GATE - 2023 Past Year Paper | GATE Physics Past Year Papers PDF Download

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General Aptitude 
Q1. – Q5. Carry ONE mark each. 
Q.1 "You are delaying the completion of the task. Send contributions at the earliest." 
(A) you are  (B) your  (C) you're  (D) yore 
Ans. : (B)  
Q.2  References :……….. : Guidelines : Implement 
(By word meaning) 
(A) Sight  (B) Site   (C) Cite  (D) Plagiarise 
Ans. : (C)  
Q.3  In the given figure, PQRS is a parallelogram with PS = 7 cm, PT = 4 cm and PV = 5 cm. What 
is the length of RS in cm ? (The diagram is representative.) 
(A)
20
7
 
(B)
28
5
 
(C)
9
2
 
(D)
35
4
 
Ans. : (B)  
Q.4  In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields medal, which is the highest prize in Mathematics. 
When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any medals in the International 
Mathematics Olympiads. He dropped out of college. 
Based only on the above information, which one of the following statements can be logically 
inferred with certainty? 
(A) Every Fields medalist has won a medal in an International Mathematics Olympiad. 
(B) Everyone who has dropped out of college has won the Fields medal. 
(C) All Fields medalists are part-time poets. 
(D) Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college. 
Ans. : (D)  
 
 
 
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General Aptitude 
Q1. – Q5. Carry ONE mark each. 
Q.1 "You are delaying the completion of the task. Send contributions at the earliest." 
(A) you are  (B) your  (C) you're  (D) yore 
Ans. : (B)  
Q.2  References :……….. : Guidelines : Implement 
(By word meaning) 
(A) Sight  (B) Site   (C) Cite  (D) Plagiarise 
Ans. : (C)  
Q.3  In the given figure, PQRS is a parallelogram with PS = 7 cm, PT = 4 cm and PV = 5 cm. What 
is the length of RS in cm ? (The diagram is representative.) 
(A)
20
7
 
(B)
28
5
 
(C)
9
2
 
(D)
35
4
 
Ans. : (B)  
Q.4  In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields medal, which is the highest prize in Mathematics. 
When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any medals in the International 
Mathematics Olympiads. He dropped out of college. 
Based only on the above information, which one of the following statements can be logically 
inferred with certainty? 
(A) Every Fields medalist has won a medal in an International Mathematics Olympiad. 
(B) Everyone who has dropped out of college has won the Fields medal. 
(C) All Fields medalists are part-time poets. 
(D) Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college. 
Ans. : (D)  
 
 
 
                 
  
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Q.5  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 that line. 
The given figure consists of 16 unit squares arranged as shown. In addition to the three black 
squares, what is the minimum number of squares that must be coloured black, such that both PQ 
and MN form lines of symmetry? (The figure is representative) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(A) 3   (B) 4   (C) 5   (D) 6 
Ans. : (C)  
Q.6 - Q.10 Carry TWO marks Each 
Q.6  Human beings are one among many creatures that inhabit an imagined world. In this imagined 
world, some creatures are cruel. If in this imagined world, it is given that the statement "Some 
human beings are not cruel creatures" is FALSE, then which of the following set of statement(s) 
can be logically inferred with certainty? 
(i) All human beings are cruel creatures. 
(ii) Some human beings are cruel creatures. 
(iii) Some creatures that are cruel are human beings. 
(iv) No human beings are cruel creatures. 
(A) only (i)     (B) only (iii) and (iv) 
(C) only (i) and (ii)    (D) (i), (ii) and (iii) 
Ans. : (D)  
Q.7  To construct a wall, sand and cement are mixed in the ratio of 3: 1. The cost of sand and that of 
cement are in the ratio of 1: 2. 
If the total cost of sand and cement to construct the wall is 1000 rupees, then what is the cost (in 
rupees) of cement used? 
(A) 400  (B) 600  (C) 800  (D)200