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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

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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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