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

Ab

Column B

a/b

a = - 2/3 and b = 3/5

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D 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

A man was 26 years old when his daughter was born. Now, he is three times as old as his daughter. How many years old is the daughter now ?

• 13 years A
• 22 years B
• 15 years C
• 12 years D

Ali purchased some goldfish. During the first week, 1/5 of them died, and during the second week, 3/8 of those still alive at the end of the first week died. What is the fraction of the original goldfish still alive after two weeks ?

• 1/2 A
• 3/2 B
• 5/2 C
• 4/3 D

If x is a positive number, then 50 percent 10x equals

• 2x A
• 4x B
• 20x C
• 5 x D

The value of (5x + 6)(x + 12) - (5x - 6)(x + 3) is:

• 2(5x² + 9x) A
• 14 B
• 4 C
• 22 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

The cube of 1/2 is:

• 1/4 A
• 1/8 B
• 1/2 C
• 1/16 D

One positive number is 2/3 of the other and their product is 24. what is the sum of the two?

• 6 A
• 18 B
• 36 C
• 24 D
• 10 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

x⁴ x⁵

Column B

(x³)²

(x>0)

• A A
• B B
• C C
• D 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

A soap factory has 30 packers. Each packer can load 1/8 of a box in 9 minutes. How many boxes can be loaded in 1 1/2 hours by all 20 packers ?

• 28 A
• 37 1/2 B
• 35 C
• 35 1/2 D

The cost of manufacturing sports shoes in Macao is 25% less than the cost of manufacturing them in the Philippines. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import sport shoes from Macao to the Philippines than to manufacture sports shoes in the Philippines.

Q:The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?

• Labor costs in Macao are 25% below those in the Philippines A
• Importing sports shoes from Macao to the Philippines will eliminate 25% of the manufacturing jobs in the Philippines B
• The tariff on sports shoes imported from Macao to the Philippines is less than 25% of the cost of manufacturing sports shoes in the Philippines C
• The fee for transporting a pair of sports shoes fromMacao to the Philippines is more than 25% of cost of manufacturing the shoes in Macao
  D

What is the perimeter of parallelogram ABCD ?

• 14 + √17 A
• 16 + √7 B
• 2 + √17 C
• 2(7 + √17) D

For which values of p is p² - 5p + 6 negative ?

• p < 0 A
• 2 < p < 3 B
• x > 3 C
• x < 2 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

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
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If (36)(?)(7) - 21 then? equals

• 21/43 A
• 1/42 B
• 1/12 C
• 1/11 D

• 4 A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 10 D