MAT Sample Questions Paper 2013

Free MAT Test Sample Questions 1-10

 

Choose the analogy that best matches the example provided.

Q 1

 DRIP: GUSH

A. CRY : LAUGH

B. CURL : ROLL

C. STREAM : TRIBUTARY

D. DENT : DESTROY

E. BEND : ANGLE

Q 2

WALK : LEGS

A. GLEAM : EYES

B. CHEW : MOUTH

C. DRESS : HEM

D. COVER : BOOK

E. GRIND : NOSE

Q 3

 ENFRANCHISE : SLAVERY

A. EQUATION : MATHEMATICS

B. LIBERATE : CONFINE

C. BONDAGE : SUBJUGATION

D. APPEASEMENT : UNREASONABLE

E. ANATOMY : PHYSIOLOGY

Q 4

UNION JACK: VEXILLOLOGY

A. TOAD : ORNITHOLOGY

B. TURTLE : MICROBIOLOGY

C. GYMNOSPERMS : BOTANY

D. FRIEND : HOME ECONOMICS

E. ALGAE : ZOOLOGY

Q 5

 TOPAZ: YELLOW

A. DIAMOND : CARAT

B. JEWELER : CLARITY

C. SAPPHIRE : RED

D. AMETHYST : PURPLE

E. AMBER : BLUE

Q 6

LUMEN: BRIGHTNESS

A. CANDLE : LIGHT

B. DENSITY : DARKNESS

C. NICKEL : METAL

D. INCHES : LENGTH

E. COLOR : HUE

Q 7

 MACERATION : LIQUID

A. SUBLIMATION : GAS

B. EVAPORATION : HUMIDITY

C. TRAIL : PATH

D. EROSION : WEATHER

E. DECISION : DISTRACTION

Q 8

CLUMSY : BOTCH

A. WICKED : INSINUATE

B. STRICT : PAMPER

C. WILLFUL : HEED

D. CLEVER : ERADICATE

E. LAZY : SHIRK

Q 9

 FUGITIVE: FLEE

A. PARASITE: FOSTER

B. BRAGGART: BOAST

C. SAGE: STIFLE

D. BYSTANDER: PROCURE

E. FIREBRAND: QUIBBLE

Q 10

 CHRONOLOGICAL: TIME

A. VIRTUAL: TRUTH

B. ABNORMAL: VALUE

C. MARGINAL: KNOWLEDGE

D. ORDINAL: PLACE

E. COINCIDENTAL: HEALTH

Answers and Explanations- Free MAT Test Sample Questions 1-10

1. D: Denting is minor damage and destroying is major; dripping is minor liquid flow and gushing is major. Cry and laugh (A) are antonyms. Curl and roll (B), stream and tributary (C), and bend and angle (E) are all pairs of synonyms.

2. B: Walking is a movement of the legs and chewing is a movement of the mouth. Eyes may gleam (A), but this is not a movement. Dress (C) is a whole, of which hem is part; Cover (D) is part of the whole, book. There is an expression, "Keep your nose to the grindstone;" but grind is not a movement of/upon the nose (E).

3. B: Enfranchise is to set free/liberate, and slavery is the opposite-i.e. to enslave/confine. Both sets are antonyms. Equation is part of mathematics (A). Bondage and subjugation (C) are synonyms (for each other and slavery). Appeasement and unreasonable (D) are unrelated. Anatomy and physiology (E) are related subjects.

4. C: The Union Jack (British flag) is part of vexillology, the study of flags; gymnosperms are part of botany, the study of plants. Toad is not part of ornithology (A), the study of birds. Turtle is not part of microbiology (B), the study of microscopic organisms. Friend is not part of home economics (D), the study of cooking, sewing, and other home skills. Algae, plants, are not part of zoology (E), the study of animals.

5. D: Topazes are yellow and amethysts are purple. Carats (A) are measures of the weight of diamonds, not their color. Jewelers (B) inspect gems for clarity, a quality other than color. Sapphires (C) are blue, not red. Amber and blue (E) are two different colors; neither is a gem.

6. D: Lumens measure brightness and inches measure length. Candles do not measure light (A) but emit it. Density does not measure darkness (B) but may create it. Nickel does not measure metal (C) but is a type of metal. Color does not measure hue (E); these are synonyms.

7. D: Liquid causes maceration as weather causes erosion: both break things down. Gas does not cause sublimation (A) but is subject to it, as humidity is subject to evaporation (B). Trail and path (C) are synonyms. Distraction interferes with a decision (E), rather than causing it.

8. E: One who is clumsy may botch a job; one who is lazy may shirk work. One who is wicked may or may not necessarily insinuate (A); a better adjective for insinuating something might be sly or subtle. One who is strict does not pamper (B), but the opposite. One who is willful does not heed (C) warnings/directions. Clever, i.e. ingenious or smart, is unrelated to eradicate (D), to eliminate.

9. B: A fugitive flees; a braggart boasts/brags. A parasite does not foster (A) or promote anything, but lives off another. A sage is one who is wise, not one who stifles (C), i.e. suppresses, anything. A bystander does not procure (D) or obtain anything, but stands by and may observe an event. A firebrand incites others to action but does not quibble (E), i.e. dispute, anything.

10. D: Chronological means in order of time, as ordinal means in order in place. Virtual means essential, implicit, practical, or almost; not in order of truth (A). Abnormal means not normal and not in order of value (B). Marginal means minimal or peripheral, not in order of knowledge (C). Coincidental means by chance/occurring together, not in order of health (E).