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

In a school of 820 students, 55% are boys. The number of girls and the number of boys are:

• 369 boys, 451 girls A
• 281 boys, 539 girls B
• 539 boys, 281 girls C
• 451 boys, 369 girls D

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

5/8 of 24 is equal to 15/7 of what number ?

• 15 A
• 105 B
• 35 C
• 7 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 average (arithmetic mean) of 3,4 and 5

^{Column B}

The average (arithmetic mean) of 2,3,7 and 8

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If 2x + 5y = 18 and x = 4 then what is the value of y?

• 2 A
• 3 B
• 4 C
• 5 D

How many whole bricks 6 × 12 × 24 cm³ will be sufficient to construct a solid cube of minimum size ?

• 4 A
• 6 B
• 8 C
• 12 D

• 2.6π A
• 5.5π B
• 7.6π C
• 1/2 π D

The tanneries claim that chemical waste dumps pose no threat to people living near them. If this is true, then why do they locate the plants in sparsely populated regions? By not locating the chemical dumps in densely populated areas the tanneries tacitly admits that these chemicals are potentially dangerous to the people living nearby.

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

• Funding through the environmental Super Fund to clean up poorly run waste dumps is reserved for rural areas only A
• Until chemical dumps are proven 100% safe, it would be imprudent to locate them were they could potentially do the most harm. B
• Locating the dumps in sparsely populated areas is less expensive and involves less government red tape C
• The potential for chemicals to leach into the water table has in the past been underestimated D
• People in cities are more likely to site the industry if their health is harmed by the drumps E

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

What percent of p is q ?

• q/p A
• p/q B
• 100q/p C
• 100p/q 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

• 30 A
• 45 B
• 40 C
• 35 D

If it takes 10 minutes to walk 3/7 mile, how many minutes will it take to walk the rest of the mile?

• 2 1/3 A
• 13 1/3 B
• 4 2/7 C
• 30 D

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

• 21/43 A
• 1/42 B
• 1/12 C
• 1/11 D

Two spinning machines A and B can together produce 300,000 meters of cloth in 10 hours. If machine B alone can produce the same amount of cloth in 15 hours, how much cloth can machine A produce alone in 10 hours?

• 200,000 meters A
• 100,000 meters B
• 150,000 neters C
• 50,000 meters D
• 250,000 meters E

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

There are 28 players in a college cricket team. What is the probability that at least 3 of them have their birthday in the same month ?

• 0 A
• 1/5 B
• 1 C
• 1/2 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 + b

Column B

15

(a and b are positive integers ab = 21)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If 7 apples cost y cents, how many apples will x dollars buy?

• x/7y A
• 7x/y B
• 7x/100y C
• 700x/y 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

Health club membership has increased dramatically over the last five years. In order to take advantage of this increase, Fitness Express plans to open more of the same types of classes available during the week, while continuing its already very extensive advertising in newspapers and on the radio.

Q: Which of the following if true, provides most support for the view that Fitness Express cannot increase membership on its gyms by adopting the plan outlined above?

• Although it fills of the classes it opens, Fitness Express's share of all health club memberships has declined over the last five years A
• Fitness Express number of classes offered to their clients has declined slightly over the last year B
• Advertising has made the name of Fitness Express widely known, but few customers know that Fitness Express health clubs also off acupuncture and shiatsu treatments C
• Despite a slight decline in membership price, sales of Fitness Express memberships have fallen in the last five years D

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

• 91 A
• 81 B
• 23 C
• 27 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

0

Column B

p

1/p < 1

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If A(-2, 3) and B(5, -1) are the endpoints of one side of a square ABCD, what is the area of the square ?

• 20 A
• 65 B
• 30 C
• 35 D

The solution of the inequality -1 < 5x - 6 ≤ 4 in whole number is

• 1 A
• 2 B
• 4 C
• 5 D

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

• 0879 A
• 0789 B
• 0978 C
• 7890 D

What is the area of the parallelogram ABCD ?

• 24 A
• 21 B
• 29 C
• 28 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

0/√8

Column B

1

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

More sports journals are sold in Horn by than in Milston. Therefore, the residents of Horn by are better informed about major sporting events than are the residents or Milston.

Q:Each of the following, if true, weakens the cor clu,on above EXCEPT:

• Horn by has a larger population than Milston A
• Most residents of Milston work in Horn by and buy their reading material there B
• The average newsstand price of journals sold in Horn C
• None of these D

An oil burner in a housing development burns 76 gallons of fuel oil per hour. At 9 A.M on a very cold day, the superintendent asks the housing manager to put in an emergency order for more fuel oil.At that time,he reports that he has on hand 266 gallons. At noon, he again comes to the manager, notifying him that no oil has been delivered. The maximum amount of time that he can continue to furnish heat without receiving more oil is

• 1/2 hr A
• 1 hr B
• 1 1/2 hr C
• 2 hr D