Petroleum Engineering Quiz Quiz

Test your skills in general aptitude, logical reasoning, mathematical concepts, and analytical thinking with this quiz based on GATE 2025 Petroleum Engineering sample questions. Assess your ability in probability, analogies, numerical aptitude, coding-decoding, logical sequences, and more.

1. Analogy Completion

   Fish group together in a shoal; in a similar analogy, what is a group of lions called?

   1. Series
   2. Pride
   3. Forest
   4. School

2. Grammatical Accuracy

   Which sentence is grammatically correct in the context of taking responsibility for a fiasco?

   1. It is myself who is responsible for this fiasco.
   2. It is I who is responsible for this fiasco.
   3. It is I who are responsible for this fiasco.
   4. It is I who am responsible for this fiasco.

3. Relative Speed and Time

   Car P travels north at 25 km/h and car Q travels east at 30 km/h, both starting at 10 AM from point X. If both are at the same distance from X at 11:30 AM and car Q stopped for some time, how long in minutes did car Q stop?

   1. 15
   2. 12
   3. 10
   4. 18

4. Functions Evaluation

   The ceiling function (ce(x)) gives the smallest integer greater than or equal to x, and the floor function (fl(x)) gives the largest integer smaller than or equal to x. Which one of these statements is NOT correct for all x?

   1. fl(x) ≤ x
   2. ce(x) ≥ fl(x)
   3. fl(x) u003C ce(x)
   4. ce(x) ≥ x

5. Probability Calculation

   P wins 80% of chess matches, draws 15%, and loses 5%. If they play 3 more games, what is the probability that P wins exactly 2 of them?

   1. 48/125
   2. 25/48
   3. 16/125
   4. 16/25

6. Logical Sequence

   Arrange the following sentences to form the most coherent paragraph about the discovery of gold in Kolar: (P) People rushed to the city. (Q) They ignored hardships. (R) Everyone expected instant wealth. (S) News spread like wildfire.

   1. P → Q → R → S
   2. S → P → R → Q
   3. Q → S → R → P
   4. S → Q → P → R

7. Coding-Decoding

   If the words HIDE and CAGE are coded as 19-23-7-11 and 5-2-17-11 respectively, what is the code for HIGH?

   1. 19-23-17-19
   2. 17-19-13-17
   3. 13-3-1-2
   4. 5-17-1-2

8. Spatial Reasoning

   A given figure is first reflected about a horizontal line and then rotated clockwise by 90° about an axis perpendicular to the plane. Which option best represents the resultant figure?

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

9. Symmetry Order

   Arrange these objects in increasing order of the number of lines of symmetry: isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle, square, circle.

   1. Isosceles triangle; Equilateral triangle; Square; Circle
   2. Equilateral triangle; Isosceles triangle; Square; Circle
   3. Isosceles triangle; Square; Equilateral triangle; Circle
   4. Circle; Square; Equilateral triangle; Isosceles triangle

10. Probability Range Reasoning

    If the probability that a student gets a job offer from company S is 0.8 and from company T is 0.6, what is the range for the probability p that she receives offers from both companies?

    1. 0.6 ≤ p ≤ 1.0
    2. 0.4 ≤ p ≤ 0.6
    3. 0 ≤ p ≤ 0.2
    4. 0.2 ≤ p ≤ 0.4

11. Coin Toss Probability

    Four fair coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability that at least one tail appears?

    1. 1/16
    2. 1/2
    3. 7/8
    4. 15/16

12. Vector Projection

    Given A = 2i - j + k and B = i + j, where i, j, and k are unit vectors, what is the projection of B on A?

    1. √6
    2. 1/√12
    3. 1/√6
    4. 1/√2

13. Limit Evaluation

    Evaluate the following limit: lim(x→π/2) cos(x) / (x − π/2).

    1. 1
    2. -1
    3. π
    4. 0

14. Word Analogy Reasoning

    If Apple:Fruit::Carrot:____, which is the correct analogy?

    1. Fruit
    2. Vegetable
    3. Root
    4. Leaf

15. Numerical Reasoning

    If x + 2y = 10 and y - x = 2, what is the value of x?

    1. 6
    2. 2
    3. 8
    4. 4