GAT SAMPLE PAPERS

Choose from the following, the answer that is closest in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

1.     ANOMALY

A.     normal

B.     straight

C.     irregularity

D.     integrity

2.     ABSTRUSE

A.     showy

B.     evident

C.     difficult to manage

D.     difficult to understand

3.     VACUOUS

A.     stupid

B.     truthfulness

C.     ravenous

D.     confused

4.     PRAGMATIC

A.     practical

B.     magnetic

C.     liar

D.     arrogant

5.     PROBITY

A.     probability

B.     honesty

C.     peaceful

D.     carelessness

Answers

1.     C

2.     D

3.     A

4.     A

5.     B

6.     EXPLANATION: GAT PRACTICE TEST

7.     1. (C) anomaly  means "unusual and unacceptable; oddness; irregularity". Hence, "irregularity" is the synonym.
2. (D) abstruse  means "difficult to understand; deep". Hence, "difficult to understand" is the answer.
3. (A) vacuous  means "stupid".
4. (A) pragmatic  means "realistic". Hence, "practical" is the synonym.
5. (B) probity  means "honesty".

Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

6.     CONSENSUS

A.     agreement

B.     disagreement

C.     quality

D.     special case

7.     FECKLESS

A.     weak

B.     careless

C.     careful

D.     unlucky

8.     EMINENT

A.     imminent

B.     happy

C.     famous

D.     unknown

9.     PARTISAN

A.     neutral

B.     popular

C.     biased

D.     stubborn

10.   NEPOTISM

A.     query

B.     favoritism

C.     impartial

D.     neophyte

ANSWERS: NTS PRACTICE PAPER

6.     B

7.     C

8.     D

9.     A

10.   C

Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital. (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

11.   DETERIORATE : IMPROVE

A.     feckless : careless

B.     evanescent : exigent

C.     hope : hone

D.     obstinate : tractable

12.   AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE

A.     later : precede

B.     urbane : naive

C.     evasive : wordy

D.     feeble : worker

13.   VINDICTIVE : MERCY

A.     transient : fleeting

B.     elated : happy

C.     crestfallen : cognizant

D.     skeptical : trustfulness

Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

14.   In Lahore, fares are __________ high.

A.     fascinatedly

B.     extraneously

C.     exorbitantly

D.     passionately

15.   As a result of the __________, no one can trade with North Korea.

A.     enigma

B.     embargo

C.     vicious

D.     voracious

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER

11.   D

12.   A

13.   D

14.   C

15.   B

EXPLANATION: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER

11. (D) deteriorate  means to become worse. So, deteriorate and improve are opposite. Similarly, obstinate  (strict to own style, behavior; difficult to deal with) and tractable  (easy to deal with or control) are opposite.
12. (A) aggravate  (to make worse) and alleviate  (ease; to make sth less severe) are opposite. Similarly, later  and precede  are opposite.
13. D vindictive  (trying to harm) and mercy  (kindness) are opposite. Similarly, skeptical  (dubious, doubtful) and trustfulness are opposite.
14. (C) exorbitant  (too much high) is the most suitable option.
15. (B) embargo  (ban on commercial activities) is the most suitable option.

Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

16.   Most of the guests arrived __________ buses.

A.     with

B.     by

C.     from

D.     in

17.   The man __________ you met is an aeronautical engineer.

A.     who

B.     whose

C.     whom

D.     which

18.   When they were younger, they __________ ten kilometers a day.

A.     walked

B.     had walked

C.     has been walking

D.     had been walking

19.   The number of computer engineers __________ increasing every year.

A.     is

B.     are

C.     has been

D.     have been

20.   The newly installed video game sounds very __________.

A.     interest

B.     interesting

C.     interested

D.     interestingly

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER

16.   D

17.   C

18.   A

19.   A

20.   B

Read the following paragraphs carefully. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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.

21.   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

22.   While unemployment is damaging to many, it falls most heavily upon all except the

A.     black

B.     semiskilled

C.     unskilled

D.     white middle class

23.   The cost to society of unemployment can be measured by all except

A.     lost incomes

B.     idleness

C.     the death rate

D.     juvenile delinquency

24.   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

25.   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

ANSWERS: PRACTICE PAPER NTS TEST

21. B

22. D

23. C

24. A

25. B

EXPLANATION: PRACTICE PAPER NTS TEST

21. (B) Read this: Unemployment is an important index of economic slack and lost output
22. (D) Read this: It falls most heavily on the young, the semiskilled and unskilled, the black person, the older worker, and underemployed person. The white middle class is not mentioned here.
23. (C) Read this: ... greater costs to society that can be measured simply in hours of involuntary idleness or dollars of income lost... increased juvenile delinquency ... The death rate is not mentioned here.
24. (A) Read this: prolonged high unemployment leads to "share-the-work" pressures for shorter hours
25. (B) Read this: ... pressures for protection against foreign and domestic competition

Choose from the following, the answer that is closest in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

26.   RAVENOUS

1.     restful

2.     restless

3.     starving

4.     implore

27. CRAVEN

1.     cowardly

2.     laziness

3.     politely

4.     arrogant

28. ADUMBRATE

1.     coward

2.     laziness

3.     polite

4.     outline

29. INSOLENT

1.     rude

2.     innocent

3.     kind

4.     bad-tempered

30. CONGNIZANCE

1.     cogent

2.     awareness

3.     encyclopedia

4.     Arrogance

ANSWERS: GAT SAMPLE PAPER

1.     C

2.     A

3.     D

4.     A

5.     B

EXPLANATION: GAT SAMPLE PAPER

1. (C) Ravenous  means extremely hungry. Hence, starving is the synonym.
2. (A) Craven  means lacking courage. Hence, cowardly is the synonym.
3. (D) Adumbrate  means outline (a brief overview). Hence, outline is the synonym.
4. (A) Insolent  means extremely rude. Hence, rude  has the closest meaning.
5. (B) Cognizance  means awareness or knowledge of something.

Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

31.   CUPIDITY

1.     stupidity

2.     rudeness

3.     largess

4.     laziness

32. URBANE

1.     wise

2.     unwise

3.     polite

4.     arrogant

33. EXTRANEOUS

1.     relevant

2.     irrelevant

3.     extra

4.     external

34. DICEY

1.     safe

2.     risky

3.     kind

4.     zero

35. JUDAS

1.     boring

2.     joyful

3.     traitor

4.     faithful

ANSWERS: NTS SAMPLE PAPER

6.     C

7.     B

8.     A

9.     A

10.   D

EXPLANATION: NTS SAMPLE PAPER

6. (C) Cupidity  means greed (a strong desire for more wealth, property etc.). And, Largess  means generous in giving money. Hence, largess is the opposite to cupidity.
7. (B) Urbane  means wise, hence unwise is the opposite.
8. (A) Extraneous  means irrelevant, hence relevant is the opposite.
9. (A) Dicey  means risky, hence safe is the opposite.
10. (D) Judas  means traitor, hence faithful is the opposite.

Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital. (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

36.   ISLAND : ARCHIPELAGO

1.     Apple : tree

2.     bat: cricket

3.     class : school

4.     walk : run

37. SEISMOGRAPH : EARTHQUAKE

1.     water : tsunami

2.     thermometer : temperature

3.     geography : land

4.     city : country

38. CAREFUL : PUNCTILIOUS

1.     lukewarm : boiling

2.     lazy : laziness

3.     expert : time

4.     external : internal

Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

39. Kindly ask her to play the piano, she is a __________ pianist.

1.     voracious

2.     vacuous

3.     volatile

4.     virtuoso

40. He was __________ from all charges leveled against him.

1.     liberated

2.     exonerated

3.     apprehended

4.     judged

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL SAMPLE PAPER

11.   C

12.   B

13.   A

14.   D

15.   B

EXPLANATION: NTS VERBAL SAMPLE PAPER

11. (C) an archipelago is made up of islands, as a school is made up of classes.
12. (B) seismograph is an instrument used to measure earthquake, as thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature.
13. (A) Punctilious  means extremely careful. So, punctilious is the higher degree of careful, as boiling is the higher degree of lukewarm.
14. (D) Virtuoso  means highly skilled.
15. (B) Exonerated  means to free from blame.

Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

41.   If I __________ money, I would purchase it now.

1.     has

2.     have

3.     had

4.     have had

42. She is looking for an accommodation __________ in flat or shared house.

1.     both

2.     until

3.     neither

4.     either

43. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) burns less efficiently than gasoline

1.     burn

2.     burns

3.     should burn

4.     would burn

44. Maryam, accompanied by her brother, __________ at the party.

1.     is

2.     are

3.     was

4.     were

45. The newly imposed rules sound very __________.

1.     interesting

2.     interestingly

3.     interested

4.     interest

ANSWERS: NTS ENGLISH SAMPLE PAPER

16.   C

17.   D

18.   B

19.   C

20.   A

Read the following paragraphs carefully. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

These huge waves wreak terrific damage when they crash on the shores of distant lands or continents. Under a perfectly sunny sky and from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may break twenty or thirty feet high over beaches and waterfronts, crushing houses and drowning unsuspecting residents and bathers in its path.

How are these waves formed? When a submarine earthquake occurs, it is likely to set up a tremendous amount of shock, disturbing the quite waters of the deep ocean. This disturbance travels to the surface and forms a huge swell in the ocean many miles across. It rolls outward in all directions, and the water lowers in the centre as another as another swell looms up. Thus a series of concentric swells are formed similar to those made when a coin or small pebble is dropped into a basin of water. The big difference is in the size. Each of the concentric rings of basin water traveling out toward the edge is only about an inch across and less than a quarter of an inch high. The swells in the ocean are sometimes nearly a mile wide and rise to several multiple of ten feet in height.

Many of us have heard about these waves, called "tsunami". Nothing was done about tsunamis until after World War II. An underwater earthquake in the Aleutian Islands could start a swell that would break along the shores and cause severe damage. These waves travel hundreds of miles an hour, and one can understand how they would crash!

46.   One surprising aspect of the waves discussed in the passage is the fact that they

1.     are formed in concentric patterns

2.     often strike during clear weather

3.     arise under conditions of cold temperature

4.     are produced by deep swells

47. It is believed that the waves are caused by

1.     seismic changes

2.     concentric time belts

3.     underwater earthquakes

4.     storms

48. The normal maximum width of the waves is approximately

1.     one mile

2.     five miles

3.     five feet

4.     ten feet

49. Nothing was done about the waves until

1.     deaths occurred

2.     a solution was found

3.     millions of dollars worth of damage was incurred

4.     the outbreak of World War II

50. The movement of the waves has been measured at a speed of

1.     1 mile an hour

2.     50 miles an hour

3.     100 miles an hour

4.     more than a hundred miles an hour

ANSWERS: SAMPLE PAPER NTS TEST

21.   B

22.   C

23.   A

24.   D

25.   D