GAT-A Business and Engineering Quantitative MCQ's Test Preparation for Pakistani Students

The average height of five men is 68 inches.If one man is 70 inches tall and three others have an average of 67 inches, the height of the fifth man, in inches, is

• 68 A
• 69 B
• 70 C
• 71 D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

(2)^N

Column B

(-2)^N+1

N is a positive integer

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

The average income of a family of 6 members is Rs. 5000. The income of two of them is Rs.12000. What is income of the remaining 3 persons?

• 120000 A
• 90000 B
• 5000 C
• 18000 D

If x is a positive number, then 50 percent 10x equals

• 2x A
• 4x B
• 20x C
• 5 x D

What is the area of a circle whose radius is the diagonal of square whose area is 9?

• √3 π A
• 12π B
• 4π C
• 13π D

Asim had an average of 60 on his first four math tests. After taking the next test, his average dropped to 58. Find his recent test grade.

• 40 A
• 50 B
• 48 C
• 32 D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

Ab

Column B

a/b

a = - 2/3 and b = 3/5

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank?

• 300 A
• 750 B
• 250 3/4 C
• 333 1/3 D

In his wardrobe, Tahir has 3 trousers.One of them is black, the second blue, and the third brown. In his wardrobe, he also has 4 shirts. One of them is black and other 3 are white. He open his wardrobe in the dark and picks out one shirt - trouser pair, without examining the color. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt the trouser is black?

• 1/12 A
• 1/6 B
• 1/4 C
• 1/3 D
• 1/2 E

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

The average (arithmetic mean) of 2x and 2y

Column B

180^o

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

A total of 60 drawing note books were sold. If 20 percent of the first 20 sold were in color, 40 percent of the next 30 sold were in color, and 80 percent of the last 10 sold were in color, what percent of the 60 note books were in color?

• 30%
  A
• 40% B
• 60% C
• 20% D

How many three-digit number have only even digits ?

• 48 A
• 58 B
• 500 C
• 300 D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

y/x

Column B

x/y - 1

x = 2y

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 22.9π A
• 22.4π B
• 60π C
• 62.3π D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

a

Column B

b

(82a = 43b)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 70 A
• 45 B
• 40 C
• 65 D

If the base of a rectangle is increased by 40% and its altitude is decreased by 20% then its area is:

• decreased by 20% A
• increased by 12% B
• decreased by 12% C
• increased by 16% D

Ayesha and Bisma together have $20. Bisma and Adnan together have $16. Ayesha and Adnan together have $24. What is the smallest number of dollars that any girl has alone?

• 4 A
• 6 B
• 10 C
• 24 D

If 5/6n = 60, then 1/6n = ?

• 8 A
• 10 B
• 12 C
• 50 D

• 35 A
• 25 B
• 27 C
• 50 D

In a squash tournament that has 75 entrants, a player is eliminated whenever he loses a match. How many matches will be played in the entire tournament ?

• 74 A
• 18 B
• 34 C
• 36 D

• 60 A
• 40 B
• 24 C
• 36 D

The average number of goals a team has scored in 7 matches is 8. They averaged 10 goals for the first 3 matches and they scored 5 goals in each of the next tow matches. What is the average score of the last two matches ?

• 5 goals A
• 4 goals B
• 6 goals C
• 8 goals D

If x = 235 and y  = 117, then x² - y²/x-y = ?

• 118 A
• 100 B
• 115 C
• 352 D

The total number of eighths in 3 3/4 is:

• 15 A
• 54 B
• 30 C
• 24 D

6/6 × 6/12 × 6/18 × 6/24 × 6/30 equals:

• 1/120 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/30 C
• 1 D
• None of these E

A small furniture store uses a software program called Blaze to do its basic bookkeeping. There is good reason to believe that the accounting it provides is inaccurate. Several times when the accounts were carefully calculated by a bookkeeper using an adding machine, the resulting total differed from the total the computer gave.

Q:The furniture store manager's reasoning relies on which of the following assumptions?

• The criteria that the computer uses in determining what items are included in the accounting of a particular month differ from the criteria the bookkeeper uses
  A
• The inaccuracy of the computer's accounting does not result from a malfunction of the computer itself
  B
• It would be possible to modify the computer so that it calculated the store's accounts more accurately.
  C
• A careful calculation by the bookkeeper using an adding machine is unlikely to be less accurate than the computer's accounting
  D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

√18/7 + √18

Column B

7

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

pq

Column B

1

(p + q = 1)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If P represents the area and W represents the circumference of the circle, then P in terms of W is:

• 2π/W A
• 4π²/W B
• 2π²/W² C
• W²/4π D