CMAT 2016

Total Allocation: 100 Marks
Examination Engine
Section I: Verbal Ability
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AUGUST
ALERT
HESITATED
RESCUE
ENORMOUS
EXPAND
ARROGANT
GRACEFUL
PERTINENT
My best friend, Ramesh, is named ___________ his great-grandfather.
He is never late. He always comes ___________ time.
Lalita was stopped by the police for driving ___________ 55 mph.
Go ___________ these stairs until you reach the top floor.
Jagadish always listens to music ___________ the way to work.
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool.
That which cannot be seen.
To accustom oneself to a foreign climate.
One who knows everything.
Detailed plan of a journey.
Reading Comprehension Context
Directions: Direction: Read the passage given below and choose the best answer to each question based on its contents.
Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.
The best way to win a friend is to avoid:
While talking to an uneducated person, we should use:
If one used the same style of language with everyone, one would sound:
A slip of the tongue means something said:
Speech can be a curse because it can:
Section II: Quantitative Ability
A sum lent out at $12\%$ per annum compound interest for two years amounts to Rs. 15,660. The sum lent is:
The interest rate that doubles a sum in 10 years under simple interest is:
A sum of Rs. 1,000 yields an interest amount in 2 years on a compound interest rate of $5\%$ per annum. The rate of interest is:
Ramesh invested a sum of money at simple interest at a certain rate of interest for three years. Had it been invested at a $4\%$ higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 480 more. Find out the principal amount that was invested by Ramesh.
A salary of an officer being increased by $10\%$ every year becomes Rs. 48,400 in the third year. What was his original salary?
When Usha was thrice as old as Nisha, her sister Asha was 25. When Nisha was half as old as Asha, then sister Usha was 34. Their ages add to 100. How old is Usha?
The average age of a family of five members is 24 years. If the present age of the youngest member is 8 years, what was the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member?
The average of 1010 numbers is calculated as 15.15. It is discovered later on that while calculating the average one number, namely 3636, was wrongly read as 26.26. The correct average is:
Paras Khadka takes 5 wickets for 26 runs in the final match, due to which his bowling average improves by 2. His old bowling average was 14. Find the total number of wickets after the final match.
The average marks of a class in a science test is 75. Geeta was the topper with 96 marks. If her mark was wrongly entered as 69, the average of the class decreases by 1. Find the number of students in the class.
Arun obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. What is his average mark?
In an examination, a student's average marks were 63. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography and 2 more marks for his History, his average would have been 65. How many subjects were there in the examination?
The average of six numbers is $x$ and the average of three of these is $y$. If the average of the remaining three is $z$, then:
In an election between two candidates, one got $55\%$ of the total valid votes, and $20\%$ of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, what was the number of valid votes that the other candidate got?
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. What is the average percent increase of population per year?
What is $0.5\%$ of 100,000?
If a sum of money is divided equally among a group of children, each child will receive Rs. 60. If another child is added to the group, each child will receive a Rs. 50 share. What is the sum of money?
A vendor bought bananas at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain $20\%$?
If there are 5 distinct routes for traveling between two separate locations A and B, how many options are available for a person to travel from A to B and return back?
If $5a = 3b = 25$, calculate the value of the algebraic term $30ab$:
Find the odd one out from the following number series:

1, 3, 9, 12, 13, 29
Find the odd one out from the following perfect cube sequence:

18, 27, 64, 125, 196, 216, 343
Find the odd one out from the following prime number sequence:

3, 5, 11, 14, 17, 21
Find the odd one out from the following exponential sequence:

1, 4, 9, 16, 23, 25, 36
Find the odd one out from the following composite integer series:

24, 36, 52, 72, 96
Section Ill: Logical Reasoning
Forecast : Future :: Regret : ? [cite: 340]
Well : Depth :: Word : ? [cite: 351]
Entrance : Exit :: Loyalty : ? [cite: 341]
Circle : Circumference :: Square : ? [cite: 377, 365]
Shoe : Foot :: Hat : ? [cite: 379]
In a geometric configuration, $ABCD$ is a square and $BCI$ is an equilateral triangle extending outwards. Find the value of the angle $BAL$. [cite: 410]
Find the total number of squares in a standard $5 \times 5$ grid layout system. [cite: 416]
If PEARL is coded as SHDUO, how is COVET coded? [cite: 418]
If $T = 9$ and $\text{LOVE} = 54$, how will you code the word "YOU"? [cite: 419]
Find the missing number in the following numerical matrix array:

579
375
2854?
[cite: 421-422]
Find the total number of times the lowercase letter "u" appears in the following word list:
Blue, clue, front, vacuum, curry, buoy, celluloid, cuisine, cumulous, effluence, annual, hydraulic, mould [cite: 451]
Identify the word which does not belong to the same category as the others: [cite: 458-459]
Identify the family relationship term which does not belong to the same category: [cite: 458-459]
Identify the light/celestial option which does not belong to the same category: [cite: 458-459]
Identify the tool or hardware item which does not belong to the same category: [cite: 458-459]
Identify the organism which is biologically different from the rest of the insect list: [cite: 458-459]
"If only the good die young then not good people die old." Logically, this statement is most structurally similar to: [cite: 461]
"Since all dogs I have seen have tails so all dogs have tails." Logically, this inductive statement is most similar to: [cite: 474]
"The sky is cloudy so it may rain." Logically, this conditional statement is most similar to: [cite: 481]
"Do not take sugar because you have diabetes" is structurally and logically most similar to: [cite: 491]
Reading Comprehension Context
Directions: Direction: Use the information given below to answer the questions. [cite: 381]
Soraj, Hari and Shyam started their journey from city A to city B at the same time. Shyam took Saroj on his moped, while Hari started walking toward city B. Shyam dropped Saroj somewhere on the way, asked him to continue walking toward city B, drove back and met Hari walking towards city B. All three of them reached city B at the same time.

While the walking speed of Saroj and Hari was a uniform 5 km per hour, the speed of the moped was a uniform 20 km per hour. The distance between the cities was 70 km. [cite: 382-385]
How much time did they take to reach city B from city A? [cite: 386]
How long did Hari walk? [cite: 394]
What is the total distance travelled by the moped? [cite: 401]
At what distance from city A was Hari when Shyam and Hari met? [cite: 403]
If 5 boys write 5 pages in 5 minutes, in how many minutes can a single boy write one page? [cite: 442]
Section IV : General Knowledge
Where is the longest bridge of Nepal located? [cite: 1714]
Which of the following countries is recognized as Nepal's largest trading partner? [cite: 1718]
Who developed the foundational social and administrative Principles of Bureaucracy? [cite: 1721]
In which district of Nepal is the Chameliya Hydropower Project located? [cite: 1723]
Who does the Nepal Rastra Bank officially submit its comprehensive annual report to? [cite: 1727]
Which South Asian nation has completely prohibited the sale and distribution of commercial cigarettes within its territory? [cite: 1745]
Which of the following airlines does NOT operate regular passenger flights to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu? [cite: 1751]
How many permanent members are there in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)? [cite: 1753]
The Olympic Games are traditionally held once every how many years? [cite: 1755]
What is the computational data processing term used to request a system to arrange records numerically or alphabetically? [cite: 1772]
Which of the following enterprises is NOT a public sector undertaking or state-owned utility in Nepal? [cite: 1773]
Which of the following international organizations is explicitly classified as an active military alliance? [cite: 1782]
Which of the following locations is NOT situated on the direct highway transit route from Bharatpur to Kohalpur? [cite: 1791]
The sports term "clean sweep" is most prominently associated with which game? [cite: 1793]
Which of the following hardware or media architectures is NOT an operational component of the global network internet infrastructure? [cite: 1794]
How many data bits constitute exactly one standard computer byte? [cite: 1795]
To which country did the UN Secretary-General who served during the 2016 period belong? [cite: 1815]
Natural direct sun rays help the human body produce and synthesize which vital vitamin? [cite: 1819]
Which geographical river system is recognized as the longest river in the world? [cite: 1820]
Where is the extensive Hindu Kush mountain range geographically located? [cite: 1821]
In which district of Nepal is the famous holy pilgrimage site 'Manakamana Temple' situated? [cite: 1822]
The institutional banking center where separate banks meet daily to settle mutual financial claims and balance balances is known as a:
Which country was officially scheduled to host the regular South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit in 2016? [cite: 1837]
The world's longest and highest engineering glass-bottomed bridge opened to public access in which country? [cite: 1838]
Hanif Mohammad, a legendary sporting figure who passed away in 2016, was a well-known international cricketer from which country? [cite: 1845]