GATE Textile 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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22 of 50 cards from the General Aptitude deck — real questions with worked answers.

1. What are the four basic types of sentences in English grammar, classified by purpose?

   Declarative (states a fact), Interrogative (asks a question), Imperative (gives a command or request), and Exclamatory (expresses strong emotion).

2. In English grammar, what is the difference between the subject and the predicate of a sentence?

   The subject is the person or thing the sentence is about (who/what performs the action); the predicate is the part containing the verb that tells what the subject does or is.

3. Name the twelve tenses formed from the three times (past, present, future) and four aspects.

   Simple, Continuous (Progressive), Perfect, and Perfect Continuous — each in past, present, and future (e.g., Present Simple, Past Perfect Continuous), giving 12 tenses total.

4. How is the Present Perfect tense formed and when is it used?

   Formed with has/have + past participle (e.g., 'has finished'). Used for actions completed at an unspecified past time with present relevance, or actions continuing up to now.

5. What is the difference between the Past Simple and the Present Perfect tense?

   Past Simple refers to a finished action at a definite past time ('I saw it yesterday'); Present Perfect links a past action to the present with no specific time ('I have seen it').

6. How is the Future Perfect tense formed, and what does it express?

   Formed with will have + past participle (e.g., 'will have completed'). It expresses an action that will be finished before a specified future time.

7. 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).

8. 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 pronunciation, not spelling (e.g., 'an hour', 'a university').

9. What is an adjective, and what are the three degrees of comparison?

   An adjective describes or modifies a noun/pronoun. Its three degrees are Positive (tall), Comparative (taller), and Superlative (tallest).

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

    Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose — e.g., 'a beautiful small old round brown Italian wooden dining table'.

11. What is a preposition, and what are its three main categories?

    A preposition shows the relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word. Main types: prepositions of place (in, on, at), time (before, during, since), and direction/movement (to, into, towards).

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

    A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. Types: Coordinating (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so), Subordinating (because, although, while), and Correlative (either...or, neither...nor).

13. What does the rule of subject-verb (verb-noun) agreement require?

    A verb must agree with its subject in number and person — a singular subject takes a singular verb ('he runs') and a plural subject takes a plural verb ('they run').

14. In subject-verb agreement, what verb form do two singular subjects joined by 'and' versus 'or' take?

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

15. What are the eight parts of speech in English grammar?

    Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

16. What is an adverb, and what four main questions can it answer?

    An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It typically answers how (manner), when (time), where (place), and to what extent (degree).

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

    A common noun names a general class of person, place, or thing (city, dog); a proper noun names a specific one and is capitalized (London, Rover).

18. What is the function of a pronoun, and name three of its types.

    A pronoun replaces a noun to avoid repetition. Types include personal (he, they), possessive (mine, theirs), reflexive (myself), relative (who, which), and demonstrative (this, those).

19. What is an idiom in English, and give the meaning of 'to bite the bullet'.

    An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal words. 'To bite the bullet' means to force oneself to do something unpleasant or face a difficult situation bravely.

20. What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?

    It refers to something that seems bad or unlucky at first but later results in a good or beneficial outcome.

21. What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?

    It means something that happens very rarely or extremely infrequently.

22. What is the difference between the homophones 'their', 'there', and 'they're'?

    'Their' is a possessive (their house); 'there' indicates a place or existence (over there); 'they're' is the contraction of 'they are'.

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