GAT Sample Paper

CAT
Sample Paper for:
NTS Graduate Admission Test (GAT)
For M. Phil. & PhD

Purpose of this sample paper is to familiarize the test If the radius of the well is 5 meters then the
taker with the ques on types that appear on the distance traveled is:
actual test. The number of ques ons and the A. 2.5 km
propor on of the ques ons do not as the number of B. 3.5 km
ques ons on the actual test.
C. 4.5 km
D. 5.5 km
E. None of the above
Quantitative Ability Answer: C

Direc ons: 3. If 1 cm on a map corresponds to an actual

Solve each quan ta ve ability problem and indicate distance of 40 km. And the distance on the
the best of the answer choices given. map between Bombay and Calcu a is 37.5
cm., the actual distance between them is :
Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers. A. 375 km
B. 3750 km
Figures: A figure accompanying a quan tative C. 1500 km
ability problem solving ques on is intended to D. 1375 km
provide informa on useful in solving the E. None of the above
problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as
possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific Answer: C
problem that its figure is not drawn to scale.
Straight lines may some mes appear jagged. All 4. A box contains 90 nuts each of 100 gm and
figures lie on a plane unless otherwise indicated. 100 bolts each of 150 gm. If the en re box
weighs 35.5 kg., then the weight of the empty
1. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If box is :
the length is reduced by x cm and its width is A. 10 kg
increased also by x cm so as to make it a B. 10.5 kg
square then its area changes by : C. 11 kg
A. 4 D. 11.5 kg
B. 144 E. None of the above
C. 12
D. 2 Answer: D
E. None of the above.
5. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20%
Answer: A then the area is increased by :
A. 44%
2. A motorcycle stunts man belonging to fair B. 120%
3 rides over the ver cal walls of a circular well C. 144%
at an average speed of 54 km/h for 5 minutes. D. 40%

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E. None of the above A. 1/3
B. 2/5
Answer: A C. 3/10
D. 5/6
6. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium E. None of the above
whose dimensions are given in the figure
below : Answer: C

9. A father is three mes as old as his son. A er

fi een years the father will be twice as old as
his son's age at that me. Hence the father's
present age is

Hence the perimeter of the field is A. 36

B. 42
A. 50 m C. 45
B. 64 m D. 48
C. 72 m E. None of the above
D. 84 m
E. None of the above Answer: C

Answer: c 10. Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a

restaurant. Tom had $100 with him, Dick had $60
7. Four concentric (having the same center) and Harry had $409. They got a bill for $104 and
circles with radii, x, 2x, 3x and 4x are drawn to decided to give a p of $16. They further decided
to share the total expenses in the ra o of the
amounts of money each carried. The amount of
money which Tom paid more than what Harry
paid is

A. 120
B. 200
C. 60
D. 24
E. 36
form two rings A and B as shown in the figure.
Answer: E
Ra o of the area of inner ring A to the area of
outer ring B is

A. 1:2
Verbal Ability
B. 1:4
C. 2:3 Sentence Completion
D. 3:7
E. None of the above Direc ons:

Answer: D Each sentence below has one or two blanks. Each blank
4 shows that something has been omi ed. Under each
sentence five words are given as choice. Choose the
8. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = ?

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one correct word for each blank that best fits the 5. The Sociologist responded to the charge that her
meaning of the sentences as a whole. new theory was ______ by poin ng out that it
did not in fact contradict accepted sociological
1. A child should not be ______ as being either very
principles.
shy or over confident.
A. unproven
A. categorized
B. banal
B. instructed
C. superficial
C. intoned
D. complex
D. distracted
E. here cal
E. refrained

Answer: A Answer: E

2. President Anwar el Sadat of Egypt, disregarding Reading Comprehension

_______ cri cism in the Arab world and in his
own Government, ________ accepted Prime Directions:
Minister Menahem Begin's invita on to visit Each reading comprehension passage in this sec on is
Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament. followed by ques ons based on the content of the
reading passage. Read the passage carefully and
A. acrimonious - formally chose the best answer to each ques on. The
B. blemished - s ffly ques ons are to be answered on the basis of what is
C. categorical - previously stated or implied in the passage.
D. malignant - plain vely
E. charisma c - me culously
Passage
But man is not des ned to vanish. He can be killed,
Answer: A but he cannot be destroyed, because his soul is
deathless and his spirit is irrepressible. Therefore,
3. In his usual _______ manner, he had insured though the situa on seems dark in the context of the
himself against this type of loss. confronta on between the superpowers, the silver
lining is provided by amazing phenomenon that the
A. pensive very na ons which have spent incalculable resources
B. providen al and energy for the produc on of deadly weapons are
C. indifferent desperately trying to find out how they might never
D. circumspect be used. They threaten each other, in midate each
E. caus c other and go to the brink, but before the total hour
arrives they withdraw from the brink.
Answer: D
1. The main point from the author's view is that
4. We never believed that he would resort to A. Man's soul and spirit cannot be destroyed by
______ in order to achieve his goal; we always superpowers.
regarded him as a _______ man. B. Man's des ny is not fully clear or visible.
C. Man's soul and spirit are immortal.
A. charm - insincere D. Man's safety is assured by the delicate balance
B. necromancy - pie s c of power in terms of nuclear weapons.
C. logic - honorable E. Human society will survive despite the serious
D. pres digita on - ar culate threat of total annihila on.
E. subterfuge - honest
Answer: E
5 Answer: E
2. The phrase 'Go to the brink' in the passage
means

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A. Retrea ng from extreme danger. le ered pairs of related words. Select the
B. Declare war on each other. le ered pair of words.
C. Advancing to the stage of war but not engaging
in it. 1. ANGLE : DEGREE
D. Nego ate for peace. A. area : square inch
E. Commit suicide. B. milk : quart
C. society : classes
Answer: C D. le er : alphabet
E. me : minutes
3. In the author's opinion
A. Huge stockpiles of destruc ve weapons have so Answer: A
far saved mankind from a catastrophe.
B. Superpowers have at last realized the need for 2. CONFIRMED : INVETERATE
abandoning the produc on of lethal weapons. A. knowledge : supposed
C. Mankind is heading towards complete B. financial : bankrupt
destruc on. C. immature : callow
D. Na ons in possession of huge stockpiles of D. credible : incredible
lethal weapons are trying hard to avoid actual E. careful: punishing
conflict.
E. There is a Silver lining over the produc on of Answer: B
deadly weapons.
3. LULLABY : BARCAROLE
Answer: D A. birth : marriage
B. night : morning
4. 'Irrepressible' in the second line means C. cradle : gondola
A. incompa ble D. song : poem
B. strong E. carol : sonneteer
C. oppressive
D. un-restrain able Answer: C
E. inspirited
4. ZOOLOGY : ANIMALS
Answer: D A. ecology : pollu on
B. botany : plants
5. A suitable tle for the above passage is C. chemistry : atoms
A. Destruc on of mankind is in evitable. D. history : people
B. Man's desire to survive inhibits use of deadly E. mathema cs : geometry
weapons.
C. Moun ng cost of modern weapons. Answer: A
D. Threats and in mida on between super
powers. 5. DORY : VAN
E. Cowardly retreat by man A. dairy : cow
B. fish : vehicle
Answer: B C. freighter : caisson
D. runners : wheels
Analogies E. Danish : Dutch

Answer: C
Directions:
Each of the GRE sample analogy ques ons below
6 consists of two words that have a certain
rela onship to each other, followed by five

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Antonyms
E. laud

Directions: Answer: E
Each of the GRE sample antonyms ques ons
consists of a word followed by five words or
phrase as choices. Choose the word or phrase Analytical Ability
which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the
word in capitals and shade the alphabets marked
in the grid on your answer sheet. Logical Reasoning

1. ABOMINATE : Direc ons:

A. loathe
B. despise Each logical reasoning ques on in this part of the
C. adore assessment starts with a reading passage containing
D. abhor the informa on to be used to choose between correct
E. a ach and incorrect logical conclusions. These conclusions
are based on the informa on in the passage. A er
Answer: C this reading passage, you are given a lead-in phrase
that tells you to choose from among five different
responses. These possible responses are generated by
2. OBSEQUIOUS :
correctly or incorrectly applying logical thought to the
A. servile
informa on in the passage at the beginning of the
B. first
ques on. They can be thought of as different ways of
C. fawning
D. supercilious comple ng a sentence that begins with the lead-in
phrase.
E. improper
1. In Los Angeles, a poli cal candidate who buys
Answer: D
satura on radio adver sing will get maximum
name recogni on.
3. OROTUND :
A. not resonant
B. not reddish The statement above logically conveys
C. not eager which of the following?
D. pompous
E. loud A. Radio adver sing is the most important factor
in poli cal campaigns in Los Angeles.
Answer: A B. Maximum name recogni on in Los Angeles
will help a candidate to win a higher
4. RECANT : percentage of votes cast in the city.
A. entangle C. Satura on radio adver sing reaches every
B. rescue demographically dis nct sector of the vo ng
C. fail popula on of Los Angeles.
D. assert D. For maximum name recogni on a candidate
E. predict need not spend on media channels other than
radio adver sing.
Answer: D E. A candidate's record of achievement in the
Los Angeles area will do li le to affect his or
her name recogni on there.
5. UPBRAID :
7 A. defer
Answer: D
B. vacillate
C. sever

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2. The rate of violent crime in this state is up 30 be sure they a end a school with a very small
percent from last year. The fault lies en rely in student popula on.
our court system: Recently our judges' sentences
have been so lenient that criminals can now do Which of the following, if true, iden fies
almost anything without fear of a long prison the greatest flaw in the reasoning above?
term.
A. A low faculty/student ra o is the effect of a
The argument above would be weakened well-rounded educa on, not its source.
if it were true that B. Intelligence should be considered the result of
childhood environment, not advanced
A. 85 percent of the other states in the na on educa on.
have lower crime rates than does this state. C. A very small student popula on does not by
B. white collar crime in this state has also itself; ensure a low faculty/student ra o.
increased by over 25 percent in the last year. D. Parental desires and preferences rarely
C. 35 percent of the police in this state have determine a child's choice of a college or
been laid off in the last year due to budget university.
cuts. E. Students must take advantage of the low
D. polls show that 65 percent of the popula on faculty/student ra o by inten onally choosing
in this state oppose capital punishment. small classes.
E. the state has hired 25 new judges in the last
year to compensate for deaths and Answer: C
re rements.
5. All German philosophers, except for Marx, are
Answer: C idealists.

3. The increase in the number of newspaper ar cles From which of the following can the
exposed as fabrica ons serves to bolster the statement above be most properly
conten on that publishers are more interested in inferred?
boos ng circula on than in prin ng the truth.
Even minor publica ons have staffs to check such A. Except for Marx, if someone is an idealist
obvious fraud. philosopher, then he or she is German.
B. Marx is the only non-German philosopher
The argument above assumes that who is an idealist.
C. If a German is an idealist, then he or she is a
A. newspaper stories exposed as fabrica ons are philosopher, as long as he or she is not Marx.
a recent phenomenon. D. Marx is not an idealist German philosopher.
B. everything a newspaper prints must be E. Aside from the philosopher Marx, if someone
factually verifiable. is a German, then he or she is an idealist.
C. fact checking is more comprehensive for
minor publica ons than for major ones. Answer: E
D. only recently have newspapers admi ed to
publishing inten onally fraudulent stories.
Analytical reasoning
E. the publishers of newspapers are the people
who decide what to print in their newspapers.
Directions:
Answer: E
All analy cal reasoning ques ons are based on a
4. Time and again it has been shown that students passage or set of condi ons. While answering a few of
who a end colleges with low faculty/student the analy cal reasoning ques ons, you would find it
8 ra os get the best-rounded educa on. As a result, useful to draw a rough diagram. To answer any
when my children are ready to a end college, I'll ques on, choose the answer you think is most
appropriate among the given op ons.
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Questions 1- 3 2. How many of them occupy co ages next to a
vacant co age?
Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women A. 2
(Eliza, Anne and Karen) are spending a few months at B. 3
a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine co ages, C. 4
each one living in his or her own co age. There are no D. 5
others staying in the same row of houses. E. 6

1. Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in any Answer: C

co age, which is at the end of the row.
3. Which among these statement(s) are true?
2. Eliza and Anne are unwilling to stay besides any
occupied co age. I. Anne is between Eliza and Jack.
3. Karen is next to Peter and Jack. II. At the most four persons can have occupied
4. Between Anne and Jacks co age there is just one co ages on either side of them.
vacant house. III. Tom stays besides Peter.
5. None of the girls occupy adjacent co ages.
6. The house occupied by Tom is next to an end A. I only
co age. B. II only
C. I and III only
1. Which of the above statements can be said to D. II and III only
have been derived from two other statements? E. I, II and III
A. Statement 1
B. Statement 2 Answer: C
C. Statement 3
D. Statement 5
E. Statement 6
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