Mohammad Ali Jinnah University

Islamabad Campus
Sample Admission Test
For BBA/MBA

Special Instructions
The test will consist of a Test Book and an Answer Book. Please do not write anything on the Test Book.
Read the questions in the Test Book and use the Answer Book to write/mark your answers. The duration of
the test will be 2 hours. Please consult Sample Tests and Preparation Guide of GMAT, TOEFL, and SAT for
further practice and guidance.

PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE TEST BOOK

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I-ENGLISH (40 Questions in 50 Minutes)

READING COMPREHENSION, VOCABULARY AND PARAGRAPH WRITING
PART A
READING COMPREHENSION
This part contains a reading passage followed by questions based on what is stated or implied in the
passage. While answering the questions, take cognizance of the facts or implications in the text. You may
refer back to the passage while answering. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
It is said that light is shadow of God. Once Diogenes took a lamp in his hand in day time and looked about in
the streets full of people and said, "I am in search of an honest man".
Light spreads education and knowledge. In all developed societies education occupies central place. Today
we see tremendous explosion of knowledge all around. Nations with strong educational profiles are leaping
forward and making viable economic growth and development. These nations have restored educational
system its rightful place. They have enabled their citizens to live cope with and grow towards high change in
society. Their educational apparatus has helped usher in a knowledge based society.
They have built their citizenry with a forward looking vision. Education sets to provide valuable policy input to
chalk out better future. Education exploits and utilizes innate capacities of people. It develops strategic skills
of the people. Indeed, education plays a role of the most powerful catalyst to spur the individuals. And who
can deny Socrates saying, "No man is knowingly evil". So, knowledge becomes virtue and knowledge
becomes power and power never fails. All education springs from images of future and all education creates
the image of future.
Answer the following questions:-
Q-1: What did Diogenes search?
a) a lamp b) an honest man
b) shadow of God d) education
Q-2: What is the place of education in developed societies?
a) a bottom place b) huge place
c) central place d) small place
PART B

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VOCABULARY
Each question consists of an incomplete sentence followed by four choices. Find the one choice which best
completes the sentence and mark it on your answer sheet.
1) Michael Faraday made a great discovery _____________ that electricity can be made to flow in a coil
wire.
a) When he found
b) To found
c) Was found
d) He found
2) Solid fuel engines are simpler then liquid fuel engines, ______________ have important uses
a) Both of them
b) So both
c) Both however
d) But both
PART C
PARAGRAPH WRITING
You will be required to write a paragraph on a given topic. Please accord due attention to usage of English
grammar, syntax, punctuation, and the organization / structure of the contents of the passage you write. You
will also be accessed on your capacity to effectively coordinate and interlink the main theme with the
supporting arguments.
II-MATHEMATICS
For each of the following questions, select the correct answer and mark your choice on the answer sheet.
Section I Arithmetic (40 Questions in 60 minutes)
Q1. A man bought three houses for $3000 each. He sold all the three houses with 50%, 25%, and 10%
profit on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd house respectively. The total profit earned is:
A) $3000
B) $2550
C) 5550
D) 2500
Q2. Mr. ABC left Islamabad at 10:21 a.m. and arrived Lalamusa 100 miles away, at 1:06 p.m. the same
day. What was the average speed of his car?
A) 1100/4 mph
B) 41.00 mph
C) 40.50 mph
D) 36.36 mph
Q3. Some cows and hens have been collected together in a room. The total number of heads counts up
to 18 and legs count up to 48. The number of hens and cows, respectively are:
A) 9, 9
B) 12, 6
C) 6, 12
D) none of these
Q4. Perform the indicated operations and express your answer in simplest form, 5/8 divided by 20/3,
times 7/19 divided by 63/57, times 16/21 divided by 1/14.
A) 1/3
B) 1/2
C) 2/9
D) none

Section II Sequences and Series (15 Questions in 20 minutes)

Q5. 0, 1, 3, 7, 15, 31,…..
2
A) 47
B) 82
C) 63
D) 91
Q6. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,…..
A) 16
B) 13
C) 17
D) 11
III-GENERAL SCIENCE & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
(25 Questions in 20 Minutes)
There will be general questions in this test. After each question there will be some options, but only one of
them will be the correct answer. You will be required to identify the most appropriate answer and mark it on
the answer sheet.

1) Which one is an excellent insulator

a) Iron
b) Water
c) Wood
d) Gold

2) Water consists of
a) Hydrogen, Oxygen
b) Helium, Oxygen
c) Hydrogen, Carbon
d) Oxygen, Carbon

3) Astronomy is a science of
a) Stars and Galaxies
b) Pop stars and Film stars
c) Human Behavior
d) Animal Behavior

4) Where is “Congo”?
a) In Central Asia
b) In Africa
c) In America
d) In Australia
Please make a note of the specific dates of your test/interview and the following points:
On the Day of Test!
- Please bring your Test Admit Card, Pen, Pencil, Sharpener and Eraser.
- Do not bring calculators, slide rulers, tables in the test center.
On the Day of Interview!
- Please bring along all your original documents.

Please be advised that if selected and offered admission, your registration will not be considered complete,
unless you submit a copy of Bank Deposit Slip to the accountant of the campus.
If selected, the results of the Test and Interview will be communicated to you at your mailing address by
courier service, immediately after the interviews are completed.
Thanking you for making JINNAH-Islamabad your clear preference. We look forward to having you with us
on the dates of your test and interview.

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 ANSWER SHEET
Please mark the correct answer.

I-READING COMPREHENSION, VOCABULARY AND PARAGRAPH WRITING

PART A

Q. No. 1 A B C D

Q. No. 2 A B C D

PART B
A B C D
Q. No. 1
A B C D
Q. No. 2

II-MATHEMATICS
Section-I
A B C D
Q. No. 1
A B C D
Q. No. 2

Q. No. 3 A B C D

Q. No. 4 A B C D

Section-II
A B C D
Q. No. 5
A B C D
Q. No. 6

III-GENERAL SCIENCE & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

A B C D
Q. No. 1

Q. No. 2 A B C D

Q. No. 3 A B C D

Q. No. 4 A B C D