GAT-C Agriculture, Veterinary & Biological Science Quantitative MCQ's Test Preparation for Pakistani Students

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

Q1.The product of the odd integers between -8 and 8.

Column B

Q1.The product of the even integers between -9 and 9.

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

The death rates for three diseases are

Disease R 2 people out of 10,000

Disease S 13 people out of 1,000,000

Disease T 9 people out of 100,000

What is the combined death rate for the three diseases?

• 123 out of 1,000,000 A
• 42 out of 10,000 B
• 42 out of 1000,000 C
• 303 out of 1,000,000 D

Which of the following is the average of x⁴ - 20, 40 - x⁴, and 3x + 4 ?

• x⁴ - 24 A
• x + 8 B
• x⁴ + 3x + 24 C
• x + 24 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

• 3 + 4√3 A
• 18(3 + 4√3) B
• 54 C
• 84√3 D

A recent survey in country X found that more VCRs than videOtapes were purchased by its citizens last year The best interpretation of this finding is that the practice of illegally duplicating commercial videotapes is widespread.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would cast doubt onthe conclusion above:

• Very few VCR owners in country X have their own videotapes A
• There are few free noncommercial videotapes available in country X B
• The government of country X regularly copies and distributes material it considers to be classic content videotape free of charge, and to which the country owns copying and distribution rights C
• The typical country X VCR does not purchase commercial videotapes in other countries D

If 8 is 4 percent of k, then k is 4 percent of:

• 5000 A
• 4000 B
• 800 C
• 80 D

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 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

Each man contributed dollars equal to the number of women and each woman contributed dollars equal to the number of men in a group of 120 group of 120 people, the total amount collected was Rs. 7200. How many men were there in the group?

• 72 A
• 60 B
• 40 C
• 80 D
• None of these E

A greater number of computers are sold in Sahiwal thanin Burewala. Therefore, the people of Sahiwal are better informed about world events than are the people of Burewala.

Q:Each of the following, if true, weakens the conclusion above EXCEPT:

• Sahiwal has a larger population than Burewala A
• Most people of Burewala work in Sahiwal B
• Bandwidth usage of Burewala is more than that in Sahiwal C
• The internet bandwidth is 128 kbps in both towns D

If p is a positive number, 400% of p is what percent of 400 p ?

• 4 A
• 25 B
• 40 C
• 1 D

• 16 sq.cm A
• 15 sq.cm B
• 60 sq.cm C
• None of these D

Activity levels of the green iguana vary in cycles that are repeated every 24 hours. It is logical to assume that alteration in the intensity of incident light is the stimulus that controls these daily biological rhythms. But there is much evidence to contradict this hypothesis.

Q:Which of the following, if known, is evidence that contradicts the hypothesis stated above?

• The temperature of the green iguana varies throughout the day, with the maximum occurring in the late afternoon and the minimum in the morning A
• While some animals, such as the rabbit, are much more active during the day, others, such as moles, show greater activity at night B
• When animals are transported from one time zone to another, their daily biological rhythms adjust in a matter of days to the periods of sunlight and darkness in the new zone C
• Even when exposed to constant light intensity around the clock, some iguanas display rates of activity that are much greater during daylight hours than at night. D

In figure 2, what is the perimeter of ΔBED ?

• 3 + √93 A
• 11 B
• 11 + √97 C
• 81 D

What percent of the students who failed the exam would have had to pass it, in order for percent of students passing the exam to be at least 77% out of 500 ?

• 15% A
• 21% B
• 23% C
• 27% D

• 120 A
• 60 B
• 90 C
• 30 D

Of the following, which value of x produces the greatest value of f(x)?

• -2 A
• -1 B
• 1 C
• 2 D
• 3 E

• 325 A
• 225 B
• 125 C
• cannot be exactly determined form the given information D

The Burmese ferret badger burrows its home in the ground. Based on the fact that different local populations of Burmese ferret badgers of the same species dig homes of different styles, zoologists have concluded that the badgers building styles are a culturally acquired, rather than a genetically transmitted, trait.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the zoologists?

• There are more common characteristics than there are differences among the Burmese ferret badger's styles of the local Burmese ferret badger population that has been studied most extensively A
• Young Burmese ferret badgers are inept at digging burrows and apparently spend years watching their eldersbefore becoming accomplished in the local style B
• The homes of one species of badger lack the characteristics of the homes of most other species of badger C
• Burmese ferret badgers are found only in Burma and India, where local populations of the badgers apparently seldom have contact with one another D