Research in the workplace reveals that people work for many reasons …
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GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 · Q57
MCQ1 markEasy
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Research in the workplace reveals that people work for many reasons _______.
Select one answerSingle correct
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Official answer: D) besides money
Verbal AptitudeBesides is a preposition meaning *"in addition to"* or *"apart from"*.
Beside means *"next to"* or *"at the side of"*.
The sentence intends to convey that people work for many reasons in addition to / other than money. Therefore, the prepositional phrase besides money is grammatically correct and meaningful.
Hence, the correct option is (D).
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Examiner trap
The misconception this question tests
Distinguish between 'beside' (meaning next to) and 'besides' (meaning in addition to).
This Verbal Aptitude previous year question is Q57 of the GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 paper. Find more GATE CSE PYQs on Verbal Aptitude in General Aptitude, or browse all GATE CSE PYQs.
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Verbal Aptitude in GATE CSE
Verbal Aptitude has 41 GATE CSE PYQs across 13 papers from 2011 to 2026. 29 of them are 1-mark MCQs like this one, and GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 has 3.
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