GAT-B Arts, Humanities and Social Science Quantitative MCQ's Test Preparation for Pakistani Students

• p = 180 + q A
• q = 30 + p B
• p = 90 + q C
• p = 60 - q D

A man present age is x years. If his age in 8 years will be 4/5 of what it will be in 20 years, then his present age is:

• 45 A
• 25 B
• 30 C
• 40 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 cylinder and the cube have the same volume, if the height, h, of that cylinder is equal to the edge e of the cube, the radius of the cylinder is:

• √π/h A
• π/h B
• h/√π C
• 2π/h D

If the ratio of boys and girls in a class is 3 : 5 and the class contains 24 students, how many additional boys would have to enroll to make the ratio of boys to girls 1 : 1 ?

• 9 A
• 15 B
• 6 C
• 12 D

A car that gets 15 miles per gallon of gasoline can travel 250 miles on a full tank. If the same car got 20 miles per gallon, how many miles could it travel on a full tank?

• 300 A
• 750 B
• 250 3/4 C
• 333 1/3 D

The number of young adults that are illiterate has dropped significantly in a certain county over the last fifteen years. Education officials attribute this decrease entirely to improved conditions in the schools, which made for a better teaching environment, reducing the level of illiteracy.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the education officials' explanation for the lower incidence of the disease?

• Many similar improvements in school conditions have been made over the last twenty-five years in the county A
• Home-schooling has not been more prevalent among the illiterate as compared to people who are not illiterate B
• Because of a new assessment scale, many people who until this year would have been considered illiterate are now considered low-level readers C
• The same percentage of the population has been tested every year for the last 30 years 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

If a + b = 8, b + c = 9, and c + a = 11, what is the average of a, b and c ?

• 14/3 A
• 28/3 B
• 14/6 C
• 7/3 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

(3⁰)(9¹)

Column B

27

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

The product of two numbers is 2500. If their L.C.M is 125, then their H.C.F is:

• 20 A
• 250 B
• 125 C
• None of these D

If 8 is 4 percent of k, then k is 4 percent of:

• 5000 A
• 4000 B
• 800 C
• 80 D

• 30 A
• 45 B
• 40 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

3/2√6

Column B

√6/4

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A recipe requires 13 gram of sugar and 18 gram of flour. If only 100 gram of sugar is used, how much flour, to the nearest gram, should be used ?

• 16 A
• 13 B
• 14 C
• 17 D

If a square of area 3 is inscribed in a circle, then the area of the circle is:

• 9/4 π A
• 9π² B
• 3π C
• √3 π D

Sonia buys two off-cuts of ribbon in a sale. One is 153 cm long. The other is 204 cm long. She cuts them so that she ends up with a number of pieces all the same length. What is the greatest length each piece can be ?

• 39 A
• 6 B
• 17 C
• 51 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

Clarinet reeds often lose their freshness - become less responsive - after a few weeks of intense use. One clarinetist has hypothesized that a buildup of oil, rather than changes in the material properties of the reed, were responsible.

Q:Which of the following investigations is most likely to yield significant information that would help to evaluate the hypothesis?

• Determining what kind of wood is used to make the reeds used by jazz clarinetists A
• Determining whether jazz clarinetists make their reeds lose their freshness faster than do classical clarinetists B
• Determining whether identical lengths of reeds, of the same thickness, lose their freshness at different rates when put onto various brands of clarinets C
• Determining whether rubbing various substances on the new reed causes them to lose their freshness. D