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GAT General practice test: MCQs with answers

Practise the NTS GAT General test (NTS · all categories) with 642 exam-style MCQs by chapter, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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GAT General practice test: MCQs with answers

Practise the NTS GAT General test (NTS · all categories) with 642 exam-style MCQs by chapter, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

642 questions · 11 chapters

What each chapter covers 11 chapters

The questions follow the syllabus chapter by chapter. You can test the whole subject or one chapter at a time.

  1. Verbal · Vocabulary 82 questionsSynonyms and antonyms, Analogies, Word formation
  2. Verbal · Sentence completion 30 questionsSentence completion
  3. Verbal · Grammar and usage 54 questionsTenses, agreement and parts of speech, Sentence correction
  4. Verbal · Reading comprehension 48 questionsMain idea and structure, Inference and detail
  5. Quantitative · Arithmetic 108 questionsNumbers and fractions, Percentages, ratio and proportion, Business and consumer mathematics, Averages, rates and work
  6. Quantitative · Algebra 56 questionsLinear equations and inequalities, Exponents, radicals and quadratics, Sequences and series, Matrices and basic functions
  7. Quantitative · Geometry and trigonometry 50 questionsLines, angles and triangles, Circles and polygons, Mensuration, Trigonometry and coordinate geometry
  8. Quantitative · Statistics, probability and data 36 questionsBasic statistics, Probability and counting, Data interpretation
  9. Analytical · Arrangements and grouping 72 questionsLinear and circular arrangements, Grouping and selection
  10. Analytical · Deductive reasoning 68 questionsStatements and conclusions, Conditional and ordering logic, Critical reasoning
  11. Analytical · Patterns and puzzles 38 questionsSeries and coding, Relations, directions and sets
Sample GAT General (NTS) MCQs with answers 12 questions

12 questions from the test, one or two from each chapter. Try each one, then open the answer.

1. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that in the pair given.
CHAPTER : NOVEL ::

  1. A
    library : book
  2. B
    pen : write
  3. C
    verse : poem
  4. D
    sentence : word
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Answer: C. A chapter is a section of a novel, as a verse is a section of a poem (part to whole). 'Sentence : word' and 'library : book' run from whole to part, the wrong way round.

2. Choose the words that best complete the sentence.
Rather than ______ the criticism, the author ______ it, revising the chapters her reviewers had found weakest.

  1. A
    accepting … rejected
  2. B
    ignoring … overlooked
  3. C
    welcoming … embraced
  4. D
    dismissing … welcomed
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Answer: D. 'Rather than' sets the two blanks against each other, and the revision shows she took the criticism on board: rather than dismissing it, she welcomed it. 'Accepting … rejected' contradicts the revising.

3. Which part of this sentence contains an error?
Bilal is the more consistent of all the batsmen in the squad.

  1. A
    Bilal is
  2. B
    the more consistent
  3. C
    of all the batsmen
  4. D
    in the squad.
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Answer: B. The comparative 'more' is for two things. Among 'all the batsmen' (more than two) the superlative is needed: the most consistent.

4. The price of a phone including 17% sales tax is Rs 4,680. The price before tax was

  1. A
    Rs 3,884
  2. B
    Rs 4,100
  3. C
    Rs 4,000
  4. D
    Rs 3,900
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Answer: C. Rs 4,680 is 117% of the pre-tax price, so the price is 4680 ÷ 1.17 = Rs 4,000. Taking 17% off Rs 4,680 (about Rs 3,884) is wrong because the tax was 17% of the smaller pre-tax price.

5. Ayesha is three times as old as Bilal. In 8 years she will be twice as old as him. How old is Bilal now?

  1. A
    8 years
  2. B
    16 years
  3. C
    24 years
  4. D
    4 years
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Answer: A. Let Bilal be b, so Ayesha is 3b. Then 3b + 8 = 2(b + 8) gives b = 8. Ayesha is 24 now, which is the tempting wrong pick.

6. A cube has total surface area 150 cm2. Its volume is

  1. A
    25 cm3
  2. B
    216 cm3
  3. C
    125 cm3
  4. D
    150 cm3
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Answer: C. 6a2 = 150 gives a = 5 cm, so volume = 53 = 125 cm3. 25 is the area of one face.

7. The number of different arrangements of the letters of the word PAKISTAN is

  1. A
    40320
  2. B
    20160
  3. C
    10080
  4. D
    5040
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Answer: B. PAKISTAN has 8 letters with A appearing twice: 8!/2! = 40320/2 = 20160. 40320 forgets the repeated A.

8. Five cousins, Faris, Hadia, Laiba, Moiz and Noor, sit at a small round table with five chairs equally spaced, so each person has exactly two neighbours. Hadia sits next to Faris. Moiz does not sit next to Hadia. Laiba does not sit next to Noor.
Who are the two neighbours of Moiz?

  1. A
    Laiba and Noor
  2. B
    Faris and Laiba
  3. C
    Faris and Noor
  4. D
    Hadia and Laiba
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Answer: A. Hadia and Faris sit together, so the other three chairs form a run of three between them going round the table. Laiba and Noor cannot be side by side, so they take the two outer chairs of that run and Moiz sits in the middle, between Laiba and Noor (which also keeps him away from Hadia).

9. A is older than B. C is older than A. D is younger than B. E is younger than C but older than A.
Who is the middle person in age of the five?

  1. A
    A
  2. B
    B
  3. C
    C
  4. D
    E
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Answer: A. From oldest to youngest: C, E, A, B, D. A is third of five, the middle.

10. In a certain code, each letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet, so PEN is written as 16-5-14. Which word is written as 3-1-2?

  1. A
    BAC
  2. B
    CAB
  3. C
    CAD
  4. D
    BAD
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Answer: B. 3 = C, 1 = A, 2 = B, read in order: CAB. BAC has the same letters in the wrong order; CAD and BAD use 4 = D.

11. Choose the form of the word that correctly completes the sentence.
It would be ______ to ignore such a clear warning.

  1. A
    foolishly
  2. B
    foolish
  3. C
    foolishness
  4. D
    fool
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Answer: B. After 'It would be' an adjective completes the sentence: foolish. 'Foolishly' is an adverb and 'foolishness' a noun; neither fits 'It would be ___ to ignore'.

12. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The novelist's later works were ______ by critics who had praised her earlier books, and sales fell sharply.

  1. A
    dismissed
  2. B
    acclaimed
  3. C
    translated
  4. D
    serialised
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Answer: A. The critics 'had praised' the earlier books and sales then fell, so the later books were treated badly: dismissed. 'Acclaimed' would not make sales fall.

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