Synonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Synonyms
Word Synonym Meaning
Abberration Anomaly Irregularity, deviation
Charlatan Quack Fraud
Indolent Laziness Indolent means "Laziness"
Redundant Unnecessary Redundant means "Unnecessary"
Entice Attract Entice means "Attract".
Abrogate Revoke Cancel, abolish
Occlude obstruct block, close
Asperity Rudeness Rough behavior

Antonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Antonyms
Word Antonym Meaning
Friend Foe Foe means enemy.
Diffident Confident Diffident means shyness
Enervate Energize Enervate means "to weaken"
Euphony means pleasant sound, and Cacophony
Euphony Cacophony
means noise
Prolix Pithy Prolix means wordy, and pithy means "to the point"
Enmity Friendship Enmity means "being an enemy"
Foment means "to incite", and Quash means "to
Foment Quash
suppress".
Abet Hinder Abet means "to assist", and Hinder means "to deter".
Undermine means "to weaken", and Bolster means
Undermine Bolster
"make stronger".
Scad means "large amount", and Dearth means
Scad Dearth
"Shortage".
Quixotic means "Idealistic", and Pragmatic means
Quixotic Pragmatic
"Practical".
All Types of GAT Analogies:

What are Analogies?

In Analogy Questions, candidates are required to recognize the same relation

between the pair of words (in given options) to the given pair of words (in capital
letters).
For Example:

1. CONSENSUS : AGREEMENT
A. conundrum : obvious
B. ameliorate : improve
C. education : improvement
D. affect : effect

Consensus means agreement. So the relation between them is "same meaning

(synonym)". Similarly, the relation between ameliorate and improve is also "same
meaning (synonym)". Since, ameliorate means improve. Hence, (B) is an analogy to
given pair of words (in capital letters).
GAT ANALOGIES - SYNONYMS
Synonyms Definition / Meaning
RATIOCINATE : THINK Ratiocinate means Think (Relation between them is "synonyms"
DISAVOW : DENY Disavow means Deny
ENIGMA : MYSTERY Enigma means Mystery
HAPLESS : UNLUCKY Hapless means Unlucky
GAT ANALOGIES - ANTONYMS
Antonyms Definition / Meaning
ODIUM : INFATUATION Odium means Hate, and Infatuation means Love (Both are antonym)
FEEBLE : STRONG Feeble means weak. Feeble and Strong are antonym
GENIAL : UNFRIENDLY Genial means Friendly
INCHOATE : MATURE Inchoate means Beginner, and Mature means Experienced
SPURIOUS : AUTHENTIC Spurious means Fake
GAT ANALOGIES - WORKER AND TOOL
Worker : Tool Definition / Meaning
PAINTER : BRUSH A painter uses a brush
REAPER : SICKLE A reaper uses a sickle to cut the grain
CARPENTER : VISE A carpenter uses a vise to hold the object being work on
CARPENTER : SAW A carpenter also uses a saw to cut wood
GAT ANALOGIES - DEGREE OF INTENSITY
Less extreme : More extreme Definition / Meaning
LUKEWARM : BOILING Lukewarm is less extreme than boiling
GAT General Word Choice Sample Questions:

1. It is expected that the assembly will _________ these treaties.

A. force
B. ratify
C. notify
D. signify
E. check
2. Oil is mostly _________ by trucks in Pakistan.
A. transfer
B. transmit
C. transport
D. travel
E. deliver
3. Bus _________ are going to increase.
A. fees
B. rates
C. bills
D. credits
E. fares
4. Pakistani __________ met his counterpart in London.
A. console
B. counsel
C. councel
D. consul
E. council
5. Children like to watch science __________ movies.
A. fiction
B. faction
C. fraction
D. fallacy
E. friction
6. His believe that he could do this, is his __________.
A. allusion
B. illusion
C. delusion
D. depict
E. addict
7. You are wearing an army's uniform, but the __________ is missing.
A. epic
B. epoch
C. epithet
D. epicure
E. epaulet
8. University professors visit the website www.sheir.org and ___________
the data against level of tests.
A. inform
B. appraise
C. apprise
D. amended
E. commended
9. We did not have __________ questions for the lecturer.
A. none
B. any
C. some
D. no
E. more
10. Octopuses have not only large brains __________ also a well-developed
nervous system.
A. but
B. and
C. are
D. and have
E. or
11. The manager __________ everyone go home an hour early on Friday
afternoon.
A. allowed
B. let
C. permitted
D. got
E. asked
12. He came in Karachi __________ August 14, 2010.
A. in
B. on
C. for
D. from
E. with
13. Bilal is not receiving the call. He is __________ at work.
A. already
B. still
C. yet
D. looking
E. no longer
14. Bilal is getting __________ the car.
A. out of
B. out
C. out from
D. out through
E. outside
15. Saad is travelling __________ the school.
A. to
B. towards
C. off
D. through
E. None of these
16. They went __________ the rain.
A. despite
B. in spite
C. under
D. avoiding
E. and enjoy
17. I was surprised by the large __________ people who came.
A. number of
B. amount of
C. sum of
D. total of
E. some of
18. We cannot predict whether he will go on a picnic or not. He is so
__________ .
A. deletirious
B. offensive
C. feckless
D. capricious
19. We cannot say anything about law and order situation in this city, because
the city is highly __________ .
A. unpredictable
B. volatile
C. dangerous
D. baleful
20. He is __________ fame and money. He pursue research just as an
amateur scientist.
A. indifferent to
B. enamoured of
C. running for
D. struggling for
 ANSWERS

1. B
2. C
3. E
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. E
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. A

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Aberration
Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity.
For example, He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.

Abstruse
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Accumulation
Gather, collect
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter feelings / words

Affection
Love

Affront
To insult

Aggravate
To make worse

Alleviate
To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease

Ameliorate
Improve

Amenable
Agreeable

Anomaly
Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent
4kg. So, there is anomaly in supply.

Apart
Away, separate, distant

Archipelago
A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.

Argumentative
A person who argues, Not willing to obey something

Arrogant
Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself
superior than others

Auspicious
Favorable, Likely to be successful, Promising

Baleful
Harmful and damaging
Beget
To make sth happen, cause to exist

Bevy
Large group

Brook
Tolerate

Cacophony
A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noise

Cajole
Deceive. Synonym: Coax

Candid
Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without
knowledge of the person

Capricious
Shaky, uncertain

Carnivorous
Any animal that eats meat

Cautious
Careful in what you say or do

Chary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Wary

Chide
To criticize or blame somebody because they have done something wrong

Coax
Deceive. Synonym: Cajole

Congnizant
Aware

Compliant
(1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement
Concealed
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Confront
To face

Conjoin
Join together

Consensus
Agreement

Console
to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed

Consul
A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a
foreign city

Contraction
becoming smaller

Council
Ruling body, committee

Counsel
(1). advice (2). Lawyer on behalf of somebody

Crestfallen
Sad and disappointed

Curtail
To limit something OR to shorten something

Deleterious
harmful and damaging

Demise
Death

Deteriorate
To become worse. Antonym: Improve
Detraction
Making something less good/enjoyable/important

Disavow
Deny

Distraction
Disturbance

Doctrine
Established belief

Doting
Liking/Loving something very much

Elected
Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen

Elated
Very happy and excited

Eminent
Famous

Enamoured
Liking something a lot

Enigma
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand.
Mystery, Riddle

Entail
To involve something that cannot be avoided

Erudite
Deeply learned, Scholarly learned

Euphony
Pleasant sounds

Evanescent
Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting
Evasive
Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary

Exigent
Urgent

Fallow
Not used

Feckless
Careless

Feeble
Weak, Inefficient

Fleeting
Disappearing quickly, short lived

Foe
Enemy

Fond
Liking/Loving sb/sth

Frightened
Afraid, feeling of fear

Gloomy
Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future

Herbivorous
Any animal that eats only plants

Hone
(1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve sth

Imminent
About to happen

Impartial
Neutral

Impecunious
Poor, penny less
Indifferent
not interested OR no concern

Integrity
(1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not divided

Intrinsic
Inherent, belonging to sb/sth

Later
At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier

Levy
Government taxes

Melancholy
A deep feeling of sadness, very sad

Mercy
A kind and forgiving attitude

Minatory
Threatening

Morose
Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy

Mulish
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion

Mystery
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand.
Enigma, Riddle

Naive
(1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple

Narrate
Tell

Neophyte
Beginner
Nepotism
Favoritism

Obstinate
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn

Offensive
rude and annoying

Pragmatic
Practical

Precede
Before, happen before of sth

Probity
Honesty

Ratify
to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or signing it

Ravenous
Starving, extremely hungry

Skeptical
Unbelievable

Static
Not moving

Strut
Walk proudly

Stubborn
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion

Stuffed
Full

Sunninct
Concise

Partisan
Showing support to a person/group/idea, not nuetral, biased
Pillory
To criticize sb strongly in public

Touchstone
Criteria

Tractable
Easy to deal/control, Easily handled

Tranquil
Quite and peaceful

Transient
Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting

Trepidation
Fear

Urbane
Wise

Vacous
Stupid

Vindictive
Trying to harm sb

Volatile
Changing easily/suddenly

Vouch
To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his
actions

Vow
a formal and serious promise

Wary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary
GAT Sentence Completion Sample Questions:

1. The board was amazed to see such an outstanding research by a mere

__________ .
A. doctorate student
B. doctor
C. scientist
D. businessman
E. amateur
2. In the Middle Ages, returning prisoners in exchange for money became
common instead of putting to death. Though the act was humane, the
primary reasons behind it were __________ rather than __________ .
A. humanitarian, economic
B. economic, humanitarian
C. customs, humanitarian
D. customs, economic
E. customs, promise
3. The principal asked teachers to discover and __________ each student's
__________ talents.
A. suppress, unrecognized
B. develop, intrinsic
C. redirect, specious
D. belittle, dormant
E. justify, gratuitous
4. Instead of a long line, I have managed to __________ the tickets.
A. obtain
B. recognize
C. protect
D. procure
E. publish
5. The accountant's __________ of the account was discovered by the
auditor.
A. posting
B. trial balance
C. embezzlement
D. casting
E. audit

ANSWERS
1. E
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C
GAT General Summary Completion Sample Questions:

Polls can be used in different ways. Candidates for public office use them to
(1)__________ their chances of winning and help them decide whether to run.
Once this decision is made, polls provide information that helps candidates
(2)__________ limited campaign resources to those groups in the population
that support them or might be (3)__________ to do so. Candidates also use polls
to help determine which issues they need to (4)__________ and which they
should ignore. Candidates will sometimes commission private polls and leak
favorable results to the press to try to (5)__________ opinion.

1.
A. access
B. excess
C. assess
D. information
E. know
2.
A. direct
B. use
C. think
D. advance
E. get
3.
A. made
B. obtained
C. moved
D. rectified
E. persuaded
4.
A. embezzled
B. emphasize
C. eminent
D. egoist
E. None of these
5.
A. patronage
B. extrapolate
C. alienate
D. manipulate
E. enervate
ANSWERS

1. C
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. D

GAT General Reading Comprehension Sample Questions:

The explosion of a star is an awesome event. The most violent of these

cataclysms, which produce supernovae, probably destroys a star completely.
Within our galaxy of roughly 100 billion stars the last supernova was observed
in 1604. Much smaller explosions, however, occur quite frequently, giving rise
to what astronomers call novae and dwarf novae. On the order of 25 novae occur
in our galaxy every year, but only two or three are near enough to be observed.
About 100 dwarf novae are known altogether. If the exploding star is in a nearby
part of the galaxy, it may create a “new star” that was not previously visible to
the naked eye. The last new star of this sort that could be observed clearly from
the Northern Hemisphere appeared in 1946. In these smaller explosions the star
loses only a minute fraction of its mass and survives to explode again.
Astrophysicists are fairly well satisfied that they can account for the explosions
of supernovae. The novae and dwarf novae have presented more of a puzzle.
From recent investigations that have provided important new information about
these two classes of exploding star, the picture that emerges is quite astonishing.
It appears that every dwarf nova – and perhaps every nova – is a member of a
pair of stars. The two stars are so close together that they revolve around a point
that lies barely outside the surface of the larger star. As a result the period of
rotation is usually only a few hours, and their velocities range upward to within a
two-hundredth of the speed of light.

1. According to the passage, our observations of nova are hampered by their

A. extreme brightness
B. loss of mass
C. speed of rotation
D. distance from Earth
E. tremendous violence
2. The production of supernova
A. occurs frequently
B. occurs 25 times in 1 year
C. occured in 1946
D. occured in 1604
E. occured 100 billion years ago
3. By the term "new star" the author mean one that has
A. recently gained in mass
B. moved from a distant galaxy
C. become bright enough to strike the eye
D. not previously risen above the horizon
E. become visible by rotating in its orbit
4. Which from the following statement(s) true about novae and dwarf novae
I. 25 novae and super novae occur in our galaxy every year
II. occur in result of smaller explosions
III. only 100 of smaller explosions are known
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
E. II and III
5. When novae and dwarf novae occur,
A. the star survive to explode again
B. the star destroys completely
C. the star devides in two parts
D. the star becomes a dwarf novae
E. None of these
6. The statement, "velocities range upward to within a two-hundredth of the
speed of light" is for
A. novae
B. dwarf novae
C. supernova
D. novae and dwarf novae
E. pair of stars
7. The period of rotation of the pair of stars is usually only a few hours,
because
A. the one star is so smaller
B. the two stars are very near to each other
C. the revolving point is too near
D. they do not have solid outer surface
E. their speed is equal to the speed of light

ANSWERS
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. E
7. C
Important Vocabulary for GAT General:
GAT HIGH-FREQUENCY WORD LIST
Following is the list of GAT General frequently asked words
aberration | abstruse | auspicious | cacophony | euphony | eclectic fallow | erudite
deteriorate | feckless | evanescent | hone | obstinate aggravate | feeble | vindictivefleeting |
vouch | curtail | deletirious capricious | volatile | baleful | indifferent brook | amenable |
conjoin integrity | concealed | vacous | arrogant | minatory | touchstone acrimonious |
succinct | cajole | Impartial

GAT General by NTS (Practice Paper)

Sample - GAT-C
Number of Questions: 100;; Time allowed: 120 minutes
Negative Marking: No

SYNONYMS

1. ANOMALY (Click on a word to know its meaning)

A. Normal
B. Straight
C. Irregularity
D. Integrity
E. None of these
2. ABSTRUSE
A. Showy
B. Evident
C. To prove something
D. Skillful
E. Concealed
3. VACOUS
A. Stupid
B. Truthfulness
C. Ravenous
D. Dreamer
E. Confused
4. PRAGMATIC
A. Practical
B. Magnetic
C. Liar
D. Arrogant
E. Uncertain
5. PROBITY
A. Probability
B. Honesty
C. Peaceful
D. Carelessness
E. Extraordinary
6. MINATORY
A. Managing
B. Moving
C. Threatening
D. Cheating
E. None of these
7. TOUCHSTONE
A. Very hard stone
B. Criteria
C. Static
D. Comfortable
E. Path
8. ACRIMONIOUS
A. Bitter
B. Cheap
C. Expensive
D. Momentary
E. Affection
9. BROOK
A. Friend
B. Tolerate
C. Enemy
D. Polish
E. Fraud
10. SUCCINCT
A. Concise
B. Tranquil
C. Ratify
D. Slowly
E. Superficial
ANTONYMS
11. FOE
A. Friend
B. Enemy
C. Foul
D. Fail
E. Fraud
12. CONSENSUS
A. Agreement
B. Disagreement
C. Quality
D. Special case
E. Bold
13. FECKLESS
A. Weak
B. Careful
C. Careless
D. Unlucky
E. None of these
14. MELANCHOLY
A. Sorrowful
B. Happy
C. Confused
D. Convicted
E. None of these
15. EMINENT
A. Famous
B. Sad
C. Imminent
D. Happy
E. Unknown
16. PARTISAN
A. Neutral
B. Popular
C. Biased
D. Apart
E. Stubborn
17. NEPOTISM
A. Query
B. Favoritism
C. Impartial
D. Neophyte
E. Nearness
18. ENIGMA
A. Mystery
B. Postmortem
C. Demise
D. Understood
E. Frightened
19. CAPRICIOUS
A. Intrinsic
B. Certain
C. Rest
D. Shaky
E. Copy
20. AFFRONT
A. Praise
B. To insult
C. To face
D. Confront
E. To remove
ANALOGIES
21. DETERIORATE : IMPROVE
A. feckless : careless
B. evanescent : exigent
C. hope : hone
D. accumulation : narrate
E. obstinate : tractable
22. AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE
A. later : precede
B. urbane : naive
C. evasive : wordy
D. feeble : worker
E. disavow : confront
23. VINDICTIVE: MERCY
A. transient : fleeting
B. elated : happy
C. crestfallen : cognizant
D. cajole : coax
E. skeptical : trustfulness
24. ISLAND : ARCHIPELAGO
A. classroom : school
B. student : teacher
C. brook : building
D. chary : cautious
E. transport : transfer
25. FOND : DOTING
A. chide : pillory
B. doctrine : patient
C. strut : walk
D. levy : bevy
E. time : search
Sentence Completion
26. I can __________ for his honesty and ability to work hard.
A. bet
B. promise
C. vouch
D. vow
E. None of these
27. Job in this department __________ a lot of hard work.
A. mean
B. means
C. entails
D. curtail
E. None of these
28. I cannot concentrate, here is too much __________.
A. detraction
B. distraction
C. people
D. sound
E. contraction
29. This account is exempted from __________ charges.
A. tax
B. bevy
C. levy
D. interest
E. taxation
 30. I am afraid __________ cats.
A. to
B. from
C. of
D. with
E. by

Summary Completion
During the later years of the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation government
was formed. This government (1)__________ severely from a lack of power. Each state
distrusted (2)__________ and gave little authority to the central or federal government. The
Articles of Confederation (3)__________ a government which could not raise money
(4)__________ taxes, prevent Indian raids, or force the British out (5)__________ the United
States.
31.
A. damaged
B. suffered
C. fail
D. diminished
E. none of these
32.
A. other
B. the other
C. others
D. the others
E. none of these
33.
A. produced
B. made
C. obtained
D. elected
E. none of these
34.
A. with
B. from
C. for
D. to
E. with the
35.
A. with
B. from
C. for
D. to
E. of
Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions
Unemployment is an important index of economic slack and lost output, but it is much more
than that. For the unemployed person, it is often a damaging affront to human dignity and
sometimes a catastrophic blow to family life. Nor is this cost distributed in proportion to
ability to bear it. It falls most heavily on the young, the semiskilled and unskilled, the black
person, the older worker, and underemployed person in a low income rural area who is
denied the option of securing more rewarding urban employment….The concentrated
incidence of unemployment among specific groups in the population means far greater costs
to society that can be measured simply in hours of involuntary idleness or dollars of income
lost. The extra costs include disruption of the careers of young people, increased juvenile
delinquency, and perpetuation of conditions which breed racial discrimination in employment
and otherwise deny equality of opportunity. There is another and more subtle cost. The social
and economic strains of prolonged underutilization create strong pressures for cost-increasing
solutions…. On the side of labor, prolonged high unemployment leads to “share-the-work”
pressures for shorter hours, intensifies resistance to technological change and to
rationalization of work rules. On the side of business, the weakness of markets leads to
attempts to raise prices to cover high average overhead casts and to pressures for protection
against foreign and domestic competition.

36. According to the passage, unemployment is an index of

A. over utilization of capacity
B. economic slack and lost output
C. diminished resources
D. the employment rate
E. under capacity
37. While unemployment is damaging to many, it falls most heavily upon all except the
A. black
B. semiskilled
C. unskilled
D. underemployed
E. white middle class
38. The cost to society of unemployment can be measured by all except
A. lost incomes
B. idleness
C. juvenile delinquency
D. disruption of careers
E. the death rate
39. Serious unemployment leads labor groups to demand
A. more jobs by having everyone work shorter hours
B. higher wages to those employed
C. “no fire” policies
D. cost-cutting solutions
E. higher social security payments
40. According to the passage, a typical business reaction to a recession is to press for
A. higher unemployment insurance
B. protection against imports
C. government action
D. restrictive business practices
E. restraint against union activity
 ANSWERS
Answers: Synonyms
1. C
2. E
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. A
Answers: Antonyms
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. E
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. A
Answers: Anologies
21. E
22. A
23. E
24. A
25. A
Answers: Sentence Completion
26. C
27. C
28. B
29. C
30. C
Answers: Summary Completion
31. B
32. D
33. A
34. B
35. E
Answers: Reading Comprehension
36. B
37. E
38. E
39. A
40. B