GATE Geomatics Engineering General Aptitude Syllabus

General Aptitude syllabus — full chapter and topic list

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1. 1

   Verbal Aptitude

   3 topics

   • Basic English grammar
     • Tenses
     • Articles
     • Adjectives
     • Prepositions
     • Conjunctions
     • Verb-noun agreement
     • Other parts of speech
   • Basic vocabulary
     • Words
     • Idioms
     • Phrases in context
   • Reading and comprehension
     • Narrative sequencing
2. 2

   Quantitative Aptitude

   3 topics

   • Data interpretation
     • Data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing the data)
     • 2- and 3-dimensional plots
     • Maps and tables
   • Numerical computation and estimation
     • Ratios
     • Percentages
     • Powers
     • Exponents and logarithms
     • Permutations and combinations
     • Series
   • Mensuration and geometry
     • Elementary statistics and probability
3. 3

   Analytical Aptitude

   1 topic

   • Logic
     • Deduction and induction
     • Analogy
     • Numerical relations and reasoning
4. 4

   Spatial Aptitude

   2 topics

   • Transformation of shapes
     • Translation
     • Rotation
     • Scaling
     • Mirroring
     • Assembling and grouping
   • Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions

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1. What is a tense in English grammar, and what three primary tenses exist?

   A tense is the form of a verb that indicates the time of an action or state. The three primary tenses are past, present, and future.

2. Name the four aspects each English tense can take and give the present-tense example of each for the verb 'write'.

   Simple (I write), Continuous/Progressive (I am writing), Perfect (I have written), and Perfect Continuous (I have been writing).

3. When is the present perfect tense used, and how is it formed?

   It links a past action to the present (recent or with present relevance, unspecified time). Formed as: has/have + past participle, e.g., 'She has finished the report.'

4. What is the difference between the simple past and the present perfect tense?

   Simple past refers to a completed action at a definite past time ('I ate at 8 pm'); present perfect refers to a past action with present relevance and no specific time ('I have eaten').

5. What are the three articles in English, and how are they classified?

   'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles (refer to non-specific nouns); 'the' is the definite article (refers to a specific noun).

6. What rule determines whether to use 'a' or 'an' before a word?

   Use 'a' before a consonant sound and 'an' before a vowel sound. It depends on the sound, not the letter: 'an hour' (silent h), 'a university' (yoo sound).

7. What is an adjective, and what does it modify?

   An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, giving information about quality, quantity, size, color, or number, e.g., 'tall', 'three', 'beautiful'.

8. What are the three degrees of comparison of adjectives? Illustrate with 'good'.

   Positive, comparative, and superlative. For 'good': good (positive), better (comparative), best (superlative).

9. What is the standard order of adjectives in English before a noun?

   Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose, then the noun (e.g., 'a lovely small old round red Italian wooden serving spoon').

10. What is a preposition, and what does it express?

    A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relationship (of place, time, direction, or manner) to another word, e.g., 'in', 'on', 'at', 'between', 'during'.

11. Distinguish the prepositions 'in', 'on', and 'at' as used for time.

    'At' is used for precise times (at 5 pm), 'on' for days and dates (on Monday), and 'in' for months, years, and longer periods (in 2026, in July).

12. What is a conjunction, and what are the three main types?

    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. The three types are coordinating (and, but, or), subordinating (because, although, if), and correlative (either...or, neither...nor).

13. What are the seven coordinating conjunctions, often remembered by the acronym FANBOYS?

    For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

14. State the rule of subject-verb agreement in number.

    A verb must agree with its subject in number: a singular subject takes a singular verb ('He runs'), and a plural subject takes a plural verb ('They run').

15. In subject-verb agreement, which verb form is used with two singular subjects joined by 'and' versus joined by 'or'?

    Subjects joined by 'and' take a plural verb ('Tom and Jia are here'). Subjects joined by 'or'/'nor' take a verb agreeing with the nearer subject ('Tom or his friends are here').

16. In subject-verb agreement, do collective nouns like 'team' or 'committee' take a singular or plural verb?

    They usually take a singular verb when acting as a single unit ('The team wins'), but a plural verb when members act individually ('The team are arguing among themselves').

17. List the eight parts of speech in English.

    Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

18. What is an adverb, and what can it modify?

    An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often indicating manner, place, time, or degree, e.g., 'quickly', 'very', 'here', 'often'.

19. What is an interjection? Give two examples.

    An interjection is a word or short phrase expressing sudden emotion, grammatically independent of the sentence, e.g., 'Wow!', 'Oh!', 'Alas!'.

20. What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

    A common noun names a general class of things ('city', 'river') and is not capitalized; a proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing ('Delhi', 'Ganga') and is capitalized.

21. Define a synonym and an antonym with an example pair each.

    A synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning (happy / joyful). An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning (hot / cold).

22. Define a homophone and give an example set.

    Homophones are words that sound alike but differ in spelling and meaning, e.g., 'their', 'there', and 'they're'; or 'to', 'too', and 'two'.

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