General Aptitude Questions and Answers for Gate CSEIT – GATE 2025 persons are in room.
General Aptitude Questions and Answers for Gate CSEIT – GATE 2025 persons are in room.
Here’s a compact set of General Aptitude questions and answers specifically designed for GATE 2025 (CSE/IT) aspirants. These questions are similar to what you may face in the 15-mark GA section of the exam.
Contents
- 1 📘 General Aptitude Practice Questions for GATE CSE/IT 2025
- 1.1 🧠 1. Logical Reasoning (People in a Room Type)
- 1.2 🔢 2. Quantitative Aptitude – Percentage
- 1.3 📐 3. Geometry – Area
- 1.4 📖 4. Verbal Ability – Fill in the Blanks
- 1.5 🔄 5. Numerical Ability – Ratio & Proportion
- 1.6 📊 6. Data Interpretation
- 1.7 🧩 7. Puzzle/Arrangement
- 1.8 📈 8. Time and Work
- 1.9 🤖 9. Coding-Decoding
- 1.10 🧮 10. Number Series
- 2 🎯 Tips for GATE GA Preparation:
📘 General Aptitude Practice Questions for GATE CSE/IT 2025
🧠 1. Logical Reasoning (People in a Room Type)
Question:
In a room, there are 10 people. Each person shakes hands with every other person only once. How many total handshakes occur?
Answer:
Use the formula:
Total handshakes=n(n−1)2\text{Total handshakes} = \frac{n(n – 1)}{2} =10×92=45= \frac{10 \times 9}{2} = 45
✅ Correct Answer: 45
🔢 2. Quantitative Aptitude – Percentage
Question:
A student scores 25%, 40% and 50% in three subjects. What is the average percentage?
Answer:
Average=25+40+503=1153≈38.33%\text{Average} = \frac{25 + 40 + 50}{3} = \frac{115}{3} ≈ 38.33\%
✅ Correct Answer: 38.33%
📐 3. Geometry – Area
Question:
What is the area of a triangle with base 10 cm and height 5 cm?
Answer:
Area=12×base×height=12×10×5=25 cm2\text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height} = \frac{1}{2} \times 10 \times 5 = 25 \text{ cm}^2
✅ Correct Answer: 25 cm²
📖 4. Verbal Ability – Fill in the Blanks
Question:
He was not only honest ____ also very intelligent.
A) and B) but C) also D) though
Answer: ✅ B) but
🔄 5. Numerical Ability – Ratio & Proportion
Question:
If 3 pens cost ₹45, how much would 7 pens cost?
Answer:
Cost of 1 pen = ₹45 / 3 = ₹15
Cost of 7 pens = 7 × ₹15 = ₹105
✅ Correct Answer: ₹105
📊 6. Data Interpretation
Question:
If a pie chart shows 60% for boys and 40% for girls, and the total number of students is 500, how many are girls?
Answer:
Girls = 40% of 500 = 0.4 × 500 = 200
✅ Correct Answer: 200
🧩 7. Puzzle/Arrangement
Question:
Five people (A, B, C, D, E) are sitting in a row. A is to the left of B but to the right of C. Who is in the middle?
Assume: C – A – B – D – E
✅ Correct Answer: B
📈 8. Time and Work
Question:
If A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 20 days, how many days will they take working together?
Answer:
A’s work/day=110,B’s work/day=120\text{A’s work/day} = \frac{1}{10},\quad \text{B’s work/day} = \frac{1}{20} Together=110+120=320⇒Time=203≈6.67 days\text{Together} = \frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{20} = \frac{3}{20} \Rightarrow \text{Time} = \frac{20}{3} ≈ 6.67 \text{ days}
✅ Correct Answer: 6.67 days
🤖 9. Coding-Decoding
Question:
If in a certain language, “GATE” is coded as “HBUF”, what is the code for “CSE”?
Answer:
Each letter is shifted by +1:
C → D, S → T, E → F
✅ Answer: DTF
🧮 10. Number Series
Question:
What comes next in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, ___ ?
Answer:
Pattern: +4, +6, +8, +10 → Next: 20 + 10 = 30
✅ Correct Answer: 30
🎯 Tips for GATE GA Preparation:
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Practice daily 5–10 questions.
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Focus on accuracy + speed.
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Use apps like Gradeup, Unacademy, or books like R.S. Aggarwal or Made Easy GA booklet.
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