GATE 2011 GA

1. GATE 2011
GENERAL
APTITUDE

2. Which of the following
options is closest in
meaning to the word given
below:
Inexplicable
A) incomprehensible
B ) indelible
C) inextricable
D) infallible

3. Once there was a
fox.
It considered itself
to be infallible.
It was very
haughty and
conceited.

4. It happened to pass
by a vine yard.
The big bunches of
grapes hanging from
the vines left an
indelible impression
on its mind.

5. The picture of the
bunches of grapes
became an
inextricable part of
the thoughts in the
mind of the fox. It was
unable to think of
anything else.

6. The fox started
having an
inexplicable
desire to eat those
grapes that it had
seen.

7. It went to the
vineyard, but was
unable to reach the
grapes.
The idea that the grapes
were too high to be
pulled down was
incomprehensible to the
fox.

8. Finally the fox
realized that all its
attempts to pluck the
grapes were futile.
The proud fox told
itself, “these grapes
are sour” and walked
away.

9. The word closest in
meaning to
Inexplicable
is
Incomprehensible