Sample Admission Test for Postgraduate Programs

INSTRUCTIONS

Before starting your test kindly read the following test instructions carefully.

 Allotted time for the test is 120 minutes only

 Write most appropriate answer choice in CAPITAL Letters in the Answer Sheet
 Answers marked in the test booklet will NOT be entertained
 Any printed material (books, pamphlets) is strictly prohibited to bring into the exam hall.
 Items like mobile phones, scratch papers, all sorts of calculators including watch calculators are
NOT allowed
 You can leave the examination center ONLY if your supervisor permits you
 Visitors will NOT be allowed in the test center while the test is in process.
 Failure to comply with supervisor’s instructions will result in disqualification of your test
 At the end of the test you are required to return your question book as well as your answer sheet
to the test supervisors
 Last two rows on the answer sheet “Marks Obt.” and “Cumulative Marks” are for Official Use
Only

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 Verbal Ability (40 Marks)

Complete the following sentences by selecting the most appropriate word from the given lettered
choices (A, B, C, D) below each question.

1. The extra ______ shirt was too ______ for me.

A) Big...Crazy C) Large...Big
B) Heavy...Small D) Wet...Rainy

In the following question, select the pair of words given against (A, B,C,D), which has the same
relation as between the first two original lettered words.

2. Medicine is to illness as law is to

A) Anarchy C) Discipline
B) Order D) Manner

Select the lettered choices (A, B, C, D) that are most nearly SIMILAR to the word in capital letter.

3. Detest

A) Love C) To hate intensely

B) Neglect D) To support

Select the lettered choices (A, B, C, D) that are most nearly OPPOSITE to the word in capital letter.

4. Abbreviate

A) Abridge C) Expand
B) Achieve D) Accept

5. Mean
A) Cool C) Nice
B) Bad D) Real

6. Cautious

A) Nice C) Careless
B) Terrible D) Hot
 Quantitative Section (30 Marks)
7. Divide 120 in the ratio of 1:2:9

A) 5:10:165 C) 10:20:90
B) 1:2:9 D) 180:360:1620

8. What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 a.m. and 12:14 p.m.?

A) 2/5 C) 7/30
B) 17/30 D) 1/6

9. 12 is ¾ of what number?

A) 16 C) 9
B) 36 D) 20

10. What is 10% of 20% of 30%?

A) 0.006% C) 0.6%
B) 6% D) 60%

11. If x+y = 6, y+z = 7 and z+x = 9, what is the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y and z:

A) 11/3 C) 11/2
B) 22/3 D) 11

12. If 1/a+1/b = 1/c and ab=c, what is the average of a and b?

A) 0 C) 1/2
B) 1 D) c/2

13. Judy got 60 marks in test 1. She got 40 marks in test 2. What are her average marks in both tests?
A) 45 C) 50
B) 60 D) 52

14. Three numbers are in ratio 1:2:3 and HCF is 12. The numbers are:
A) 12,24,36 C) 11,22,33
B) 12,24,32 D) 5,10,15
 Analytical Reasoning (20 Marks)
Questions 15-18

A mail carrier must deliver mail by making a stop at each of six buildings: K, L, M, O, P, and S. Mail to
be delivered are of two types, ordinary mail and priority mail. The delivery of both types of mail is subject
to the following conditions: Regardless of the type of mail to be delivered, mail to P and mail to S must
be delivered before mail to M is delivered. Regardless of the type of mail to be delivered, mail to L and
mail to K must be delivered before mail to S is delivered. Mail to buildings receiving some priority mail
must be delivered, as far as the above conditions permit, before mail to buildings receiving only ordinary
mail.

15. If K is the only building receiving priority mail, which of the following lists the buildings in an
order, from first through sixth, in which they can receive their mail?

A) L, K, P, S, O, M C) L, K, S, P, M, O
B) K, L, P, M, S, O D) K, P, L, S, O, M

16. If L, M, and S are each receiving priority mail, which of the following lists the buildings in an
order, from first to sixth, in which they must receive their mail?

A) K, L, P, S, O, M C) L, K, O, P, S, M
B) L, K, S, P, M, O D) M, L, S, P, K, O

17. If the sequence of buildings to which mail is delivered is O, P, L, K, S, M and if S is receiving

priority mail, which of the following is a complete and accurate list of buildings that must also
be receiving priority mail?

A) O, L C) O, P
B) P, L D) O, P, L, K

18. If only one building is to receive priority mail, and, as a result, O can be no earlier than fourth in
the order of buildings, which of the following must be the building receiving priority mail that
day?

A) K C) S
B) M D) P
 General Knowledge (10 Marks)

19. The Most populous city in the world is __________.

A) Beijing C) Buenos Aires

B) Shanghai D)Tokyo

20. The Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline is also called __________.

A) Friendship Pipeline C) Future Pipeline

B) Peace Pipeline D)Unity Pipeline

21. The world's highest mountain is in __________.

A) China C) Pakistan
B) Nepal D) India

22. The largest ocean of the world is __________.

A) Atlantic C) Pacific
B) Indian D) None of these

23. Emirates is an airline of __________.

A) Saudi Arabia
B) Qatar
C) UAE
D) Malaysia

24. The capital of Saudi Arabia is?

A) Makkah
B) Madina
C) Taif
D) Riyadh

25. The monetary unit of Bangladesh is

A) Lek
B) Taka
C) Shilling
D) Kyat

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