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GATE Electrical 2022 | GA Question: 6
Altruism is the human concern for the wellbeing of others. Altruism has been shown to be motivated more by social bonding, familiarity and identification of belongingness to a group. The notion that altruism may be attributed to ... engage in altruism due to group identification but not empathy Humans engage in altruism due to empathy but not familiarity

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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.

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GATE Electrical 2020 | GA Question: 6
Non-performing Assets $\text{(NPAs)}$ of a bank in India is defined as an asset, which remains unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of time in terms of interest, principal, or both. Reserve Bank of India $\text{(RBI)}$ has changed the ... the holding period of loans in $\text{2004}$ after the third revision was ______ days. $45$ $90$ $135$ $180$

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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.

Andrijana3306 asked in Verbal Aptitude Mar 24, 2018

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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'

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 3 | GA Question: 7
By the beginning of the $20^{th}$ century, several hypotheses were being proposed, suggesting a paradigm shift in our understanding of the universe. However, the clinching evidence was provided by experimental measurements of the position of a star which was directly ... confirming this paradigm shift (i), (ii) and (iv) (iii) only (i) and (iv) (iv) only

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 3 | GA Question: 6
A dance programme is scheduled for $10.00$ $a.m$. Some students are participating in the programme and they need to come an hour earlier than the start of the event. These students should be accompanied by a parent. Other students and parents should come ... Parents who accompany them should come at $9.00$ $a.m$. All others should come at $10.00$ $a.m$.

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2017

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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

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2017

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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

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2014 Set 1 | GA Question: 6
The Palghat Gap (or Palakkad Gap), a region about $30\:km$ wide in the southern part of the Western Ghats in India, is lower than the hilly terrain to its north and south. The exact reasons for the formation of ... weather patterns in neighbouring parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala Higher summer temperatures result in higher rainfall near the Palghat Gap area

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Feb 12, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 2 | GA Question: 8
Sourya committee had proposed the establishment of Sourya Institutes of Technology $(SITs)$ in line with Indian Institutes of Technology $(IITs)$ to cater to the technological and industrial needs of a developing country. Which of the following can be logically inferred from the ... (iv) only. (i) and (iv) only. (ii) and (iv) only. (ii) and (iii) only.

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Jan 30, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 2 | GA Question: 7
A poll of students appearing for masters in engineering indicated that $60$ % of the students believed that mechanical engineering is a profession unsuitable for women. A research study on women with masters or higher degrees ... or higher degrees in mechanical engineering. The number of women pursuing higher degrees in mechanical engineering is small.

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Jan 30, 2017

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GATE Electrical 2016 Set 1 | GA Question: 7
Computers were invented for performing only high-end useful computations. However, it is no understatement that they have taken over our world today. The internet, for example, is ubiquitous. Many believe that the internet itself is an unintended consequence of the ... are both intended inventions (i) only (ii) only Both (i) and (ii) Neither (i) nor (ii)

makhdoom ghaya asked in Verbal Aptitude Jan 30, 2017

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