AMCAT Sample Questions

English (25 Questions, 25 Minutes)

1. He had no interest in _________________ obligatory dinners and social events

a. Attend
b. Attending
c. Attends
d. Attend to
2. ___________being poor, Kaveri still dresses more appropriately than most of her class mates
a. Despite
b. Although
c. Since
d. However
3. Nothing ____________ convinced her to cancel her trip to goa
a. Was going to
b. Could have
c. Could
d. Will have
4. She has lived in Chennai since she was eight. Select the correct alternative for Bolded Word
a. Lived
b. Has been living
c. Had stayed
d. Is living
5. As soon as I turn the ignition key, the engine caught fire. Select the correct alternative for
bolded part
a. I turn an ignition key
b. I turned the ignition key
c. I was turning the ignition key
d. No Change
6. Which of the following explains the meaning of the proverb “Every cloud has a silver lining”
a. When the cloud has a silver lining after the rain
b. Every sad or difficulty situation has a positive side
c. Good Times follow difficult ones
d. One needs to face difficult times with courage
7. TYPIFY – Synonym
a. Typing
b. Disembody
c. Misrepresent
d. Forewarn
e. Exemplify
8. MUSTY – Synonym
 a. Stale
b. Necessary
c. Indifferent
d. Nonchalant
e. Vivid
9. MONOTONOUS – Synonym
a. Assorted
b. Spirited
c. Mixed
d. Tedious
10. SUFFOCATE – Opposite
a. Curb
b. Restrain
c. Release
d. Stifle
11. AFFABLE – Opposite
a. Rude
b. Ruddy
c. Needy
d. Useless
e. Conscious
12. LITERAL – Opposite
a. Factual
b. Usual
c. Ordinary
d. Unbiased
e. Figurative
13. Select proper order for sentences P, Q, R and S in between BEGIN and END statements
BEGIN: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
END: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?
P: They also fear that I will flap them all away.
Q: But children wonder why I flap them so.
R: I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
S: But I know what I am doing.

a. SRQP
b. QPSR
c. QPRS
d. PSRQ

12 more Questions on 2 Reading Comprehension

Quantitative Ability (25 Questions, 35 Minutes)

1. What is the value of 15C13

a. 30
b. 15
c. 210
d. 105
2. How many 4 digit numbers can be made using 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7 with none of the digits being
repeated
a. 7!
b. 840
c. 4!
d. 42
3. [log (a3/bc) + log (b3/ac) + log (c3/ab)] is equal to
a. 3
b. abc
c. 1
d. log abc
4. Find the value of X which satisfies the relation log 102 + log10(7X+1) = log10(X+93)
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9
5. A pie has to be divided among kids. John gets 2/7th portion of the pie and smith gets 5/8th
portion of pie. Who among the 2 gets lesser share?
a. John
b. Smith
c. Both gets equal share
d. Cannot be determined
6. 1404 is not a multiple of
a. 6
b. 13
c. 32
d. 39
7. The total number of prime factors of (3X5)12 (2X7)10 (10)25 is
a. 47
b. 60
c. 72
d. None
8. When 235 is divided by 5, the reminder is
a. 2
 b. 3
c. 4
d. 0
9. What is the value of the expression – 5 * (2 + 16) / 2 – 4 * (2 + 2) + 1/4 of 16?
a. 26
b. 13
c. 34
d. 33
10. If log X = (1/2) log Y = (1/5) log Z, the value of X4, Y3, Z-2 is
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. None
11. From a deck of 52 cards, 4 cards are selected so as to include at least 1 spade card. In how many
ways this can be done?
a. 52C4 – 39C4
b. 52C13
c. 52C4 – 13C4
d. 13C4
12. The LCM of two numbers is 2516 and the square root of their HCF is 2. Find the product if two
numbers
a. 5032
b. 7548
c. 10064
d. 12580
13. In a shooting competition, the probability of hitting the target by P is 3/5, by Q is 1/3 and by R is
2/5. If all of them fire independently at the same target, calculate the probability that only one
of them will hit the target
a. 25/75
b. 32/75
c. 39/75
d. 43/75
14. If by selling 10 bananas, the cost price of 8 bananas realized, then the gain percent is
a. 20%
b. 10%
c. 8%
d. 2%
15. If we permute 8 letters of the word ‘computer’ in 8! Way, how many permuted words have ‘p’
and ‘e’ next to each other
a. 720
b. 5040
 c. 10080
d. 40320
16. The letters of word ‘ARRANGE’ are arranged such that two R’s are never together. The possible
number of ways doing so is
a. 15
b. 60
c. 900
d. 800
17. A man rows a boat at a speed of 5 Km / Hr in still water. Find the speed of a river if it takes him 1
Hr to row a boat to a place 2.4 Km away and return
a. 1 Km / Hr
b. 6 Km / Hr
c. 4 Km / Hr
d. 3 Km / Hr
18. What is the highest power of 5 contained in 200!
a. 40
b. 49
c. 50
d. 57
19. In the equation (15)-1 * X = (1/53), what is the value of X
a. 3/25
b. 25/3
c. 20/3
d. 3/20
20. What is the largest power of 20 contained in 100!
a. 1
b. 2
c. 24
d. 56
21. Ramu bought 300 liters of milk at Rs. 19 per liter. He added 200 liters of water to it and old 400
liters of this milk at Rs. 20 per liter. To the rest he added 10 liters more water and then sold it for
Rs. 15 per liter. If he used mineral water that costs Rs. 10 per liter, then the total money earned
by Ramu is
a. Rs. 4000
b. Rs. 4150
c. Rs. 1800
d. Rs. 1850
22. An intern can do a job in 15 days. The manger and senior manager are busy with other priorities
and thus take 25 and 40 days respectively to complete the task. How long will they take to finish
the task if all of them work together?
a. 7
b. 7 22/29
 c. 8
d. 8 21 / 29
23. On selling a bat at 5/7th of its marked price, the store earns 15% profit. What is the profit earned
if it is sold at marked price?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 39%
d. 61%
24. Write (625)10 as a number, in the number system with base 8
a. 9161
b. 1161
c. 19161
d. 1061
25. A bag contains 8 white balls and some yellow balls. If the probability of drawing a white ball is
twice of a yellow ball, then then number of yellow balls in the bag is?
a. 2
b. 6
c. 3
d. 4

Computer Programming (25 Questions, 35 Minutes)

1.

class brush
{
private:
integer size, colorcode
function getdata() {…..} //Statement 1
public:
integer name // Statement 2
function putdata() {…..}
}
function main()
{
brush b1, b2
print b1.name // Statement 3
b2.getdata() //Statement 4
}
By deleting which line will correct the error in code?

a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
 c. Statement 3
d. Statement 4
2. Ram is making a database of animals in a zoo and their properties. The possible animals ate dog,
lion and zebra. Each one has attributes isHerbivorus, colour and isNocturnal. He uses the Object
Oriented Programming Paradigm for this. How will she conceptualize this?
a. Class: Animal; objects: dog, lion and zebra; data members: isHerbivorus, colour and
isNocturnal
b. Class: Animal; objects: isHerbivorus, colour and isNocturnal; data members: dog, lion
and zebra
c. Classes: dog, lion and zebra Animal; objects: Animal; data members: isHerbivorus,
colour and isNocturnal
d. None of the above
3. Recursion makes a significant characteristic of which of the following programming paradigms
a. Procedural Program
b. Functional Program
c. Object Oriented Program
d. Structural Program
4. Swathi writes a program to find an element in the array A[5] with the following elements in
order : 8, 30, 40, 45, 70. She runs the program to find a number X. X is found in the first iteration
of binary search. What is the value of X?
a. 40
b. 8
c. 70
d. 30
5. Following program is to print the sum of all cubes, where the value of the cubes go from 0 to
100.

interger i=0, a //statement 1

integer sum=0;
a=(i*i*i)
while (i<100) // statement 2
{
sum = sum + a // statement 3
i=i+1
a=(i*i*i)
}
print sum
Does the program have and error? If yes, which statement would you modify to correct the
program?

a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
 c. Statement 3
d. No Error
6. What will be the output of following pseudo code

Integer a =984, b=10

Float c
c = a/b
Print c
a. 984
b. 98.4
c. 98.0
d. Error
7. Swetha wants to write a program to print the sum of square of the first 5 whole numbers (0…4),
following is the program she wrote

integer i=0 // Statement 1

integer sum=0 // Statement 2
while (i<5) // Statement 3
{
sum=i*i // Statement 4
i=i+1 // Statement 5
}
print sum // Statement 6
Is this program runs without errors, if not which statement needs to be corrected?

a. Statement 1
b. Statement 4
c. Statement 6
d. No Error
8. Which of the following data structures may give overflow error, even though the current
number of elements in it is less than its size
a. Queue implemented in a linear array
b. Queue implemented in a circularly connected array
c. Stack implemented in a linear array
d. None
9. How many pointers will have to changed / updated if a node is deleted from a linear linked list
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. All the pointers will be changed
10.

integer i=0, j
 while (i<2)
{
j=0;
while (j<=3*i)
{
print j
print blank space
j=j+3
}
print end of the line // takes cursor to next line
i=i+1
}
What is the output?

a. 0

03

b. 0 3

036

c. 0 3

036

0369

d. 0 3

036

0369

0 3 6 9 12

11. Geetha writes a piece of code, where a set of eight lines occur around 10 times in different parts
of the program (Code A). She passes on the code Ramesh. Ramesh puts the set of eight lines in a
function definition and calls them at the 10 points in the program (code B). Which code will run
faster using interpreter?
a. Code A
b. Code B
c. Both run at same speed
d. None
12. How does inheritance relates to abstraction
 a. A base class is an abstraction of all its derived classes
b. A derived class is an abstraction of all its base classes
c. Base and derived classes are abstraction for each other
d. Inheritance prevents abstraction
13. A data type is stored as a 6 bit signed integer. Which of the following options cannot be
represented by this data type?
a. -12
b. 0
c. 32
d. 18
14. What is the term given to the feature of a programming language that is designed to handle the
run time errors of a program
a. Exception Handling
b. Error Handling
c. Debugging
d. Dynamic Error Handling
15. Which of the following options describes a tree?
a. An unconnected graph
b. A connected graph
c. A connected acyclic graph
d. A complete graph
16.

function operation (int 1, int b)

{
if (a>b)
{return operation (b,a)}
else
{return a;}
}
What does this function do

a. Always returns the first parameter

b. Returns the min of (a,b)
c. Returns the max of (a,b)
d. Loops forever
17. What is space complexity of a program?
a. Amount of hard disk space required to store the program
b. Amount of hard disk space required to compile the program
c. Amount of memory required to run the program
d. Amount of memory required to compile the program
18. A sorting algorithm traverses through a list, comparing adjacent elements and switching them
under certain conditions. What is this sorting algorithm called
a. Insertion sort
b. Heap sort
c. Quick sort
d. Bubble sort
19. What is the maximum number of edges in a n-vertex undirected graph?
a. n*(n-1)/2
b. n*(n+1)/2
c. n*n
d. 2*n
20. A is an empty stack. The following operations are done on it

PUSH (1)

PUSH (2)

POP

PUSH (5)

PUSH (6)

POP

What will the stack contain after these operations? Top of the stack is underlined

a. 5 6
b. 1 5
c. 5 6
d. 1 5
21. Sarika implements a queue as a singly-linked list. The queue has n elements. The time
complexity to ADD a new element to the queue
a.  (1)
b.  (log2 n)
c.  (n)
d.  (n log2 n)
22. Saleem wants to use a sorting technique to sort a list of numbers such that the running time of
the sorting technique that he uses won’t be affected by the pre-order of the elements. Which of
the following sorting techniques should he use
a. Merge Sort
b. Bubble Sort
c. Insertion Sort
d. Selection Sort
 23. Hema is writing a program in C++. C++ uses the ‘for’ key word for loops. By mistake she writes
‘gor’ instead of ‘for’. What will this result to
a. The code will not compile
b. Run time error
c. The code may work for some inputs and not for others
d. No Problem
24. Surendra writes a C++ Program and passes it to Renuka. Renuka does some indentation in some
statements of the code. What will this lead to
a. Faster Execution
b. Lower Memory requirement
c. Correction of errors
d. Better reliability
25. A sorting algorithm iteratively traverses through a list to exchange the first element with any
element less than it. It then repeats with a new first element. What is this sorting algorithm
called
a. Insertion Sort
b. Selection Sort
c. Heap Sort
d. Quick Sort

Logical Ability (24 Questions, 35 Minutes)

1. 2, 4, 12, 48,
a. 240
b. 480
c. 340
d. 960
2. Arrange the following in most meaningful order
1. Community
2. Locality
3. Family
4. Country
5. Person

a. 4,1,2,3,5
b. 4,2,1,3,5
c. 5,3,2,1,4
d. 5,3,4,2,1
3. Pick the odd man out
a. ACFJ
b. CEHL
 c. PRUY
d. SUXZ
4. Pick the odd man out
a. N3K
b. T4P
c. W5S
d. Q2O
5. If GULMOHAR is coded as TFONLSZI, PIPAL will be coded as
a. QJQBM
b. QJQBN
c. KRKZO
d. KIKZO
6. If DETERMINE is coded as ENIMRETED, the DECIDE is coded as
a. EDICED
b. FGEKFG
c. EFDJEF
d. FGDJFG
7. I was facing North, I turned 110 degrees and the anti-clock wise direction and then 155 degrees
in the clock wise direction. Which direction I am facing now
a. East
b. North – East
c. North
d. South – East
8. Suresh is standing at point A facing East. He walks 30 meters towards his right and takes a left
turn to walk 40 meters, then he takes another left turn and walks 50 meters. In which direction
is he standing from point A?
a. North – East
b. North
c. North – West
d. West
9. Symbols -, + , * and / mean the following

A – B means A is equal to B

A + B means A is 3 more than twice of B

A * B means A is 70 percent of B

A / B means A is less than B

Using these symbols and taking the given statements true, find out that which of the given
conclusions are definitely true?

Statements: X + Y, Z * Y, Z – A
 Conclusions

1. Z / X
2. A / X
a. Only 1 is true
b. Only 2 is true
c. Both are true
d. Neither are true
10. _cb_ca_bacb_ca_bac_d
a. bddddb
b. addbbb
c. addddb
d. bbbddd
11. If SKILLFUL is written as LTMJGMMV, How is STATED written
a. TUCUFD
b. UTUCEF
c. UTUBEF
d. TUBUFE
12. Sahitya is standing at point A facing North. She walks 50 meters to her right and takes a left turn
and walks another 40 meters, then she walks 30 meters to her left again and then 20 meters to
her right. In which direction is she standing from her starting point?
a. North-East
b. North-West
c. North
d. South-West
13. Email overload has of-late become a great cause of concern in all organizations. We have
reached a stage where our email habits control us. We are obsessed with checking our emails
every now and then. We feel bored of working and we glance into our mailbox hoping to have
received some “scintillating” mail. Obviously it also gives us an illusionary impression that we
are working. Not missing any mail and replying to each one of them has become a custom. Our
addiction to this leads our ignorance of deadlines, meetings, personal chit chat with fellow
employees. It’s a shame that we have inculcated a habit of reading mails but not of taking timely
actions on the mails.

Based on the above passage find out which of the following statements can be inferred from the
passage

a. Employees find reading mails to be more interesting than working

b. Replaying to each and every mail is not a good habit
c. Addiction of reading and replying to every mail may have adverse effect in our
performance
d. All mails are sent on the premise that timely action to be taken on them
 14. Of all the fitness and wellness activities in India, Artisitic yoga is the new kind in town. It has
successfully earned a pat on the back from whosoever has lent an ear to the latest
advancements. Artistic yoga combines the suaveness of yoga and frenzy of modern cardio –
vascular exercises. The technique involves performance of various aasanas and pranayams
followed by walking on treadmill, stair climbing, cycling and so on. The activities are performed
in a cyclic order and the aasana or pranayam that is done in the beginning is repeated in the
end. This helps an individual at the physical level as well as mental and spiritual level, thus
helping bring about a complete transformation of body, mind and soul.

Based on the above passage find out which of the following statements can be inferred from the
passage

a. Artistic yoga helps in the overall development of those who practice it

b. Artistic yoga has been adopted by modern people since it is in fashion these days
c. All the activities performed at the beginning of artistic yoga are also repeated in the end
d. Since it combines yoga and exercise, artistic yoga will replace other fitness and wellness
programs

Four professionals A, B, C and D are sitting around a table

i. A sits opposite to the Cook

ii. B sits right side of the beautician
iii. Teacher is in the left side of and accountant
iv. D sits opposite to C
v. C is to the right side of the accountant

15. What are the occupations of A and B

a. Accountant and Beautician
b. Accountant and Cook
c. Accountant and Teacher
d. Teacher and Cook

16. What is the Occupation of D

a. Accountant
b. Beautician
c. Teacher
d. Cook

17. What is the Occupation of C

a. Beautician
b. Teacher
c. Accountant
 d. Cook

18. Who is sitting to the left of Beautician

a. Cook
b. Accountant
c. Teacher
d. None of the above

19. A man runs 14 Kms towards south, then 8 Kms towards north and then 8 Kms towards west.
How far is he from starting point?
a. 5 Km
b. 6 Km
c. 10 Km
d. 14 Km
20. Arrange the following in most meaningful order
1. Dress
2. Yarn
3. Cotton
4. Stitching
5. Plant
a. 5,3,2,4,1
b. 3,5,2,1,4
c. 5,3,1,4,2
d. 1,2,3,4,5
21.

Problem Question: How is Ramesh related to Ganesh

1. Suresh is brother of Ganesh

2. Suresh is Ramesh’ s Son
a. Statement 1 alone is sufficient to solve the problem
b. Statement 2 alone is sufficient to solve the problem
c. Both statements put together are sufficient to solve the problem
d. Both statements even put together are not sufficient to solve the problem
22.

Problem Question: Chinmayi got the 15th Rank among the girls in the class. How many girls are
there in the class?

1. Ramya ranked last among the girls

2. Ramya ranked next to Chinmayi
a. Statement 1 alone is sufficient to solve the problem
b. Statement 2 alone is sufficient to solve the problem
 c. Both statements put together are sufficient to solve the problem
d. Both statements even put together are not sufficient to solve the problem

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