GATE General Aptitude: Spatial Aptitude: Spatial Reasoning and Visualization – Previous Year Questions
74 GATE previous year questions on Spatial Aptitude: Spatial Reasoning and Visualization (General Aptitude, Aptitude) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q2 – In the sequence of tiles shown below, the missing tile indicated by the question mark should be
- GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q7 – A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q2 – In the sequence of tiles shown below, the missing tile indicated by the question mark should be
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q7 – A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface…
- GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q5 – How many triangles are present in the given figure?
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q5 – How many triangles are present in the given figure?
- GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q5 – A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building given below. The doors are closed initially. What is the minimum…
- GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q10 – Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q5 – A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building given below. The doors are closed initially. What is the minimum…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q10 – Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
- GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q5 – A block with a trapezoidal cross-section is placed over a block with rectangular cross section as shown above. Which one of the following is the…
- GATE 2022 CH Q5 – A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building given below. The doors are closed initially. What is the minimum…
- GATE 2022 CH Q10 – Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
- GATE 2023 CH Q5 – A line of symmetry is defined as a line that divides a figure into two parts in a way such that each part is a mirror image of the other part about…
- GATE 2023 CH Q10 – Which one of the following shapes can be used to tile (completely cover by repeating) a flat plane, extending to infinity in all directions, without…
- GATE 2023 CE (CE1) Q5 – A line of symmetry is defined as a line that divides a figure into two parts in a way such that each part is a mirror image of the other part about…
- GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q9 – Five cubes of identical size and another smaller cube are assembled as shown in Figure A. If viewed from direction X, the planar image of the assembly…
- GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q10 – Visualize a cube that is held with one of the four body diagonals aligned to the vertical axis. Rotate the cube about this axis such that its view…
- GATE 2023 ME Q10 – An opaque pyramid (shown below), with a square base and isosceles faces, is suspended in the path of a parallel beam of light, such that its shadow is…
- GATE 2024 DA Q9 – Three different views of a dice are shown in the figure below. The piece of paper that can be folded to make this dice is
- GATE 2024 DA Q10 – Visualize two identical right circular cones such that one is inverted over the other and they share a common circular base. If a cutting plane passes…
- GATE 2025 CH Q10 – An object is said to have an n-fold rotational symmetry if the object, rotated by an angle of 2n, is identical to the original. Which one of the…
- GATE 2026 CH Q7 – A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface…
- GATE 2026 DA Q3 – The four pieces of a puzzle are shown in the figure below.
- GATE 2024 ME Q9 – A planar rectangular paper has two V-shaped pieces attached as shown below. [Figure: A long horizontal paper strip with a V-shaped chevron piece…
- GATE 2024 ME Q10 – Four equilateral triangles are used to form a regular closed three-dimensional object by joining along the edges. The angle between any two faces is
- GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q5 – The figures I, II and III are parts of a sequence. Which one of the following options comes next in the sequence at IV?
- GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q10 – An object is said to have an n-fold rotational symmetry if the object, rotated by an angle of 2n, is identical to the original. Which one of the…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q3 – The next figure (indicated by '?') in the sequence is
- GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q10 – Which one of the patterns labelled P, Q, R, and S is used to generate the following figure?
- GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q2 – The figure below is supposed to show three non-overlapping shapes – one oval and two triangles. Which one of the following figures P, Q, R, or S fits…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q5 – Which one of the following figures P, Q, R, or S, correctly shows the 45° clockwise-rotated version of figure (I)?
- GATE 2025 ME Q8 – The given figure is reflected about the horizontal dashed line and then rotated clockwise by 90° about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the…
- GATE 2025 ME Q9 – Which one of the following options has the correct sequence of objects arranged in the increasing number of mirror lines (lines of symmetry)?
- GATE 2026 ME Q3 – The next figure (indicated by '?') in the sequence is
- GATE 2026 ME Q10 – Which one of the patterns labelled P, Q, R, and S is used to generate the following figure?
- GATE 2017 EE Q10 – A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour…
- GATE 2017 EC Q10 – A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour…
- GATE 2017 CS Q10 – A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour…
- GATE 2015 EC Q9 – A cube of side 3 units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side 1 unit. Find the proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible…
- GATE 2016 CS Q5 – A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting…
- GATE 2019 CS Q10 – Three of the five students allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden. Given the floor plan, select the allocation plan that will…
- GATE 2019 EC Q10 – Five people P, Q, R, S and T work in a bank. P and Q don't like each other but have to share an office till T gets a promotion and moves to the big…
- GATE 2021 EE Q2 – A transparent square sheet shown above is folded along the dotted line. The folded sheet will look like .
- GATE 2022 EE Q5 – The figure below shows the front and rear view of a disc, which is shaded with identical patterns. The disc is flipped once with respect to any one of…
- GATE 2022 EE Q10 – An ant is at the bottom-left corner of a grid (point P) as shown above. It aims to move to the top-right corner of the grid. The ant moves only along…
- GATE 2021 EC Q3 – The least number of squares that must be added so that the line P-Q becomes the line of symmetry is .
- GATE 2022 EC Q4 – The figure shows a grid formed by a collection of unit squares. The unshaded unit square in the grid represents a hole. What is the maximum number of…
- GATE 2022 EC Q5 – An art gallery engages a security guard to ensure that the items displayed are protected. The diagram below represents the plan of the gallery where…
- GATE 2022 EC Q10 – Consider the following square with the four corners and the center marked as P, Q, R, S and T respectively. Let X, Y and Z represent the following…
- GATE 2023 EE Q5 – How many triangles are present in the given figure?
- GATE 2024 EE Q2 – P and Q have been allotted a hostel room with two beds, a study table, and an almirah. P is an avid bird-watcher and wants to sit at the table and…
- GATE 2024 EE Q9 – The assembly shown below has three teethed circular objects (Pinions) and two teethed flat objects (Racks), which are perfectly mating with each…
- GATE 2026 EE Q2 – The figure below is supposed to show three non-overlapping shapes – one oval and two triangles. Which one of the following figures P, Q, R, or S fits…
- GATE 2026 EE Q5 – Which one of the following figures P, Q, R, or S, correctly shows the 45° clockwise-rotated version of figure (I)?
- GATE 2023 EC Q5 – How many rectangles are present in the given figure?
- GATE 2023 EC Q10 – A 100 cm × 32 cm rectangular sheet is folded 5 times. Each time the sheet is folded, the long edge aligns with its opposite side. Eventually, the…
- GATE 2024 EC Q9 – Examples of mirror and water reflections are shown in the figures below: An object appears as the following image after first reflecting in a mirror…
- GATE 2024 EC Q10 – Two identical sheets A and B, of dimensions 24 cm × 16 cm, can be folded into half using two distinct operations, FO1 or FO2. In FO1, the axis of…
- GATE 2026 EC Q3 – The figure below has exactly three intersecting line segments with a rectangular portion WXYZ missing. Which one of the following options P, Q, R, and…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q2 – A black square PQRS has been cut into two parts. One part of it is shown in Panel I. Which one of the shapes in Panel II is the other part?
- GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q7 – Two tiles are missing in Panel I. Which one of the options in Panel II is the appropriate choice for the missing tiles?
- GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q9 – The figure in Panel I is a grid of cells with four rows and four columns. The numbers on the top and on the left represent the number of cells that…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q2 – The figure shows two 4-tile patterns: a 2x2 square block and a 1x4 straight bar. Either one or both of the patterns can be used any number of times…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q7 – In Panel I of the figure below, the front view and top view of a structure are shown. Which one of the 3D structures shown in Panel II possesses the…
- GATE 2025 CS (CS2) Q4 – The paper as shown in the figure is folded to make a cube where each square corresponds to a particular face of the cube. Which one of the following…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q9 – A cube is to be cut into 8 pieces of equal size and shape. Here, each cut should be straight and it should not stop till it reaches the other end of…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS1) Q9 – A rectangular paper of 20 cm × 8 cm is folded 3 times. Each fold is made along the line of symmetry, which is perpendicular to its long edge. The…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS1) Q10 – The least number of squares to be added in the figure to make AB a line of symmetry is
- GATE 2023 CS Q5 – Looking at the surface of a smooth 3-dimensional object from the outside, which one of the following options is TRUE?
- GATE 2023 CS Q10 – Which one of the options best describes the transformation of the 2-dimensional figure P to Q, and then to R, as shown?
- GATE 2022 CS Q5 – A palindrome is a word that reads the same forwards and backwards. In a game of words, a player has two plates painted with the letters A and D. From…
- GATE 2022 CS Q10 – A plot of land must be divided between four families. They want their individual plots to be similar in shape, not necessarily equal in area. The land…
- GATE 2021 CS Q4 – A circular sheet of paper is folded along the lines in the directions shown (first fold along the vertical diameter, then along the horizontal…