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Friday, 7 December 2012

Download Admit Card for GATE 2013 Exam


Admit cards can be downloaded 5:00 p.m. onwards from 10th December 2012 instead of the advertised date of 5th December 2012.

Check your application status.

Friday, 30 November 2012

GATE 2013 Application Status


After an applicant submits an online application the application goes through the following states

1. Online Application Submitted:
The application was received.  A copy of the application form (in PDF) must be downloaded.

2. Application Received and Under Scrutiny:
The Zonal GATE office has received the posted hard copy.  In case an application has been sent but not received for more than 10 days, please check the Speed Post website for the tracking the consignment.

3. Application Accepted:
The application has been scrutinized and found to be eligible to take the GATE 2013 examination.  The candidate has to wait till 5 Dec 2012 when the Admit Card will be available for download.

4. Rectification Required:
The application is incomplete or defective. Read the instructions given and take actions accordingly. The response must reach the Zonal office within 10 days of receipt of the mail from GATE office or November 5 which ever is earlier.

5. Provisionally Accepted:
The application has been provisionally accepted, subject to additional documents to be submitted.  Admit card for GATE 2013 will be issued, but the candidate must bring a copy of the document mentioned or a Demand Draft for Rs.600, in favour of “Chairman GATE 2013″ to the examination center; otherwise the Score Card will not be issued.

GATE 2013 Admit Card



When I will receive admit card?

Admit card can only be downloaded from the GATE Online Applicant Interface from 5th December 2012. Sending Admit cards by post has been discontinued.

Note:  For Examination bring downloaded admit card along with at least one original (not photocopied / scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification.

One of the following photo identifications is permitted:

Saturday, 6 October 2012

COMPARISION BASED PROBLEM 3


Question:
In an examination, Raj got more marks than Mukesh but not as many as Priya.Priya got more marks than Dinesh and Kamal. Dinesh got less marks than Mukesh but his marks are not the lowest in the group.
Who is the second in the descending order of marks?
(a) Priya (b) Kamal (c) Raj
(d) Cannot be determine (e) None of these
Explanation:
Answer is (c)
In terms of marks obtained
Mukesh < Raj, Raj < Priya, Dinesh < Priya, Kamal < Priya,
Dinesh < Mukesh.
Since Dinesh marks are not the lowest, so Kamal's marks are the
lowest.
So, the sequence becomes: Kamal < Dinesh < Mukesh < Raj < Priya.
There fore, in the descending order, Raj comes second.

COMPARISION BASED PROBLEM 2


Question:
Five children were administrated psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists pointed out that the child A is less intelligent than the child B. The child C is less intelligent than the child D.
The child B is less intelligent than the child C and child A is more intelligent than child E.
Which child is most intelligent?
(a) A (b) B
(c) D (d) E
Explanation:
Answer is (c)
We have A < B, C < D, B < C and A>E.
So, the sequence will be: E < A < B < C < D.
There fore, child D is most intelligent.

COMPARISION BASED PROBLEM 1


Question:
Compare the knowledge of persons X, Y, Z, A, B and C in relation to each other.
1.X knows more than A.
2.Y knows as much as B.
3.A knows more than C.
4.A knows more than Y.
Who is most knowledgeable person amongst all is:
(a) X (b) Y
(c) A (d) C
Explanation:
Answer is (a)
We have : X>A, Y = B, A > C, A>Y and
Now as X>A and A>C there fore X>A>C then third and forth option is not possible, as X>A and A>Y there fore X>Y then second is also not possible
There fore first option is correct.
So, X is the best knowledgeable person.

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Comparison based problems for GATE 2013 aptitude (Common for all branches)


Read the following information given below and answer the questions that follow:
A * B means A and B are the same age.
A – B means B is younger than A.
A + B means A is younger than B.

1.Sanjana * Mumtaz – Reha means
(a)Reha is youngest          (b) Reha is the oldest
(c)Mumtaz is younger than Reha (d) None of these


2.X+Y+Z is same as
(a) Y-X-Z                           (b) Z-Y-X
(c) Z-X-Y                           (d) None of these


3.For an expression Farha-Fardina-Arif which of the following cannot be correct under any circumstances?
(a)Arif is father of Farha.    (b)Arif is the younger brother of Farha.
(c)Farha is the mother of both Arif and Fardina.      (d) None of these

Key:
1. a  2. b  3. a
Explanation:
1:
Sanjana*Mumtaz-Reha means Sanjana and Mumtaz are of the same age and Reha is younger than Mumtaz. This means that Reha is the youngest.
2.
X+Y+Z means X is younger than Y and Y is younger than Z. This can also be written as Z-Y-X.
3.
Farha-Fardina-Arif means Fardina is younger than Farha and Arif is younger than Fardina. This means that Arif is younger than Farha.
So, Arif cannot be the father of Farha.

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