GAT Practice Test

GAT General Sample Paper

Number of Questions: 100 Time allowed: 120 minutes GAT General consists of three sections: 1. n!lish 2. Quantitati"e #. Anal$tical %easonin!

n!lish
This section contains the following types of questions: Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, Sentence Completion !or" Choice (with respect to grammar !or" Choice (with respect to #ocabulary Grammar Summary Completion $ea"ing Comprehension

Quantitati"e
This section contains questions from following topics:
%asic Algebra !or" Problems Arithmetic an" &ogic Geometry

Anal$tical %easonin!
This section contains following types of questions: Collecting gi#en information Conclusion' after gathering gi#en information (nference from the gi#en information an" conclusion )in" full length GAT Practice Test at www*sheir*org+gat,practice,test*html GAT Practice Test

GAT Sample Paper Section&A ' n!lish( S$non$ms

-* $.ST(V. (A $estful (% $estless (C Crucial (/ Pause 0* C$AV.1 (A Cowar"ly (% &a2iness (C Politely (/ Arrogant Answers and )planation: -* (% $esti#e means $estless 0* (A Cra#en means Cowar"ly

Anton$ms
3* P.$)(/4 (A To impure

(% Thoroughness (C Purification (/ &oyalty 5* .))(CAC4 (A Strange (% !ell67nown (C (nefficiency (/ .ffecti#eness Answers and )planation: 3* (/ Perfi"y means "isloyalty, treachery, "ecei#es* 8ence, antonym is &oyalty* 5* (C .fficacy means effecti#eness* 8ence, antonym is (nefficiency

Analo!ies
$ecogni2e the relation between the gi#en pair of wor"s (in capital * An", select the pair of wor"s from the gi#en options that best e9presses a relationship similar to that in capital pair of wor"s* GAT Practice Test :* CA$P.1T.$ : SA! (A athlete : runner (% assembly : member (C mason : wall (/ reaper : sic7le ;* <.1/AC(T4 : 8=1.ST4 (A courage : cra#enness (% wic7e"ness : lie (C money : wealth (/ acclaim : truthfulness Answers and )planation :* (/ A carpenter uses a saw, an" reaper uses a sic7le to cut the grain* ;* (A <en"acity means "ishonesty, hence, <en"acity an" honesty are antonyms* Cra#enness means Cowar"ness, an" courage means bra#ery' hence both are antonyms*

Summar$ *ompletion
*omplete the followin! summar$ with suitable answers !hen you can measure (> ,,,,,,,,,, you are spea7ing about, an" e9press it (? ,,,,,,,,,, numbers, you 7now something (@ ,,,,,,,,,, it' when you cannot measure it, when you cannot (-A ,,,,,,,,,, it in numbers, your 7nowle"ge is of a meager an" unsatisfactory 7in"' it may be the beginning of 7nowle"ge, but you ha#e (-- ,,,,,,,,,,, in your thoughts, a"#ance" to the stage of science* >* (A when (% what (C where (/ whom ?* (A in (% to (C from (/ with

@* (A for (% within (C about (/ nearly -A* (A tell (% as7 (C say (/ e9press --* (A immature (% scarcely (C arrogantly (/ lac7 Answers >* (% ?* (A @* (C -A* (/ --* (%

Grammar
-0* Anas, Bmar an" ( ,,,,,,,,,, going* (A am (% was (C are (/ ha#e been -3* (f ( ,,,,,,,,,, time, ( woul" ha#e purchase" it yester"ay* (A ha" ha" (% woul" ha" (C woul" ha#e (/ ha" ha#e Answers -0* (C -3* (A GAT Practice Test

%eadin! *omprehension
%ead the followin! para!raphs carefull$ and choose the correct answers from the options !i"en below These huge wa#es wrea7 terrific "amage when they crash on the shores of "istant lan"s or continents* Bn"er a perfectly sunny s7y an" from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may brea7 twenty or thirty feet high o#er beaches an" waterfronts, crushing houses an" "rowning unsuspecting resi"ents an" bathers in its path* 8ow are these wa#es forme"C !hen a submarine earthqua7e occurs, it is li7ely to set up a tremen"ous amount of shoc7, "isturbing the quite waters of the "eep ocean* This "isturbance tra#els to the surface an" forms a huge swell in the ocean many miles across* (t rolls outwar" in all "irections, an" the water lowers in the centre as another as another swell looms up* Thus a series of concentric swells are forme" similar to those ma"e when a coin or small pebble is "roppe" into a basin of water* The big "ifference is in the si2e*

.ach of the concentric rings of basin water tra#eling out towar" the e"ge is only about an inch across an" less than a quarter of an inch high* The swells in the ocean are sometimes nearly a mile wi"e an" rise to se#eral multiple of ten feet in height* <any of us ha#e hear" about these wa#es, calle" DtsunamiD* 1othing was "one about tsunamis until after !orl" !ar ((* An un"erwater earthqua7e in the Aleutian (slan"s coul" start a swell that woul" brea7 along the shores an" cause se#ere "amage* These wa#es tra#el hun"re"s of miles an hour, an" one can un"erstan" how they woul" crashE -5* =ne surprising aspect of the wa#es "iscusse" in the passage is the fact that they (A are forme" in concentric patterns (% often stri7e "uring clear weather (C arise un"er con"itions of col" temperature (/ are pro"uce" by "eep swells -:* (t is belie#e" that the wa#es are cause" by (A seismic changes (% concentric time belts (C un"erwater earthqua7es (/ storms -;* The normal ma9imum wi"th of the wa#es is appro9imately (A one mile (% fi#e miles (C fi#e feet (/ ten feet GAT Practice Test ->* 1othing was "one about the wa#es until (A "eaths occurre" (% a solution was foun" (C millions of "ollars worth of "amage was incurre" (/ the outbrea7 of !orl" !ar (( -?* The mo#ement of the wa#es has been measure" at a spee" of (A - mile an hour (% :A miles an hour (C -AA miles an hour (/ more than a hun"re" miles an hour Answers -5* (% -:* (C -;* (A ->* (/ -?* (/

Anal$tical %easonin! & GAT Sample Paper

GAT Anal$tical %easonin! 'Sample Questions+ Answers and )planation( Fuestion (-@603 > persons li#e in a street, ha#ing houses in line* Consi"er the following: -* A li#es in the cornerGs house 0* C is between . an" G 3* There is - house between / an" ) 5* ) is neighbor of G :* There are two houses between A an" G -@* !ho li#es in the secon" cornerC (A %

(% C (C / (/ . (/ ) 0A* !ho li#es in the mi""leC (A C (% / (C . (/ ) (. G GAT Practice Test 0-* !ho li#es between % an" GC (A C (% / (C . (/ ) (. G 00* ,,,,,,,,,, is neighbor of AC (A % (% C (C . (/ ) (. G 03* There are ,,,,,,,,,, houses between % an" .C (A A (% (C 0 (/ 3 (. 5 Answers and )planation Note down the given information 1=T.: > persons li#e in a street So, we can "raw > lines: ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, -* A li#es in the cornerGs house So, there are two possibilities: ,A, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, =$ ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,, ,A, 0* C is between . an" G 8ere, also two possibilities: ,., ,C, ,G, =$ ,G, ,C, ,., 3* There is - house between / an" ) Two possibilities: ,/, ,,, ,), =$ ,), ,,, ,/, 5* ) is neighbor of G ,), ,G, =$ ,G, ,), :* There are two houses between A an" G ,A, ,,, ,,, ,G, =$ ,G, ,,, ,,, ,A, GAT Practice Test Now gather the given information Two houses between A an" G: ,A, ,,, ,,, ,G, ,,, ,,, ,,, C is between . an" G: ,A, ,., ,C, ,G, ,,, ,,, ,,, ) is neighbor of G: ,A, ,., ,C, ,G, ,), ,,, ,,, - house between / an" ): ,A, ,., ,C, ,G, ,), ,,, ,/, An" finally: ,A, ,., ,C, ,G, ,), ,%, ,/, Chec7 whether all the gi#en information is true or not

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GAT Quantitati"e Section

05* Sol#e for x: when 3 0 x xy (A x y 0 (% x y 5 (C x y ; (/ x 0y 5 (. x 0y ; Solution 3 0 x xy 3 0 x xy x 0(x y 3 x 0x 0y ; x 0x 0y ; x 0y ; x 0y ; ,ence+ answer is ' ( GAT Practice Test 0:* The straight line 0x 3y 5 = A touches the x - axis atC (A x = 0 (% x = 0 (C x =(/ x = (. x = A Solution The line touches the x axis when y = A So, put y = A in the gi#en equation: 0x 3y 5 = A 0x 3(A 5 = A 0x 5 = A 0x = 5 5 0 x

 x 0 ,ence+ answer is 'A( GAT Practice Test 0;* Consi"er the larger circle an" an inner circle* Point A is center of larger circle* (f the line A% (not "rawn is > cm in length, then fin" the area of larger circle* (A @5 cm (% --0 cm (C -3; cm (/ -:5 cm Solution &ine A% which is "iameter of inner circle H > cm (t is also the ra"ius of larger circle, since A is center point of larger circle* !e 7now that the area of a circle H 0 00 ( > radius 8ence, Area of larger circle H 0 00 > > H 00> -:5 cm ,ence+ answer is '-( GAT Practice Test 0>* The #alue of y in the abo#e triangle isC (A -; (% -; (C 30 (/ 30 Solution Since the abo#e triangle is right6triangle* 8ence, 50 50 y0 -; -; y0 30 y0 30 y ,ence+ the answer is '*( )in" full length GAT Practice Test at www*sheir*org+gat,practice,test*html