General Ability Test (GAT) Sample Questions

A) VERBAL REASONING

Analogies

1) Li on i s to m ea t a s car i s to … …

A) Wh e e l
B) Fue l
C) Mus cl e
D) G re a se
E) R o ad

A NS WE R: Fu e l

2) B AB Y i s to C B CZ as MO T H ER is t o ……

A) FA T HER
B) SF IU PN
C) D CD Z
D) N PUI F S
E) BAB Y

A NS WE R: N PU I FS

Classification

3) Fo ur o f t h e fo llo win g ar e th e me mb er s o f a g r ou p . Wh i ch o n e is n ot a m e mb er o f
th i s g r o u p ?

A) Pe a c h
B) Ap r ico t
C) Or an ge
D) Pl u m
E) N e c ta r ine

A NS WE R: O ra n ge

Letter Coding

4) I f yo u r ear r a n g e th e le t ter s SU B A P ED T, yo u wo ul d h av e th e n a me of a(n ) ?

A) An i mal
B) Co u n tr y
C) Tre e
D) F ru i t
E) C it y

A NS WE R: C i ty
 Artıficial Language

5) Her e ar e so m e w or ds t r an sl a te d fr o m an ar ti fi cia l la n g uag e.

cr os e p e r i um m ean s b l a ck f ish

a do ce p e ri u m m ean s b l ac k ca t

cr os p e rt i mean s ye llo w fish

Wh i ch wor d co u l d mea n “ g r e y sw or d f ish ” ?

A) cro sa do ce pe r iu m
B) e pe ri um c ro se
C) ado cde ri p ar sa
D) cro sde r ip ar sa
E) pa rs ade r ic ro s

A NS WE R: D = cro sde r ip ars a

Logical Deduction

In e ac h q ue s t io n b e l o w a re g iv e n t wo s ta te me nt s fo l l o we d b y tw o co ncl us io n s
nu mb e re d I and II . Yo u ha ve to ta ke t he g ive n t wo s ta te me nt s to be t ru e e ve n i f t he y
se e m to be at v ar i an ce f ro m c o m mo nl y k no w n fa c ts . R e ad the co n cl u sio n an d the n
de c ide w h ic h o f th e g ive n co n cl u si o ns l o g i cal l y f o l l o w s f ro m t h e t wo g ive n
st a te me n t s, d i sre g ar di n g co mmo nl y k no w n fa c t s.

6) St a te men t s: Al l sk ir t s a re re d in co l o u r. N o re d - co l o u re d t hi n gs are e x pe n s ive .

Co n c l usi on s :

I. Al l sk ir t s a re e x pe n si ve .

II. R e d -co l o ure d sk i r ts a re no t e x pe ns ive .

A) Onl y co n cl u sio n I fo l l o ws .
B) Onl y co n cl u sio n I I fo l l o ws .
C) Ei t he r I o r II f o l l o w s.
D) N e i t he r I no r II fo l l o ws .
E) Bo th I an d II fo l l o w.

A NS WE R: B

7) St a te men t s: So me p re s ide n ts are fe mal e . Al l fe mal e s a re be a ut i ful .

Co n c l usi on s :

I. Al l p re s ide n ts are be au t iful .

II. Al l fe m al e s a re pr e s i de n t s .

A) Onl y co n cl u sio n I fo l l o ws .
B) Onl y co n cl u sio n I I fo l l o ws .
C) Ei t he r I o r II f o l l o w s.
D) N e i t he r I no r II fo l l o ws .
E) Bo th I an d II fo l l o w.

A NS WE R: D
 Essential Part

Each question has an underlined word followed by fi ve answer choices. You

will choose the word that is a necessary part of the underlined w ord.
8) cl as sr oo m

A) bl a ck bo ar d
B) pro je c to r
C) bo o k s
D) ch a ir s
E) st ude nt s

A NS WE R: E

Find the word that names a necessary part of the underlined word.

9) b on us

A) re w ar d
B) ra ise
C) ca sh
D) e m pl o ye r
E) te ac he r

A NS WE R: A

Statement and Argument

Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by tw o arguments

numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a “strong”
argument and which is a “weak” argument.

1 0 ) St a te men t: Sho ul d ne w fa c to r ie s b e e s ta bl is he d i n C y pr us?

Ar g u me n t s:

I. Ye s, i t w il l c re a te jo b o p po r tu n i t ie s .

II. N o . I t w il l f ur t he r ad d to t he po l l u t io n o f t h e co u n tr y.

A) Onl y a r gu me n t I is s t ro n g
B) Onl y a r gu me n t II is s tro n g
C) Ei t he r I o r II is s t ro n g
D) N e i t he r I no r II is s tro n g
E) Bo th I an d II are s tro n g

A NS WE R: C