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

In some cities, many potters have been winning acclaim as artists. But since pottery must be useful, potters must exercise their craft with an eye to the practical utility of their product. For this reason, pottery is not an art.

Q:Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the reason given for that conclusion?

• Some plates, bowl and vessels are made to be placed in museums where they will not be used by anyone A
• Some potters are more concerned than ()filers with the practical utility of the products they produce B
• Potters should be more concerned with the practical utility of their products than they currently are C
• An object is not an art object if its maker pays attention to the objects' practical utility D

If (5^a)(5^b) = 5^c/5^d , what is d in terms of a, b and c ?

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

How many two-digit numbers are there which are divisible by 6 ?

• 17 A
• 18 B
• 16 C
• 15 D

What is the average of first hundred natural numbers ?

• 50 A
• 50.5 B
• 49.5 C
• 100 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

A chemical solution contains 8% of acid. If there is 15 ml of acid, what is the volume of the solution ?

• 125.5 ml A
• 187.5 ml B
• 225.5 ml C
• 171.5 ml D

Zahid has refused to work hard for the exam preparation; therefore, no more pocket money from his father should be provided to him.

Q:Which of the following is an assumption made in the argument above?

• Zahid is a dull student A
• Pocket money of his brother Abid is more B
• Money has no importance in Zahid's life C
• Zahid is a greedy boy, and demand more metay from his father 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

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

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

8 students in a class obtained 60%, 3 obtained 75%, 2 obtained 80% and 7 obtained 45% in a class test. What is the average marks ?

• 49% A
• 59% B
• 29% C
• 51% 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

In his wardrobe, Tahir has 3 trousers.One of them is black, the second blue, and the third brown. In his wardrobe, he also has 4 shirts. One of them is black and other 3 are white. He open his wardrobe in the dark and picks out one shirt - trouser pair, without examining the color. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt the trouser is black?

• 1/12 A
• 1/6 B
• 1/4 C
• 1/3 D
• 1/2 E

The average of a,b,s , and t is 6 and the average of s and t is 3. What is the average of a and b?

• 3 A
• 18 B
• 9 C
• 12 D

The cost of the planting sugarcane at the rate of 6 paisa per square meter is Rs. 5840.64. What is the length of side of this square field:

• 312 m A
• 622 m B
• 97344 m C
• 459 m D

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• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  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

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

If x% of y is 20, then y =

• 2000 x A
• 100/x B
• 2000/x C
• x/200 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