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

What is the value of the function k(x) = x²-2 when x = 7?

• 5 A
• 9 B
• 45 C
• 47 D
• 51 E

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

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

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

b

Column B

0

The average (arithmetic mean) of a,b 22 and 38 is 15,and

a > 0

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

• 125 sq.cm A
• 150.72 sq.cm B
• 64 sq.cm C
• 56 sq.cm D

If a > 0, b > 0 and a - b < 0, then ?

• a < b A
• a + b <0 B
• a > b C
• b - a < 0 D

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

• Zero A
• 9 B
• 5 C
• 14 D

4/9 of a number is 12. What is the number ?

• 27 A
• 36 B
• 18 C
• 16 D

A businessperson started a business with a capital of Rs. 80,000. His first year accumulated profit was 10% and second year profit was 20%. What was the total amount after second year?

• 105600 A
• 201200 B
• 50,000 C
• 100050 D

• 60 A
• 40 B
• 24 C
• 36 D

Mr. Kashif got an average of 50 in 6 tests.What should he get in the next test to attain the average of 60?

• 120 A
• 60 B
• 100 C
• 70 D

The average height of a class of 14 boys is 5.3 feet. A new boy is admitted to the class. The new average of height now becomes 5.25. What is the height of the new boy?

• 4.55 A
• 5.0 B
• 6.0 C
• 3.5 D

If the sum of two numbers is 36, and the larger is three times as larger as the smaller, what is the larger number ?

• 27 A
• 30 B
• 15 C
• 18 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 x is a positive number, then 50 percent 10x equals

• 2x A
• 4x B
• 20x C
• 5 x D

Fatima and Maryium each roll a sheet of 9 × 18 paper to form a cylinder. Fatima tapes the two 9-inch edge together and Maryium tapes the two 18-inch edge together. Refer to this question and tell which of the following statement is true ?

• The volume of Fatima cylinder is greater than Maryium cylinder A
• The volume of Fatima cylinder is less than Maryium cylinder B
• The volume of Fatima cylinder is equal to the Maryium cylinder C
• Both cylinders have the same circumference D

How many tens are equal to the number whose hundreds, tens, and units digits are a, b, and c respectively?

• b A
• a+1/10 b + 1/100 c B
• 10a + b + c C
• 10a+b+c/10 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

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

(2)^N

Column B

(-2)^N+1

N is a positive integer

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D