mosquitoes to control the overall mosquito population. It remains to be seen if this novel approach has unforeseen consequences.
Which one of the following is the correct logical inference based on the information in the above passage?
In a class of five students P, Q, R, S and T, only one student is known to have copied in the exam. The disciplinary committee has investigated the situation and recorded the statements from the students as given below. Statement of P: R has copied in the exam.
Statement of Q: S has copied in the exam.
Statement of R: P did not copy in the exam.
Statement of S: Only one of us is telling the truth.
Statement of T: R is telling the truth.
The investigating team had authentic information that S never lies. Based on the information given above, the person who has copied in the exam is:
An art gallery engages a security guard to ensure that the items displayed are protected. The diagram below represents the plan of the gallery where the boundary walls are opaque. The location the security guard posted is identified such that all the inner space (shaded region in the plan) of the gallery is within the line of sight of the security guard.
If the security guard does not move around the posted location and has a 360° view, which one of the following correctly represents the set of ALL possible locations among the locations P, Q, R and S, where the security guard can be posted to watch over the entire inner space of the gallery?
Four points \( P(0, 1), Q(0, -3), R(-2, -1), \) and \( S(2, -1) \) represent the vertices of a quadrilateral. What is the area enclosed by the quadrilateral?
A sum of money is to be distributed among P, Q, R, and S in the proportion 5 : 2 : 4 : 3, respectively.
If R gets ₹1000 more than S, what is the share of Q (in ₹)?
A trapezium has vertices marked as P, Q, R, and S (in that order anticlockwise). The side PQ is parallel to side SR. Further, it is given that, PQ = 11 cm, QR = 4 cm, RS = 6 cm, and SP = 3 cm. What is the shortest distance between PQ and SR (in cm)?
The figure shows a grid formed by a collection of unit squares. The unshaded unit square in the grid represents a hole. What is the maximum number of squares without a "hole in the interior" that can be formed within the 4 $\times$ 4 grid using the unit squares as building blocks?
Mr. X speaks __________ Japanese __________ Chinese.

Corners are cut from an equilateral triangle to produce a regular convex hexagon as shown in the figure above. The ratio of the area of the regular convex hexagon to the area of the original equilateral triangle is 

The number of minutes spent by two students, X and Y, exercising every day in a given week are shown in the bar chart above. 
The number of days in the given week in which one of the students spent a minimum of 10\% more than the other student, on a given day, is 

Consider a square sheet of side 1 unit. In the first step, it is cut along the main diagonal to get two triangles. In the next step, one of the cut triangles is revolved about its short edge to form a solid cone. The volume of the resulting cone, in cubic units, is _________
Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a hot topic. AI enables computers to learn, given enough training data. For humans, sitting in front of a computer for long hours can lead to health issues. Which of the following can be deduced from the above passage?
Given below are two statements and two conclusions.
Statement 1: All purple are green.
Statement 2: All black are green.
Conclusion I: Some black are purple.
Conclusion II: No black is purple.
Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is logically CORRECT?
Consider the following sentences:
(i) I woke up from sleep.
(ii) I wok up from sleep.
(iii) I was woken up from sleep.
(iv) I was wokened up from sleep.
Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT?
Nostalgia is to anticipation as _________ is to _________. Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?

The least number of squares that must be added so that the line P-Q becomes the line of symmetry is 

p and q are positive integers and \[ \frac{p}{q} + \frac{q}{p} = 3, \] then, \[ \frac{p^2}{q^2} + \frac{q^2}{p^2} = \]

The current population of a city is 11,02,500. If it has been increasing at the rate of 5% per annum, what was its population 2 years ago? 
 

If \( (1235)_x = (3033)_y \), where \( x \) and \( y \) indicate the bases of the corresponding numbers, then
If \( (1235)_x = (3033)_y \), where \( x \) and \( y \) indicate the bases of the corresponding numbers, then