# Recent questions tagged gate2011-mn

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Four archers P, Q, R, and S try to hit a bull's eye during a tournament consisting of seven rounds. As illustrated in the figure below, a player receives $10$ points for hitting the bull's eye, $5$ points for hitting within the inner circle and $1$ point for ... The most accurate and the most consistent players during the tournament are respectively P and S Q and R Q and Q R and Q
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Nimbus clouds are dark and ragged, stratus clouds appear dull in colour and cover the entire sky. Cirrus clouds are thin and delicate, whereas cumulus clouds look like cotton balls. It can be inferred from the passage that A cumulus cloud on the ground is ... clouds Clouds are generally of very different shapes, sizes and mass There are four basic cloud types: stratus, nimbus, cumulus and cirrus
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$L, M$ and $N$ are waiting in a queue meant for children to enter the zoo. There are $5$ children between $L$ and $M$, and $8$ children between $M$ and $N$. If there are $3$ children ahead of $N$ and $21$ children behind $L$, then what is the minimum number of children in the queue? $28$ $27$ $41$ $40$
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A student attempted to solve a quadratic equation in $x$ twice. However, in the first attempt, he incorrectly wrote the constant term and ended up with the roots as $(4, 3)$. In the second attempt, he incorrectly wrote down the coefficient of $x$ and got the roots as $(3, 2)$. Based on the above information, the roots of the correct quadratic equation are $(-3, 4)$ $(3, -4)$ $(6, 1)$ $(4, 2)$
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If $\dfrac{(2y+1)}{(y+2)} < 1,$ then which of the following alternatives gives the CORRECT range of $y$ ? $- 2 < y < 2$ $- 2 < y < 1$ $- 3 < y < 1$ $- 4 < y < 1$
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Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. The _________ of evidence was on the side of the plaintiff since all but one witness testified that his story was correct. paucity propensity preponderance accuracy
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In how many ways $3$ scholarships can be awarded to $4$ applicants, when each applicant can receive any number of scholarships? $4$ $12$ $64$ $81$