Category

Test Type

Verbal
Reasoning

Quantitative
Reasoning

Analytical
Reasoning

Total

35%

35%

30%

100%

50%

30%

20%

100%

45%

35%

20%

100%

-> GAT-A Curriculum

GAT A

Business and
Engineering Students

-> GAT-B Curriculum

GAT B

Art, Humanities
and Social Sciences
Students

-> GAT-C Curriculum

GAT C

Agricultural,
Veterinary,
Biological & Related
Sciences Students

-> GAT-D Curriculum

NOTE*:
This category is specially designed for students coming from Madrassa background
(Shadat-Ul-Aalmiya) or equivalent having equivalence from Higher Education Commission (HEC)
and desired to seek admission in M. Phil/MS/LLM disciplines.
GAT D

Religious
Studies Students

50%

30%

20%

100%

Graduate Assessment Test Detailed Curricula For All GAT Categories

GAT Category A Business and Engineering Students (Detailed)
Total No of Questions = 100
Time Allowed = 120 minutes

Topics
Verbal Reasons (English)

Segment
% Weight

Number of
Questions

35%

35

A: Vocabulary
A1: Prefixes, Suffixes

5% of 35%

A2: Analogies

10% of 35%

A3: Antonyms

5% of 35%

A4: Conceptual

5% of 35%

25% of 35%

Sub-total for Vocabulary

B: Grammar
B1: Tenses and Aspects

20% of 35%

B2: Part of Speech (Conjunctions, Nouns, Pronouns,

Verb, Adverb, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions)

10% of 35%

B3: Conditionals

5% of 35%

B4: Functions

5% of 35%

40% of 35%

14

C1: Inferencing

15% of 35%

C2: Linking Devices

6% of 35%

C3: Main Idea

5% of 35%

C4: Title

3% of 35%

C5: Topic Sentences

3% of 35%

C6: Type of Passage (Narrative, Descriptive,

Expository, Scientific, Entertaining, Didactic, Rhetorical)

3% of 35%

35% of 35%

12

Sub-total for Grammar

C: Comprehension

Sub-total for Comprehension

Quantitative Reasoning

35%

35

Arithmetic
Business Mathematics, Financial Mathematics,
Consumer Mathematics,
Percentage Ratio and Proportion, Zakat,
Ushar and Inheritance

33% of 35%

12

33% of 35%

12

17% of 35%

Algebra
Fundamental of Geometry, Practical Geometry,
Areas and Volumes, Matrices and
Determinants, Basic Statistics, Arithmetic and
Geometric Sequences, Linear Graphs, Sets and Functions
Geometry
Introduction to Trigonometry, Projection of a side of a triangle,
Chords of a circle, Tangent to a circle, Chords and Arcs,
Angles in a segment of a circle, Practical geometry circles,
Congruent Triangles, Parallelograms and Triangles,
Line Bisectors and Angle Bisectors
Data Processing

Basic Statistics and Probability

Analytical Reasoning
Deductive and inductive logic, Critical thinking and writing skills

Grand Total All Segments

17% of 35%

30%

30

100% of 30%

30

100%

100
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