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GATE Civil Engineering

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2026 Q1

'The shopkeeper sells lemons.' In this sentence, the word 'lemons' is the _________.

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2026 Q6

'People are crowding around ____ pit into which ____ elephant has fallen. I have never seen an elephant looking more bewildered ____ miserable. Here it is in a most undignified pos...

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2026 Q6

Match the words in Column I with their synonyms in Column II. Column I (i) Lonely (ii) Literal (iii) Lousy (iv) Lethal Column II (p) Verbatim (q) Solitary (r) Deadly (s) Terrible

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2025 Q6

"Why do they pull down and do away with crooked streets, I wonder, which are my delight, and hurt no man living? Every day the wealthier nations are pulling down one or another in...

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2024 Q6

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks. Yoko Roi stands ________ (i) as an author for standing ________ (ii) as an honorary f...

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2024 Q6

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks. From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic stadiums, athletics _______ (i)...

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2022 Q1

The movie was funny and I __________.

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2021 Q1

Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT? (i) Arun and Aparna are here. (ii) Arun and Aparna is here. (iii) Arun's families is here. (iv) Arun's family is here.

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2019 Q1

Daytime temperatures in Delhi can ________ 40°C.

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2019 Q1

The lecture was attended by quite _________ students, so the hall was not very _________.

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2019 Q2

The growth rate of ABC Motors in 2017 was the same ________ XYZ Motors in 2016.

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2019 Q2

They have come a long way in _________ trust among the users.

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2019 Q5

The CEO's decision to quit was as shocking to the Board as it was to _________.

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2019 Q5

Hima Das was ________ only Indian athlete to win ________ gold for India.

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2019 Q8

"The increasing interest in tribal characters might be a mere coincidence, but the timing is of interest. None of this, though, is to say that the tribal hero has arrived in Hindi...

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2018 Q1

"His face ________ with joy when the solution of the puzzle was ________ to him." The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

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2018 Q1

"The driver applied the ________ as soon as she approached the hotel where she wanted to take a ________." The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

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2018 Q2

"Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as ________." The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

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2018 Q2

"It is no surprise that every society has had codes of behaviour; however, the nature of these codes is often ________." The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

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