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Many people do not read the books they purchase. For example, seventeen percent of college students in Pakistan have text books, but only forty-five percent of them read more than once a year, and only seventeen percent read more than once a week.

Q:Which of the following, if true, casts doubt on the claim that most people read the books they purchase?

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Regular book readers are most susceptible to eye diseases

Readers often exaggerate about their book reading

Many people buy books to pretend themselves as a scholar

The sale of novels is more than that of other types

Between 1990 and 1998, boarding in Muslim Degree College averaged 79 percent of capacity, while admission rates remained constant, at an average of 9 admissions per 100 rooms per year. Between 1998 and 2002, however, boarding rates increased to an average of 85 percent of capacity, while admission rates declined to 8 per 100 rooms per year.Q:Which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn from the info given above?

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The average stay for Muslim degree College residents rose between 1998 and 2002

The proportion of young student staying in the college hostel was greater in 2002 than in 1990

College admission rates tend to decline whenever boarding rates rise

College built prior to 1998 generally had fewer rooms than did college built between 1998 and 2002

If the mean (average) of 6 numbers is 4.5. What is the sum of the numbers ?

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0.75

10.5

12

27

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

4/7 of x

Column B

0

(2/5 of x equals 5/4 of x)

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A

B

C

D

The average of x,y,z and 40 is 10. What is the average of x,y and z.

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10

0

2

15

As any economist knows, healthy people pose less of an economic burden to society than unhealthy people. Not ,surprisingly, then, every rupee our government spends prenatal care for undocumented immigrants will save taxpayers of this country three rupees.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would best explain why the statistics cited above are not surprising?

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The taxpayers pay for prenatal care of all immigrants

Pregnant women who do not receive prenatal care are more likely to experience health problems than other pregnant women

Benefits for prenatal care serve to promote undocumented immigration

Babies whose mothers did not receive prenatal care are just as healthy as other babies

There is clear evidence that the mandated vaccination to children under age four has resulted in fewer child fatalities over the past five years. Compared to the five-year period prior to the passage of laws requiring the vaccination, fatalities of children under age four have decreased by 30 percent.

Q:Which one of the following, it true, most substantially strengthens the argument above?

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The fatality rate for other age groups has remained steady over the past five years

Air pollution has been increased over the period of past five years

Government has implemented a malaria control campaign last year

Health conditions in the country are better than has been previously

The Burmese ferret badger burrows its home in the ground. Based on the fact that different local populations of Burmese ferret badgers of the same species dig homes of different styles, zoologists have concluded that the badgers building styles are a culturally acquired, rather than a genetically transmitted, trait.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the zoologists?

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There are more common characteristics than there are differences among the Burmese ferret badger's styles of the local Burmese ferret badger population that has been studied most extensively

Young Burmese ferret badgers are inept at digging burrows and apparently spend years watching their eldersbefore becoming accomplished in the local style

The homes of one species of badger lack the characteristics of the homes of most other species of badger

Burmese ferret badgers are found only in Burma and India, where local populations of the badgers apparently seldom have contact with one another

A study of residents in Gujrat found that one fourth of the children developed considerable levels of nearsightedness five years after starting school, while their illiterate age fellows, who had no opportunity for formal schooling, showed no signs of this disability.

Q:If the above statements are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

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Only literate people are nearsighted

Almost all schools in Gujrat are surrounded by forests

Visual stress required by reading causes nearsightedness

One-third of the children are illiterate

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

17/1/17

Column B

1

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

Choose an answer

35

25

10

29

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

The product of the integers.

Column B
The average of the integers.

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

Which of the following is the sum of two consecutive prime numbers?

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66

52

41

29

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

pq

Column B

1

(p + q = 1)

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

The tanneries claim that chemical waste dumps pose no threat to people living near them. If this is true, then why do they locate the plants in sparsely populated regions? By not locating the chemical dumps in densely populated areas the tanneries tacitly admits that these chemicals are potentially dangerous to the people living nearby.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author's argument?

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Funding through the environmental Super Fund to clean up poorly run waste dumps is reserved for rural areas only

Until chemical dumps are proven 100% safe, it would be imprudent to locate them were they could potentially do the most harm.

Locating the dumps in sparsely populated areas is less expensive and involves less government red tape

The potential for chemicals to leach into the water table has in the past been underestimated

People in cities are more likely to site the industry if their health is harmed by the drumps

Asim had an average of 60 on his first four math tests. After taking the next test, his average dropped to 58. Find his recent test grade.

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40

50

48

32

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

4x/3

Column B

Y

x/y = 3/4

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

An instructor having 9224 students under him, arranges them into a square and finds 8 students to be excess. What is the number of students in the front row?

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97

88

104

96

If 2m= 4x and 2w= 8x, what is m in terms of w?

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w - 1

w + 1

2w - 1

2w + 1

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

4x

Column B

x⁴

<-------·-----·---------·---------------->

-1 x 0 1

Choose an answer

A

B

C

D

If Myra had bowling scores of b + 6, b - 2, b + 4, and b - 5, what must she score in the next game to get an overall average of b + 2?

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b + 7

b - 3

b + 3

b - 7

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