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

A square lawn having area 0.25 sq km has to be enclosed with iron railings at the rate of Rs. 10100 per metre. What will be its cost ?

• Rs. 20200 A
• Rs. 2000 B
• Rs. 202000 C
• Rs. 100100 D

A dealer bought an ornamental jar for Rs. 7,000 and after some days sold it for Rs. 21,000. By what percent did the value of jar increase ?

• 300 A
• 200 B
• 150 C
• 20 D

If (36)(?)(7) - 21 then? equals

• 21/43 A
• 1/42 B
• 1/12 C
• 1/11 D

A triangle has sides, 5 inches, 12 inches and 13 inches, respectively, A rectangle equal in area to that of the triangle has width of 4 inches. The perimeter of the rectangle, expressed in inches, is:

• 23 A
• 28 B
• 60 C
• 32 D

Rizwana has never received a violation ticket from the traffic police during her 10-year driving experience. Rizwana must be a great driver.

Q:Which of the following can be said about the reasoning above?

• Rizwana is a slow driver A
• Rizwana's brother is in Pakistan naval forces at a high rank, so police do not issue ticket to her B
• Rizwana has high tech car C
• More information is required to give the argument D

A recipe requires 13 gram of sugar and 18 gram of flour. If only 100 gram of sugar is used, how much flour, to the nearest gram, should be used ?

• 16 A
• 13 B
• 14 C
• 17 D

• 100^o A
• 60^o B
• 30^o C
• 110^o 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

The surface area of a cube is 180, its volume is:

• 125 A
• 30 B
• 164 C
• 30√30 D

(a + b)(a - b) =

• a(a - b) - b(a - b) A
• a(b - a) + b(a - b) B
• a(a + b) - b(b + a) C
• a(a - b) + b(b - a) 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 amount of rain that falls in 1 month in Punjab.

Column B

The amount of rain that falls in 2 months in Punjab.

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

Munir was born on August 14, 1934 and died on February 28, 1999. What was his age, in years, at the time of his death ?

• 64 A
• 65 B
• 66 C
• 68 D

The Positive difference between k and 1/8 is same as the positive difference between 1/2 and 1/3. Which of the following could be the value of K?

• 1/7 A
• 7/24 B
• 23/24 C
• 1/6 D

The sum of integers p and q is 352. The units digits of p is 0. If p is divided by 10, the result is equal to q, what is the value of p ?

• 30 A
• 230 B
• 320 C
• 32 D

• 4 A
• 4.5 B
• 6 C
• 1.5 D

• 20^o A
• 70^o B
• 100^o C
• 110^o D

Jafer drew a square. He then erased it and drew a second square whose sides were 3 times the sides of the first square. By what percent was the area of the square increased ?

• 300% A
• 800% B
• 400% C
• 200% D

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

• 8 A
• 10 B
• 12 C
• 50 D

One sixth of a day is what part of the time between 3 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m Thursday of the same week?

• 1/10 A
• 1/18 B
• 1/15 C
• 1/12 D

Bus Company President: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever crashed or even had a serious malfunction. City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are no flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

Q:The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

• Characterizing the bus company president's assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts A
• Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president's interpretation of the word "dangerous" is too narrow B
• Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue C
• Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president's claim D

If 80 % application to a program were rejected, what is the ratio of the number accepted to the number rejected ?

• 1 : 4 A
• 4 : 1 B
• 1 : 8 C
• 3 : 8 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

5 ∇ 4

Column B

1/2 ∇ 2/5

x ∇ y = x/y + y/x

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

The product of √24a and √6a is:

• 12a A
• 6a² B
• 12a² C
• 3a√8 D

The smallest 4-digit number using 7, 0, 8 and 9 is:

• 0879 A
• 0789 B
• 0978 C
• 7890 D

If, in the class of 33, 3 are honor students, what part of the class are not honor students?

• 89/100 A
• 9/10 B
• 10/11 C
• 9/10 D

• 49 A
• 39 B
• 59 C
• 69 D

Uzma is 15 years old. Asma is one third older then Uzma. How many years ago when Asma was twice as old as Uzma is ?

• 5 A
• 12 B
• 15 C
• 10 D

• 33π A
• 24π B
• 25π C
• 11π D

Ahmed has a rectangular garden measuring 4.32m by 3.36m. He wants to divide it into square plots of equal size. What is largest sized square the can use?

• 0.24 A
• √3 B
• 0.48m C
• 0.16 D