GATE CSE 2016 Question Paper & Answers
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Official PYQ
GATE CSE 2016 (Set 1)
180 Mins 100 Marks
65Questions
100Max Marks
Sample questions from GATE CSE 2016 (Set 1)
1Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
- A) I will not leave the place until the minister does not meet me.
- B) I will not leave the place until the minister doesn't meet me.
- C) I will not leave the place until the minister meet me.
- D) I will not leave the place until the minister meets me.
Answer: D
2A rewording of something written or spoken is a _______.
- A) paraphrase
- B) paradox
- C) paradigm
- D) paraffin
Answer: A
3Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world."
The sentence above is an example of a _______ statement.
- A) figurative
- B) collateral
- C) literal
- D) figurine
Answer: A
4If 'relftaga' means carefree, 'otaga' means careful and 'fertaga' means careless, which of the following could mean 'aftercare'?
- A) zentaga
- B) tagafer
- C) tagazen
- D) relffer
Answer: C
5A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in square units) after the removal is _______.
- A) 56
- B) 64
- C) 72
- D) 96
Answer: D
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Official PYQ
GATE CSE 2016 (Set 2)
180 Mins 100 Marks
65Questions
100Max Marks
Sample questions from GATE CSE 2016 (Set 2)
1The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as _______________.
- A) the security guard at a university
- B) a security guard at the university
- C) a security guard at university
- D) the security guard at the university
Answer: B
2Nobody 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 "cope with" in the above sentence.
- A) put up with
- B) put in with
- C) put down to
- D) put up against
Answer: A
3Find the odd one in the following group of words.
mock, deride, praise, jeer
- A) mock
- B) deride
- C) praise
- D) jeer
Answer: C
4Pick the odd one from the following options.
- A) CADBE
- B) JHKIL
- C) XVYWZ
- D) ONPMQ
Answer: D
5In a quadratic function, the value of the product of the roots (α, β) is 4. Find the value of
(α^n + β^n) / (α^(-n) + β^(-n))
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Answer: B
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