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GATE Electrical 2022 | GA Question: 1
As you grow older, an injury to your ______________ may take longer to ____________. heel / heel heal / heel heal / heal heel / heal

Lakshman Patel RJIT answered in Verbal Aptitude Feb 21, 2022

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GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 6
The importance of sleep is often overlooked by students when they are preparing for exams. Research has consistently shown that sleep deprivation greatly reduces the ability to recall the material learnt. Hence, cutting down on sleep to study longer hours can ... he needs little or no sleep. To do well in an exam, adequate sleep must be part of the preparation.

Arjun answered in Verbal Aptitude Apr 11, 2021

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GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 5
$\textit{Oasis}$ is to $\textit{sand}$ as $\textit{island}$ is to _____________ Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence? Stone Land Water Mountain

Arjun answered in Verbal Aptitude Apr 11, 2021

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GATE Electrical 2021 | GA Question: 1
The people _______________ were at the demonstration were from all sections of society. whose which who whom

Arjun answered in Verbal Aptitude Apr 11, 2021

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GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 2
People were prohibited_____their vehicles near the entrance of the main administrative building. to park from parking parking to have parked

Arjun answered in Verbal Aptitude Apr 10, 2021

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GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 4
Stock markets _______ at the news of the coup. poised plunged plugged probed

vijayp_ answered in Verbal Aptitude Aug 12, 2020

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GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 3
Select the word that fits the analogy: Do : Undo :: Trust : ______ Entrust Intrust Distrust Untrust

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GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 1
This book, including all its chapters, _______interesting. The students as well as the instructor _______ in agreement about it. is, was are, are is, are were, was

Electrical_PP answered in Verbal Aptitude Jul 15, 2020

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GATE Electrical 2019 | GA Question: 2
The passengers were angry ______ the airline staff about the delay. on about with towards

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 3 | GA Question: 2
If she _______________ how to calibrate the instrument, she _______________ done the experiment. knows, will have knew, had had known, could have should have known, would have

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 21, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 2 | GA Question: 6
"We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them important only when they were handmaidens to something seemingly more urgent- namely ideology. This was a country where all gestures, even the most private ... ideology is not as important as literature is revealed by the word: 'culture' 'seemingly' 'urgent' 'political'

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 20, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2013 | Question: 60
Statement: You can always give me a ring whenever you need. Which one of the following is the best inference from the above statement? Because I have a nice caller tune. Because I have a better telephone facility. Because a friend in need is a friend indeed. Because you need not pay towards the telephone bills when you give me a ring.

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 20, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2013 | Question: 59
Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence: Two and two add four. Two and two become four. Two and two are four. Two and two make four.

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GATE Electrical 2013 | Question: 58
Complete the sentence: Dare _______________ mistakes. commit to commit committed committing

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 2 | GA Question: 2
Who ___________ was coming to see us this evening? you said did you say did you say that had you said

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 1 | GA Question: 3
Find the odd one in the following group of words. mock, deride, praise, jeer Mockderide Deride Praise Jeer

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 14, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 1 | GA Question: 2
Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia. Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence. Put up with Put in with Put down to Put up against

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 14, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 2 | GA Question: 2
Identify the correct spelling out of the given options: Managable Manageable Mangaeble Managible

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 2 | GA Question: 1
The chairman requested the aggrieved shareholders to _________________ him. Bare with Bore with Bear with Bare

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GATE Electrical 2015 Set 2 | GA Question: 3
A generic term that includes various items of clothing such as a skirt, a pair of trousers and a shirt is Fabric Textile Fibre Apparel

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 1 | GA Question: 7
Geneticists say that they are very close to confirming the genetic roots of psychiatric illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia, and consequently, that doctors will be able to eradicate these diseases through early identification ... they are expressed In the future, genetics will become the only relevant field for identifying psychiatric illnesses

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 13, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 1 | GA Question: 1
Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the phrase underlined in the sentence below? It is fascinating to see life forms cope with varied environmental conditions. adopt to adapt to adept in accept with

srestha answered in Verbal Aptitude Sep 13, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 2 | GA Question: 6
The old city of Koenigsberg, which had a German majority population before World War $2$, is now called Kaliningrad. After the events of the war, Kaliningrad is now a Russian territory and has a predominantly Russian population. It is ... , as that was its original Russian name Poland and Lithuania are on the route from Kaliningrad to the rest of Russia

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 2 | GA Question: 1
Choose the most appropriate phrase from the options given below to complete the following sentence. India is a post-colonial country because it was a former British colony Indian Information Technology professionals have colonized the world India does not follow any colonial practices India has helped other countries gain freedom

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 3 | GA Question: 3
Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word “coherent”. sticky well-connected rambling friendly

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 2 | GA Question: 1
Choose the option with words that are not synonyms. Aversion, dislike. Luminous, radiant. Plunder, loot Yielding, resistant.

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GATE Electrical 2019 | GA Question: 5
Newspapers are a constant source of delight and recreation for me. The ________ trouble is that I read _______ many of them. even, quite even, too only, quite only, too

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GATE Electrical 2019 | GA Question: 1
I am not sure if the bus that has been booked will be able to ______ all the students. sit deteriorate fill accommodate

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GATE Electrical 2019 | GA Question: 8
An award-winning study by a group of researchers suggests that men are as prone to buying on impulse as women but women feel more guilty about shopping. which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given text? Some men and ... in buying on impulse Few men and women indulge in buying on impulse Many men and women indulge in buying on impulse

Arjun asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2019

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GATE Electrical 2012 | Question: 59
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence: $\textbf{Given the seriousness of the situation that he had to face, his _______was impressive.}$ beggary nomenclature jealousy nonchalance

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GATE Electrical 2012 | Question: 62
One of the legacies of the Roman legions was discipline. In the legions, military law prevailed and discipline was brutal. Discipline on the battlefield kept units obedient, intact and fighting, even when the odds and conditions were against ... . The harsh discipline to which the legions were subjected to led to the odds and conditions being against them.

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GATE Electrical 2012 | Question: 60
Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? $\textbf{Latitude}$ Eligibility Freedom Coercion Meticulousness

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GATE Electrical 2012 | Question: 58
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: $\textbf{If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he _______ the mattress out on the balcony.}$ should take shall take should have taken will have taken

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GATE Electrical 2012 | Question: 56
One of the parts (A, B, C, D) in the sentence given below contains an ERROR. Which one of the following is $\textbf{INCORRECT}$? $\textbf{I requested that he should be given the driving test today instead of tomorrow.}$ requested that should be given the driving test instead of tomorrow

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GATE Electrical 2018 | GA Question: 1
“Since you have gone off the ________, the _________ sand is likely to damage the car.” The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are course, coarse course, course coarse, course coarse, coarse

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GATE Electrical 2018 | GA Question: 2
“A common misconception among writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought; the more _________ the structure, the more complicated the ideas.” The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is detailed simple clear convoluted

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 2 | GA Question: 2
Saturn is _______ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye. Enough bright Bright enough As enough bright Bright as enough

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 1 | GA Question: 6
"The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history." Which of the following statements best reflects the author's opinion? ... filter of nationalism. Our colonial past never happened. Nationalism has to be both adequately and properly imagined.

Arjun asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 27, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 1 | GA Question: 2
Research in the workplace reveals that people work for many reasons ________. Money beside Beside money Money besides Besides money

Arjun asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 27, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2017 Set 1 | GA Question: 1
After Rajendra Chola returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he ________ to visit the temple in Thanjavur. Was wishing Is wishing Wished Had wished

Arjun asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 27, 2017

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