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26 questions from GATE CS 2014 to 2026, newest first.
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GATE CS 2026 Set 1, Q.2
The figure shows two 4-tile patterns. Two 4-tile patterns: a 2 by 2 square of 4 tiles on the left, and a 4 by 1 vertical strip of 4 tiles on the right. Either one or both of the...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2026 Set 1, Q.7
In Panel I of the figure below, the front view and top view of a structure are shown. Which one of the 3D structures shown in Panel II possesses the views shown in Panel I? Pane...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2026 Set 2, Q.2
A black square has been cut into two parts. One part of it is shown in Panel I. Which one of the shapes in Panel II is the other part? Panel I shows a 6 by 6 square PQRS...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2025 Set 1, Q.5
According to the map shown in the figure, which one of the following statements is correct? Note: The figure shown is representative. Campus map showing 1st Main Road running No...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2025 Set 1, Q.9
A square paper, shown in figure (I), is folded along the dotted lines as shown in the figures (II) and (III). Then a few cuts are made as shown in figure (IV). Which one of the...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2025 Set 2, Q.4
The paper as shown in the figure is folded to make a cube where each square corresponds to a particular face of the cube. Which one of the following options correctly represents...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2025 Set 2, Q.9
In the given figure, PQRS is a square of side 2 cm and PLMN is a rectangle. The corner L of the rectangle is on the side QR. Side MN of the rectangle passes through the corner S...
Spatial Aptitude · Quantitative Aptitude
GATE CS 2024 Set 1, Q.9
A rectangular paper of is folded 3 times. Each fold is made along the line of symmetry, which is perpendicular to its long edge. The perimeter...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2024 Set 1, Q.10
The least number of squares to be added in the figure to make a line of symmetry is Horizontal dashed line AB with 6 unit squares: on the left, one square above AB a...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2024 Set 2, Q.9
A cube is to be cut into 8 pieces of equal size and shape. Here, each cut should be straight and it should not stop till it reaches the other end of the cube. The minimum number...
Spatial Aptitude · Analytical and Logical Reasoning
GATE CS 2023, Q.5
Looking at the surface of a smooth 3-dimensional object from the outside, which one of the following options is TRUE?
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2023, Q.10
Which one of the options best describes the transformation of the 2-dimensional figure P to Q, and then to R, as shown? Transformation of a 2D irregular 5-pointed star P via Ope...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2022, Q.5
A palindrome is a word that reads the same forwards and backwards. In a game of words, a player has the following two plates painted with letters. Two square letter plates showi...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2022, Q.9
The corners and mid-points of the sides of a triangle are named using the distinct letters P, Q, R, S, T and U, but not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following sta...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2022, Q.10
A plot of land must be divided between four families. They want their individual plots to be similar in shape, not necessarily equal in area. The land has equally spaced poles,...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2021 Set 1, Q.2 (GA Q.2)
A polygon is convex if, for every pair of points, and belonging to the polygon, the line segment lies completely inside or on the polygon. Which one of the followin...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2021 Set 1, Q.4 (GA Q.4)
A circular sheet of paper is folded along the lines in the directions shown. The paper, after being punched in the final folded state as shown and unfolded in the reverse order...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2021 Set 2, Q.2 (GA Q.2)
A transparent square sheet with a vertical dashed centerline. An inverted V chevron spans the bottom half. The left diagonal has two short vertical segments below it, and the ri...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2021 Set 2, Q.7 (GA Q.7)
A jigsaw puzzle piece with straight top and right boundary edges, and a stepped profile with tabs and indentations along its left and bottom boundaries. One of the two pieces of...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2020, Q.8 (GA Q.8)
The figure below shows an annular ring with outer and inner radii as and , respectively. The annular space has been painted in the form of blue colour circles touching th...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2019, Q.10 (GA Q.10)
Three of the five students allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden. Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will accommodat...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2017 Set 1, Q.65 (GA Q.65)
A contour line joins locations having the same height above the mean sea level. The following is a contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at 25 m interva...
Data Interpretation and Graphs · Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2017 Set 2, Q.65 (GA Q.10)
An air pressure contour line joins locations in a region having the same atmospheric pressure. The following is an air pressure contour plot of a geographical region. Contour li...
Data Interpretation and Graphs · Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2016 Set 1, Q.5 (GA Q.5)
A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in s...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2015 Set 2, Q.7 (GA Q.7)
Four branches of a company are located at and . is north of at a distance of 4 km; is south of at a distance of 2 km; is southeast of by 1...
Spatial Aptitude
GATE CS 2014 Set 1, Q.10 (GA Q.10)
When a point inside of a tetrahedron (a solid with four triangular surfaces) is connected by straight lines to its corners, how many (new) internal planes are created with these...
Spatial Aptitude