GATE General Aptitude: Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Reasoning – Previous Year Questions
29 GATE previous year questions on Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Reasoning (General Aptitude, Aptitude) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2025 ME Q6 – Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed: P. At once, without thinking much, people rushed…
- GATE 2017 EE Q6 – "The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history." Which…
- GATE 2017 CS Q6 – "The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history." Which…
- GATE 2015 EC Q7 – Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement. Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human well being. An ignored…
- GATE 2016 EC Q7 – In a world filled with uncertainty, he was glad to have many good friends. He had always assisted them in times of need and was confident that they…
- GATE 2016 EE Q7 – Computers were invented for performing only high-end useful computations. However, it is no understatement that they have taken over our world today.…
- GATE 2019 CS Q8 – "A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease — which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization — and to…
- GATE 2019 EE Q8 – An award-winning study by a group of researchers suggests that men are as prone to buying on impulse as women but women feel more guilty about…
- GATE 2018 EC Q8 – The Cricket Board has long recognized John's potential as a leader of the team. However, his on-field temper has always been a matter of concern for…
- GATE 2018 EC Q10 – A coastal region with unparalleled beauty is home to many species of animals. It is dotted with coral reefs and unspoilt white sandy beaches. It has…
- GATE 2019 EC Q8 – "Indian history was written by British historians – extremely well documented and researched, but not always impartial. History had to serve its…
- GATE 2021 EE Q6 – The importance of sleep is often overlooked by students when they are preparing for exams. Research has consistently shown that sleep deprivation…
- GATE 2022 EE Q6 – Altruism is the human concern for the wellbeing of others. Altruism has been shown to be motivated more by social bonding, familiarity and…
- GATE 2020 EC Q4 – The Canadian constitution requires that equal importance be given to English and French. Last year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit, and had to pay a…
- GATE 2020 EC Q6 – The global financial crisis in 2008 is considered to be the most serious world-wide financial crisis, which started with the sub-prime lending crisis…
- GATE 2021 EC Q7 – Computers are ubiquitous. They are used to improve efficiency in almost all fields from agriculture to space exploration. Artificial intelligence (AI)…
- GATE 2022 EC Q6 – Mosquitoes pose a threat to human health. Controlling mosquitoes using chemicals may have undesired consequences. In Florida, authorities have used…
- GATE 2023 EE Q8 – 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…
- GATE 2025 EE Q6 – Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed: P. It is because deer, like most of the animals…
- GATE 2023 EC Q8 – Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone? “When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and…
- GATE 2024 EC Q6 – Sequence the following sentences (P, Q, R, S) in a coherent passage: P: Shifu’s student exclaimed, “Why do you run since the bull is an illusion?” Q:…
- GATE 2025 EC Q6 – Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed: P. Over time, such adaptations lead to…
- GATE 2025 CS (CS1) Q5 – According to the map shown in the figure, which one of the following statements is correct? Note: The figure shown is representative.
- GATE 2025 CS (CS1) Q6 – "I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q6 – Sequence the following sentences in a coherent passage. P: This fortuitous geological event generated a colossal amount of energy and heat that…
- GATE 2023 CS Q8 – Which one of the following sentence sequences creates a coherent narrative? (i) Once on the terrace, on her way to her small room in the corner, she…
- GATE 2021 CS Q10 – Some people suggest anti-obesity measures (AOM) such as displaying calorie information in restaurant menus. Such measures sidestep addressing the core…
- GATE 2020 CS Q4 – The dawn of the 21st century witnessed the melting glaciers oscillating between giving too much and too little to billions of people who depend on…
- GATE 2020 CS Q6 – Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax introduced in India in 2017 that is imposed on the supply of goods and services, and it subsumes all…