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

The fuel consumed by a motorcycle during a journey while traveling at various speeds a indicated in the graph below.



The distances covered during four laps of the journey are listed in the table below:From the given data, we can conclude that the fuel consumed per kilometre was least during the lap

Three friends, R, S and T shared toffee from a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees, but returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4${}^{th}$ of what was left but returned three toffees to the bowl. T took half of the remainder but returned two back into the bowl. If the bowl had 17 toffees left, how many toffees were originally there in the bowl?

Given that f(y) = |y|/y, and q is any non-zero real number, the value of |f(q) - f(-q)| is

The sum of n terms of the series 4 + 44 + 444 + ... is

The horse has played a little known but very important role in the field of medicine. Horses were injected with toxins of diseases until their blood built up immunities. Then a serum was made from their blood. Serums to fight with diphtheria and tetanus were developed this way.

It can be inferred from the passage, that horses were