GATE EC 2011 Question Paper (13-Feb-2011) (Shift 2)

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair:

Gladiator ∶ Arena

There are two candidates P and Q in an election. During the campaign, 40% of the voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. However, on the day of election 15% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for Q and instead voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 2 votes, then what was the total number of voters?

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:

It was her view that the country's problems had been _______ by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counter-productive.

Choose the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word:

Frequency

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:

Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian Medical Association, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which _______ treatments are unsatisfactory.