60 solved GATE EE questions on General Aptitude, drawn from 6 exam years and grouped by year. Every question shows the official answer and a step-by-step solution.
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Translate the stated relationship into an equation or diagram before substituting numbers. Verbal reasoning depends on the passage's own claims; quantitative reasoning depends on a defined relationship between quantities. These selected foundations connect reading comprehension, data interpretation, and arithmetic reasoning. They are not a substitute for broader practice.
Our study notes and original examples support the PYQs below; they are not official exam questions or a replacement for the current syllabus.
Answer from the passage, not from outside knowledge. A stated claim is explicit; an inference must follow from stated information without additional assumptions. Distinguish the author's position from a position the author merely describes.
Check yourself: Does the passage actually say this, or are you importing an assumption?
Eliminate options that contradict the sentence's logic. A word's connotation matters: 'mitigate' reduces severity while 'aggravate' increases it. Two grammatically valid options can differ in meaning; choose the one consistent with the sentence's direction.
Check yourself: Does the completed sentence make a coherent, non-contradictory claim?
Read axis labels, units, and the base year before computing. A percentage increase uses the earlier value as the denominator. A bar chart's visual height is proportional to its value only when the axis starts at zero; a truncated axis exaggerates differences.
Check yourself: Is your denominator the correct reference value for this comparison?
Translate the word problem into a relationship before solving. 'A is 20% more than B' means A = 1.2B, not B = 1.2A. For ratio problems, ensure the parts sum to the stated total. For averages, the total equals the average times the count.
Check yourself: Have you written the relationship as an equation before substituting?
In syllogisms, a valid conclusion follows from the premises alone. 'All A are B' and 'All B are C' yields 'All A are C', but 'Some A are B' and 'Some B are C' does not yield 'Some A are C'. Use Venn diagrams or formal rules rather than intuition about what sounds right.
Check yourself: Can you draw a diagram where the premises hold but the conclusion fails?
Original teaching example · not a PYQ
Original mini-example: a container holds a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4:1 by volume. 10 litres of the mixture are removed and replaced with 10 litres of pure water. The new ratio of milk to water is 2:1. Find the original total volume of the mixture.
The original total volume is 60 litres.
If A earns 25% more than B, by what percentage is B's earning less than A's?
20%.
A = 1.25B, so B = A/1.25 = 0.8A. The difference A − B = 0.2A is 20% of A. Note: the base changes from B to A, so the percentage is not 25%.
Supplemental reading, not an official GATE reading list or an endorsement of these notes.
The conducting institute's syllabus document defines what General Aptitude covers. Check the latest year's brochure for any scope changes.
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