GATE 2017 MOCK II

Question 1

There are 5 brothers in a family. All were born at a gap of 3 years. If the sum total of ages of 5 brothers is 100. What is the age of 2nd most elder brother ?

• 13
• 15
• 23
• 26

Question 2

Suppose there are two teams A and B. Both of them are competing with each other on a racing track of 1 km. But team A has got the advantage of starting the race from 280 m from the starting point. If the ratio of speed of A to B is 3:4.

Select the correct option from the options given below:

• Team A will win by 20m
• Team B will win by 20m
• Team A will win by 40m
• Team B will win by 40m

Question 3

If there are 5 persons who can work individually and complete a work in 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 hours respectively. If they work together then how much time will it take to finish the work ?

• 2.36 hours
• 1.24 hours
• 0.80 hours
• 2.56 hours

Question 4

If we increase the sides of a rectangular park by 20% , then, what is the total increase in the area of that park ?

• 21 %
• 33 %
• 42 %
• 44 %

Question 5

The sum of the digits in the unit place of all the 4 digit numbers formed with the help of 3, 4, 5 and 6 taken all at a time is:

• 18
• 108
• 432
• 144

Question 6

Choose the one that best fits the sentence below.

The state’s duty is to _______ the safety of its citizen

• assure
• insure
• ensure
• make sure

Question 7

Cocaine will have pernicious effect on your physical fitness.

Find synonym of the underlined word.

• insidious
• malicious
• prolonged
• boggling

Question 8

Choose the one that best fits the sentence below.

The _______ of glory lead but to the ______ 

• path, grave
• ways, happiness
• acts, prosperity
• achievements, suffering

Question 9

Gardener said to me, “Don’t pluck the beautiful flowers.”

Select the appropriate Indirect Speech of the above.

• Gardner forbade me to pluck the flowers.
• Gardner forbade me not to pluck the flowers.
• Gardner told me to pluck the flowers.
• Gardner told me that I should not pluck the flowers.

Question 10

I haven’t had a call from the office about the meeting ________ last Monday.

Select the appropriate word to fill in the blank from the given options

• till
• since
• for
• before