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

A local board of education has decided to allow its Urdu teachers more freedom to customize the curriculum for their classes. The teachers can edit out those sections of the curriculum they are not interested in and add material of their own choosing.

Q:The widespread use of the option mentioned above is LEAST likely to contribute to fulfilling which of the following educational objectives?

• Coverage of material relevant to a particular a student specific needs A
• Coverage of basic grammatical structures and the exceptions to these grammatical structures B
• Ensuring that students nationwide engaged in a specific course of study are uniformly exposed to a basic set of readings C
• Making the textbooks used in classes more satisfactory from the individual teacher's point of view 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

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 remainder when a positive integer is divided by 5.

Column B

5

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If 20x + 20y = 70, what is the average of x and y ?

• 7/2 A
• 7 B
• 7/4 C
• 4/7 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

Find the greatest number of 4 digits which when divided by 18,24,30 and 36 leaves a remainder 17 in each case.

• 360 A
• 9360 B
• 3600 C
• 9377 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

What is the probability of getting all six in a single throw of three unbiased dice?

• 1/6 A
• 125/216 B
• 1/36 C
• 1/216 D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

Certain upgrades need to be made on each of the computers owned by Sami Publishers. The work of upgrading their 20 computers is mentally taxing. Employees are using the computers during the day, making it difficult for the computer technician to coordinate the block of time needed to work on each computer. Therefore, the most efficient time to upgrade the computers is between ten o'clock p.m. and eighto'clock a.m. when the computers are free.

Q:Which of the following, if true, argues most strongly against the view that upgrades could be done more efficiently by scheduling them at night?

• Energy costs in businesses are greatly lower at night than they are during the day A
• More blackouts occur between midnight and eight o'clock in the morning than at any other time B
• Over the course of a year, the company's computers will require periodical checks and upkeep C
• Mental alertness is lower in the late night than during the day, especially in people not accustomed to working at night D

If circumference of a circle is 3π, then its area is:

• 7π/2 A
• 9π² B
• 4π² C
• 9π/4 D

If the ratio of x and y is 11/3, what is the value of 2x to y ?

• 11/6 A
• 22/6 B
• 22/3 C
• 11/5 D

In some cities, many potters have been winning acclaim as artists. But since pottery must be useful, potters must exercise their craft with an eye to the practical utility of their product. For this reason, pottery is not an art.

Q:Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the reason given for that conclusion?

• Some plates, bowl and vessels are made to be placed in museums where they will not be used by anyone A
• Some potters are more concerned than ()filers with the practical utility of the products they produce B
• Potters should be more concerned with the practical utility of their products than they currently are C
• An object is not an art object if its maker pays attention to the objects' practical utility 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

x

Column B

y

x and y are positive

1/x = 1 + 1/y

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If x - 5 = 9, what is the value of x² - 5 ?

• 196 A
• 191 B
• 16 C
• 11 D

In figure 2, what is the perimeter of ΔBED ?

• 3 + √93 A
• 11 B
• 11 + √97 C
• 81 D

A man bought 20 used laptops at $200 each, 9 at $300 each, and 6 at $100 each. Find the average price per laptops

• $250.55 A
• $208.57 B
• $400.50 C
• $380 D

The value of x²+ 5x + 6 at x = 2 is?

• 2 A
• 20 B
• 40 C
• 10 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

• 125 sq.cm A
• 150.72 sq.cm B
• 64 sq.cm C
• 56 sq.cm D

• 50 A
• 75 B
• 25 C
• 65 D

What percent of the students who failed the exam would have had to pass it, in order for percent of students passing the exam to be at least 77% out of 500 ?

• 15% A
• 21% B
• 23% C
• 27% D

What is the least positive integer which is to be added to 57592910 so that the sum may be a perfect square ?

• 7588 A
• 7 B
• 11 C
• 15166 D

• 100^o A
• 60^o B
• 80^o C
• 40^o D

The height of a triangle of base 3 cm and area 9 cm² is:

• 6 cm A
• 9 cm B
• 18 cm C
• 22 cm D

In an examination, Rizwana has more marks than that of Fauzia. Shugufta hasfewermarks than that of Zahid. Fauzia and Abid have more marks than that of Shugufta.

Q:If the above is true, which of the following most also be true?

• Fauzia has fewer marks than that of Shugulta A
• Rizwana has more points than that of Shugufta B
• Fauzia has fewer points than that of Zahid C
• Zahid has more points than that of Rizwana 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

z

Column B

y

The average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is greater than the average of x and z..

• 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

P

Column B

0

(pq = 0)

• 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