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

As any economist knows, healthy people pose less of an economic burden to society than unhealthy people. Not ,surprisingly, then, every rupee our government spends prenatal care for undocumented immigrants will save taxpayers of this country three rupees.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would best explain why the statistics cited above are not surprising?

• The taxpayers pay for prenatal care of all immigrants A
• Pregnant women who do not receive prenatal care are more likely to experience health problems than other pregnant women B
• Benefits for prenatal care serve to promote undocumented immigration C
• Babies whose mothers did not receive prenatal care are just as healthy as other babies D

Both Gujranwala Jims and Lahore Jims have printed a toll-free number on their exercise products to provide round-the-clock telephone assistance to any customer who encounters difficulties. Since customers only call the numbers when they find the exercise equipment difficult to use, and the Gujranwala Jims line receives three times as many calls as the Lahore Jims' line, Gujranwala Jims' product must be more difficult to use than Lahore Jims.

Q:Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?

• Calls to the Lahore Jims number are almost twice as long, on average, than calls to the Gujranwala Jims'line. A
• Lahore Jims has sold four times the number of its exercise product that Gujranwala Jimshas B
• Lahore Jims receives twice as many letters of complaint about its product as Gujranwala Jimsreceives about its product C
• The number of calls received by each of the two lines has been gradually increasing. 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

If it takes 4 days for 3 machines to do a certain job, how many days are required to complete the job by two machines?

• 6 days A
• 2 days B
• 5 days C
• 3 days D

Out of the 44 boys in a class, 9 are of the age of 10, 15 at the age of 9, and the rest are at the age of 5. Find the average age of the entire class.

• 7.85 A
• 8.75 B
• 12.2 C
• 14.35 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

13/14 of 15/16

Column B

16/17

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If the length of a rectangle is 4 times its width, and if its area is 196, what is its perimeter ?

• 60 A
• 28 B
• 35 C
• 70 D

One sixth of a day is what part of the time between 3 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m Thursday of the same week?

• 1/10 A
• 1/18 B
• 1/15 C
• 1/12 D

A local board of education has decided to allow its Urdu teachers more freedom to customize the curriculum for their classes. The teachers can edit out those sections of the curriculum they are not interested in and add material of their own choosing.

Q:The widespread use of the option mentioned above is LEAST likely to contribute to fulfilling which of the following educational objectives?

• Coverage of material relevant to a particular a student specific needs A
• Coverage of basic grammatical structures and the exceptions to these grammatical structures B
• Ensuring that students nationwide engaged in a specific course of study are uniformly exposed to a basic set of readings C
• Making the textbooks used in classes more satisfactory from the individual teacher's point of view D

When 4 dice are thrown, what is the probability that the same number appears on each of them?

• 1/36 A
• 1/18 B
• 1/216 C
• 1/5 D

When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is less than 11?

• 5/6 A
• 11/12 B
• 1/6 C
• 1/12 D

If x² - y² = 16 and x² + y² = 34, which of the following could be the value of xy ?

i. 15

ii. -15

iii. 45

• only 1 A
• only 2 B
• 1 and 2 only C
• 3 only D

If 4^x+5 = 8^x-1 , what is the value of x ?

• 3/5 A
• - 5/3 B
• - 3/5 C
• 4 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

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

• 5000 A
• 4000 B
• 800 C
• 80 D

The chairs in the school hall can be set out in 35 equal rows or in 45 equal rows or in 105 equal rows are:

• 600 A
• 400 B
• 40 C
• 80 D

How many integers between 28 and 98 are exactly divisible by 7?

• 9 A
• 11 B
• 12 C
• 8 D

• 3√3 A
• 36√3 B
• 81 C
• 81√3 D

IF you have 50 green, 50 orange, and 50 yellow jelly beans, how many bags can you fill Halloween each containing 2 green, 3 orange, and 4 yellow jelly beans?

• 12 A
• 13 B
• 16 C
• 17 D

What is the value of x² + 14x + 24, when x=854 ?

• 1000 A
• 100,000 B
• 741,296 C
• 742,398 D