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

If C is the circumference of a circle of radius r, then which of the following statement is true ?

• C/r < 6 A
• C/r = 6 B
• C/r >6 C
• C/r = π D

If 1 is added to the denominator of a fraction, it becomes (1/2) and if 1 is added to the numerator, the fraction becomes 1. The fraction is:

• 4/7 A
• 10/11 B
• 2/3 C
• 5/9 D

If a train travels 5/6 mile in 1 1/4 minutes,how many miles will it travel in 1 hour?

• 20 miles A
• 50 miles B
• 40 miles C
• 30 miles 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

In many hospitals, more and more monitoring is being carried out by automated equipment instead of humanemployees who previously carried out the work. This is done in an attempt to save hospital expenses. However, many employees who lose their jobs to automation will need government assistance to get by, and the same corporations that are laying people off will eventually pay for that assistance through increased taxes and unemployment insurance payments.

Q:Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the author's argument?

• Most of the new jobs created by automated equipment pay less than the jobs that were eliminated by automated equipment did A
• Many hospitals that have failed to automate have seen their profits decline B
• Unemployment insurance and taxes are paid also by corporations that are not automating C
• Many workers who have already lost their jobs to automated equipment have been unable to find new employment 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

Although the new cochleae manufactured by Medotech will cost more than twice as much as the cochlear implants now in use, Medotech implants should still be cost-effective. Not only will surgery and recovery time be reduced, but Medotech cochlear replacements should last longer, thereby reducing the need for further hospital stays.

Q:Which of the following must be studied in order to evaluate the argument presented above?

• The amount of time a patient spends in surgery versus the amount of time spent recovering from surgery.
  
  
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• The amount by which the cost of producing Medotech cochlear replacements has declined with the introduction of the new technique for producing them B
• The degree to which the use of Medotech cochlear replacements is likely to reduce the need for repeat surgery when compared with the use of the replacements now in use. C
• The degree to which the use of Medotech replacements are more carefully manufactured than are the replacements now in use 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

Of the following, which value of x produces the greatest value of f(x)?

• -2 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• 2 D
• 3 E

If x/y = -1, then x + y =

• 0 A
• 1 B
• y C
• 2x D

What percent of 1/2 is 5/4 ?

• 2.5 A
• 1.5 B
• 250 C
• 150 D

Although most of the lucrative jobs in Pakistan willequire a college degree, many of the new jobs require knowledge other than that gained in college or university. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communication, and mathematics play an important role in getting a job and developing a career.

Q:From the information given above it can be validly concluded that, in today's economy.

• Employment agencies should conduct communication and mathematics classes A
• All colleges and universities are worthless B
• People should train their children for technical work C
• Skills in reading, communication, and mathematics play an important role in developing a successful career D

Stock analyst: "We believe Company A's stock will appreciate at 35% a year for the next 5 to 7 years. Company A just became the leader in its industry and we expect its sales to grow at 8% a year." Commentator: "But how can the stock's price be expected to grow more quickly than the company's underlying sales?"

Q:Which of the following, if true, would best support the stock analyst's prediction?

• The company's expenses will be declining over the next 5 to 10 years A
• The company just won a patent on a new product B
• The 5 to 7 year time frame is too long for anyone to accurately forecast C
• Company A's industry peer group is expected to experience stock appreciation rates of 30% over the same time horizon D

Shockwave lithotripsy can be used to remove painful kidney stones. In contrast to surgery - the invasive procedure customarily used, extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy poses little risk to patients. Thus, to guarantee patient safety in the attempt treat kidney stones, extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy should replace kidney stone surgery in all cases.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most support the recommendation above?

• Kidney surgery can be used to treat other ailments of the kidneys other than kidney stones. A
• Extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy was designed primarily in order to diagnose kidney stones. B
• Kidney surgery can reveal more information about the cause of a stone than an extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy can. C
• An extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy is just as likely as kidney surgery to successfully remove a kidney stone D

If x/9 = 2/3, then x =

• 8/3 A
• 6 B
• 3 C
• 27/2 D

A circle whose center is at (3, 4) passes through the origin. Which of the following points is not on the circle ?

• (-1, 3) A
• (-1, 1) B
• (0, 0) C
• (7, 7) 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

3/8 of a number is 10. What is the number ?

• 91 A
• 81 B
• 23 C
• 27 D

If (p - 3)(p + 5) > (p - 3)(p + 8), what is the best description of p?

• p = 3 A
• -8 < p < -5 B
• p = { } C
• p < 3 D

• 28 - 2x A
• 4(14 - 4x) B
• 48 - 3x C
• 7(6 - 3x) D

If a line passes through the points (x, y) and (1/x, y), then its slope is

• 1/x A
• 0 B
• 1 - x² / x C
• 1 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

If x² + y² = 9 and (x - y)² = 3, what is the value of xy ?

• 16 A
• 9 B
• 6 C
• 3 D

Out of the 44 boys in a class, 9 are of the age of 10, 15 at the age of 9, and the rest are at the age of 5. Find the average age of the entire class.

• 7.85 A
• 8.75 B
• 12.2 C
• 14.35 D

A bag has 7 marbles, one of each of colours, green, blue, brown, yellow, red, white and pink. If 6 marbles are removed from the bag, what is the probability that the red one was removed ?

• 1/7 A
• 4/3 B
• 2/7 C
• 6/7 D

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

• 2 A
• 3 B
• -2 C
• -3 D

Ayesha completed questions 4 - 18 of a mathematics exercise in 30 minutes. At this rate, how long, in minutes, will it take her to complete questions 27 - 55 ?

• 59 A
• 29 B
• 30 C
• 58 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

Parents of some of the children in a particular class have claimed that the teacher is not objective and favors his male students with higher grades. But the record showed that 92% of the female students received apassing grade in this teacher's class. This record demonstrates that the teacher has not discriminated against women when assigning grades.

Q:The argument,above is flawed in that it ignored the possibility that.

• A large number of the teacher's student were in his class the previous year A
• Many teachers find it difficult to be objective when assigning grades to male and female students B
• The evidence shows that more than 92% of the female students should have received a passing grade C
• The majority of tests written by female students and that have been rechecked by another teacher were given a higher grade by the second teacher 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