GATE EE 2015 Question Paper (07-Feb-2015) (Shift 1)

Select the alternative meaning of the underlined part of the sentence.

The chain snatchers took to their heels when the police party arrived.

The pie chart below has the breakup of the number of students from different departments in an engineering college for the year 2012. The proportion of male to female students in each department is 5:4. There are 40 males in Electrical Engineering. What is the difference between the number of female students in the Civil department and the female students in the Mechanical department?

The probabilities that a student passes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are m, p and c respectively. Of these subjects, the student has 75% chance of passing in at least one, a 50% chance of passing in at least two and a 40% chance of passing in exactly two.

Following relations are drawn in m, p, c:

I. $p+m+c=27/20$

II. $p+m+c=13/20$

III. $\left(p\right)\times \left(m\right)\times \left(c\right)=1/10$

The number of students in a class who have answered correctly, wrongly, or not attempted each question in an exam, are listed in the table below. The marks for each question are also listed. There is no negative or partial marking.What is the average of the marks obtained by the class in the examination?

The given statement is followed by some courses of action. Assuming the statement to be true decide the correct option.

Statement:

There has been a significant drop in the water level in the lakes supplying water to

the city.

1. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation.
2. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of water.
3. The government should ban the water supply in lower areas.