Mathematics Quiz Quiz

Test your skills with these medium-level GATE 2025 General Aptitude and Reasoning questions, designed to assess your command of quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, English, and basic mathematical principles. Ideal for exam preparation and practice.

1. Question 1

   Ravi had ______ younger brother who taught at ______ university. He was widely regarded as ______ honorable man. Select the option with the correct sequence of articles to fill in the blanks.

   1. a; a; an
   2. an; an; a
   3. a; an; a
   4. the; an; a

2. Question 2

   Select the most appropriate option that can replace the word 'myopic' in the sentence: 'The CEO's decision to downsize the workforce was considered myopic because it sacrificed long-term stability to accommodate short-term gains.'

   1. visionary
   2. progressive
   3. shortsighted
   4. innovative

3. Question 3

   The average marks of a class were calculated as 30.8, but after discovering that one student's mark was entered as 24 instead of 42, the average became 31.4. How many students are in the class?

   1. 25
   2. 30
   3. 28
   4. 32

4. Question 4

   Given these relationships: P is the brother of Q. S is the daughter of Q. T is the sister of S. R is the mother of Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?

   1. Only (3) is true.
   2. Both (1) and (3) are true.
   3. Only (4) is true.
   4. Both (1) and (2) are true.

5. Question 5

   According to the representative campus map: The Library, Canteen, Physics Lab, Hospital, Hostels, Chemistry Lab, and Classrooms are oriented around the 5th Cross Road. Which statement is correct?

   1. The chemistry lab is to the southeast of the physics lab.
   2. The library is located to the northwest of the canteen.
   3. The hospital is located to the east of the chemistry lab.
   4. The classrooms and canteen are next to each other.

6. Question 6

   In the passage: 'I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword.' Which statement is true about the passage?

   1. Epics are described as too inconvenient to write.
   2. The author carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.
   3. The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.
   4. The author had decided to write a poem on epics.

7. Question 7

   In a diagram, QR and ST are parallel lines, with the shortest distance between QR and ST being half of the shortest distance between point P and QR. What is the ratio of the area of triangle PST to the area of trapezium SQRT?

   1. 1/2
   2. 1/3
   3. 1/4
   4. 2/5

8. Question 8

   A fair six-faced dice is rolled thrice. What is the probability of rolling '6' exactly once?

   1. 75/216
   2. 1/6
   3. 25/216
   4. 1/18

9. Question 9

   A square paper is folded and cut as shown in the given figures. Which one of the patterns will be obtained when the paper is unfolded?

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

10. Question 10

    A shop has 4 distinct flavors of ice-cream. Any number of scoops can be purchased of any flavor, and order doesn't matter. In how many ways can a person purchase exactly 3 scoops?

    1. 20
    2. 48
    3. 24
    4. 4

11. Question 11

    Which one of the following terms is closely associated with the notion of 'logical reasoning' as used in aptitude tests?

    1. Ambiguity
    2. Intuition
    3. Deduction
    4. Randomness

12. Question 12

    If a train travels 60 km in 1 hour 12 minutes, what is its average speed in km/h?

    1. 50
    2. 48
    3. 55
    4. 60

13. Question 13

    In a code language, if 'CAT' is coded as '3120', then how is 'DOG' coded if D=4, O=15, G=7?

    1. 4157
    2. 4157
    3. 4715
    4. 41507

14. Question 14

    If in a certain pattern, each vowel in the English alphabet is replaced by the following consonant, what will be the new word for 'MOUSE'?

    1. MPVTG
    2. NOUSF
    3. MPVTF
    4. NPVTG

15. Question 15

    Consider the inequality: 3x - 7 u003E 2x + 1. What is the solution for x?

    1. x u003C 8
    2. x u003E -8
    3. x u003C -8
    4. x u003E 8