Practice GAT PYQ Paper Held on 27-05-2025

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1. Atul is ninth from the front in a column of boys. There were thrice as many behind him as there were in front. How many boys are there between Atul and the fifth boy from the end of the column?

1. 33
2. 20
3. 21
4. 19

2. Earth Hour, the voluntary one hour blackout observed by 187 countries on 23rd day of March every year, to mark a battle against global warming, was first organized by which organization of the following:

1. Greenpeace
2. World Health Organization
3. World Wildlife Fund for Nature
4. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals

3. Which one of the following is credited as the ‘pioneer of rocket technology’ in India?

1. Haider Ali
2. Sher Shah Suri
3. Tipu Sultan
4. Alauddin Khilji

4. R is to the East of Q, which is to the North of S. If P is to the South of S, then in which general direction of C is P?

1. South
2. South-West
3. North
4. North-East

5. Earthquake refers to the vibration on the earth’s surface caused by catastrophic endogenetic forces.
   (A) The magnitude or intensity of energy released by an earthquake is not measured by the modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.
   (B) The place on the ground surface which is perpendicular to the focus is called the epicenter.
   (C) Seismology is the special branch of geology that deals with the study of earthquakes.
   (D) Shadow zones are some specific areas where earthquake waves do not occur or occur rarely.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (C) and (D) only
3. (A), (B) and (C) only
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

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6. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the center. E is second to the right of F, who is sitting on the immediate right of C. A & D are the only persons sitting between G & E.
   (A) B is third to the right of G.
   (B) C is the immediate right of G.
   (C) D is the immediate right of B.
   (D) G is second to the left of F.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (C) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (D) only
3. (A), (B) and (C) only
4. (A), (B), (C) and (D)

7. Arrange the sequence of national events in the order of their occurrence.
   (A) Inauguration of Prerna Sthal.
   (B) Droupadi Murmu takes oath as the 15th President of India.
   (C) Karpoori Thakur, referred to as ‘Jan Nayak’, became the 49th recipient of the Bharat Ratna.
   (D) India became the first country to prepare a full list of fauna, called ‘Fauna of India’.

The correct answer from the options given below is:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (B), (A), (D), (C)
3. (B), (C), (A), (D)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

8. A trader sells wheat at 10% profit and uses weight 10% less than the actual measure. What is his actual percentage gain?

1. 18.18%
2. 20%
3. 22.22%
4. 10%

9. Choose the number which is different from the others.

1. 295
2. 552
3. 729
4. 906

10. Which of the following is called the ‘Tiger of the Ganges’ along with the distinction of being the ‘National Aquatic Animal’?

1. Ghariyal
2. Dolphin
3. Royal Bengal Tiger
4. Hippopotamus

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11. How many degrees will the hour hand move, in the time within which the minute hand moves 240°?

1. 20°
2. 18°
3. 24°
4. 22°

12. ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national anthem of present day Bangladesh was written by which of the following poets?

1. Bankim Das Chatterjee
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Ashfaq Ullah Khan
4. Sarojini Naidu

13. Who among the following emperors fought the ‘First Battle of Panipat’?

1. Babur and Sikandar Lodhi
2. Akbar and Hemu
3. Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
4. Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi

14. When seen through a mirror, an analog clock shows quarter to four. The correct time shown by the clock:

1. 9:15
2. 9:45
3. 8:15
4. 8:45

15. If the slant height of a cone is decreased by 15 percent and the radius of its base is increased by 20 percent, then by what percent will its curved surface area change?

1. 2 percent decrease
2. 2.5 percent decrease
3. 2.5 percent increase
4. 2 percent increase

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16. Match the following missions to their respective purposes:

List-I (Mission)
(A) Chandrayaan-3
(B) Gaganyaan-3
(C) NISAR
(D) Aditya-L1

List-II (Purpose)
(I) Development and launch of a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite
(II) Attempt for soft landing on moon
(III) Solar Observatory Mission
(IV) India’s first crewed (human) space mission

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
2. (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
3. (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
4. (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

17. Anil is eighteenth from the right end and Rahul is fifth from the left end in a row of boys. If there are seven boys between Anil and Rahul, how many boys are there in the row?

1. 29
2. 30
3. 31
4. 41

18. The partition of Bengal in 1905 was realized during the Viceroyship of:

1. Lord Mountbatten
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Irwin
4. Lord Curzon

19. Trace out the figure, from among the following options, in which the below given figure is embedded.

1. Option 1
2. Option 2
3. Option 3
4. Option 4

20. A bag contains 3 red, 2 blue, 5 green and 4 yellow balls. If two balls are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are red, or both are blue?

1. 1/7
2. 3/91
3. 4/91
4. 5/91

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21. The sum of n terms of the series
    1 + 3/2 + 2 + 5/2 + 3 + 7/2 + …….

1. n(n+1)/2
2. n(n+3)/4
3. (n+1)(n+2)/4
4. n(n+3)/2

22. The component of the blood which helps to fight infections is:

1. Erythrocytes
2. Plasma
3. Platelets
4. Leukocytes

23. A person travels between point A and point B at a speed of 6 km/h and returns at a speed of 9 km/h. If the total time taken by him is 1 hour 15 min, the distance between A and B is:

1. 6.5 km
2. 5.5 km
3. 4.5 km
4. 9 km

24. In the given question, a statement is followed by two assumptions. You have to decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement and choose your answer accordingly.

Statement: Over The Top (OTT) platform has become indispensable for the entertainment of people.

Assumptions:
I. People enjoy watching content on OTT.
II. OTT is the only medium of entertainment.

1. Only assumption II is implicit.
2. Only assumption I is implicit.
3. Both I and II are implicit.
4. Neither I nor II is implicit.

25. In the letter series, some of the letters are missing, which are given in the alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D).

m n o n o p q o p q r _ _ _ _ s t u

(A) r
(B) s
(C) q
(D) p

Choose the correct sequence from the options given below:

1. (C), (B), (D), (A)
2. (A), (B), (C), (D)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (B), (D), (C), (A)

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26. The value of gravity (g) on the Moon is _________ of that on the earth’s surface.

1. 1/2
2. 1/3
3. 1/6
4. 1/9

27. In the given question, find out which of the following answer figures completes the figure matrix?

1. Option 1
2. Option 2
3. Option 3
4. Option 4

28. A and B together can do a piece of work in 60 days. B and C together can do it in 120 days. A and C together can do it in 90 days. In what time can B alone do the same work?

1. 144 days
2. 720 days
3. 360 days
4. 720/7 days

29. Soap consists of:

1. Alkali salts of higher fatty acids
2. Calcium carbonate, aluminum silicate and gypsum
3. Sodium silicate and silicate of a base, like calcium or lead
4. Sodium silicate and ammonium nitrate

30. Match List-I with List-II.

List-I
(A) Remainder when 17^35234 is divided by 8
(B) Remainder when 4444 is divided by 9
(C) Unit’s digit of (34)^15 + (34)^16
(D) Unit digit of 7^4 – 9^3

List-II
(I) 0
(II) 1
(III) 2
(IV) 7

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
2. (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
3. (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
4. (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

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