CMAT Entrance 2013

Verbal Ability

Direction: Each capitalized word is followed by a set of options. Select the one that is closest in meaning to the word.

1. STAMINA

2.PANOROMA

3. DISDAIN

4. INDEED

5. Bound

Direction: Each capitalized word is followed by a set of options. Select the one that is opposite or nearly opposite in meaning to the word.

6. PERPETUAL

7. ARTICULATE

8. VINDICTIVE

9. OVATION

10. Customary

Direction: Each of the following sentences has a blank space. Complete the sentence with the appropriate choice from among the options that follow.

11. It is too difficult......

12. I am sure the clerk is preparing .......

13. If I.......... would have helped you.

14. I.......... for the insult.

15. I enjoyed .............. the holidays.

Direction: In the questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

16. That which cannot be corrected.

17. The study of ancient societies.

18. A person who insists on something.

19. State in which the few govern the many.

20. Parts of a country behing the coast or ariver’s banks.

Direction: In the questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be Substituted for the given Sentence

Harold a professional man who had worked in an office for many years had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people’s bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation’s system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realized that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke up screaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures this dream dramatized for Harold what he had never been able to put in to words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the “security bug” and took up freelance work.

21. In his dream Harold found the loathsome creatures.

22. Which one of the following phrases best helps to bring out the precise meaning of ‘loathsome creatures’?

23. The statement that ‘he later threw off the security bug’ means that

24. Harold’s dream was fearful because

25. Harold suddenly woke up

Quantative Analysis

26. A consumer group surveyed the prices for a certain item in five different stores, and reported the average price as $15. We visited four of the five stores, and found the prices to be $10, $15, $15 and $25. Assuming that the consumer group is correct, what is price of the item at the store that we did not visit?

27. During a semester, a student received scores of 76, 80, 83, 71, 80 and 78 on six tests. What is the student’s average score for these six tests?

28. Ms. Gutierrez needs to order rope of her gym class of 32 students. Each student will receive a piece of rope that 5 feet 8 inches long. What is the total length of rope Ms.Gutierrez needs to order for her class?

29. If the number of people classified as unemployed is 20,000 and the number of people classified as employed is 230,000, what is the unemployment rate?

30. In a recent survey, 80% of the community favoured building a police substation in their neighbourhood. If 15 citizens are chosen, what is the mean number favoring the substation?

31. Which of the following represents numbers greater than -3 but less than 6?

32. A man’s regular pay is $3 per hour up to 40 hours. Overtime is twice the payment for regular time. If he was paid $ 168, how many hours overtime did he work?

33. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 column of mango tree. The distance between the two trees in 2 meters and a distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is:

34. Profits in the partnership of Bikram, Bishnu and Binita are shared in the ratio 1: 2: 3. If Bikram’s share of the profits is Rs. 300, What is Binita’s share?

35. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs. ) is:

36. A contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 children in his factory. Male wages are Rs 10 per day, female Rs 8 per day, and children Rs 3 per day. The weighted x of wages paid per day will be:

37. In a class of 50 students, 18 take music, 26 take art and 2 take both art and music. How many students in the class are not enrolled in either music or art?

38. Due to drop of 30% in price of mobile sets of a shop there was an increase in sales by 20%. What is the effect on the mobile shop.

39. What are the factor of the equation y² = 64 ?

40. What is the solution set of $\frac{x+2}{x+2}=\frac{-3}{x}$

41. The length of a rectangular window is 5 feet more than its width. The area fo the window is 36 square feet. Which equation could be used to find the dimensions of the window?

42. Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (-1, —1) and (2,2)

43. Peter wants to get $200,000 for his house. An agent charge 30% of the selling price for selling the house for Peter. What should be the selling price?

44. It took Malcom 3.5 hours to drive from city A to city B. On his way back to city A, he increased his speed by 20 km per hour and it took him 3 hours. Find the average speed for the whole journey.

45. What is the n^th term in the arithmetic series below
3, 7, 11, 15, 19

46. The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago?

47. Mr. Thakali invested an amount of 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount of simple interest earned in 2 years be 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?

48. Two bus tickets from city A to B and three from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two Ticket from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A?

49. How much time will it take for an amount of 450 to yield 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of simple interest?

50. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?

Logical Reasoning

Direction: Read each definition and all four choices carefully, and find the answer that provides the best example of the given definition.

51. It is appropriate to compensate someone if you have damaged his or her property in some way. This is called Restitution. Which situation below is the best example of Restitution?

52. Reentry occurs when a person leaves his or her social system for a period of time and the returns. Which situation below best describes Reentry?

53. Embellishing the Truth occurs when a person adds fictitious details or exaggerates facts or true stories. Which situation below is the best example of Embellishing the Truth?

54. Establishing a power of Attornery occurs when a legal document is created that gives one individual the authority to act for another. Which situation below is the best example of Establishing a power of Attorney?

Direction: Each problem consists of three statements. Base on the first two statements, the third statement may be true, false, or uncertain.

55. The kingston Mall has more stores than the Galleria. The Four Corners Mall has fewer stores than the galleria. The Kingston Mall has more stores than the Four Corners Mall If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

56. All the tulips in the Badri garden are white
All the tulips in the badri garden are yellow
All the tulip in badri garden are either white or yellow.
If the two statement are true, the third statement is

57. During the past year, Ram saw more movies than Hari.Hari saw fever movies than Sita.Sita was more movies than Ram.If the first two statements are true, the third statements is

58. Rover weighs less than Fido. Rover weighs more than Boomer of the three dogs, Boomer weighs the least. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:

59. All the offices on the 9® floor have wall-to-wall carpeting. No wall-to-wall carpeting is pink. None of the offices on the 9% floor has pink wall-to-wall carpeting. If the two statements are true, the third statement is:

Direction: Select logically the best answer for the following questions.

60. “Empty vessel makes much noise” is logically similar to

61. “Making hay while the sun shines” is logically similar to:

62. “He will not tolerate insult because he is self-respecting” is logically similar to

63. “Do not take sugar because you have diabetes” is logically similar to

64. “Read in order to increase your knowledge” is logically similar to

Direction: Find the odd-one out.

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71. If GIRL is code as IGLR, what should be the code of BABY?

72. If LION is code as ONLI, what should be the code of FEET?

73. If COROW is coded as RWCO, what should be the code of WORK?

Direction: Question 74 and 75 are based on the following figures. There are eight squares among which the left four squares are the problem figures and the right four squares are the solution figures. The correct answer is the solution figure following the same relationship in the problem figures.

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General Knowledge

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76. XETRADAX stock exchange belongs to

77. The agreement on WTO was signed at Marracus on

78. The Doha round of negotiations started on

79. The latest A class bank to issure IPO in Nepal is

80. Bill Gates established Microsoft in association with

81. The Eurozone crisis is related to

82. SAARC consist of.........members.

83. Who has won the most majors so far in the gare of golf?

84. Who has own the largest number of grand slam tennis tournaments?

85. The banking software made my Mercantile Corporation of Nepal is known as

86. Who won the wimbledon Tennis is 2013?

87. Deming Management is related to

88. The oil crisis first started in the world as an aftermath of Yom Kippur War with more than four folds increase in the crude price of oil by OPEC in,

89. The famous management guru, Igor Ansoff, by training is a

90. The largest ever passenger aircraft manufactured so far is

91. The achievement theory of motivation is theorized by

92. Detailed study and development of tools and techniques on motion study was made by

93. The welfare dimension in economics was introduced by

94. Herbert Simon got the noble prize on economics for working on the theory of

95. The most widely used currency in the south American continent is

96. The famous Nepali novel “Palpasa Cafe” was written by

97. The lake at the highest altitude in Nepal is

98. The first person to climb all peaks above 8,000 meter is

99. The longest Nepali river is

100. “Kotparav”, the massacre through which Jung Bahadur snatched power took place in