List of top Questions asked in NMAT by GMAC

Recent surveys show that many people who have left medical school before graduating suffer from depression. Clearly, depression is likely to cause withdrawal from medical school.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?

A brochures for City X highlights the reasons why residents should move there rather than to other cities in the state. One reason that the brochure mentions is the relative ease of finding a job in City X, where the unemployment rate is 4.7 percent.
Which of the following statements, if true, casts the maximum doubt on the validity of the reason to move to City X mentioned above?

The following question is asked followed by three statements. You have to study the question and all the three statements given and decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is/are redundant and not required while answering the question.
P, Q and R together invested an amount of Rs. 20,000 in the ratio of 5:3:2. What was the per cent profit earned by them at the end of one year?
A. Q’s share in the profit is Rs. 2,400.
B. The amount of profit received by P is equal to the amount of profit received by Q and R together.
C. The amount of profit received by Q and R together is Rs. 4,000.

The following question is asked followed by three statements. You have to study the question and all the three statements given and decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is/are redundant and not required while answering the question.What will be the cost of fencing a circular plot? \((r=\frac{22}{7})\)
A. Area of the plot is 616 sq. m.
B. Cost of fencing a rectangular plot whose perimeter is 120m is Rs. 780.
C. Area of a square plot with side equal to the radius of the circular plot is 196. sq.m.

The questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give your answer as
What will be the cost of the second necklace?
I. The cost of the first necklace is \(\frac{1}{5}\) more than the second and the cost of the third necklace is \(\frac{2}{5}\) more than the second. The total cost of all the three neckless is Rs. 1,20,000.
II. The cost of the first necklace \(\frac{2}{5}\) more than the second. The cost of the third necklace is the least and total cost of all the three necklaces is Rs. 1,20,000.

The questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and II given below it. You have to study the questions and decide that the data in which of the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.
What is the per cent profit earned by a shopkeeper on selling the articles in his shop?
I. Labelled price of the articles sold was 130\(\%\) of the cost price.
II. Cost price of each article was Rs. 550.
III. A discount of 10\(\%\) on labelled price was offered.

The questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and II given below it. You have to study the questions and decide that the data in which of the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.
Who earns most among M, N, P, Q and R?
I. M earns less than P but not less than R.
II. Q earns more than M but not equal to N.
III. N earns more than M and R.

The questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and II given below it. You have to study the questions and decide that the data in which of the statements are sufficient to answer the questions.
In how many days can 10 women finish a work?
I. 10 men can complete the work in 6 days.
II. 10 men and 10 women together can complete the work in 3 \(\frac{3}{7}\) days.
III. If 10 men work for 3 days and thereafter 10 women replace them, the remaining work is completed in 4 days.

The questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give your answer as
What was the ratio between the ages of P and Q four years ago?
I. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q 3:4.
II. The ratio between the present ages of Q and R is 4 : 5.

The questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give your answer as
Which is the two-digit number?
I. The number obtained by interchanging the digits is smaller than the original number by 63.
II. Sym of the digits is 11.

The questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give your answer as
What will be the average weight of the remaining class?
I. Average weight of 30 children out of total 46 in the class is 22.5 kg and that of the remaining children is 29.125 kg. A child having weight more than 40 kg is excluded.
II. Average weight of a class of 46 children is 23.5 kg. A child weighting 46 is dropped out.

The questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give your answer as
What will be the area of a plot in sq. metres?
I. The length of that plot is 1\(\frac{1}{3}\) times the breadth of that plot.
II. The diagonal of that plot is 30 metres?

The dimensions of a room are 12.5 metres by 9 metres by 7 metres. There are 2 doors and 4 windows in the room; each door measures 2.5 metres by 1.2 metres and each window 1.5 metres by 1 metre. Find the cost of painting the walls at Rs. 3.50 per square metre.

A started a work and left after working for 1 day. Then B was called and he finished the work in \(4\frac{1}{2}\) days. Had A left the work after working for \(1\frac{1}{2}\)days, B would have finished the remaining work in 3 days. In how many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work?

There are two vessels of equal capacity, one full of milk, and the second one-third full of water. The second vessel is then filled up out of the first, the contents of the second are then poured back into the first till it is full and then again the contents of the first are poured back into the second till it is full. What is the proportion of milk in the second vessel?

A petrol pump mixed leaded and unleaded petrol in such a way that the mixture contains 10\(\%\) unleaded to I litre mixture so that the percentage of unleaded petrol becomes 5\(\%\)?

A swimming bath is 24 m long an d15 m board. When a number of men dive into the bath, the height of the water rises by one cm. If the average amount of water displaced by one of the men be 0.1 cu. m, how many men are there in the bath?

Two posts are k metres apart and the height of one is double that of the other. If from the middle point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary, then the height (in metres) of the shorter post is

The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140 cm. How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make in order to keep a speed of 66 km per hour?

A farmer sold a cow and an ox for Rs. 800 and got a profit of 20\(\%\) on the cow and 25\(\%\) on the ox. If he sells the cow and the ox for Rs. 820 and gets a profit of 25\(\%\) on the cow and 20\(\%\) on the ox, the individual cost price of the cow and the ox is

Arun borrowed a sum of money from Jayant at the rate of 8\(\%\) per annum simple interest for the first four years, 10\(\%\) per annum for the next 6 years and 12\(\%\) per annum for the period beyond 10 yerras. If he pays a total of Rs. 12,160 as interest only at the end of 15 years, how much money did he borrow?

A man borrows Rs. 4,000 at 20\(\%\) compound rate of interest. At the end of each year he pays back Rs. 1,500. How much amount should he pay at the end of the third year to clear all his dues?

One can purchase a flat from a house building society for Rs. 55,000 cash or on the terms that he should pay Rs. 4,275 as cash down payment and the rest in three equal yearly instalments. The society charges interest at the rate of 16\(\%\) per annum compounded half yearly. If the flat is purchased under instalment plan, find the value of each instalment

A sum of Rs. 1,440 is lent out in three parts in such a way that the interests on first part at 2\(\%\) for 3 years, second part at 3\(\%\) for 4 years and third part at 4\(\%\) for 5 years are equal. Then the difference between the largest and the smallest sum is

A sum of Rs. 18,750 is left by will by a father to be divided between two sons, 12 and 14 years of age, so that when they attain maturity at 18, the amount (principal + interest) received by each at 5 per cent simple interest will be the same. Find the sum allotted at present to each son.