List of top General Aptitude Questions asked in GATE Life Sciences

In the (4 times 4) array shown below, each cell of the first three rows has either a cross (X) or a number. The number in a cell represents the count of the immediate neighboring cells (left, right, top, bottom, diagonals) NOT having a cross (X). Given that the last row has no crosses (X), the sum of the four numbers to be filled in the last row is: 

The pie charts depict the shares of various power generation technologies in the total electricity generation of a country for the years 2007 and 2023. 
 


The renewable sources of electricity generation consist of Hydro, Solar, and Wind. Assuming that the total electricity generated remains the same from 2007 to 2023, what is the percentage increase in the share of the renewable sources of electricity generation over this period?}

A person sold two different items at the same price. He made 10% profit in one item, and 10% loss in the other item. In selling these two items, the person made a total of:

Sequence the following sentences in a coherent passage. 
P: This fortuitous geological event generated a colossal amount of energy and heat that resulted in the rocks rising to an average height of 4 km across the contact zone.
Q: Thus, the geophysicists tend to think of the Himalayas as an active geological event rather than as a static geological feature.
R: The natural process of the cooling of this massive edifice absorbed large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, altering the earth’s atmosphere and making it better suited for life.
S: Many millennia ago, a breakaway chunk of bedrock from the Antarctic Plate collided with the massive Eurasian Plate.

In the sequence (6, 9, 14, x, 30, 41), a possible value of (x) is:
For positive non-zero real variables \( x \) and \( y \), if \[ \ln \left( \frac{x + y}{2} \right) = \frac{1}{2} \left[ \ln(x) + \ln(y) \right], \] then, the value of \( \frac{x}{y} + \frac{y}{x} \) is:
In an engineering college of 10,000 students, 1,500 like neither their core branches nor other branches. The number of students who like their core branches is \( \frac{1}{4} \) of the number of students who like other branches. The number of students who like both their core and other branches is 500. The number of students who like their core branches is:
Two wizards try to create a spell using all the four elements, water, air, fire, and earth. For this, they decide to mix all these elements in all possible orders. They also decide to work independently. After trying all possible combinations of elements, they conclude that the spell does not work. How many attempts does each wizard make before coming to this conclusion, independently?
If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words ([ {walk} to {jog} to {sprint} ]) is analogous to ([ {bothered} to ______ to {daunted} ]). Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
A cube is to be cut into 8 pieces of equal size and shape. Here, each cut should be straight, and it should not stop till it reaches the other end of the cube. The minimum number of such cuts required is: