# GATE Questions

Q:

Karan started a business investing Rs 29000. After five months, Satish joined with a capital of Rs 18000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit of Rs. 16970, then what will be the share of Satish in the profit ?

 A) Rs. 5422 B) Rs. 5489 C) Rs. 4511 D) Rs. 6145

Explanation:

Now as per question, Karan invested for 12 months and Satish invested for 7 months.
So
Karan:Satish = (29000*12):(18000*7)
= 348:126
= 58:21

Satish Ratio in profit will be
=(16970 $\inline \fn_jvn \small \times \frac{21}{79}$)=Rs. 4511

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Q:

Choose Odd one out of the options ?

 A) PSRQ B) SVUT C) MNPO D) KNML

Explanation:

PSRQ --> {16, 19, 18, 17} - next 3 alphabets of "P" is written in reverse order
SVUT --> {19, 22, 21, 20} - next 3 alphabets of "S" is written in reverse order

MNPO --> {13, 14, 16, 15}

KNML --> {11, 14, 13, 12} - next 3 alphabets of "K" is written in reverse order

Except "MNPO", others are not in consecutive order.

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Q:

Which among the following is a system call used for process management

 A) fork() B) exec() C) getppid() D) All the above

Explanation:

All the above listed are the System calls for process management

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Q:

What was the day on 2nd Jan 1901 ?

 A) Tuesday B) Wednesday C) Monday D) Thursday

Explanation:

2nd Jan 1901 means
(1900 years and 2 day)
Now, 1600 years have 0 odd day
300 years have 1 odd day
2 days has 2 odd day
Total no. of odd days = 0 + 1 + 2 = 3 days
Hence, the day on 2nd Jan 1901 was Wednesday.

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Q:

In a year, Holi was enjoyed on 6th March 9 AM and Deepawali was celebrated on 11th November 8 PM. The total time interval (in hours) between the two was ?

 A) 2101 hrs B) 4125 hrs C) 5124 hrs D) 6011 hrs