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

What is the average of first hundred natural numbers ?

• 50 A
• 50.5 B
• 49.5 C
• 100 D

• 2 A
• 4 B
• 2√2 C
• 4√2 D

What is the smallest number which when subtracted form 1.00060219 gives a perfect square number ?

• 0.00210 A
• 210 B
• 0.00000210 C
• 0.210 D

What is 10% of 30% of 40% ?

• 0.12% A
• 0.012% B
• 12% C
• 1.2% D

When I arrived at the college last week, the behavior of the students was so poor that I was shocked. The student population is completely lacking in good social skills.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above conclusion?

• Students on boarding are often rude A
• Students of sciences are often rude B
• Social skills should not be expected of college students C
• The enrolment in an ordinary college is more than 10,000, even in a small city in Pakistan D

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

• 4/π A
• 1/1 B
• 2/3 C
• 1/2 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

What is the probability that a two-digit number selected at random will be a multiple of '3' and not a multiple of '5'?

• 2/15 A
• 4/15 B
• 1/15 C
• 4/90 D

The average of five numbers is 54. If three of the numbers are 26, 28 and 30, what is the average of the other two ?

• 91 A
• 93 B
• 54 C
• 186 D

Saira weights 25 pounds more than Umbar. If together they weigh 205 pounds, what is the weight of Saira ?

• 90 A
• 105 B
• 115 C
• 135 D

If Myra had bowling scores of b + 6, b - 2, b + 4, and b - 5, what must she score in the next game to get an overall average of b + 2?

• b + 7 A
• b - 3 B
• b + 3 C
• b - 7 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 statements would most seriously weaken the above discussion?

• People suffering from Kay fever are the victims of the golden viper of Sindh A
• One among the 160 white cats had already showed symptoms of Kay fever prior to the experiment B
• The natural habitats of white cats does not contain any of the elements found in Salt X C
• The 160 white cats used in the experiment were kept isolated from each other D

A German class has 12 boys and 18 girls. What is the fraction of the class boys ?

• 1/6 A
• 3/5 B
• 2/3 C
• 4/15 D

• 50 A
• 75 B
• 25 C
• 65 D

• 2535 cm² A
• 2720 cm² B
• 3348 cm² C
• 628 cm² D

A and B do a job together in two hours.Working alone A does the job in 5 hours.How long will it take B to do the job alone?

• 2 hrs A
• 3 hrs B
• 1 hrs C
• 3 1/3 hrs 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

P

Column B

0

(pq = 0)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

Many people especially the experts in the field of forestry are against all forest fires. They demand that all forest fires should be extinguished and let the forest die out by their own. The study of forest fires show that in the long run, forest fires may in fact, be beneficial to the ecology as a whole.

Q:Among the following, which statement would logically follow from one of the observations referred to in the passage above?

• The reason of almost all forest fires is natural A
• Human beings try to extinguish the fire for gaining heat B
• Studies indicate that forest fires regularly occurred in the times prior to human occupation of forest areas C
• The animal and plant life destroyed by forest fires seldom represents endangered species D
• Occasionally, the small fire prevents a large scale fire by the accumulation of flammable materials E