GATE 2012 Life Sciences (XL) Question Papers with Answer Key PDFs (Offline) (February 12- Afternoon Session)

GATE 2012 Life Sciences (XL) Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs are available for download. GATE 2012 was conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.GATE 2012 XL Paper had a total of 65 questions conducted for a total of 100 marks. GATE 2012 XL Paper consisted of 55 questions from core discipline subject- Life Sciences and 10 questions from General Aptitude.

GATE 2012 Life Sciences (XL) Question Papers with Answer Key PDFs (Offline ) (February 12-Afternoon Session)

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GATE 2012 Life Sciences (XL) Question Paper Analysis

The detailed marks and paper pattern is mentioned below.

The question paper contains Seven sections: GA (General Aptitude), H (Chemistry), (Biochemistry), J (Botany), K (Microbiology), L (Zoology), and M (Food Technology).
Questions Q.1 – Q.10 belong to Section GA (General Aptitude) and carry a total of 15 marks.
Questions Q.1 – Q.5 carry 1 mark each, and questions Q.6 – Q.10 carry 2 marks each.
There are 15 questions carrying 25 marks in Section H (Chemistry), which is compulsory. Questions Q.1–Q.5 carry 1 mark each and questions Q.6–Q.15 carry 2 marks each.
Each of the other sections (Sections I through M) contains 20 questions carrying 30 marks. Questions Q.1–Q.10 carry 1 mark each and questions Q.11–Q.20 carry 2 marks each.

Subject	No. of Questions
Core Discipline	55
General Aptitude	10

GATE Previous Year Question Paper

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1.
In p-type semiconductor density of mobile holes exceeds that of conduction electrons. Hence, minority carriers in p -type semiconductor are conduction (free) electrons.

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2.
For the reaction, $H_{2} + I_{2} {\rightleftharpoons} 2HI, K= 47.6.$ If the initial number of moles of each reactant and product is 1 mole then at equilibrium

$\left[I_{2}\right]=\left[H_{2}\right], \left[I_{2}\right] > \left[HI\right]$
$({\frac{x^3}{9}})$
$\left[I_{2}\right]>\left[H_{2}\right], \left[I_{2}\right] = \left[HI\right]$
$\omega\propto\,n^{\frac{1}{3}}$

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3.
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4.
Franz looked for opportunities to skip school to do what?

water the plants
collect birds eggs

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5.
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6.
The points (-1, –2), (1, 0), (-1, 2), (-3, 0) form a quadrilateral of type:

Square
Rectangle

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Women	900
sc	900
pwd	900

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GATE 2012 Life Sciences (XL) Question Papers with Answer Key PDFs (Offline) (February 12- Afternoon Session)