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MAT Entrance TestDecember 02, 2007Birds Eye View
Total Number of Questions
:200Total TimeThe Marking SchemeNumber of OptionsNumber of sets Available::::150minutesOnemarkforeachcorrectanswerand0.25markforeachincorrectanswer.44Sections/Sectional Time Limit :Test Structure :ThepaperwasjumbledTest Area
ReadingComprehensionEnglishUsageQuantitativeAptitudeDataInterpretationLogicalReasoningDataSufficiencyGeneralAwarenessNumber ofQuestions2020403540540200DifficultyLevelModerateWe are please to present you the detailed analysis of Management Aptitude Test held on 02nd, December 2007 at 73centers all over India.This year AIMA move one step ahead from last year and jumbled up the paper (As last year AIMA had removedsections, but the questions from same test area were together). Difficulty wisethere was nothing new in the paper,
overall the paper was moderate. There were 40 questions each from English Language, General Awareness, DataInterpretation and Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.
From General Awareness area there were questions Business, Current Awarenss, Economics and Five year plans.Since the marks get in GK questions do not include in merit an attempt of 15 to20 questions will be sufficient.
Disclaimer:AllthisinformationhasbeenmemorisedbyPTstudents.Wearemerely
reproducingithere
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infragmentstoensurethatthehuge
communityofstudentseagerlywaitingtoseeanobjectivecomparisonoftheir
performancegetstherightpicture.IC:PTpnrMAT2007(1)of(7)
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1.Indiasfoodandagriculture
sectorisexpectedtobedoubleinnext....years.10,
5,2,152.NRHMstandsfor3.Acoording,Economic
Survey2006-07,Indiaseconomyispoisedfor....growthinthisfinancialyear.10.2,9.2,7.2,5.24.Whichofthefollowingis
theworldslargest
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clockbrand?5.Whatwas
Indiasshareinworldexportsin2006?1%,10%,8%,0.5%
6.Whichmotorcompanyannounceddevelopmentofsupercompactcasercostingaround
Rs.1,00,000?7.DebentureholdersofacompanyareitsShareholders,Creditors,Debtors,Workmen8.AfterHindiwhichofthe
followinglanguagesis
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mosttalkedinIndiaTelgu,Bengali,
Marathi,Tamil9.Thebestamancangetisthe
punchlineof
10.PiamindustriesnearAhmedabadisfamousfor
Kissan,BrookeBond,Maggi,11.Whichcountryuses,buysandconsumesthemostgoldinworld?USA,India,China,SA12.Whichof
thefollowingstate
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havemostnumberofLokSabhaseats?
UP,MP,Karnataka,Rajasthan13.AustraliancricketplayerBretLeeis
themodelforwhichbrand?14.Apassiontoperformisa
punchlineof15.Thegrowthofagriculturesectorafter11thfiveyeraplanistargettedto16.Hostcityfortheolympics2008
is17.
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WhoisDeepakParekh?The questions on Numbers, Percentages, Averages, Work andTime, Ratio and Proportion, Pipes and Cistersn, Time, Speedand Distance, Boats and Streams, Mixtures, SI and CI,
Progression, Quantitative Comparision, Mensuration 2-D and3-D, Permutation and Combination and Probability were therepresentative from the QA area. The following table will givethe detail break up of the questions from this area. Anattempt of 30 to 35 questions from this area is decent.
We have recalled some of the questions which are as follows
18.More,foryou
isthepunchlineof19.SunitaWilliamshasaworldrecordfor
maximumnumberofdaystostayinspace.Forhowmanydaysshestayedinspace?185,200,195,20120.Bullionrefersto
21.Korba
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isfamousfor22.Statewith
highestpopulationdensityis23.JohnPlayerisbrandfrom
24.LargestemployerintheworldisRelianceIndustries,IndianRailways,25.
ThetermRinbrandWagonRrefersto26.GlobalisationofIndianEconomymeans27.Vimalisabrandfrom28.
Inflationmeans
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29.BlackMoneyrefersto30.
Indiaearnsmaximumforeignexechangefromtheexportof31.Dumping
incontextofinternationaltraderefersto32.WTOearlierknownas33.Whichofthe
followingcountryisnotamemberofG-8?34.TRIPSstandsfor35.WhichofthefollowingistheUnitedNationsbodyfor
GlobalClimateChange?
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Numbers4RatioandProportion2
Averages2Percentages2EasyPipesandCisterns2HeightandDistance
2Time,SpeedandDistance3BoatsandStream2Mixtures3Moderate
WorkandTime3SIandCI1EasyProgression1PermutationandCombination3ModerateProbability4Mensuration1QuantitativeComparision5EasyTotal 40
1.
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Inaclass,50studentsplayCricket,
20studentsplayFootballand10playbothCricketandFootball.How
manyplayatleastoneofthesetwogames?80,50,10,60
2.Inasurveyofpaymentsofelectionbillofresidentcomplexof125houses,itisfoundthat50housesdefaultedontheir
paymentsofelection
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billinJanuary60inFebruaryand
40inMarch.Somehousescandefaultinconsecutivemonthsonly20
defaulteinJan.andFeb.,10defaultinFeb.andMarch.Howmany
defaultesinallthreemonths?5,7,3,93.Abottleisfullofdettol.one-thirdofitistakenoutand
thenanequal
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amountofwaterispouredintothe
bottletofillit.Thisoperatoinisdonefourtimes.Findthe
finalratioofdettolandwaterinthebottle.20:74,16:65,13:55,
10:48.4.Apersonstandingonabankofriverobservesthattheangleofelevationoftopofatreeontheopposite
bakofthe
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rivesis60andwhenheretires
40mawayfromthetreetheangleofelevationbecomes30.The
breadthoftheriveris5.InatournamentIndianCricketteam
play2matcheseachwithWestIndiesandAustralia.Theprobabilityofgetting0,1and2points(India)is0.45,0.05and0.50respectively.
Assumingoutcomesare
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independentwhatistheprobabilityofIndia
gettingatleast07point?0.0624,0.0875,0.8750,0.0250
(2)
of(7)
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6.Theprobabilityofsolving
aquestionsbythreepersonswhoareworkingindependentlyonitis
1/3,1/4and1/5,thenwhatistheprobabilitythatquestionscantbe
solvedis1/3,2/5,1/57.AcompanyproducetwotypesofshirtsMensshirtsandWomensshirts.Theprofitmargininmens
shirtis8%,
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whileoverallprofitmarkignis6%.The
womensshirtcomprise60%oftotaloutput.Whatistheaverageprofit
persalesrupeeinwomensshirt?0.0666,0.0166,0.0466,0.3808.Ten questions to be selected out of 13. What will be the total no. of choices av
ailable if atleast 4 is to be chosenfrom first five? -This questions is from PT material.
There were in all 20 questions on Statement-Argument,
Statement-Assumption, Statement-Course of Action and Causeand Effect(five questions on each topic). Rest of the 20questions from this area were on Data Arrangement, Codingand Decoding, Blood Relations, Alphabetical Series, DirectionTest etc. The detail breakup is shown in the following table
We have recalled some of the questions which are as follows.
DIRECTIONS: Attempt these question based on the informationgiven.
.Afewfriendsaresittingona
bench..Sunil
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issittingnexttoSunitaandSanjay
issittingnexttoBindu..BinduisnotsittingwithSumit.
.SumitisontheleftendofthebenchandSanjayis
onsec-ondpositionfromrighthandside..SunilisontherightsideofSumitandSunita..SunilandSanjayaresitting
together.1.
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Sunilissittingbetween(1)Sunitaand
Sanjay(3)SunitaandBindu(2)(4)SumitandBinduSanjayand
Sumit2.Whoissittinginthecenter?(1)Bindu(3)Sumit
(2)(4)SunilSanjay3.Sumitissittingonthe(1)Extremeleft(2)(3)Secondplacefromright(4)secondplacefromleft
Extremeright4
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.Binduissittingonthe(1)
secondfromleftside(3)extremeleftside(2)(4)extremeright
sidethirdfromleftside
5.Sunitaissittinghow
manyplacesawayfromBindu?(1)4(2)2(3)1(4)5Statement-ArgumentStatement-AssumptionStatement-CourseofActionCauseandEffect5555
ModerateDataArrangement
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(twosets)DirectionTest101Blood
RelationGroupandConditioningCodingandDecodingQuantitativeReasoningAlphabeticalSeries2
2311EasyTotal 40
DIRECTIONS: Answer these questions independent of eachother.
6.A
manstartsfromapointandmoves3kmnorth,thenturnstowestandgoes2km.Heturnsnorthandwalks1km
andthenmoves
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5kmtowardseast.Howforis
hefromthestart-ingpoint?
(1)10km(2)5km
(3)11km(4)8km7.AnkitisrelatedtoBinnyandChinkey,Daizy
isChinkismother.AlsoDaizyisBinnyssisterandArunaisBinnyssister.HowisChinkeyrelatedtoAruna?
(1)Sister(2)
Coush(3)Niece
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(4)Aunt8.Ataxdriver
commencedhisjourneyfromapointanddrove10kmtowardsNorth
andturnedtohisleftanddrovean-other5km.Afterwaiting
tomeetoneofhisfriends,heturnedtohisrightandcontinuetodriveanother10km.Hehascoveredadistanceof25
kmsofar
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butinwhichdirec-tionmayhe
nowbegoing?
(1)West(2)East(3)North(4)
South9.Sarojismother-in-lawofVaniwhoissister-in-lawofDeepak.
RajeeshisfatherofRamesh,theonlybrotherofDeepak.HowisSajorrelatedtoDeepak?(1)Wife(2)Aunt(3)Mother-in-law(4)Mother10.
Sonuis4
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yearsyoungertoManuwhileDollyis
fouryearsyoungertoSumitbut1/5timesasoldasSonu.
IfSumitiseightyearsold,howmanytimesasoldisManu
asDolly?(1)2(2)1/2(3)3(4)1(3)of(7)
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11.Oneyearago,amother
was4timesoldertoherson.After6years,herage
becomesmorethandoublehersonsageby5years.Thepresentratio
oftheiragewillbe(1)3:1(2)11:3(3)13:12(4)25:712.Inacertaincode,BASICiswrittenasDDULE.Howis
LEADERwrittenin
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thatcode?(1)NGCFGT(2)OHDGHU(3)
NGCGGU(4)OGDFHT13.InacertaincodeOVERiswrittenas
$#%*andVISTiswrittenas#+x-.HowisSOREwritteninthat
code?(1)%x$*(2)x*$%(3)x$*%(4)Noneofthese14.Inacertaincodelanguagenerisomeansgoodrainyday,si
nepomeans
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dayiswonderfulandrijomeans
goodboy.Whichofthefollowingmeansrainyisthecode.
(1)(3)sine(2)(4)riso15.Completetheseries
B0R,E3U,G9Y,J18D(1)L30J(3)E3P
section
follows.
DIRECTIONS: Study the following information to answer thesequestions.
TherearesixpersonsA,B,C,D,
EandF.
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CisthesisterofF.B
isthebrotherofEshusband.DisthefatherofA
andgrandfatherofF.Therearetwofathers,threebrothersandamother
inthe
group.16.Whoisthemother?(1)D(3)A(2)(4)BE(1)(3)17.WhoiABs
Eshusband?(2)
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(4)CF
18.How
manymalemembersarethereinthegroup?(1)Three(2)Two
(3)One(4)Four19.HowisFrelatedtoE?(2)Husband
(1)Son(3)Uncle(4)Daughter(2)H9N20.Whichofthefollowingisagroupofbrothers?(4)G3U(1)BFC(3)ABF(2)ABD(4)BDFThere were total 35 questions were on DI and fivequestions were on DS. The DI sets were on Bar Graph,Pie Chart, Caselete, while there were 4 options direct DSset with jumbled options. Three DI sets were directlyfrom PT material. The table represents the detail of theWe have recalled some of the questions, which are asBarGraph(3setsof4questionseach)CaseletePieChartsTableMisc.(threesetsDataSufficiencyTotalDIRECTIONS: In a city, there were 2 lakh, 3 lakh, 4 lakh and 5 laks men during the period 2001 to 2004 respectively. In the same period,the number of women increased at the rate of 10% every year beginning at 1.3 lakh in 2001. The number of boys in the city increased at5% per year and was 1.2 lakh in 2004. The number of girls had been increasing at25% and was 1 lakh in 2004. The bar graph below showsthe percentage of literates in the city between the period 2001 to 2004. Study the bar graph to answer these questions.7060605040302010030401550402050503040102030404512
44
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Moderate
4115
40
20012002200320041.MenWomen
Inwhichyearwasthenumberofliteratesinthecitymaximum?(1)
2003(2)2002(3)2001BoysGirls(4)2004
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2.In2002,whatwas
theapproximateratioofliteratewomentoliterateboys?(1)0.52(2)
0.45(3)0.4(4)0.353.Whatwasthepercentageincreasein
thenumberofliterategirlsfrom2003to2004?(1)526%(2)560%(3)463%(4)426%4.In2001,whichwasthetotal
numberofliterates
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inthecity?(3)2lakh(4)
1.625lakh(1)1.53lakh(2)4.9lakhDIRECTIONS: Answer these questions based on the information given.
FabricX
hastogothroughthreestagesofmanufacturingvizspinning,weavinganddyeing.
InRimalFabriccompany,therearesixspinningmachines,tenweavingmachinesandfivedyingmachines.Eachmachineworksfor10hrsaday.One
unitofFabric
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Xneeds40minutesonaspinning
machine2hoursonaweavingmachineand30minutesona
dyeingmachineinordertobecompleted.SimilarlyoneunitofFabricY
needs60minutesonaspinningmachine30minutesonaweavingmachineand60minutesonadyeingmachineinordertobecompleted.
5
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.Inaday,howmanyunits
ofFabrieYcanbecompletedatmost?(1)40(2)30
(3)20(4)506.If20unitsofFabricYare
madeinaday,howmanyunitsofFabricXcanbecompletedthesameday?(1)40(2)20(3)0(4)457.
Ifonly30
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unitsofFabricYaremadein
aday,howmanymachinehourswillbeidlethatday?(1)
135(2)130(3)120(4)1508.Ifonemoredyeing
machineisadded,atthemosthowmanymoreunitsofFabricXcanbemadeinaday?(1)8(2)5(3)0
(4)10DIRECTIONS: Study the following pie charts to answer these questions.
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% Distribution (Region-wise) % Distribution of Workforce (Category-wise) %Distribution of Workforce (Department-wise)
Delhi,16%Chennai,
19%Calcutta,15%Production,49%Sales,9%Purchase,7%14%RandD,21%
Supervisors,12%UnskilledLabourers,Officers,9%17%Technicians,19%SkilledLabourers,43%Hyderabad,28%Mumbai,22%
Admn.AndAccounts,Total workforce = 68700
9.If22%oftheproductiondepartmentpersonsarepostedatHyderabadregion,thenwhat%ofHyderabadworkforcearethe
productiondepartment?(1)
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78(2)68(3)35.5(4)22
10.If11%officersofthecompanyareinadministrationandaccounts
department,ofwhich75%arepostedatCalcutta,thenwhat%oftotal
officersofthecompanyarepostedatadministrationandaccounts,Calcutta?(1)8.25(2)3.75(3)11(4)Datainsufficient11.Ifunderexpansionprogramme,
thecompanyrecruits
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12%ofworkforceofHyderabadandMumbai
regions,but6%ofworkforceofCalcuttaregionretires,andworkforceat
otherregionsremainthesame,thenwhatwillbethetotalworkforceof
thecompany?(1)68238(2)72204(3)65196(4)Noneofthese12.If35%ofskilledlabourersarepostedatMumbairegionhavingits
department-wisedistributionof
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R&D,Administrationandaccounts,Sales,
Purchase,andProductionin1:2:3:4:
5,thenfindwhat%oftotalskilledlabourersofthecompanyare
postedatMumbaisalesdepartment.
(1)21(2)65(3)35(4)7](5)of(7)
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THIS SET IS FROM PT MATERIALDIRECTIONS: Refer to the following table and answer the questions that follow.
Statistics of Staff Members Knowing Computer Operation and Typing in a Government Office
KnowingTotalComputerKnowingKnowingNumberofOperationTypingbothStaff
Lengthofservice(inyears)0-34-77+403030203015100200Graduate60208060301514090504040503020200160Non-graduate142.Whatistheratioofgraduatestaff
membershaving4-7yearsofservicewhodonotknowtypingtonon-graduatestaffmembershaving7+yearsofservicenotknowingcomputeroperation?(1)
1:2(2)2:5
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(3)2:1(4)4:3143.If20moregraduatestaffsknowingbothcomputeroperationandtypingarerecruited,thenthepercentageofgraduatestaffsknowing
TypingonlyandComputerOperationonlyandbothin0-3yearsof
serviceoverthetotalnumberofstaffinthesamerangeis
(1)50%(2)20%(3)40%(4)33.33%THIS SET IS FROM PT MATERIAL
DIRECTIONS: The following figure shows the statistics of mine elevator crashes presented by mine elevator committee of Minesland.Study the following data and answer the question given below it.
3131561%5Cruise12%1%1%81217ClimbInitialClimbTake-offDescentInitialApproachFinalApproachLanding2410%10%4%1%Stagesof
aflight
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Percentageofaccidentsduringdifferentstages
offlightofamineelevator
Percentofflight
timeduringdifferentstages
83.Ifpronenesstoaccidentatany
stageofflightisdefinedastheratioofthenumberofaccidentsatthatstagetotheflightdurationofthestage,thenat
whatstageof
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flightisthemineelevatorleastprone
toanaccident?(1)InitialClimb(2)Landing(3)Descent(4)Cruise
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84.Morethanone-thirdofthe
numberofaccidentsoccurredduring(1)LandingandClimbing(2)Take-offand
FinalApproach(3)Take-offandInitialClimbs(4)CruisetoFinalApproach85.
Thelast25%oftheflyingtimeaccountedfor.....percentageofaccidents.(1)42(2)55(3)58(4)47There were total five RC passages containing total 20 questions. The detail of RC passages is as follows
From English Usage there were total 20 questions. The questions were on Analogie
s, Fill in the blanks, Idioms and
phrases and Sentence Correction. Some of the questions were
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Analogies: BEWILDERMENT:CONFUSION,PREAMBLE:STATUE,
ADMONISHMENT:CASTIGATION,EXTORTION:INTIMIDATING.
Idioms:
1.
Thepoetdrewonhisfancynothisknowledgeofnature,whenhe
wrotehispoemsonbirdsUsedhisimagination,Usedhisaptitude,Usedhisunderstanding,Usedhisskills.2.Veryambitiouspeopledonot
liketotest
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ontheirlaurelsbeimpatient,be
motivated,beunhappy,becomplacent.3.Theymadebonesaboutacknowledge
theirdebttohis....Overall Cut-Off
A score of 100+ should be good to getting AMITY, BIM-Tech.Christ and some other top B-Schools
Passage
I
II
III
IV
V
ThemeRealEstatemarketinIndia5Number ofQuestions1000
LengthRenewalenergy
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sourcesinIndiaandGovt.policies3
1250GranualMaterial41000TransportationSystem41000Psychology41200
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