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

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

1 - a/b

Column B

b - a/b

b ≠ 0

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

Twice the age of son is 4 year more than the age of his father. What is the age of the son if father is of 40?

• 22 A
• 20 B
• 18 C
• 16 D
• 14 E

If x² - y² = 16 and x² + y² = 34, which of the following could be the value of xy ?

i. 15

ii. -15

iii. 45

• only 1 A
• only 2 B
• 1 and 2 only C
• 3 only D

The average of even integers from 2 to 100 inclusive is:

• 49 A
• 52 B
• 51 C
• 50 D

If the angles of a hexagon are in the ratio 2 : 4 : 4 : 4 : 5 : 5, what is the degree measure of the smallest angle ?

• 30 A
• 60 B
• 40 C
• 70 D

The chairs in the school hall can be set out in 35 equal rows or in 45 equal rows or in 105 equal rows are:

• 600 A
• 400 B
• 40 C
• 80 D

The area of the sector which contains an angle of 60^o of circle of radius 7 cm, is:

• 25 2/3 cm² A
• 27 2/3 cm² B
• 41 cm² C
• √3 5/28 cm² D

If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is increased by:

• 14% A
• 120% B
• 144% C
• 40% D

If 5 years are added to a man present age and that age is tripled, he will be 84. What is his present age ?

• 18 A
• 23 B
• 32 C
• 54 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 + .5

Column B

2p/4 + 1

• 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

1/√5

Column B

√5/5

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D 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

What is the average of first hundred natural numbers ?

• 50 A
• 50.5 B
• 49.5 C
• 100 D

In an vitro study, 160 white cats were injected with saltx. 160 other white cats were injected with placebo. In two weeks, 39% of the white cats, who were injected with SaltX showed symtoms of Kay fever? Hence, it can be concluded that Kay fever is caused by some elements similar to the elements in SaltX.Q:Which of the following would most strengthen the argument above?

• Some of the elements in SaltX are extracted from the root of a certain polsonous herb of Hunzaroot of a certain poisonous herb of Hunza A
• The blood test of the victims of Kay fever revealed the presence of a toxic element in their blood, normally found in salt X B
• Almost all the white cats died within two days after the first symptom appeared C
• Normally the rate of Kay fever among white cats is less than 0.01% D
• Within two weeks, about 40% of the white cats, who were injected with placebo, also contracted Kay fever E

• 50 A
• 20 B
• 35 C
• 10 D

What is the average of x, y and z ? If x + y = 5, y + z = 8 and x + z = 11.

• 11/3 A
• 1/2 B
• 13/5 C
• 4 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

• 45^o A
• 36^o B
• 46^o C
• 35^o D

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

• 0 A
• 1 B
• y C
• 2x 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 product of the integers.

Column B
The average of the integers.

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D 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

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

What is the least of three consecutive integers whose sum is 18?

• 2 A
• 3 B
• 4 C
• 5 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

100/4¹⁰⁰

Column B

100/4¹⁰⁰

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If x > y, then (x - y)(x + y) is :

• equal to (x-y)(x-y) A
• less than (x-y(x-y) B
• greater than (x-y)(x-y) C
• options A and C D

Two trains start simultaneously towards each other from two points A and B separated by a distance of 1200 miles.Train leaving A moves at an average speed of 80 miles per hour while train leaving B moves at an average speed of 120 miles per hour. After how much time will both trains meet and what distance would be covered by the train leaving A by then?

• 15 hours, 1200 miles A
• 10 hours, 800 miles B
• 6 hours, 480 miles C
• 12 hours, 960 miles D

If at - b = c - dt, what is the value of t in terms of a, b, c and d ?

• b-c/a-d A
• a/b B
• c/d C
• b+c/a+d D

• 80 A
• 110 B
• 100 C
• 95 D

For how many integer values of g is 6<3g<12?

• Four A
• Three B
• Two C
• One D