Sample Graduate Admission Test (GAT) for PG

Program Applicants at SMIC [Version 2]

Date: September 30, 2023

Time Allotted: 60 minutes

General Instruction:
 Read each question carefully and choose the best answer from the given alternatives.
Then, write the letter of your choice on the space provided here below.’
 Do not write on the questions’ Paper
 Write down your answers on the Answer Sheet Provided

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1. Five boys were climbing a hill. Jemal was following Habtom. Dawit was just
ahead of Girma. Kaleab was between Girma & Habtom. They were climbing up in
a column. Who was the second?
A. Habtom B. Dawit
C. Girma D. Jemal
2. What is the 0.03% of 0.03% of 1000?
A. 0.000009 B. 0.0009
C. 0.00009 D. 0.009
3. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in ¾ of an hour?
A. 521 times B. 451 times
C. 346 times D. 461 times
4. I drove 60 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 60 km at 50 kmph. Compute my
average speed over my 120 km.
A.36 ½ B. 37 ½
C. 35 ½ D. 33 ½

5. What is the sum of the first 25 natural odd numbers?

A. 1455 B. 950
C. 785 D. 625
6. What number should replace the interrogation to complete equation? 63/7 =? -5
A. 56 B. 9
C. 13 D. 14
7. Which of the following is larger than 3/5?
A. ½ B. 3/10 C. 7/25 D. 39/50 E. 59/100

8. A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss and the cart at 20
% gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5% loss and the cart
at 5% gain, he would lose ETB 10 in the bargain.
 The amount paid by him was ETB_____ for the horse and ETB_____ for the
cart.
A. 4000 & 2000 B. 500 & 700
C. 400 & 200 D. 5000 & 7000

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9. Find the next term in the series 6, 24, 60,120, 210, …
A. 366 B. 336 C. 330 D. 660

10. find the next term in the series 71,76,69,74,67,72, …

A. 65 B. 67 C. 70 D. 68

11. A fast typist can type some matter in 2 hours and another slow typist can type the
same in 3 hours. If both type together, in how much time will they finish the task?
A. 1 hr B. 1 hr and 12 min
C. 1 hr and 30 min D. 1 hr and 10 min

12. What is the sum of all numbers between 100 and 1000 which are divisible by 14?
A. 30000 B. 35392
C. 32455 D. 45000

13. Two cars started a journey on the same road from opposite starting points. The
speed of the first car is 120 km/h and the speed of the other car is 60 km/h. If it
takes the first car 9 hours to cover half the distance, how long will it take the
second car to cover the same distance?
A. 18 B. 16
C. 14 D. 12

14. The price of a TV in 1970 increased by 300% in 1980. The price of the 1980 model
TV increased by 200% in 1990. By what percentage did the price increase from
1970 to 1990?
A. 500% B. 600%
C. 1100% D. 900%

15. 5 bricklayers can lay a total of 50 bricks in 30 minutes. How many bricklayers will
be required to lay a total of 60 bricks in 18 minutes?
A. 12 B. 20
C. 10 D. 15

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16. A driver drives 8 km South then 6 km W. and 2 km S. again. She then drives 3 km
E. to avoid a traffic jam before driving 6 km N. How many kilometres is she from
her starting point?
A. 14 km B. 9 km
C. 5 km D. 7 km

17. The average age of 30 students is 9 years .If the age of their teacher is included ,it
becomes 10 years . The age of the teacher (in years ) is :
A. 27 B. 40
C. 35 D. 31

18. The average of ten numbers is 7 .If each number is multiplied by 12 , then the
average of new set of numbers is :
A. 7 B. 84
C. 82 D. 19

19. A and B are partners in a business. A contributes 1/4 of the capital for 15 months
and B received 2/3 of the profit .For how long B’s money was used.
A. 10 months B. 9 months C. 6 months D. 1 year
20. A starts business with USD 35,000 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his
partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3. What is B’s contribution
in the capital?
A. USD 9000 B. USD 8000
C. USD 8500 D. USD 7500

21. Mihiret, Behailu, Ashenafi enters into a partnership investing Rs 35000 Rs 45000
and Rs 55000 respectively. The respective shares of Mihiret, Behailu and Ashenafi
in annual profit of Rs 40,500 are
A. Rs.10, 500 Rs.13, 500 Rs.16, 500 B. Rs.11, 500 Rs.13, 000Rs.16, 000
C. Rs.11, 000 Rs.14, 000 Rs.15, 500 D. Rs.11, 500 Rs.12, 500 Rs16,500

22. At a US election ten years ago, a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected
by a majority of 476 Votes, what is the total number of votes polled?
A. 700 B. 672
C. 749 D. 848

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23. 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the
girls Pass. The percentage of the total who failed is:
A. 58% B. 62 2/3%
C. 64% D. 78%

24. What is the present worth of a bill of ETB 1764 due 2 years hence at 5%
compound interest is:
A. ETB 1400 B. ETB 1200
C. ETB 1800 D. ETB 1600
E. Farahan

25. The banker's discount on a certain amount due 2 years hence is 11101110 of the
true discount. What is the rate percent?
A. 1% B. 12% C. 10% D. 5%

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26. All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates. Which of the following
conclusions drawn from the above statement is correct?
A. All men are mammals B. Some vertebrates are mammals
C. All mammals are men D. None

27. Which of the following statements drawn from the given statements are correct?
Given:
All watches sold in that shop are of high standard. Some of the HMT watches are
sold in that shop.
A. All watches of high standard were manufactured by HMT
B. Some of the HMT watches are of high standard
C. None of the HMT watches is of high standard
D. Some of the HMT watches of high standard are sold in that shop
E. B & D

28. If every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written in small
letter, rest all are written in capital letters, how the month “September” be written.
A. SEpTeMBEr B. SeptEMbEr E. None of the above
C. SeptembeR D. SepteMber

29. Which word in the dictionary is spelled aptly?

A. Subcidary B. Subcidiary
C. Subsidiary D. Subscidiary
30. All of the following months, but one has 30 days?
A. November B. June E. April
C. October D. September

31. Eight friends Harsha, Fakis, Balaji, Eswar, Dhinesh, Chandra, Geetha, and
Ahmed are sitting in a circle facing the center. Balaji is sitting between Geetha and
Dhinesh. Harsha is third to the left of Balaji and second to the right of Ahmed.
Chandra is sitting between Ahmed and Geetha and Balaji and Eshwar are not
sitting opposite to each other. Who is third to the left of Dhinesh?
A. Fakis B. Harsha
C. Balaji D. Chandra
32. Which word is speciously spelled?
A. Colatteral B. Stockpile

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 C. Artificial D. Guarantee

33. Arrange the following in a logical order. 1. Euphoria 2. Happiness 3. Ambivalence

4. Ecstasy 5. Pleasure
A. 41325 B. 32514
C. 21345 D. 14253
Analogy
Instructions: In the following questions (Q# 34-38), there is a pair of capitalized words
followed by four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the pair of words
whose relationship is most similar to that expressed by the capitalized pair.
34. COLD : HOT
A. handsome: young B. beautiful: ugly
C. summer: spring D. complete: total
35. COMPLICATED : SOPHISTICATED
A. elaborate: complete B. costly: expensive
C. cheap: gross D. tall: long

36. FRUIT : RIPE

A. flower: yellow B. bee: honey
C. cheese: aged D. motorcycle: car
37. SCHOOL : CLASS
A. flour: cake B. apartment: palace
C. computer: mouse D. horse: animal

38. POETRY : IMAGINATION

A. prayer: meditation B. studying: chemistry
C. work: result D. run: fast

39. Find the odd one out

A. Apple B. Mango
C. Papaya D. Orange
40. Find the odd one out
A. Debit B. Deduction
C. Deposit D. Withdrawal
41. If cloud is called white, white is called rain, rain is called green is called air, air is
called blue and blue is called water, where will the birds fly?
A. Air B. Blue

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 C. Cloud D. Rain
42. Muluneh had twenty six best novels I ever read. During the robbery he
encountered last week, all of his books but sixteen are taken away; how many
books are left?
A. Forty two B. Sixteen
C. Zero D. Ten
43. Three computers were lined up in a row at the Lab Technician’s Office. The Dell
was to the left of the Viglen but not necessarily next to it. The blue computer was
to the right of the white computer. The black computer was to the left of the
Hewlett Packard (HP). The Hewlett Packard (HP) was to the left of the Viglen.
What is the order of the computers in the Lab Technician’s Office?
A. Dell, Vinglen, HP B. Vinglen, HP, Dell,
C. Dell, HP, Vinglen D. HP, Dell, Vinglen

Reading Comprehension
Instructions: Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer to each of the
questions from 44 through 50.

(1) A newspaper reporter interviewed a farmer who won top prizes for his corn in the farmers’
festival year after year. In the interview, the reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed
corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed with your neighbors when
they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.

(2) “Why sir,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know! The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn
and blows it from field to field. If my neighbors grow low quality corn, cross-pollination will
steadily lower the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow
good corn.” From his answer it is clear that the farmer is very much aware of the connectedness
of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor’s corn also improves.

(3) So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in
peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is
measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find
happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

Questions
44. The possessive pronoun yours in paragraph (1) refers to:
A. the farmer B. the seeds

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 C. the reporter D. the corn

45. What does the farmer implies when he says “Why sir” at the beginning of
paragraph 2?
A. Why are you surprised? B. Why did you ask me?
C. Why don’t you do that? D. Why don’t you know?

46. The phrase ‘the connectedness of life’ in paragraph (2) means:

A. the beginning and end B. the sequence of events
C. the continuity of mankind D. the interdependence of things

47. We can infer from the passage that the competition involved:
A. quality B. means of production
C. quantity D. use of pesticide
48. The views expressed in paragraph (3) are those of:
A. the farmer B. the reporter
C. the writer D. the neighbors

49. The farmer’s action exemplifies:

A. sharing B. selfishness
C. individuality D. independence
50. The best title for this passage is:
A. The Wisdom of a Reporter B. The Recovery of Wisdom
C. The Power of Sharing D. The Virtues of Competition

~~~Good Luck~~~
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