List of top Questions asked in NMAT by GMAC

The speed of a train pulling out of a station is given by the equation s = t2 + t, where s is the speed in kilometers per hour and t is the time in seconds from when the train starts moving. The equation holds for all situations were o t 4. In kilometers per hour, what is the difference in the speed of the train four seconds after it starts moving, compared to the speed two seconds after it starts moving?

It question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.
(A) desecrate
(B) Describe
(C) Damage
(D) Descent

It question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.
(A) Asinine
(B) profound
(C) Intelligent
(D) Cruel

It question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.
(A) Vivacious
(B) Weird
(C) Rabid
(D) Fanatical

It question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.
(A) Stupendous
(B) Calm
(C) Livid
(D) Pretentious

It question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.
(A) Shambles (B) Flexible (C) Periodic (D) Organized

A cube of white chalk is painted red, and then cut parallel to the sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percent of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted red?

This question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
(A) Since then, intelligence tests been mostly used to separate dull children in school from average or bright children, so that special education is provided to the dull.
(B) In other words, intelligence tests give us a norm for each age.
(C) Intelligence is expressed as intelligence quotient and tests are developed to indicate what an average child of a certain age can do, what a five-year old can answer, but a fouryear old cannot, for instance.
(D) Binet developed the first set of such tests in the early 1990s to find out which children in school needed special attention.
(E) Intelligence can be measured by tests.

This question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
(A) For 25 years he painstakingly amassed evidence to support it.
(B) This concept did not become clear in Darwin’s mind until long after he had left the Galapagos.
(C) After a great number of generations tortoises on the arid islands will have longer necks than those on the watered islands.
(D) And so one species will have given rise to another.

This question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
(A) This is another kind of sign behaviour.
(B) The same basic characteristics is there, automatic reaction to some stimulus.
(C) Human beings, like other animals, may be conditioned to respond in particular ways to a given stimulus.
(D) Instead the reaction is wired in by some outside force.
(E) The difference is that the stimulus reaction pattern is not wired into the animals’ nervous system by its own genetic code.

Choose the pair of words that best expresses the same relationship as that in the pair of words given in capital letters
DILAPIDATED : RESTORE

Choose the pair of words that best expresses the same relationship as that in the pair of words given in capital letters
BEHEAD : GHILLOTINE ::

This question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
(A) It is much smaller than the Earth, with a diameter of only 6500 kilometers.
(B) One white dwarf, called Kupee’s Star after a famous American astronomer, is particularly well-known.
(C) Yet its mass is equal to that of the Sun.
(D) The matter inside a white dwarf is incredibly dense.
(E) It is no dense that just a thimbleful would weigh thousands of kilograms.

This question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
(A) If you look at a number of important inventions and discoveries that have been made over the last 1,000 years you will find that most of them occurred in the last 300 years.
(B) What prevented progress being made in the previous 700 years?
(C) One reason was the mistaken belief that once a scientific model has been built, it was a complete picture of the real thing.
(D) Why this?
(E) Those who doubted this ran the risk of being ridiculed by their fellow men and in some cases of even losing their lives by carrying on with their investigation.

A sentence is split into four parts. Mark the part that has a grammatical error.

A sentence is split into four parts. Mark the part that has a grammatical error.

A sentence is split into four parts. Mark the part that has a grammatical error.

A sentence is split into four parts. Mark the part that has a grammatical error.

A sentence is split into four parts. Mark the part that has a grammatical error.

If the letters in the word TOPS can be rearranged to form a meaningful word beginning with O, the last letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed, M is the answer and if no such word can be formed, X is the answer.

Which is the top country in cotton production?

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Year and Course-wise number of students enrolled in Hobby Classes
Courses	Book Blinding	Candle Making	Sculpture Making	Wall Hanging	Flower Arrangement
Year
2002	55	56	45	41	61
2003	76	67	56	54	62
2004	88	62	86	58	48
2005	45	75	75	67	46
2006	43	63	59	77	75
2007	67	56	67	74	84
2008	39	48	58	85	79

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There are 22,560 employees in an organization. The ratio of males to females is 7:5 respectively. All the employees are in six different departments viz. Administration, Receiving and Dispatch, Personnel Department, Accounts, Vigilance, and IT.20 percent of the females are in Receiving and Dispatch. 15 percent of the males are in Personnel Department. 15 percent of the total numbers of employees are in Vigilance. Females in IT are 30 percent of the females in Receiving and Dispatch. 40 percent of the males are in Administration. Males in Receiving and Dispatch are 50 percent of the females in the same. 30 percent of the females are in Accounts. The ratio of males to females in the IT is 3:1 respectively. 30 percent of the total number of employees are in Administration. The ratio of males to females in the Accounts is 23:47 respectively.

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