GATE Reasoning and Comprehension: Verbal reasoning and comprehension – Previous Year Questions
33 GATE previous year questions on Verbal reasoning and comprehension (Reasoning and Comprehension, English (XH2)) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q13 – In the given passage, fill in the blanks with most suitable set of given words: The future must no longer be by the past. While, the effects of the…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q14 – Indian society is experiencing a boom in pet culture, where people are becoming responsible caretakers of pets rather than merely providing food and…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q21 – Choose the correct sequence of sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph: P. However, in the context of texts dealing with science or…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q22 – Mental health is a global concern, especially among the youth. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when schools and colleges were operating online, students…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q23 – On the basis of syntax and grammar, identify the incorrect sentence(s). I. Doctors have found high levels of cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases of…
- GATE 2025 XH2 (English) Q15 – Consider the following sentence. What the country needs accordingly. First and last parts of the sentence are given. P, Q, R, and S are the remaining…
- GATE 2025 XH2 (English) Q24 – Many countries are facing water shortage crises in the past few years. A report of the United Nation has named India among the worst countries for…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q11 – Amma’s tone in the context of the given passage is that of: For Amma, the difference between men and women was a kind of discrimination and…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q12 – Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct sequence for the following passage: I am wearing for the first time some (i) that I have never been able to…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q13 – The appropriate synonym for the word ‘ignite’ in the following passage will be: Spirituality must be integrated with education. Self-realization is…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q14 – Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q15 – Fill in the blanks with the correct combination of tenses for the given sentence: Darwin’s work (i) a related effect that (ii) influenced the…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q16 – Which of the following options holds similar relationship as the words, ‘Music: Notes’?
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q22 – Which of the statement(s) about the passage weaken(s) the argument presented? Scientists associate large brains with greater intelligence. However, in…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q23 – The narrator’s use of ‘I’ in the given passage is/are: I have never been any good at the more lurid sort of writing. Psychopathic killers, impotent…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q25 – Read the passage and identify the statement(s) which follow(s) from it: The purpose of this work is to inform educators about the brain science…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q11 – Which word below best describes the idea of being both Spineless and Cowardly?
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q12 – Choose the right preposition to fill up the blank: The whole family got together Diwali
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q13 – Select the correct option to fill in all the blanks to complete the passage: The (i) factor amid this turbulence has been the (ii) of high-octane,…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q14 – The following passage consists of 6 sentences. The first and sixth sentences of the passage are at their correct positions, while the middle four…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q16 – The words Thin: Slim: Slender are related in some way. Identify the correct option(s) that reflect(s) the same relationship:
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q21 – The stranger is by nature no "owner of soil" -- soil not only in the physical, but also in the figurative sense of a life-substance, which is fixed,…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q23 – Five segments of a sentence are given below. The first and fifth segments are at their correct positions, while the middle three segments (represented…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q24 – “I told you the truth,” I say yet again, “Memory’s truth, because memory has its own special kind. It selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates,…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q11 – A relationship is expressed as Iodine : Goitre. The pair(s) of words showing SIMILAR relationship is/are
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q13 – A sentence has been given below. The train will leave at 8:30 PM, we **have been** ready by 7:30 PM, so that we can reach the station on time. To make…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q14 – Complete the sentence correctly using the options given below. Hastings (p) developed as a holiday resort after (q) .
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q15 – The Arecibo telescope does not resemble what most of us think of when we hear the word telescope. Its reflective surface covers an area of 20 acres,…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q16 – Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them.…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q21 – A passage consists of 6 sentences. The first and sixth sentences of the passage are at their correct positions, while the middle four sentences…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q22 – For a painting to succeed, it is essential that the painter and his public agree about what is significant. The subject of the painting may have a…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q24 – Cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and tuberculosis cause huge number of deaths. Poor quality drinking water has always been the world’s greatest single…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q25 – Shark’s teeth have evolved to correspond to the diet of each particular species of shark. Consequently, the teeth of the great white shark bear little…