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GATE ES 2026 | GA | Question: 5

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:18:36 +0000

Exacerbate : Mitigate :: $\_\_\_\_$

Choose the option with the correct pair of words to fill the blank.

Aggravate: Alleviate
Alleviate: Precipitate
Aggravate: Precipitate
Emancipate : Exonerate

GATE ES 2026 | GA | Question: 10

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:18:24 +0000

Suresh said, "I did it yesterday."

Which one of the following options is the correct form of this sentence in indirect speech?

Suresh said that I did it yesterday.
Suresh says I did it yesterday.
Suresh says that he did it the day before.
Suresh said that he had done it the day before.

GATE ES 2025 | GA Question: 1

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:56:36 +0000

Courage : Bravery :: Yearning : $\_\_\_\_$

Select the most appropriate option to complete the analogy.

Longing
Yelling
Yawning
Glaring

GATE ES 2025 | GA Question: 2

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:56:34 +0000

We $\_\_\_\_\_\_$ tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain.

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

have been playing
had been playing
would have been playing
could be playing

GATE ES 2025 | GA Question: 6

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:56:24 +0000

Column-I has statements made by Shanthala; and, Column-II has responses given by Kanishk.
$$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|} \hline & \text{ Column-I }& &\text{ Column-II } \\
\hline P. & \text{This house is in a mess} & 1. & \text{Alright, I won't bring it up during} \\ &&& \text{our conversations} \\
\hline Q. & \text{I am not happy with the marks} & 2 & \text{Well, you can easily look it up} \\
& \text{given to me.} \\ \hline R. & \text{Politics is a subject I avoid talking} & 3. & \text{No problem, let me clear it up for} \\ & \text{about.} & & \text{you} \\ \hline S. & \text{I don't know what this word} & 4. & \text{Don't worry, I will take it up with} \\ & \text{means} && \text{your teacher.} \\ \hline \end{array}$$

Identify the option that has the correct match between Column-I and Column-II.

$\mathrm{P}-2 ; \mathrm{Q}-3 ; \mathrm{R}-1 ; \mathrm{S}-4$
$\mathrm{P}-3 ; \mathrm{Q}-4 ; \mathrm{R}-1 ; \mathrm{S}-2$
$\mathrm{P}-4 ; \mathrm{Q}-1 ; \mathrm{R}-2 ; \mathrm{S}-3$
$\mathrm{P}-1 ; \mathrm{Q}-2 ; \mathrm{R}-4 ; \mathrm{S}-3$

GATE ES 2024 | GA Question: 1

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:29:50 +0000

If ' $\rightarrow$ ' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words
[sick $\rightarrow$ infirm $\rightarrow$ moribund] is analogous to [silly $\rightarrow$ ________ $ \rightarrow$ daft].

Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

frown
fawn
vein
vain

GATE ES 2024 | GA Question: 6

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:29:49 +0000

Thousands of years ago, some people began dairy farming. This coincided with a number of mutations in a particular gene that resulted in these people developing the ability to digest dairy milk.

Based on the given passage, which of the following can be inferred?

All human beings can digest dairy milk
No human being can digest dairy milk
Digestion of dairy milk is essential for human beings
In human beings, digestion of dairy milk resulted from a mutated gene.

GATE ES 2023 | GA Question: 1

Tue, 23 May 2023 03:15:40 +0000

Rafi told Mary, "I am thinking of watching a film this weekend." The following reports the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he ____________ of watching a film that weekend.

thought
is thinking
am thinking
was thinking

GATE ES 2023 | GA Question: 2

Tue, 23 May 2023 03:15:39 +0000

Permit: ______________ : : Enforce : Relax

(By word meaning)

Allow
Forbid
License
Reinforce

GATE ES 2023 | GA Question: 6

Tue, 23 May 2023 03:15:35 +0000

Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college elections. However, by the time the due date for registration was over, it was found that surprisingly none of the students from the Department of Human Sciences had completed the registration process.

Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following sets of statement(s) can be logically inferred with certainty?
(i) All those students who would not be eligible to vote in the college elections would certainly belong to the Department of Human Sciences.
(ii) None of the students from departments other than Human Sciences failed to complete the registration process within the due time.
(iii) All the eligible voters would certainly be students who are not from the Department of Human Sciences.

(i) and (ii)
(i) and (iii)
only (i)
only (iii)

GATE ES 2023 | GA Question: 8

Tue, 23 May 2023 03:15:32 +0000

Which one of the options does NOT describe the passage below or follow from it?
We tend to think of cancer as a 'modern' illness because its metaphors are so modern. It is a disease of overproduction, of sudden growth, a growth that is unstoppable, tipped into the abyss of no control. Modern cell biology encourages us to imagine the cell as a molecular machine. Cancer is that machine unable to quench its intial command (to grow) and thus transform into an indestructible, self-propelled automaton.
[Adapted from The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee]

It is a reflection of why cancer seems so modern to most of us
It tells us that modern cell biology uses and promotes metaphors of machinery
Modern cell biology encourages metaphors of machinery, and cancer is often imagined as a machine
Modern cell biology never uses figurative language, such as metaphors, to describe or explain anything.

GATE ES 2021 | GA Question: 4

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:48:46 +0000

Nostalgia is to anticipation as is to Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?

Present, past
Future, past
Past, future
Future, present

GATE ES 2021 | GA Question: 5

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:48:44 +0000

Consider the following sentences:

$\text { (i) I woke up from sleep.}$

$\text { (ii) I woked up from sleep.}$

$\text { (iii) I was woken up from sleep.}$

$\text { (iv) I was wokened up from sleep.}$

Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT?

$\text{(i) and (ii)}$
$\text{(i) and (iii)}$
$\text{(ii) and (iii)}$
$\text{(i) and (iv)}$

GATE ES 2021 | GA Question: 7

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:48:31 +0000

Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a hot topic. AI enables computers to learn, given enough training data. For humans, sitting in front of a computer for long hours can lead to health issues.
Which of the following can be deduced from the above passage?

$\text{(i)}$ Nowadays, computers are present in almost all places.

$\text{(ii)}$ Computers cannot be used for solving problems in engineering.

$\text{(iii)}$ For humans, there are both positive and negative effects of using computers.

$\text{(iv)}$ Artificial intelligence can be done without data.

$\text{(ii) and (iii)}$
$\text{(ii) and (iv)}$
$\text{(i), (iii) and (iv)}$
$\text{(i) and (iii)}$

GATE ES 2022 | GA Question: 1

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:57:03 +0000

Mr. X speaks __ Uapanese _ neinese.

neither / or
either / nor
neither / nor
also / but