GAT-B Arts, Humanities & Social Science Quantitative

Ayesha and Bisma together have $20. Bisma and Adnan together have $16. Ayesha and Adnan together have $24. What is the smallest number of dollars that any girl has alone?

• 4 A
• 6 B
• 10 C
• 24 D

If x is a positive number and x2 + 36 = 100, what is the value of x ?

• 6 A
• 8 B
• 14 C
• 64 D

• 20 A
• 40 B
• 60 C
• 30 D

In a school of 820 students, 55% are boys. The number of girls and the number of boys are:

• 369 boys, 451 girls A
• 281 boys, 539 girls B
• 539 boys, 281 girls C
• 451 boys, 369 girls D

How many polythene bags, each holding 8 ounces, are needed to hold 3 quarter of vegetable oil?

• 8 A
• 12 B
• 14 C
• 16 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

When 42 is added to twice a number, the result is 346, the number is:

• 304 A
• 242 B
• 152 C
• 265 D

A clock gain 8 minutes every x hours. How many hours will the clock gain in 3 days?

• 576/x A
• 48/5x B
• 24/x C
• 576/5x D

Traveling by cars is safer than traveling by planes. Eighty percent of plane accidents result in death of all passengers, while only one percent of car accidents result in death.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

• Planes are inspected by experienced engineers before flying A
• The number of car accidents is several thousand times higher than the number of plane accidents B
• Pilots are more trained than car drivers are C
• Speed of car is lesser than that of plans nj D

If xy > 0 and x < 0, which of the following negative ?

• -x A
• -y B
• y C
• xy D

Which of the following is equal to (3⁸ × 3⁹)¹⁰ ?

• 3⁷²⁰ A
• 3¹⁷⁰ B
• 3²⁷ C
• 3⁹⁸ D

• = A
• < B
• > C
• ÷ D

The average of even integers from 2 to 100 inclusive is:

• 49 A
• 52 B
• 51 C
• 50 D

Stock analyst: "We believe Company A's stock will appreciate at 35% a year for the next 5 to 7 years. Company A just became the leader in its industry and we expect its sales to grow at 8% a year." Commentator: "But how can the stock's price be expected to grow more quickly than the company's underlying sales?"

Q:Which of the following, if true, would best support the stock analyst's prediction?

• The company's expenses will be declining over the next 5 to 10 years A
• The company just won a patent on a new product B
• The 5 to 7 year time frame is too long for anyone to accurately forecast C
• Company A's industry peer group is expected to experience stock appreciation rates of 30% over the same time horizon D

• 2 + 3√2 A
• 8 B
• 4 + 6√2 C
• 3 + 2√2 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

• 35 A
• 45 B
• 55 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

• 60 A
• 40 B
• 24 C
• 36 D

Green paint is obtained from blue and yellow paint in the ratio 3 : 5. How much of each colour is needed to make 40 litres of this green paint ?

• Blue paint 15 litres, yellow paint : 25 litres A
• Blue paint: 25 litres, yellow paint: 15 litres B
• Blue paint: 10 litres, yellow paint: 30 litres C
• Blue paint: 13 litres, yellow paint: 27 litres D