GATE Questions

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Given that three athletes can complete one round around a circular field in 16, 24 and 36 min respectively.

Now, required time after which they met for the first time = LCM of (16, 24 & 36) min

Now, LCM of 16, 24, 36 = 144 minutes = 2 hrs 24 min.

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower i.e, water.

The main use of salt in the diet is to produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for the digestion of food.

A lady who remains unmarried never have a child or divorsed is called as Spinster.

A clipboard is a temporary storage area for items that the user wants to cut or copy from one place to another.

For example, in a word processor application, the user might want to cut text from one part of a document and paste it in another part of the document or somewhere else, it is temporarily stored in clipboard.

Wherever on earth we hold a compass, the needle points towards the magnetic North Pole. A compass is a great tool for navigation.

Compass is widely used in aircrafts, ships, military services,...

Let their ages be x, y, z
Hence given that x + y + z = 65
Now, six years ago x age is x - 6, y is y - 6 and that of z is z - 6
Then the sum of their ages six years ago is (x + y + z) - (6 + 6 + 6) = 65 - 18 = 47

The statement mentions that chances of heart ailments are greatly reduced by a regular half-hour exercise. So, a follows. However, it talks of only reducing the probability which does not mean that persons involved in sedentary jobs shall definitely suffer from heart ailments. So, b does not follow.

Hence, concusion a only follows the given statement.