General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude
Official IIT answer key · IISc Bangalore · Audited Aug 2026
GATE CSE 2024 Set 1 Q6 · MCQ · 2 marks
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Verbal Aptitude in GATE CS evaluates functional English grammar, vocabulary relationships, coherent text sequencing, and formal/informal logical reasoning. Over recent exam editions, the section has shifted from basic dictionary definitions to structural and relational verbal questions, such as semantic intensity gradations and formal propositional logic posed as everyday English statements. Most questions are standard 1-mark or 2-mark single-choice questions (MCQs) testing objective deduction without ambiguous interpretation.
Full Verbal Aptitude guide →In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)–(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks. Steve was advised to keep his head … (i) … before heading … (ii) … to bat; for, while he had a head … (iii) … batting, he could only do so with a cool head … (iv) … his shoulders.
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