Important Vocabulary for GAT General:

GAT HIGH-FREQUENCY WORD LIST

Following is the list of GAT General frequently asked words
(Click on a word to know its meaning)

aberration | abstruse | auspicious | cacophony | euphony | eclectic fallow | erudite

deteriorate | feckless | evanescent | hone | obstinate aggravate | feeble | vindictive
fleeting | vouch | curtail | deletirious capricious | volatile | baleful | indifferent brook |
amenable | conjoin integrity | concealed | vacous | arrogant | minatory | touchstone
acrimonious | succinct | cajole | Impartial

Synonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Synonyms
Word Synonym Meaning
Abberration Anomaly Irregularity, deviation
Charlatan Quack Fraud
Indolent Laziness Indolent means "Laziness"
Redundant Unnecssary Redundant means "Unnecssary"
Entice Attract Entice means "Attract".
Abrogate Revoke Cancel, aboloish
Occlude obstruct block, close
Asperity Rudeness Rough behaviour

All Types of GAT Analogies:

What are Analogies?

In Analogy Questions, candidates are required to recognize the same relation between the pair of
words (in given options) to the given pair of words (in capital letters).
For Example:

1. CONSENSUS : AGREEMENT
A. conundrum : obvious
B. ameliorate : improve
C. education : improvement
D. affect : effect

Consensus means agreement. So the relation between them is "same meaning (synonym)".
Similarly, the relation between ameliorate and improve is also "same meaning (synonym)". Since,
ameliorate means improve. Hence, (B) is an analogy to given pair of words (in capital letters).
 GAT ANALOGIES - SYNONYMS
Synonyms Definition / Meaning
RATIOCINATE : THINK Ratiocinate means Think (Relation between them is "synonyms"
DISAVOW : DENY Disavow means Deny
ENIGMA : MYSTERY Enigma means Mystery
HAPLESS : UNLUCKY Hapless means Unlucky

GAT ANALOGIES - ANTONYMS

Antonyms Definition / Meaning
ODIUM : INFATUATION Odium means Hate, and Infatuation means Love (Both are antonym)
FEEBLE : STRONG Feeble means weak. Feeble and Strong are antonym
GENIAL : UNFRIENDLY Genial means Friendly
INCHOATE : MATURE Inchoate means Beginner, and Mature means Experienced
SPURIOUS : AUTHENTIC Spurious means Fake

GAT ANALOGIES - WORKER AND TOOL

Worker : Tool Definition / Meaning
PAINTER : BRUSH A painter uses a brush
REAPER : SICKLE A reaper uses a sickle to cut the grain
CARPENTER : VISE A carpenter uses a vise to hold the object being work on
CARPENTER : SAW A carpenter also uses a saw to cut wood

GAT ANALOGIES - DEGREE OF INTENSITY

Less extreme : More extreme Definition / Meaning
LUKEWARM : BOILING Lukewarm is less extreme than boiling

GAT Sentence Completion Sample Questions:

1. The board was amazed to see such an outstanding research by a mere __________ .
A. doctorate student
B. doctor
C. scientist
D. businessman
E. amateur

2. In the Middle Ages, returning prisoners in exchange for money became common instead of
putting to death. Though the act was humane, the primary reasons behind it were
__________ rather than __________ .
A. humanitarian, economic
B. economic, humanitarian
C. customs, humanitarian
 D. customs, economic
E. customs, promise

3. The principal asked teachers to discover and __________ each student's __________
talents.
A. suppress, unrecognized
B. develop, intrinsic
C. redirect, specious
D. belittle, dormant
E. justify, gratuitous

4. Instead of a long line, I have managed to __________ the tickets.

A. obtain
B. recognize
C. protect
D. procure
E. publish

5. The accountant's __________ of the account was discovered by the auditor.

A. posting
B. trial balance
C. embezzlement
D. casting
E. audit

ANSWERS

1. E
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C
GAT General Word Choice Sample Questions:

1. It is expected that the assembly will _________ these treaties.

A. force
B. ratify
C. notify
D. signify
E. check

2. Oil is mostly _________ by trucks in Pakistan.

A. transfer
B. transmit
C. transport
D. travel
E. deliver

3. Bus _________ are going to increase.

A. fees
B. rates
C. bills
D. credits
E. fares

4. Pakistani __________ met his counterpart in London.

A. console
B. counsel
C. councel
D. consul
E. council

5. Children like to watch science __________ movies.

A. fiction
B. faction
C. fraction
D. fallacy
E. friction
6. His believe that he could do this, is his __________.
A. allusion
B. illusion
C. delusion
D. depict
E. addict

7. You are wearing an army's uniform, but the __________ is missing.

A. epic
B. epoch
C. epithet
D. epicure
E. epaulet

8. University professors visit the website www.sheir.org and ___________ the data against
level of tests.
A. inform
B. appraise
C. apprise
D. amended
E. commended

9. We did not have __________ questions for the lecturer.

A. none
B. any
C. some
D. no
E. more

10. Octopuses have not only large brains __________ also a well-developed nervous system.
A. but
B. and
C. are
D. and have
E. or
11. The manager __________ everyone go home an hour early on Friday afternoon.
A. allowed
B. let
C. permitted
D. got
E. asked

12. He came in Karachi __________ August 14, 2010.

A. in
B. on
C. for
D. from
E. with

13. Bilal is not receiving the call. He is __________ at work.

A. already
B. still
C. yet
D. looking
E. no longer

14. Bilal is getting __________ the car.

A. out of
B. out
C. out from
D. out through
E. outside

15. Saad is travelling __________ the school.

A. to
B. towards
C. off
D. through
E. None of these
16. They went __________ the rain.
A. despite
B. in spite
C. under
D. avoiding
E. and enjoy

17. I was surprised by the large __________ people who came.

A. number of
B. amount of
C. sum of
D. total of
E. some of

18. We cannot predict whether he will go on a picnic or not. He is so __________ .

A. deletirious
B. offensive
C. feckless
D. capricious

19. We cannot say anything about law and order situation in this city, because the city is highly
__________ .
A. unpredictable
B. volatile
C. dangerous
D. baleful

20. He is __________ fame and money. He pursue research just as an amateur scientist.
A. indifferent to
B. enamoured of
C. running for
D. struggling for

ANSWERS
 1. B
2. C
3. E
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. E
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. A

GAT General Summary Completion Sample Questions:

Polls can be used in different ways. Candidates for public office use them to (1)__________ their
chances of winning and help them decide whether to run. Once this decision is made, polls provide
information that helps candidates (2)__________ limited campaign resources to those groups in
the population that support them or might be (3)__________ to do so. Candidates also use polls to
help determine which issues they need to (4)__________ and which they should ignore.
Candidates will sometimes commission private polls and leak favorable results to the press to try
to (5)__________ opinion.

1.
A. access
B. excess
C. assess
D. information
E. know

2.
A. direct
 B. use
C. think
D. advance
E. get

3.
A. made
B. obtained
C. moved
D. rectified
E. persuaded

4.
A. embezzled
B. emphasize
C. eminent
D. egoist
E. None of these

5.
A. patronage
B. extrapolate
C. alienate
D. manipulate
E. enervate

ANSWERS

1. C
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. D
Antonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Antonyms
Word Antonym Meaning
Friend Foe Foe means enemy.
Diffident Confident Diffident means shyness
Enervate Energize Enervate means "to weaken"
Euphony Cacophony Euphony means pleasant sound, and Cacophony means noise
Prolix Pithy Prolix means wordy, and pithy means "to the point"
Enmity Friendship Enmity means "being an enemy"
Foment Quash Foment means "to incite", and Quash means "to suppress".
Abet Hinder Abet means "to assist", and Hinder means "to deter".
Undermine means "to weaken", and Bolster means "make
Undermine Bolster
stronger".
Scad Dearth Scad means "large amount", and Dearth means "Shortage".
Quixotic Pragmatic Quixotic means "Idealistic", and Pragmatic means "Practical".

ll Types of GAT Analogies:

What are Analogies?

In Analogy Questions, candidates are required to recognize the same relation between the pair of
words (in given options) to the given pair of words (in capital letters).
For Example:

1. CONSENSUS : AGREEMENT
A. conundrum : obvious
B. ameliorate : improve
C. education : improvement
D. affect : effect

Consensus means agreement. So the relation between them is "same meaning (synonym)".
Similarly, the relation between ameliorate and improve is also "same meaning (synonym)". Since,
ameliorate means improve. Hence, (B) is an analogy to given pair of words (in capital letters).
GAT ANALOGIES - SYNONYMS
Synonyms Definition / Meaning
RATIOCINATE : THINK Ratiocinate means Think (Relation between them is "synonyms"
DISAVOW : DENY Disavow means Deny
ENIGMA : MYSTERY Enigma means Mystery
HAPLESS : UNLUCKY Hapless means Unlucky

GAT ANALOGIES - ANTONYMS

Antonyms Definition / Meaning
ODIUM : INFATUATION Odium means Hate, and Infatuation means Love (Both are antonym)
FEEBLE : STRONG Feeble means weak. Feeble and Strong are antonym
GENIAL : UNFRIENDLY Genial means Friendly
INCHOATE : MATURE Inchoate means Beginner, and Mature means Experienced
SPURIOUS : AUTHENTIC Spurious means Fake

GAT ANALOGIES - WORKER AND TOOL

Worker : Tool Definition / Meaning
PAINTER : BRUSH A painter uses a brush
REAPER : SICKLE A reaper uses a sickle to cut the grain
CARPENTER : VISE A carpenter uses a vise to hold the object being work on
CARPENTER : SAW A carpenter also uses a saw to cut wood

GAT ANALOGIES - DEGREE OF INTENSITY

Less extreme : More extreme Definition / Meaning
LUKEWARM : BOILING Lukewarm is less extreme than boiling

GAT General Word Choice Sample Questions:

1. It is expected that the assembly will _________ these treaties.

A. force
B. ratify
C. notify
D. signify
E. check

2. Oil is mostly _________ by trucks in Pakistan.

A. transfer
B. transmit
C. transport
D. travel
E. deliver

3. Bus _________ are going to increase.

A. fees
 B. rates
C. bills
D. credits
E. fares

4. Pakistani __________ met his counterpart in London.

A. console
B. counsel
C. councel
D. consul
E. council

5. Children like to watch science __________ movies.

A. fiction
B. faction
C. fraction
D. fallacy
E. friction

6. His believe that he could do this, is his __________.

A. allusion
B. illusion
C. delusion
D. depict
E. addict

7. You are wearing an army's uniform, but the __________ is missing.

A. epic
B. epoch
C. epithet
D. epicure
E. epaulet

8. University professors visit the website www.sheir.org and ___________ the data against
level of tests.
A. inform
 B. appraise
C. apprise
D. amended
E. commended

9. We did not have __________ questions for the lecturer.

A. none
B. any
C. some
D. no
E. more

10. Octopuses have not only large brains __________ also a well-developed nervous system.
A. but
B. and
C. are
D. and have
E. or

11. The manager __________ everyone go home an hour early on Friday afternoon.
A. allowed
B. let
C. permitted
D. got
E. asked

12. He came in Karachi __________ August 14, 2010.

A. in
B. on
C. for
D. from
E. with

13. Bilal is not receiving the call. He is __________ at work.

A. already
B. still
 C. yet
D. looking
E. no longer

14. Bilal is getting __________ the car.

A. out of
B. out
C. out from
D. out through
E. outside

15. Saad is travelling __________ the school.

A. to
B. towards
C. off
D. through
E. None of these

16. They went __________ the rain.

A. despite
B. in spite
C. under
D. avoiding
E. and enjoy

17. I was surprised by the large __________ people who came.

A. number of
B. amount of
C. sum of
D. total of
E. some of

18. We cannot predict whether he will go on a picnic or not. He is so __________ .

A. deletirious
B. offensive
C. feckless
 D. capricious

19. We cannot say anything about law and order situation in this city, because the city is highly
__________ .
A. unpredictable
B. volatile
C. dangerous
D. baleful

20. He is __________ fame and money. He pursue research just as an amateur scientist.
A. indifferent to
B. enamoured of
C. running for
D. struggling for

ANSWERS

1. B
2. C
3. E
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. E
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. A
GAT Sentence Completion Sample Questions:

1. The board was amazed to see such an outstanding research by a mere __________ .
A. doctorate student
B. doctor
C. scientist
D. businessman
E. amateur

2. In the Middle Ages, returning prisoners in exchange for money became common instead of
putting to death. Though the act was humane, the primary reasons behind it were
__________ rather than __________ .
A. humanitarian, economic
B. economic, humanitarian
C. customs, humanitarian
D. customs, economic
E. customs, promise

3. The principal asked teachers to discover and __________ each student's __________
talents.
A. suppress, unrecognized
B. develop, intrinsic
C. redirect, specious
D. belittle, dormant
E. justify, gratuitous

4. Instead of a long line, I have managed to __________ the tickets.

A. obtain
B. recognize
C. protect
D. procure
E. publish

5. The accountant's __________ of the account was discovered by the auditor.

A. posting
B. trial balance
C. embezzlement
D. casting
 E. audit

ANSWERS

1. E
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C

GAT General Summary Completion Sample Questions:

Polls can be used in different ways. Candidates for public office use them to (1)__________ their
chances of winning and help them decide whether to run. Once this decision is made, polls provide
information that helps candidates (2)__________ limited campaign resources to those groups in
the population that support them or might be (3)__________ to do so. Candidates also use polls to
help determine which issues they need to (4)__________ and which they should ignore.
Candidates will sometimes commission private polls and leak favorable results to the press to try
to (5)__________ opinion.

1.
A. access
B. excess
C. assess
D. information
E. know

2.
A. direct
B. use
C. think
D. advance
E. get

3.
A. made
B. obtained
 C. moved
D. rectified
E. persuaded

4.
A. embezzled
B. emphasize
C. eminent
D. egoist
E. None of these

5.
A. patronage
B. extrapolate
C. alienate
D. manipulate
E. enervate

ANSWERS

1. C
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. D

GAT General Reading Comprehension Sample Questions:

The explosion of a star is an awesome event. The most violent of these cataclysms, which produce
supernovae, probably destroys a star completely. Within our galaxy of roughly 100 billion stars the
last supernova was observed in 1604. Much smaller explosions, however, occur quite frequently,
giving rise to what astronomers call novae and dwarf novae. On the order of 25 novae occur in our
galaxy every year, but only two or three are near enough to be observed. About 100 dwarf novae
are known altogether. If the exploding star is in a nearby part of the galaxy, it may create a “new
star” that was not previously visible to the naked eye. The last new star of this sort that could be
observed clearly from the Northern Hemisphere appeared in 1946. In these smaller explosions the
star loses only a minute fraction of its mass and survives to explode again. Astrophysicists are
fairly well satisfied that they can account for the explosions of supernovae. The novae and dwarf
novae have presented more of a puzzle. From recent investigations that have provided important
new information about these two classes of exploding star, the picture that emerges is quite
astonishing. It appears that every dwarf nova – and perhaps every nova – is a member of a pair of
stars. The two stars are so close together that they revolve around a point that lies barely outside
the surface of the larger star. As a result the period of rotation is usually only a few hours, and their
velocities range upward to within a two-hundredth of the speed of light.

1. According to the passage, our observations of nova are hampered by their

A. extreme brightness
B. loss of mass
C. speed of rotation
D. distance from Earth
E. tremendous violence

2. The production of supernova

A. occurs frequently
B. occurs 25 times in 1 year
C. occured in 1946
D. occured in 1604
E. occured 100 billion years ago

3. By the term "new star" the author mean one that has
A. recently gained in mass
B. moved from a distant galaxy
C. become bright enough to strike the eye
D. not previously risen above the horizon
E. become visible by rotating in its orbit

4. Which from the following statement(s) true about novae and dwarf novae

I. 25 novae and super novae occur in our galaxy every year

II. occur in result of smaller explosions
III. only 100 of smaller explosions are known

A. I only
 B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
E. II and III

5. When novae and dwarf novae occur,

A. the star survive to explode again
B. the star destroys completely
C. the star devides in two parts
D. the star becomes a dwarf novae
E. None of these

6. The statement, "velocities range upward to within a two-hundredth of the speed of light" is
for
A. novae
B. dwarf novae
C. supernova
D. novae and dwarf novae
E. pair of stars

7. The period of rotation of the pair of stars is usually only a few hours, because
A. the one star is so smaller
B. the two stars are very near to each other
C. the revolving point is too near
D. they do not have solid outer surface
E. their speed is equal to the speed of light

ANSWERS

1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. E
7. C
Important Vocabulary for GAT General:
GAT HIGH-FREQUENCY WORD LIST
Following is the list of GAT General frequently asked words
(Click on a word to know its meaning)

aberration | abstruse | auspicious | cacophony | euphony | eclectic fallow | erudite

deteriorate | feckless | evanescent | hone | obstinate aggravate | feeble | vindictive
fleeting | vouch | curtail | deletirious capricious | volatile | baleful | indifferent brook |
amenable | conjoin integrity | concealed | vacous | arrogant | minatory | touchstone
acrimonious | succinct | cajole | Impartial

Synonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Synonyms
Word Synonym Meaning
Abberration Anomaly Irregularity, deviation
Charlatan Quack Fraud
Indolent Laziness Indolent means "Laziness"
Redundant Unnecssary Redundant means "Unnecssary"
Entice Attract Entice means "Attract".
Abrogate Revoke Cancel, aboloish
Occlude obstruct block, close
Asperity Rudeness Rough behaviour

Antonyms for GAT General (NTS Test):

GAT Antonyms
Word Antonym Meaning
Friend Foe Foe means enemy.
Diffident Confident Diffident means shyness
Enervate Energize Enervate means "to weaken"
Euphony Cacophony Euphony means pleasant sound, and Cacophony means noise
Prolix Pithy Prolix means wordy, and pithy means "to the point"
Enmity Friendship Enmity means "being an enemy"
Foment Quash Foment means "to incite", and Quash means "to suppress".
Abet Hinder Abet means "to assist", and Hinder means "to deter".
Undermine means "to weaken", and Bolster means "make
Undermine Bolster
stronger".
Scad Dearth Scad means "large amount", and Dearth means "Shortage".
Quixotic Pragmatic Quixotic means "Idealistic", and Pragmatic means "Practical".