Practice GAT Subject General Aptitude questions with answers and explanations.
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Each term increases by 3.
Adding 3 to 12 gives 15.
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The word 'happily' describes how the children played.
A word that modifies a verb in this way functions as an adverb.
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In this sentence, 'light' names a thing that can be turned off.
Therefore, it functions as a noun rather than a verb or adjective.
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'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.
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A number is divisible by 9 when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
For 5,832, the digit sum is 18.
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Since 12 × 13 = 156, subtracting gives 157 - 156 = 1.
Thus, the remainder is 1.
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Division and multiplication have equal priority and are performed left to right.
So 48 ÷ 6 = 8, and 8 × 3 = 24.
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Multiplication is performed before addition.
Thus, 3 × 4 = 12 and 5 + 12 = 17.
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The operation inside parentheses is completed first.
Then 12 ÷ 3 = 4.
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Every term is multiplied by 2.
Therefore, 56 × 2 = 112.
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The successive increases are 3, 4, 5, and 6.
The next increase is 7, so 28 + 7 = 35.
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The amounts subtracted are 9, 16, and 25, which are 3², 4², and 5².
Subtracting the next square, 6² = 36, gives 50 - 36 = 14.
