GATE CS 2010

Question 51

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to the complete the following sentence: His rather casual remarks on politics ___________ his lack of seriousness about the subject.

• masked
• belied
• betrayed
• suppressed

Question 52

Which of the following options is closest in meaning to the word Circuitous.

• cyclic
• indirect
• confusing
• crooked

Question 53

25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of them play both hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is:

• 2
• 17
• 13
• 3

Question 54

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair. Unemployed: Worker

• fallow: land
• unaware: sleeper
• wit: jester
• renovated: house

Question 55

Hari(H), Gita(G), Irfan(I) and Saira(S) are siblings (i.e., brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st January. The age difference between any two successive siblings (that is born one after another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts:

i.  Hari\'s age + Gita\'s age > Irfan\'s age + Saira\'s age 
ii. The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year. However Gita is not
    the oldest and Saira is not the youngest. 
iii. There are no twins. 

In what order were they born (oldest first)?

• HSIG
• SGHI
• IGSH
• IHSG

Question 56

Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause. Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:

• Modern warfare has resulted in civil strife.
• Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare.
• Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable
• People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war.

Question 57

If 137 + 276 = 435 how much is 731 + 672?

• 534

• 1403

• 1623

• 1513

Question 58

5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days: 8 semi-skilled workers can build a wall in 25 days; 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2 skilled, 6 semi-skilled and 5 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build the wall?

• 20
• 10
• 16
• 15

Question 59

Given digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 how many distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be formed?

• 50
• 51
• 52
• 54

Question 60

What does the following program print?

C

#include
void f(int *p, int *q)
{
  p = q;
 *p = 2;
}
int i = 0, j = 1;
int main()
{
  f(&i, &j);
  printf(\"%d %d \\n\", i, j);
  getchar();
  return 0;
}

• 2 2
  

• 2 1
  

• 0 1
  

• 0 2