CMAT Entrance 2007

Verbal Ability
1. Santosh wandered all day in the ....
lay
lee
lea
led
2. Ram... your ruling on the matter.
waits
awaits
awaits for
waits for
3. I ... my... to be fulfilled.
want....needs
want....wishes
desire....wants
wish....desires
4. The students organized a ....
feet
feat
fate
fete
5. Her attitude was .... in the answer she gave you.
impetuous
impetus
implicit
explicit
Direction: Choose the words which are closet to the meaning of the word
6. Fallacy
a word idea or belief
something not expected
falsely implicated
under the command of
7. Impeccable
faulty
flawless
aluctile
intolerable
8. Antidote
counteragent
fighter
laxative
anti thesis
9. Founder
defeat
to stumble
cowardice
cumbersome
10. Dexterity
clumsiness
extremity
deftness
devotion
Direction: select the words or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in BOLD letters.
11. Derogatory
Complaint
Complimentary
male violent
obliterate
12. Temperate
Aged
unlimited
productive
inebriated
13. Stigma
mark of esteem
sign of decline
reflection of glory
notice of rejection
14. Mute
Diversify
Quicken
Harmonize
Amplify
15. Foment
Pretend
Subside
Inhibit
Assume
Direction: Each question below consists of an idiom or Phrase, followed by four lettered expression. Choose the lettered expression that most nearly expresses the meaning of the given idiom or Phrase.
16. A cat and dog life
best understanding with colleagues
friendship amongst the people of same class
purposeless
always quarrelling
17. To be lost in the clouds
To be perplexed
To fly deep in clouds
To imagine about something impossible
To achieve unprecedented success
18. To let the grass grow under own’s feet
To take advantage of situation
To work cautiously
To idle away time
To work on a job below the dignity
19. To come off with flying colors
A good star
To attend grand party
Good results of constant effort
to achieve distinction
20. To draw a line
To restart
To impose certain restrictions
To have fair game
To divide evenly
Direction: The following passage is followed by question based on its contents after reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question.
Advertisers become more add more expert at their work, they appeal to all the human emotion in the effort to increase sales-agreed, jealously love- of a bargain, fear of the disapproval of other people, fear of ill health; the desire to catch a husband, the desire to show off, and many others. But more and more customers are also becoming suspicious of and resistant to high powered advertisements. This is producing, in highly sophisticated countries, a deliberately modest, self-respecting type of advertisement that is intended to disarm the suspicious of sophisticates by giving an impression of absolute sincerity, or even deliberate understatement. Soon we may have the strange The spectacle of advertisers varying with each other, with Eastern courtesy, to belittle the merits of their own merchandise:
21. According to the author, high-powered advertisement has created suspicion among people in
Highly sophisticated countries
Unsophisticated countries
Oversold markets
In poor countries
22. The self-deprecating type of advertisement seeks of
Announce the product loudly
Introduce the product by appealing to principal emotions
Lessen the suspicion in buyer’s mind
Tell the true merits of the products
23. In the context, “Eastern Courtesy” would mean
Genuine courtesy
Courtesy with an intention to cheat
Sincere courtesy
Business etiquette
24. The new type of advertisement as compared with the high-powered advertisement of the past
is absolutely sincere
gives the impression of being sincere
is courteous to the buyer
is more in buyer’s interest
25. Which of the following according to you is an understatement?
At sixty miles an hour the only sound you can hear in our car is the tic-tock of the electric clock.
We cannot make all the soap in the world. Therefore, we decided to make the best.
In 9 out of 10 cases, our toothpaste has completely cured tooth decay.
Our “GENIOUS” pen cannot make you a genius. But it can make your writing chores of pleasure.
Quantitative Analysis
26. The difference between simple and compound interest in a certain sum in two years at 15% per annum is Rs. 144. The sum is
Rs. 6000
Rs. 6200
Rs. 6400
Rs. 6500
27. The number of student in a constituent campus and a affiliated campus in bachelor level is at the ratio of 3:5. If 20 students are increased in each campuses- at the same level,the ratio changed to 5:7. The total number of students in the two campuses before the increase was
72
80
96
100
28. Find the greatest number which divides 201 and 671 leaving remainders 6 and 8 respectively.
15
51
39
65
29. How many of the integers between 50 and 80 are odd?
9
11
13
15
30. One-third of a number is 20 more than one fifth of that number. What is the number?
30
84
102
150
31. A company reports that 2000 electronics parts were found defective. If this represents 5% of the total shipment, how many of these parts were shipped?
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
32. A diagram of a large ground drawn to the scale of 0.5 inch equals 80 feet. If the length of the diagram is 4.5 inches the actual length of the ground is
720ft
680ft
640ft
360ft
33. The value of x2 + 5x = 12 — x2 are
3/2 and -4
3 and 4
2/3 and 4
4/3 and 2
34. If 4y - x = 10, 3x = 2y, then xy?
2
3
6
12
35. There are 50 students enrolled in computer course. Of the enrolled students, 90% appeared in a final exam. Two-third of the student attending the final exam passed. How many student passed the final exam?
30
33
34
35
Direction : Question number 36 to 40 is related to the following data.
Year | Area under food crops('000) Hector | Area under cash crops ('000) Hector | Production of food crops (0'000) MT | Production of cash crops(0'000) MT |
2001 | 2950 | 313 | 4811 | 1132 |
2007 | 2946 | 287 | 4462 | 1180 |
2003 | 3005 | 284 | 4948 | 1515 |
2004 | 3028 | 286 | 5475 | 1653 |
2005 | 3030 | 288 | 5722 | 1794 |
36. What is the productivity of food crops (production/area ) in 2005?
0.55
1.50
1.88
2.78
37. What is the productivity of cash crops (production/area) in 2005?
6.23
5.37
4.98
3.75
38. The productivity of food crops is highest in which year?
2001
2007
2003
2005
39. The productivity of the cash crops is lowest in which year?
2001
2007
2003
2005
40. What is the productivity of food and cash crops are taken to get the year 2001?
1.56
1.82
2.12
2.44
41. A tourist bus travels for 3 hours at 40 miles per hour and then covers a distance of 80 miles in two hours and 40 minutes. His average rate for the entire trip was
35mph
35.3 mph
35.5mph
36mph
42. Four workers working together can plough the field in 12 hours. How long will it take for 6 workers to plough the field of the same size, if all of the work at the same rate?
6 hours
8 hours
10 hours
12 hours
43. The arithmetic means of x and y is 10 and their geometric mean is 8. What is the value of x and y?
16 , 4
15 , 5
14 , 6
12 , 8
44. When magnified 10,000 times by an electron microscope, the image of a certain circular piece of tissue has a diameter of 0.3 centimeters. The actual diameter of the tissue in centimeter is
0.03
0.003
0.0003
0.00003
45. Selling price of four articles equals to cost price of 5 articles. The gain is
20%
25%
28%
80%
46. A sports jacket marked $48 is offered at a discount of 25% during a stock-out sales. At this reduced price, the dealer makes a profit of 20% on the cost. The cost to the dealer is
$29
$30
$32
$36
47. ABC is a right-angled triangle with perpendicular side equal to 8, and the base side equal to 6. The hypotenuse side is equal to
10
9
7
5
48. If A = {1,3,5,7,.. ,21}, B = {1,2,3,4....20) and C = {2,4,6,8 ....20). What is a A∩B∩C?
{20,30}
{30}
{40}
{f}
49. The compound interest on a certain sum for the first year for 4% is Rs. 25. The compound interest for 2 years at the same rate on the same sum will be
Rs. 50
Rs. 51
Rs. 53
Rs. 4
50. Length and breadth of a rectangular field is 50 meter and 20 meter respectively. A 7-meter road runs outside around the field. What is the area of the road?
40 sq.m
1000 sq.m
1176 sq.m
1208 sq.m
Logical Reasoning
Direction: Each of the questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by the four pairs. Select the pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.
51. Eight: nine::?
six : twelve
23:32
ten : nine
four : 22
52. dear: heard::?
white: snow
gees: flock
ducks : duack
seed: sprout
53. bat: blind::?
melt: freeze
diseases: microbe
traffic: roadblock
quiet: lamb
54. fear: terror::?
distress : discomfort
joy: ecstasy
relief: relaxation
danger: anxiety
55. triangle: circle::?
nut : screw
salt : solution
wedge : wheel
engine: wheel
Direction: Select the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the pair in BOLD letter.
56. Expenditure : Saving:: Import:?
Excise
Export
External
Exit
57. Sale: Excise :: income?
Honorarium
Tax
Penalty
Standard
58. Advocate: Law::Cook:?
Kitchen
Vegetables
Dining table
Recipes
59. Lunatic: Brain:: Blind:
Support
Brain
Crutches
Spectacles
60. Darkness : Evening:: Light:?
Electricity
Switch
Dawn
Heavy
Direction: One out of the four choices is odd, Find the “odd one out” from each of the following.
61.
121
231
352
453
62.
Debenture
Government bond
Equity share
Share
63.
Reward
Crime
Offence
Punishment
64.
Conductor
Insulator
Contractor
Germanium
65.
1210
125
729
1728
Direction for Q. 66 to 70.
Seven boys A, B, C, D, F, G and H have 10 pens each. A takes 4 pens from F and B takes 4 pens from G. D gives 3 pens to H and H gives 2 pens to F. G takes back the pens he had given to B. A gives 3 pens to D.
66. How many pens does D have?
10
7
11
8
67. How many boys have got eleven pens each?
1
2
3
4
68. Who have got the least number of pens?
A
D
F
H
69. After the exchange of pens among the boys is over, how many of them have 10 pens get?
Two
Three
Four
None of them
70. The maximum number of pens, which any of the boys has?
10
11
12
None of these
Direction: Select the best answer choice which is logically based on the arguments in the given statement.
71. Yogesh is a student of Padmodaya school. He must be sharp.
Students of public schools are sharp.
Students of government schools are not sharp.
Padmédaya is a public school
Students of Padmodaya are generally sharp
72. Prices are rising again. This is mainly due to fall in production.
Production is expected to increase now
Earlier the production was high
If production falls, prices rise.
If production increases, price will fall.
73. No babies can walk. All those who can walk are grown up, Therefore,
No babies are grown up.
All grown-up persons are babies.
No persons who can walk are babies.
Those who can run can also walk.
74. Nothing is man unless it is intelligent. Nothing is intelligent unless it has a brain. Therefore,
All man do not have brain
Some men are more intelligent than others.
No one without a brain is a man.
All men are equally intelligent.
75. Some men are school teachers. Some school teachers are not football players. Therefore,
All men are football players.
Some school teachers may be football players.
Ramesh who plays football must be a school teacher.
No football players are school teachers.
General Awareness
76. Prof. Mohammad Yunus received Nobel peace Prize in 2006 who is the citizen of
Pakistan
Iran
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
77. When the reading of barometer goes down, it is an indication of.
Storm
Earthquake
Tornado
Rainfall
78. Which planet has been recently found as an asteroid, not the planet?
Pluto
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
79. In which international organization, Nepal has recently got the membership?
ILO
WTO
GAU
OPEC
80. NEPSE is a
travel agency
stock exchange
computer software
drug
81. The branch of science which deals with study of changes taking place in atmosphere is:
Mammography
Meteorology
Mycology
Morphology
82. The revolutionary IPOD was brought out by
IBM
Microsoft
INTEL
Apple
83. Nepal gained accession to WTO on,
April 23, 2004
Sept. 10, 2003
Jan 1,2004
Jan 1,2005
84. ISO signifies
International Standard Organization
Standardized International Organization
Internal Standard Organization
International Organization for Standardization
85. The 2007 Twenty 20 cricket tournament was held in
Asia
America
Africa
Australia
86. VAT is a form of.
Direct tax
Indirect tax
Material tax
Information tax
87. One tola of gold is equivalent to
10 grams
10.54 grams
11.664 grams
12.335 grams
88. Which blood is universal acceptor?
O
A
AB
B
89. The first bank established in Nepal is
Nepal Rashtra Bank
Rashtriya Banijya Bank
Agriculture Development Bank
Nepal Bank Limited.
90. “Man Sarover” is in
Tibet
Pakistan
India
Nepal
91. “Manager of the Year Award” given to best manager in Nepal is awarded by
Management Association of Nepal (MAN)
Nepal Rashtra Bank (N RB)
National Planning Commission (NPC)
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB)
92. Goodwill is a/an
Current Asset
Fictitious Asset
Fixed Asset
Intangible Asset
93. The number of electoral constituencies as recommended by the “Electoral Constituency Delineation Committee 2064” is
205
215
240
265
94. Swami Ramdev is known for
Yoga
The art of living
Bipasyana
Quality control
95. The Gauri Shankar mountain Nepal
Mahakali
Karnali
Janakpur
Mechi
96. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP in %) of Nepal from Agriculture, Fisheries and F orestry in 2005 is recorded as
68
55
38
25
97. “Ramsetu” is known for
The bridge made by monkey troop of Ram
Bridge constructed in Ayodhya
The new train network of India in Kerala
The hilly range in Terai belt of Nepal —
98. The average width of Nepal (North South) is
193km
231 km
291km
300 km
99. The Tsunami is the name of
The water wall caused in the ocean
A Chinese scientist
Famous lake in Indonesia
Mountain peak of Japan
100. “Bhagwad Gita” is related to
Ramayan
Mahabharat
Chanakya
Lord Buddha