List of top Questions asked in MAT- 2008

The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was
The question has a statement followed by two assumptions/conclusions. Find the implicit assumption(s)/ conclusion(s).
Statement:
There are many Indians who are honest. Mohan is an Indian.
Conclusions:
I. Mohan is honest.
II. Mohan is not honest.
The National Stock Exchange functions from
Given below are pairs of events I and Il. Read both the events and decide the relationship. Asume that the information given is true in deciding the answer. Mark answer
Event (I): Today, the prime ministers of countries P and Q have decided to take steps to improve bilateral relations.
Event (Il): Next week a committee of foreign ministers and senior officers of country P and Q will work out further steps to improve the relationship.
Rahul started a business with a capital of Rs 8,000. After six months, Sanjay joined him with an investment of some capital. If at the end of the year each of them gets equal amount as profit, how much did Sanjay invest in the business?
Given below are pairs of events I and Il. Read both the events and decide the relationship. Asume that the information given is true in deciding the answer. Mark answer
Event (I): This year Bank M has celebrated its silver jubilee. Event (Il): More customers are getting attracted to the market branch of Bank M.
According to the UNCTAD report, India has acquired the ...... Place in the world, for receiving the largest FDI in 2006.
"Cases of food-poisoning have been reported from village X. After a dinner party arranged for 100 people, 68 were admitted to the hospital, and 36 were reported to be out of danger. The food, which was cooked and stored in an open space for almost 12 hours, was served after reheating. Investigation is going on."
A news report.
Which of the following can be hypothesised from the above information?
At Narmada Sarovar Bachao (NSB) demonstration, supporters of Ms Patkar outnumbered the police by 9 : 1 The police arrested 135 NSB supporters averaging 5 for every 3 policemen. How many supporters of NSB were there in the demonstration ?
The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers of an organisation is Rs 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs 2,000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of officers and workers separately.
A manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of Rs 60 each. It costs him Rs 40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he has overhead expenses of Rs 3000 per week in order to operate that plant. The number of units he should produce and sell in order to make a profit of at least Rs 1000 per week is
The ratio between the number of passengers travelling by I and II class between the two railway stations is 1: 50, whereas the ratio of I and II class fares between the same stations is 3: 1. If on a particular day, Rs 1325 revenue collected from the passengers travelling between these stations, then what was the amount collected from the II class passengers?
After a get-together every person present shakes the hand of every other person. If there were 105 handshakes in all, how many persons were present in the party?
Four friends were playing a game of cards sitting in a circle. Shankar was on the right of Ram and Gopal was on the left of Arvind. Which of the following pairs were partners?
Four girls (G1, G2, G3, G4) and three boys (B1, B2, B3) are to sit for a dinner such that no two boys should sit together nor two girls. If they are successively sitting, what is the position of B2 and G3?
The angles of elevation of the top of a tower, from the top and the foot of a pole of height 10 m, are 300 and 600 respectively. The height of the tower is
There are 30 plants of Chiku, Guava, Sitafal and Mango in a row. There is one pair of Mango plants after Chiku and Guava and Mango plants are followed by one Chiku and one Sitafal plant and so on. If the row begins with a plant of Chiku, then which of the following will be the last in the row?
Which one is different from the remaining three?
In a class of 35 students, Kiran is placed 7th from the bottom whereas Mohan is placed 9th from the top. Sohan is placed exactly in between Kiran and Mohan. What is Kiran's position from Sohan?
Identify incorrect sentence.
Identify incorrect sentence.
The question has a given sentence. Identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English. While doing so, ensure that the message being conveyed remains the same in all the cases.
Ever since the sting operation, there has been much opposition from they who maintain that it was an unauthorised act.
The question has a given sentence. Identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English. While doing so, ensure that the message being conveyed remains the same in all the cases.
The moral of the entire story is how money doesn't make you happy.
A person standing on the bank of a river finds that the angle of elevation of the top of a tower on the opposite bank is 450. Then which of the following statements is correct?
For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th Plan, investment level has been estimated to be