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

A triangle has sides, 5 inches, 12 inches and 13 inches, respectively, A rectangle equal in area to that of the triangle has width of 4 inches. The perimeter of the rectangle, expressed in inches, is:

• 23 A
• 28 B
• 60 C
• 32 D

If 10 tractors are needed to plow a field in 4 hours, how many tractors are needed to plow the field in 5 hours?

• 32 A
• 4 B
• 16 C
• 8 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

Three business partners shares have profit of Rs. 24000 in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. What is the amount of the least share ?

• 6000 A
• 8000 B
• 10,000 C
• 1200 D

A man bought 20 used laptops at $200 each, 9 at $300 each, and 6 at $100 each. Find the average price per laptops

• $250.55 A
• $208.57 B
• $400.50 C
• $380 D

• Area of ΔPOR > Area of ΔORS A
• Area of ΔPOR = Area of ΔORS B
• Area of ΔORS > Area of ΔPOR C
• ΔPOR ≡ ΔORS D

In All Pakistan Weight Lifting competition in Multan, double of first lift of Mr. Sahiwal was 150 kilograms more than his second lift and the sum of two lifts was 375 kilograms. What was the weight of his first lift?

• 300 A
• 350 B
• 175 C
• 100 D

The total number of even prime numbers is:

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• None of these D

The smallest even number of three digits is:

• 98 A
• 102 B
• 998 C
• 100 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

x⁴ x⁵

Column B

(x³)²

(x>0)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

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

The Positive difference between k and 1/8 is same as the positive difference between 1/2 and 1/3. Which of the following could be the value of K?

• 1/7 A
• 7/24 B
• 23/24 C
• 1/6 D

If 2m= 4x and 2w= 8x, what is m in terms of w?

• w - 1 A
• w + 1 B
• 2w - 1 C
• 2w + 1 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

How many odd numbers of three digits each can be formed from the digits 2, 4, 6, and 7 if repetition of digits is permitted?

• 6 A
• 27 B
• 24 C
• 16 D

Abdullah Sheikh, senior sales officer in a multinational, has trained many top salespeople in his company, including seven who have become the top salespersons in their regions and three who have won the top salesperson award. Although there is an art to selling, Mr. Sheikh's success at training top salespeople shows that the skills required to become a top salesperson can be both taught and learned.

Q:The argument above depends on which one of the following assumptions?

• Mr Sheikh does not teach the hard-sell method. Nor does he teach the "I'll-be-your friend" method. Instead, he stresses the professional-client relationship A
• More than 50% of the people trained by Mr. Sheikh went on to become successful sales people B
• One of the successful salespeople who trained under Mr Sheikh was not an accomplished salesperson before learning the Sheikh's Method C
• There is a large and expanding industry dedicated to training salespeople D

A class of 30 girls and 40 boys sponsored a mango party. If 60 percent of the girls and 25 percent of the boys went on the party, what percent of the class went on the party?

• 30% A
• 35% B
• 50% C
• 40% D

Many people claim that advertisements of alcoholic drinks influence young people to start drinking socially. In Iceland, however, where there has been a ban on the advertisement of alcoholic beverages since 1982, drinking is at least as prevalent among young people as it is in countries that do not have a similar ban.

Q:Which of the following statements draws the most reliable conclusion from the information above?

• Advertising does not play a role in causing young people to start or continue drinking A
• Advertisements of alcoholic drinks cannot be the only factor that affects the prevalence of drinking among young people B
• Banning advertisements of alcoholic drinks does not. reduce the consumption of alcoholic drinks C
• More youths drink if they are not exposed to advertisements of alcoholic drinks than if they are 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