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

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

How many whole bricks 6 × 12 × 24 cm³ will be sufficient to construct a solid cube of minimum size ?

• 4 A
• 6 B
• 8 C
• 12 D

• I only A
• II only B
• IV only C
• I, II, IV 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

The average (arithmetic mean) of the measures of the three angles of an equilateral triangle.

Column B

The average (arithmetic mean) of the measure of the three angles of a right triangle.

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

If a/2 - 2 > a/3, then which of the following statement is true ?

• a < 12 A
• a > 12 B
• a = 12 C
• a ≥ 12 D

There are 20 boys in a class. Five of them are left-handed. What fraction of the class is left handed ?

• 1/5 A
• 1/2 B
• 1/4 C
• 2/11 D
• 
  E

Which of the following is the average of x² - 16, 39 - x² and 3x + 10 ?

• x + 3 A
• 2x + 13 B
• x + 11 C
• x + 11/3 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

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

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

There are twice as many boys a girls in an economics class. If 20% of the boys and 35% of the girls have already handed over their result cards, that percent of the students have not yet handed over their cards ?

• 75 A
• 65 B
• 55 C
• 15 D

The slope of the line passing through (-b, b) and (3b, a) is 1 and b ≠ 0, which of the following is an expression for a in terms of b ?

• 1/4b A
• 3b B
• 5b C
• 2b D
• 4b E

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

P

Column B

150

√P + 3 = 15

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D D

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

In a city 90% of the population own a car, 15% own a motorcycle, and everybody owns one or the other or both. What is the percentage of motorcycle owners to who own cars ?

• 15% A
• 5% B
• 75% C
• 33 1/3% D

The average number of goals a team has scored in 7 matches is 8. They averaged 10 goals for the first 3 matches and they scored 5 goals in each of the next tow matches. What is the average score of the last two matches ?

• 5 goals A
• 4 goals B
• 6 goals C
• 8 goals D

Ayesha completed questions 4 - 18 of a mathematics exercise in 30 minutes. At this rate, how long, in minutes, will it take her to complete questions 27 - 55 ?

• 59 A
• 29 B
• 30 C
• 58 D

Bus Company President: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever crashed or even had a serious malfunction. City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are no flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

Q:The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

• Characterizing the bus company president's assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts A
• Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president's interpretation of the word "dangerous" is too narrow B
• Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue C
• Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president's claim 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 circle whose center is at (3, 4) passes through the origin. Which of the following points is not on the circle ?

• (-1, 3) A
• (-1, 1) B
• (0, 0) C
• (7, 7) D