Gat Sample Test 02
Gat Sample Test 02
Gat Sample Test 02
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3. ENZYME : CATALYST
A. Vaccine : allergy
B. Gland : muscle
C. Neuron : corpuscle
D. Bacterium : microbe
E. Vein : organ
4. LIEN : CLAIM
A. Brief : investigation
B. Foreclosure : pleading
C. Subpoena : command
D. Mortgage : interest
E. Garnishment : presumption
6. QUIXOTIC : IDEALISTIC
A. Churlish : polite
B. Disinterested : impartial
C. Central : random
D. Whimsical : toady
E. Touchy : sensitive
7. PREEMPT : PRECEDENCE
A. Dissemble : diplomacy
B. Preside : arbitration
C. Divest : implication
D. Superintend : culpability
E. Acquire : possession
8. FRAGILE : BREAK
A. invisible : see
B. noxious : escape
C. erratic : control
D. industrial : manufacture
E. flammable : burn
10. EQUILIBRIUM:
A) Eclipse B) Tranquilizer
C) Membrane D) Imbalance
E) Overseer
11. OBSOLETE:
A) Homogeneous B) Modern
C) Astute D) Paramount
E) Hesitant
12. INDETERMINATE:
A) Neutral B) Conclusive
C) Astonished D) Suitable
E) Extravagant
13. BIZARRE:
A) Fair B) Lottery
C) Muddled D) Lull to sleep
E) Ordinary
14. DOUR:
A) Portal B) Cheerful
C) Ludicrous D) Callous
E) Spotted
15. STRIKING:
A) Inconspicuous B) Saccharine
C) Arboreal D) Symmetric
E) Straight
16. SYBARITE:
A) Childless B) Vascular
C) Ascetic D) Imposter
E) Veteran
18. We need more men and women of culture and enlightenment in our society; we have too many
____among us.
A. Pedants B. Philistines
C. Ascetics D. Paragons
E. Apologists
19. There was a hint of carelessness about her appearance, as though the cut of her blouse or the fit of
her slacks was a matter of______ to her.
A. satisfaction B. Aesthetics
C. indifference D. Significance
E. Controversy
20. Many educators argue that a_______ grouping of students would improve instruction because it
would limit the range of student abilities in the classroom.
A. heterogeneous B. Systematic
C. homogeneous D. Sporadic
E. Fragmentary
22. After years of talking down to his students as if they couldnt understand a word, the teacher finally
acknowledged that his attitude was______.
A. colloquial B. condescending
C. professorial D. Justifiable
E. Logical
24. Unlike W.E.B. Dubois, who was _______of the vocational emphasis in black eduction, Booker
T.Washington favored _____the limited funds available for educating blacks to programs that
prepared people for practical jobs.
A. Criticalrestricting B. Aware.confining
C. Suspicious.denying D. Protective.allotting
E. Appreciative.allocating
25. A good diet and scientific training practices allow modern runners to compete in super marathons
without ruining their health. No error
A B C D E
26. Subhan Shah experimented with all of her native Indian recipes, occasionally substituting spices
and she would adapt her dishes for American tastes. No error
A B C D E
27. It is a common belief that going to college and taking up-to-date courses that teaches computer
languages can improve a students chances of getting both a good job and a high salary. No error
A B C D E
28. During the early days of football, before the development of the modern pointed football, almost
the only long passes attempted were those that are desperately thrown as time expired. No error
A B C D E
29. Rather than stressing the fact on which the case should be decided, the district attorney falls back
on innuendo, endless delays and he asks trick questions. No error
A B C D E
30. Kamran and Mahrukh planned on becoming a singer, even though the training would be
exceptionally difficult. No error
A B C D E
31. Doctors have frequently noted a relationship between overweight plus hardening of the arteries.
No error
A B C D E
32. The best manufactured dresses, although not as prestigious as designer clothing, is almost its equal
in elegance and flair. No error
A B C D E
Reading Comprehension
Passage
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Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language
of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated
many elements of France that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Until the 1600s, English
was for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as fat as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland.
However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of
exploration, trade (including slave trade). Colonization and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English
speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English
gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English Two
_thirds of the worlds science writing is in English is the main language of technology advertising media ,
international airports, and air traffic controllers, today there are more than 700 million English users in the
world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users than
any other language in the world.
Questions
33. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The number of nonnative users of English B. The French influence on the English
language
C. The expansion of English as an international D. The use of English for science and
language technology.
34. the word emerged in line 2 could best be replaced by which of the following
A. Appeared B. Hailed
C. Frequented D. Engaged
35. as used in line 3, the word elements is most similar to which of the following
A. Declaration B. Features
C. Curiosities D. Customs
36. The word extended as used in line 4 is more similar to which of the following?
A. Experienced B. Conferred
C. Spread D. Stretched
38. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world
EXCEPT
A. The slave trade B. The Norman invasion
C. Missionaries D. Colonization
39. As used in line 5, which of the following is closest in meaning to the word course?
A. Subject B. Policy
C. Time D. Track
40. The word enclaves in line 8 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Communities B. Organization
C. Regions D. Countries
41.
Khalid loses 1/3rd of his money in the first game, 3.5ths of the remainder in the second and 4/7ths of
the rest in the third. Thus he is left with . . . . .. ths of his money:
(a) 4/15 (b) 4/35 (c) 14/35 (d) 24/35
42.
The average age of a class of 40 students is 12 years. If the teacher age is also included, the average
age increases by one year. The teachers age is:
(a) 41 years (b) 52 years (c) 53 years (d) 54 years
44.
Zahid sells a watch to Abrar at a gain. Of 10% and Abrar sells it to Suhail at a gain of 5%. If Suhail has
to pay Rs. 462 for it, the cost price of the watch for Zahid is:
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 500 (d) Rs. 600
45.
The bankers discount on Rs. 600 for a certain time at a certain rate is Rs. 120. The bankers gain then
is:
(a) Rs. 6 (b) Rs. 5 (c) Rs. 7.20 (d) Rs. 20
46.
A class of students obtained an average of 45 marks, on re-checking it was found that marks had
been entered wrongly in two cases. After correction these marks were increased by 24 and 36. The
corrected average marks per student are:
(a) 47 (b) 56 (c) 60 (d) 75
47.
Rashid purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Shahid at a profit of 20 percent. Shahid in
turn sells that plot to Shami at a loss of 20 percent. The plot cost Shami is:
(a) Rs. 7,680 (b) Rs. 8,000 (c) Rs. 8,333,33 (d) Rs. 12,000
48.
A camera was sold at a loss of 10 percent. If it was sold for Rs. 70 more, there could have been a gain
or four percent. The camera was sold for:
(a) Rs. 214 (b) Rs. 294 (c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 500
49.
Rahim can do certain work in 30 hours. If he and his son work together, the time taken is 20 hours.
The son working in the same capacity as when he was working with his father, can finishing the work
in:
(a) 10 hours (b) 25 hours (c) 50 hours (d) 60 hours
51.
Flowers in a basket double themselves after every minute. In an hour the basket is full. The basket
would be half full after:
(a) 30 min (b) 45 min (c) 58 min (d) 59 min
52.
Asif and Zahid enter into a partnership. Asif contributes Rs. 4,000 for eight months and Zahid Rs.
6,000 for four months. Asifs share in a total profit of Rs. 3,500:
(a) Rs. 1,500 (b) Rs. 1,750 (c) Rs. 2,000 (d) Rs. 2,500
53.
The true discount on Rs. 880 at 5 percent per annum is Rs. 80. The sum is due after:
(a) 1 year (b) 1 years (c) 2 years (d) 4 years
54.
In an exam, 45 percent student failed and 550 students were successful. The total number of
students who appeared in the exam, were:
(a) 800 (b) 900 (c) 1,000 (d) 2,000
55.
A dealer marks his goods 20 percent above his cost price. If he gives a discount of 10 percent on his
marked price, the profit he earns on his goods:
(a) 7.5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
56.
Rs. 2,500 invested at four percent per annum simple interest will amount to Rs. 3,000 in:
(a) 2.5 years (b) 3 years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years
58.
A student loses a mark for every wrong answer and scores 2 marks for every correct answer. If the
answers all the 60 questions in an exam. and secure 39 marks, how many of them were correct?
(a) 27 (b) 31 (c) 33 (d) 37
59.
The simple interest on a certain sum for eight months at four percent simple interest is Rs. 129 less
than the simple interest on the same sum for 15 months at five percent. The sum is:
(a) Rs. 2,400 (b) Rs. 2,529 (c) Rs. 2,580 (d) Rs. 3,600
60.
A sum of Rs. 1,500 was lent partly at six percent and partly at five percent. The annual interest from
the investment is Rs. 85. The ratio of money lent at six percent to that lent at five percent is:
(a) 6 : 5 (b) 5 : 6 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
61.
A manufacturer makes a profit of 20 percent by selling hot plates to a wholesale dealer, who in turn,
sells it to a retailer at a profit of 15 percent. The retailer makes a profit of 30 percent by selling it to a
customer for Rs. 897. The manufacturing cost of the hot plate is:
(a) Rs. 455 (b) Rs. 500 (c) Rs. 550 (d) Rs. 600
62.
Raja brought a T.V. priced at Rs. 2,800. He was given two successive discounts of 10 and 5 percent. If
he had to pay 10 percent sales tax, the net amount he paid was:
(a) Rs. 2,592 (b) Rs. 2,612.60 (c) Rs. 2,633.40 (d) Rs. 2,660
63.
Six women or nine girls do a piece of work in 10 days. Eight women and three girls will do the same
work in:
(a) 4 days (b) 6 days (c) 9 days (d) None of these
64.
As mother is twice as old as As brother. A is 6 years younger than his brother but 4 years older than
his sister. If As sister is 15 his mothers age is:
(a) 38 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 50
65.
The rent of a falt is Rs. 250 per month. The house tax is to be changed 10 percent yearly, but 12
percent of the rent is deducted for repairs and other expenses. The house tax is
(a) Rs. 264 (b) Rs. 310 (c) Rs. 310.80 (d) Rs. 360
66.
Six men earn as much as 7 women as much as 3 boys and 4 boys as much as 5 girls. If a girl earns
eight annas a day. What does a man earn a day?
(a) Rs. 1.78 (b) Rs. 2.00 (c) Rs. 1.30 (d) Rs. 3.50
67.
A general wishing to draw up his 7250 men in the form of a solid square found that he had 95 men
over. What is the number of men in the front?
(a) 100 (b) 150 (c) 50 (d) 85
68. A garrison of 1500 men has provisions for 6 weeks. At the end of the first two weeks 450 men desect.
How long after this will the food last?
(a) 10 days (b) 40 days (c) 30 days (d) 20 days
69.
A fort is provisioned for 75 days. After 25 days a reinforcement of 500 men arrives and the food then
lasts only 40 days. How many men were there in the fort?
(a) 2,000 men (b) 1,000 men (c) 1,500 men (d) None of these
72. Which of the following group of three people could be assigned boxes 4,5 and 6 respectively?
A) P, V, and T B) Q, P, and S
C) S, P, and T D) T,Q, and P
E) U, P, and T
E) X
77. Which of the following could be assigned the box directly above Rs box?
A) P B) Q
C) S D) U
E) V
79. In any negotiations between a party with limited aims and an opposing party with unlimited aims
the party with limited aims is bound t lose. This is so because the scope of a negotiating partys
aims determines the energy and the perseverance that will be brought to the negotiations by that
party.
Questions 81-86
A gallery owner is preparing to exhibit examples of an artists painting and sculpture, the artist has
submitted one large sculpture, one small sculpture two large paintings, and three small painting. The
gallery owner plans to show at least three, but no more than five, works selected according to the
following conditions.
At least one sculpture must be selected.
81. Which of the following could be a complete selection for the exhibit?
Three small paintings The two large paintings and two small
A) B)
paintings
The small sculpture and two small paintings The small sculpture a large painting and
C) D)
two small paintings
The large sculpture, the two large paintings,
E)
and one small painting
83. If five works are selected for the exhibit, which of the following must be true?
Exactly two of the works selected are large. Exactly two of the works selected are
A) B)
large.
C) Exactly four of the works selected are small. D) Both sculptures are selected.
Only one of the two large paintings is
E)
selected.
84. If three small paintings are selected for the exhibit, which of the following must also be selected?
85. If the small sculpture and one of the large paintings are selected an acceptable exhibit can be
made by the addition of each of the following selections EXCEPT
A) One small painting B) Two small painting
The other large painting The other large painting and one small
C) D)
paintings
The other large painting and two small
E)
paintings
86. If both sculptures are selected an acceptable exhibit can be made by the addition of each of the
following selections EXCEPT
A) One small painting B) Two small paintings
Three small painting One large painting and one small
C) D)
painting
E) One large painting and two small paintings
Questions 87 92
K, L, M, N, O, and P were the finalists in a spelling bee. There were exactly twenty words to be spelled.
Each of the contestants attempted to spell all twenty words. For each of the twenty words a contestant
spell all twenty words. For each of the twenty words a contestant spelled incorrectly, one point was
deducted from the contestant a score. (it was thus possible for contestant to have negative final score.)
No two contestants obtained the same final score.
K obtained a higher score than L did and a lower score than M did.
N obtained a higher score than M did.
P obtained a higher score than K did and a lower score than O did.
87. Which of the following must be the contestant with the lowest final score?
A) K B) L
C) M D) O
E) P
88. If N had a lower final score than P did, which of the following must have had the next to the-
highest final score?
A) k B) M
C) N D) O
E) P
89. The exact order of the six contestants in the final- score standings could be determined if which of
the following were known to be true?
A) M had a higher final score than O did. B) M had a higher final score than P did.
C) N had a higher final score than P did D) On had a higher final score than M did
E) O had a higher final score than N did.
91. If the contestant with the next to lowest score had a final score of zero. The lowest final score
that could have been the wining score was.
A) 14 B) 12
C) 10 D) 8
E) 6
92. If each of the contestants spelled the first fifteen words correctly an if O finished immediately
ahead of M in the final- score standings, which of the following must be the contestant whose final
score was sixteen?
A) K B) M
C) N D) O
E) P
Logical Reasoning
93. A package is never accepted for delivery by the delivery service unless it is within the established size limits. All
packages accepted for delivery by the delivery have a return address.
If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
The delivery service charges more for heavier The delivery service will always accept for
A) packages than for lighter packages. B) delivery a package that is within the
established size limits,
If a package is within the established size limits and A package that is not within the established
has a return address, it will be accepted for delivery by size limits but has a return address is never
C) D)
the delivery service no matter how heavy the package .accepted for delivery by the delivery service.
is.
The delivery service does not charge for packages that
E)
must be returned to the sender.
95. The wheat Farmers Alliance, a political action committee attracts 70 percent of its contributors from an advertisement
requesting contributions placed only in the September, October, and November issues of the Grange Report, a
monthly newsletter for wheat farmers. The president of the Wheat Farmers Alliance, to increase the number of
contributors, decides to increase the number of contributors decides to advertise in each of the monthly issues of the
Grange Report. She expects that as result of the additional Grange Report advertisements the number of contributors
will be increased to at least double the present number.
Which of the following if true would most strongly support the presidents exception?
The September, October, and November Wheat farmers traditionally repay their bank
advertisements were noticed by fewer than one- third loans in late summer after the winter wheat
A) B)
of those readers of the Grange Report who would be crop has been harvested and sold.
willing to contribute to the Wheat Farmers Alliance.
The majority of the readers of the Grange Report with Most of those who contribute to the Wheat
a great enough interest in the Wheat Farmers Alliance Farmers Alliance in the course of a year do so
C) D)
to contribute have already responded to the in response to advertisements in the Grange
advertisements. Report.
The total number of readers of the Grange Report is
E)
stable from year to year.
96. Plants that exhibit certain leaf diseases tend to measure extremely high in the amount of
zinc in their leaf and stem tissue. Botanists have discovered that phosphorus of the type
typically used in a phosphorus-high fertilizer reacts with the zinc in such a way as to
prevent treated plants from exhibiting the leaf diseases. Thus, plants can be cured from
these leaf diseases by the use of a fertilizer high in phosphorus. The passages conclusion
is based upon which one of the following premises?
A. Plants with certain leaf diseases contain the same high level of zinc in their leaf
and stem tissue.
B. Zinc is the cause and not merely an effect of the leaf diseases.
C. Treating the plants with a fertilizer high in phosphorus will have no negative
effect on the plants.
D. The amount of phosphorus-high fertilizer which should be used depends upon
the size and location of the plants.
E. Normal plant tissue does not contain zinc.
C. Chases ex-business partner is a major concert promoter, has a net worth of 100
million dollars, and is a member of the Brown Country Club.
D. Chases brother, who has also petitioned for membership at Brown, has a net worth
of 10 billion dollars and considers it beneath his dignity to associate with anyone in
the entertainment industry. Hence, his petition will be accepted.
E. Chase has not financed any Hollywood movies.
98. Pharmacists recently conducted a study with respect to the reasons their customers
purchased eye drops to soothe eye dryness. Dry eyes were more frequently experienced by
customers who wore contact lenses than by customers who did not wear contact lenses. The
pharmacists concluded that wearing contact lenses, by itself, can cause contact wearers to
have dry eyes. Which one of the following statements, if true, most seriously undermines the
pharmacists conclusion?
A. An inherited condition can cause both weak eyesight and dry eyes.
B. Physical exertion causes dry eyes in many people who wear contact lenses.
C. Most people who have dry eyes do not wear contact lenses.
D. Most people who wear contact lenses do not have dry eyes
E. Both weak vision and dry eyes cause headaches.
100. Some people believe that witnessing violence in movies will discharge aggressive energy. Does
watching someone else eat fill ones own stomach? In which one of the following does the
reasoning most closely parallel that employed in the passage?
A. Some people think appropriating supplies at work for their own personal use is
morally wrong. Isnt shoplifting morally wrong?
B. Some people think nationalism is defensible. Hasnt nationalism been the excuse for
committing abominable crimes?
C. Some people think that boxing is fixed just because wrestling usually is. Are the two
sports managed by the same sort of people?
D. Some people think that economists can control inflation. Can meteorologists make
the sun shine?
E. Some people think workaholics are compensating for a lack of interpersonal skills.
However, arent most doctors workaholics?
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