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

A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it is a multiple of either 3 or 13?

• 17/30 A
• 2/5 B
• 11/30 C
• 4/15 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 number of primes that are divisible by 2.

Column B

The number of primes that are divisible by 5.

• 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

Two-fifth of a certain number is 30. What is the number ?

• 75 A
• 25 B
• 90 C
• 150 D

Acme brand aspirin claims to be the best headache relief available on the market today. To prove this claim, Acme called 10 people and asked them their thoughts on headache relief products. All 10 of them stated that they . unequivocally use Acme brand aspirin on a regular basis and that they believe it to be the best headache relief available on the market today.

Q:Which of the following would most weaken this argument?

• Acme brand aspirin is highly addictive A
• The 10 people called were spouses of Acme employees B
• Most people choose to suffer silently through their headaches and take no medicines whatsoever C
• The 10 people called own stock in a competing company D

if 5/x, 8/x and 13/x are all in lowest terms. Then how many integers, x between 30 and 40 ?

• 5 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• 3 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^x

x > 1

x ≠ y

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If 3x + 17 = 9 - x, what is the value of x ?

• 2 A
• 3 B
• -2 C
• -3 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

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• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If the length of a rectangle is 4 times its width, and if its area is 196, what is its perimeter ?

• 60 A
• 28 B
• 35 C
• 70 D

If a = 1 and 1 > b > 0, then which of the following statement is true ?

• a = b A
• b > a B
• 1/b > a C
• 1/a < b D

• x only A
• y only B
• x and y only C
• y and z only D

• Number of students taking math is equal to the number of students taking astronomy. A
• Number of students taking math is less than the number of students taking astronomy. B
• Number of students taking math is greater than the number of students taking astronomy. C
• Cannot find from the given information. D

If 3x + 9 = 18, what is the value of x + 3 ?

• 3 A
• 6 B
• -3 C
• 36 D

If 15 workers can paint a certain number of houses in 24 days, how many days will 40 workers take, working at the same rate, to do the same job ?

• 12 days A
• 18 days B
• 15 days C
• 9 days D

What is the value of the function k(x) = x²-2 when x = 7?

• 5 A
• 9 B
• 45 C
• 47 D
• 51 E

If it takes 4 days for 3 machines to do a certain job, how many days are required to complete the job by two machines?

• 6 days A
• 2 days B
• 5 days C
• 3 days D

Four people are asked to stand in a straight line. In how many different orders can they line up?

• 12 A
• 16 B
• 24 C
• 6 D

Many people do not read the books they purchase. For example, seventeen percent of college students in Pakistan have text books, but only forty-five percent of them read more than once a year, and only seventeen percent read more than once a week.

Q:Which of the following, if true, casts doubt on the claim that most people read the books they purchase?

• Regular book readers are most susceptible to eye diseases A
• Readers often exaggerate about their book reading B
• Many people buy books to pretend themselves as a scholar C
• The sale of novels is more than that of other types 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

6√8/√2

Column B

10

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 50 A
• 75 B
• 25 C
• 65 D

t is an integer greater than 5. The expression that must represent an odd integer is

• t(t + 1) A
• 3t - 1 B
• t² C
• 2t - 3 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

4/7 of x

Column B

0

(2/5 of x equals 5/4 of x)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 7 A
• 15 B
• 25 C
• 35 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

A worker is paid R rupees per hours for the first 8 hours daily. For every hour after the first 8 hours, she is paid S rupees per hour. If she works 12 hours in one day, what is her average hourly for the day ?

• 8R + S A
• 8R + 4S/4 B
• 12R - 8S/4 C
• 2R + S/3 D

If 5x > 2 and 12/2 x ≤ 4, list all the possible integral values of x ?

• 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 A
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 B
• 2, 3 C
• 1 D

The cube of 1/2 is:

• 1/4 A
• 1/8 B
• 1/2 C
• 1/16 D

A legislator proposes that communities should therefore be required to adopt filtering systems and to reach the target of filtering 50 percent of all tap water within 5 years.

Q:Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the advisability of implementing the proposal?

• Existing filtering systems programs have been private and voluntary, with citizen participation ranging from 25 percent in some communities to 70 percent in others A
• Existing filtering programs have been restricted to the tap water that is ingested by humans B
• Existing filtering programs have had recurrent difficulties selling their filtering systems privately usually because the quantities filtered are too smallto be affordable for most families C
• Some of the materials filtered out of the water are materials that can be used for other purposes
  D
• 
  E