ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, TESTING CENTER

GRADUATE ADMISSION TEST (GAT)

Tikemt 7, 2013/October 17, 2020

BOOKLET CODE: 01 TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS

GENERAL DIRECTIONS

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS GENERAL APTITUDE TEST. THE CODE FOR THIS
PARTICULAR BOOKLET IS 01.

THE TEST HAS THREE MAIN SECTIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 125 ITEMS.
SECTION ONE CONTAINS VERBAL REASONING (1-60) AND SECTION TWO
CONTAINS QUANTITATIVE REASONING (61-100) AND SECTION THREE
ANALYTICAL REASONING (101-125). VISUALLY IMPAIRED CANDIDATES ARE
REQUIRED TO ATTEMPT THE VERBAL REASONING SECTION ONLY. ALL
OTHER CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEMPT ALL THE THREE
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Institute of Educational Research

Addis Ababa University
Graduate Admission Test (GAT)

Section I: Verbal Reasoning

Analogy

Directions: Items 1 to 14 deal with verbal analogy questions. A related pair of words written in
CAPITAL letters is followed by four pairs of words or phrases. Select the letter with a pair that has
the same relationship as the original CAPITALIZED pair and blacken the letter of your choice
on the separate answer sheet provided.

1. LIQUID : LITER
(A) Mercury: Thermometer r$(C) Distance: Kilometer
(B) Height: Xual (D) Water: Glass

2. ANESTHESIA: ANESTHETIST
(A) Patient : Doctor (C) Biology: Life
1 (B) Physics: Physicist (D) University: Academics

3. POND : OCEAN
(A) River: Rapids (C) Aquarium : Fish
(B) Land : Train Pebble : Boulder

4. DUBIOUS: INCONTROVERTIBLE
(A) Defamation: Disparagement (C) Rapacious: Generous
(B) Painful: Tantalizing (D) Perspicacious: Tenacity

5. LIBRARY: CATALOGUE
(A) Telephone: Directory (C) Office: Calendar
) (B) Restaurant: Menu (D) Tourist: Map

6. DEFORESTATION: DROUGHT
1,(A) Fasting: Starvation (C) Rehabilitation: Restoration
(B) Summer: Warm (D) Investigation: Crime

7. BAKERY: DOUGH
(A) Business: Fortune (C) Egg: Yolk
)((B) Garage: Grease (D) Milk: Cream

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8. POET: POETRY
(A) Carpentry: Carpet r. (C) Driver: Drive
(B) Pottery: Pot (D) Artist: Art

0 9. ZINC: METAL
(A) Engine: Car (C) Furniture: Wood
(B) Clove: Spice (D) Computer: Mouse

10. ARCHIVE: DOCUMENTS

(A) Barrel: Beer (C) Barn: Corn
y,(B) Gallery: Pictures (D) Winery: Wine

11. COVID-19: MASK

)((A) AIDS: Condom (C) Ebola: Hood
(B) Head: Helmet (D) Hand: Glove

412. CANNULA: VEIN

(A) Syringe: Artery (C) Stethoscope: Heart
(B) Ventilator: Lung (D) Catheter: Bladder

13. Cheetah: Cub

(A) Grasshopper: nymph (C) Hen: Chechen
(B) Deer: Buck (D) Ass: Jenny

14, WRENCH: NUTS

(A) Jack: Tyre (C) Tong: Metals
(B) Chisel: Door (D) Hammer: Nails

Directions: For questions 15 and 16 there is a certain relationship between the two given words
on one side of : : and one word is given on the other side of : : from the given alternatives,
choose one word that has the same relationship with this word as the words given in the pair and
blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

15. Persons : Massacre : : Buildings : ?

(A) Demolish (C) Ruin
(B) Damage (D) Collapse

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16. Paw : Cat : : Sole : ?

(A) Lion (C) Horse
(B) Dog (D) Bird

Reading Comprehension

Directions: For items 17 — 28, there are texts (sentences, paragraphs or short passages). Each

text is followed by questions based on its content. Read them carefully and answer all questions on
the basis of what is stated or implied in the text and blacken the letter of your choice on the
separate answer sheet provided.

17. Sam shivered as he passed from the bright sunlight into the gloom of the alley on that
brilliant January day. As he pulled his jacket collar closer to his neck, feeling miserable about
his mission, the eternally childish shouts from the end of the alley echoed familiarly. He
could make out his parents' silhouettes, posed like old-fashioned boxers, ahead of him in the
gloom, and wondered anew at how they could always make him feel like he was the forever
big brother, the forever responsible party. The paragraph could be entitled:
(A) A Cold January Day (C) The Child as Parent
(B) The Battered Wife (D) Alleys

18. The skies were gray so long that one doubted the stars were still there. Day after day, the
steady rains beat down. Factories fell silent, bread lines lengthened, and deaths rose. All
smiles seemed forced. The tone of the passage is :
X (A) somber over events.‘,
(B) happy that natural and man-made events are similar.
(C) puzzled.
(D) wonderment at nature.

19. The United States has given the free world the concept of "the American Dream," and
thousands from all over the earth immigrate to America to pursue it. If one works hard,
educates oneself and one's children, obeys the laws, and executes the responsibilities of a
citizen, one can expect prosperity. One's children can only do better.
The main idea of this passage is that:
y (A) hard work reaps rewards all over the earth.
(B) only the children profit from their parents' efforts.
(C) "the American Dream" is only a dream.
^ X(D) "the American Dream" promises earthly rewards for productive behaviors,

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20. A set of footprints was visible, leading from the porch to the driveway. Another set, as fresh,
marked the ground from the front door to the driveway. A third set, smaller but similarly
puddle with the ongoing rain, marked the earth between the sandbox and the driveway. It
seemed the family had recently converged and driven, or been driven away.

What technique of idea development is used in the paragraph?

X (A) Induction (C) Contrast
(B) Analogies (D) Deduction

21. "If you give a man a fish, you feed him today. If you teach him how to fish, you feed him
forever." This sentence is the same as:
(A) Give a man a fish to feed him.
(B) Give a man a fish to feed him forever.
(C) Teach a man how to fish to feed him forever.
(D) Teach a man how to eat fish to feed him.

22. "As I left the peaceful sleeping village, the mist over the marshes was rising, to show me the
great unknown world I was entering...... " What does the writer want to say?
(A) The village was sleepy.
(B) The village was unknown.
(C) I was new for the village.
(D) I was amazed by the mist.
23. "The politicians like to throw mud at each other." This sentence means:

(A)Politicians like throwing mud.

(B) Politicians like speaking ill of someone. 1,
(C) Politicians hate each other.
(D)Politicians like each other.

24. "Though I understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing; it profits me nothing." This is to
mean:
(A) Love profits nothing.
x (B) Everything is nothing without love.
(C) Knowledge is nothing.
(D) Everything is nothing without knowledge.

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tes.
IL 25. 'Chris ' a white man called his name from a but at the ga
on the shoulder - then he saw
`Coming!' Chris shouted. He laughed and slapped Johannes Xuma.
`Who is this?!
`He's called Xuma,' Johannes said.
pped
Chris smiled at Xuma and Xuma smiled back. Suddenly, the white man called Chris sla
Xuma hard in the chest. Xuma raised his fists and stepped forward...

What can be most likely said from the above text?

(A) Xuma was welcomed.
1,_(B) Xuma was slapped.
(C) Johannes introduced Xuma to the white men.
(D) The white men smiled at Xuma.

26. "Children tend to accept everything they see as real". This sentence means:
(A) Everything is real for children.
(B) Everything they see is real for children.
(C) Everything they see seems real to children.
(D) Everything is real in the eyes of children.

27. "People used to think the earth was a kind of flat cake, with the sea all around it; but we
know that its really like a ball-not quite round, but a little flattened, like an orange". This
means that :
(A) People thought that the earth was quite round.
(B) People think that the earth is quite round.
(C) People thought that the earth was a little flattened.
(D) People think that the earth is a kind of flat cake.

28. The hashtag symbol, or #, has recently been named the UK's children's word of the year.
Children's dictionary writers at Oxford University Press analysed 120,421 entries to BBC
Radio 2's annual short story competition. They found that under thirteens were using the
hashtag symbol in a new way: to add emphasis, or to signal a comment, in their story
writing. According to Vineeta Gupta, head of children's dictionaries at Oxford, examples of
this phenomenon might include: 'This is a wonderful day, #sunny,' or: 'I have the best
family, # fantastic family.'
From the preceding text, we can deduce that:
(A) The hashtag symbol is more widely used nowadays than ever before.
(B) The hashtag symbol can be included in a dictionary because of its widespread use. y,.
(C) The hashtag symbol is widely used by today's children.
(D) The symbol # is named the hashtag symbol since it is used to add emphasis.

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lly and answer questions 29 - 32 based on the
Directions: Read the passage below very carefu
best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D) to each
information in the passage. You are to choose the one question
e answer sheet provided.
and blacken the letter of your choice on the separat

Parenting in the 21" Century

I decided to write this book for several reasons. I was dissatisfied with parenting-advice
literature, finding it to be riddled with oversimplified messages, and often unrelated to or at odds
with current scientific knowledge. I also felt certain after years as a professor, researcher, and
author of textbooks on child development that contemporary theory and research contain many
vital, practical messages... ones crucial for parents to understand if they are to effectively help
their children develop. Furthermore, I've been approached on countless occasions by uneasy
parents, frustrated by a wide array of child-rearing issues. I became convinced, therefore, that
parents needed a consistent way of thinking about their role to guide them in making effective
decisions.

It's little wonder that parents are perplexed about what approach to take to child-rearing.
Today's world is one which makes parenting exceedingly difficult. In many industrialized
countries, the majority of mothers of preschool children are in the workforce, though not always
through choice. This group in particular tends to lament the lack of practical advice for parents in
their child-rearing roles. Many parents simultaneously complain that they're busier than ever and
that due to the growing demands of their jobs, they have little time for their children. Nations
of pressured, preoccupied parents have emerged in an era of grave public concern for the well-being
of youth.

It would seem fiom looking at current media that the younger generation are achieving less well
than they should and that they often display a worrying lack of direction, manifested at its worst in
a variety of social problems. These problems seem to have infiltrated even the most
economically privileged sectors of the population, affecting young people who, on the face of
things, have been granted the best of life's chances. Accounts of children being deprived of their
childhood and growing up too fast, or the dangers of promoting materialism to young people
abound in the media.

In many countries there is a growing sense of 'youth alienation' and parents rightly fear for their
own children's futures. But agreement on what parents can and should do to shield children
from underachievement and demoralization eludes those who seek it on the shelves of libraries or
bookstores. Parenting advice has always been in a state of flux, at no time more so than the
present. While the fundamental goal of parenting — to instill character and moral development —

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shions in child care over the years, the approach to
has stood firm amid the various passing fa
accomplishing this has varied considerably.

eir children become, advise a 'get

Some authors, convinced that parents are in control of what th tough'
r' stance is to train and instruct as
approach. The educational parallel to this `parent-powe early as
possible, and this has been justified by claims of maximizing brain growth or securing high
achievement by starting sooner. Other authors, however, attribute many of today's social
problems to the excessive pressure put on children by parents. According to these `child-power'
advocates, children have their own built-in timetables for maturing and learning. Waiting for
cues that children are ready, these experts say, will relieve the stress that fuels youth discontent
and rebellion. The reality, however, is that there are no hard-and-fast rules.

Current thinking on child-rearing advice mirrors historical shifts in theories of development and
education. The most disturbing trend in the literature has been a move to deny that parents make
any notable contribution to their children's development. Indeed, according to one highly
publicised book, children's genes, and secondarily their peer groups, not parents, dictate how
children turn out. This public declaration of parental weakness comes at a time when many busy
parents are poised to retreat from family obligations, and, indeed, it grants them license to do so.

29. The author says that one reason for writing the book was the fact that

(A) research suggests the quality of parenting skills has deteriorated.

(B) today's scientific views of parenting seem to be flawed.
(C) there is a lack of parenting literature written in a straightforward way.
(D) the available advisory material does not reflect current academic thinking.

30. What view of young people is promoted in the media?

(A) They want to live an adult life before they are mentally ready.
(B) They are unaware of the opportunities provided for them.
(C) They are unable to appreciate the value of money.
(D) They fail to demonstrate a sense of purpose.

31. Which of the following is what the author says in the fourth paragraph about parenting
advice?

(A)Its core objective has remained constant.

(B) Its ideology stems from contemporary social issues.
(C) It traditionally placed a strong emphasis on the protection of the child.
(D)It currently benefits from techniques tried and tested by previous generations.

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32. What criticism of contemporary thinking on child-rearing does the author make?
(A) It repeats theories which have no solid foundation.
(B) It places too much importance on formal education.
(C) It encourages parents to neglect their responsibilities.
(D) It undermines the role of friends in children's development.

Sentence completion

Directions: Four alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given for each (Items 33-47). Select the
alternative that fills best in the blank/blanks in the sentence and blacken the letter of your choice on
the separate answer sheet provided.

1 33. The weather was awful since it rained all weekend. We were wet and I began to
wish that I had stayed at home.
-4 (A) foggily (C) streaming
(B) soaking (D) absolutely
34. Are there any passengers today with needs?
D( (A) special (C) extraordinary
(B) private (D) specialist

35. Flies, priests and lights can any house.

(A) pass (C) see
(B) enter (D) build

36, The of aid corresponds to need.

(A) contribution (C) consumption
(B) distribution (D) donation

37. After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food-encrusted dishes became
(A) emphatic (C) prevalent
(B) perforated (D) malodorous

38. The of a mental disorder can be brought about by some form of chemical
imbalance or a traumatic event such as war or the death of a partner.
(A) conclusion (C) set up
(B) onset (D) symptom

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39. It was to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of the desert.
(A) advantageous (C) preventative
(B) philosophical )t (D) preposterous

40. She wrote in her that her mom used to buy her cream at a local

(A) dairy/diary (C)-dairy/ dairy

'Y 3) diary/ dairy (D) diary/ diary A

41. Important discoveries in chemistry that scientists could produce synthetic

medicines in laboratories.
(A) which meant (C) means
(B) mean i,(D) meant

42. Mary became at typing because she practiced every day for six months.
(A) proficient (C) effective
(B) reflective (D) redundant

p< 43. Roman's glance was a invitation to speak later in private about events of the
meeting.
(A) treacherous 1-(C) tactful
(B) scintillating (D) taboo

44. She hadn't eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was
(A) blighted ')/ (C) ravenous
(B) confutative (D) ostentatious
45. It is difficult to believe that charging 20% on an outstanding credit card balance isn't

Y, (A) bankruptcy (C) novice

(B) usury (D) flagrancy

46. The high-profile company CEO was given an for speaking at the monthly
meeting of the area business leaders' society.
(A) expiation (C) interpretation
X (B) honorarium (D) inquisition
47. Must we be subjected to your complaints all day long?

ry, (A) tiresome (C) awesome

(B) fearsome (D) wholesome

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Antonyms
Directions: Items 48 — 58 consist of words printed in capital letters, followed by four
words/phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite to the word in each
question and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

48. ROOSTER
(A) Chicken (C) Hen
(B) Check (D) Cockrell

49. NAIVE
(A) Ignorant (C) Immature
(B) Wise (D) Unaffected

50. CONCLUSION
(A) Commencement (C) Precipitation
(B) Denouement (D) Culmination

1 51. EXILE
(A) Expulsion (C) Displacement
(B) Inclusion (D) Exclusion

7 52. FRAUDULENT
(A) Candid (C) Direct
(B) Forthright c (D) Genuine

53. SURRENDER
(A)Hand over (C) Consign
(B) Conquer (D)Roll over

54. CROOKED
(A) Lopsided (C) Untwisted
(B) Curled (D) Hooked

55, BOAR
(A) Bear (C) Cub
(B) Sow (D)Fawn

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56. COMMAND
(A) Bab (C) Serve
(B) Adjuration (D) Edict

57. BUSY
2/ (A) Idle (C) Industrious
(B) Hustling (D) Unavailable

58. OBSCURE
(A) Implicit (C) Obnoxious
(B) Explicit (D) Pedantic

Directions: Each sentence below (Items 59- 60) consists of a word or a phrase in bold followed by

four words or phrases. Select the word or phrase which is closest to the OPPOSITE meaning of the
word or phrase in bold and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

59. Anything that might be used as a weapon will be confiscated by the security guards.
(A) attached (C) sequestered
(B) expropriated (D) delivered

60. The members thought that the task was feasible.

(A) impossible -K(C) difficult
(B) ill - planned (D) impractical

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Section II: Quantitative Reasoning

Instructions

Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers.

Figures: Position of points, angles, regions, etc. can be assumed to be in the order shown;
and angle measures can be assumed to be positive.

Lines shown as straight can be assumed to be straight.

Figures can be assumed to lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.

Figures that accompany questions are intended to provide information useful in
answering the questions. However, unless a note states that a figure is drawn to
scale, you should solve these problems NOT by estimating sizes by sight or by
measurement, but by using your knowledge of mathematics.
Quantitative comparison

Directions: Each of the questions 61-74 consists of two quantities, one in column A and one in
column B. You are to compare the two quantities and choose:

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.

Information: In a question, information concerning one or both of the quantities to be compared is

centered above the two columns. A symbol that appears in both columns represents the same thing in
column A as it does in column B.

Column A Column B
1 3 4
61. —
2 4 6

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D C
ABCD is a Parallelogram.

37 62. x 70

Refer to the diagram in Question 62.

ix 63. y 108

a+b=0
64.

The perimeter of a rectangle with area 54cm2 and length 6cm is x .

A 66. x 15
12 4- q,

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In the diagram, AB is extended to point D .

67. 65 ti.k." 1- 5
U
1..1)0-5-1-5;

No. of children 0 1 2 3

No. of Family 2 4 3 .5 1

In drawing a pie-chart for the above table, let x and y be degree measures of the sectors
representing the number of families having 2 and 3 children respectively.

A 68. x+y 180°

D B
m is parallel to n and E is the mid point of AB.

C 69. DE EC

The three sides of a triangle are 5, 1.5 and x .

tA 70. x 3.5

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Parallelogram ABCD and rectangle ABEM are of equal area.

C., 71. Perimeter of ABCD Perimeter of ABEM

A 72. 2492 2482 1

AABC is an equilateral triangle, B is midpoint of AD .

73. In(Z ACM 100°

x < 0 and x is less than its square by 30. cc,

Column A Column B
_c 74. —6

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Discrete Quantitative

Directions: For each of the questions from 75-88, select the best answer from the four
alternatives and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

75. A point of the form (a,—a) always lies on which of the following line?
(A) x= a (C) y— x= 0
(B) y = —a x+y 0

76. A school is planning to increase the number of students from 40 to 50 per class. How much
is the percentage increase?
(A) 40% (C) 20%
„C.W1 25% (D) 10%

77. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 8:3:4. What is the measure of the smallest angle?
(A) 12° 36°
Ste!
(B) 24°
(D) 72°

78. A father wants to divide birr 390 to his two children A and B in the ratio 5:8. How much
money child A and child B get, respectively?
0I50 & 240 (C) 130 & 260
(B) 120 & 270 (D) 100 & 290

79. A retail store buys a shoe for 80 birr and sells at 75% profit. What is the selling price of the
shoe?
(A) 100 birr (C) 130 birr
(B) 120 birr 5,121 140 birr

80. A bus is carrying 28 passengers, of which 18 are male. What is the ratio of female to male
passengers?
(A) 1,45 5
(c4 9
(B) T9:4 Ig
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81. In the figure above, if AB // DE, then x =

(A) 100 (C) 140

pir120 (D) 160

82. The daily sales of a shop is birr 2400. If the shop owner pays 4.5% sales tax, how much does

he pay from his daily sales?

(A) 234 ,(tf 108
(B) 180 (D) 216
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5 cm

3 cm
6 '4- it. im l o
4 cm

83. In the figure above, what is the area of the shaded region?
(A) 16 sq. cm (C) 10 sq. cm

(B) 6 sq. cm. „CD)" 4 sq. cm

84. A shop keeper bought 5 dozen pens at 85 cents per pen and planned to sell each for 1 Birr.
However, 10% of the pens were damaged and thrown away. How much did he profit?
o or
(A 15 Birr (C) 5 Birr
(B) 9 Birr (D) 3 Bin Sow

85. What is the point of intersection of the line 2x + 3y = 6 and the x — axis?

(A) (0,2)

(2,0)
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86. Corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2:3. If the area of the smaller

triangle is 16 sq. cm, what is the area of the larger triangle?

(A) 24 sq.cm (C) 48 sq.cm

(Vil 36 sq.cm (D) 64 sq. cm

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87. If (a, b) is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points A(10,-6) and B(k,4) and
a - 2b = 18, then what is the value of k?
(A) 22 (C) 26
(B) 32 (D) 16

88. When -9i - ,X flf

is simplified it is equal to
sO3 1.13
(A) 4-N, (C)
2Ad (D) 2.13-
b 1-6
Data Interpretation
Directions: Each of Questions 89 - 100 has four choices. For each of these questions, select the

best of the answer choices given and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer

sheet provided.

89. The average age of 6 friends that include 2 twins is 14. How old are the twins if the average
age of the remaining 4 is 14.5 years?
(A) 12 (C) 14 00 Hff•
9,031 13 (D) 15 (V+)
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90. If two coins are tossed, what is the probability that at least one head turns up? Cl/o
,N
(A) i (F4 34- H --.r- Lk
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(B) (D) i N. , . ,,-vi IT
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z 1 T

91. If a letter is selected from the word "Probability", what is the probability that the selected
letter is a vowel?
(A) i11 (C) oi
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93. If a fair coin is tossed five times, how many possible different sequences of heads and tails
are there?
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(B) 64 (D) 16

94. Suppose that the Ethiopian premier league has 5 teams entered in the computation. In how
many different orders can the teams finish?
kie5 120 (C) 720
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(B) 840 (D) 125
95. How many different 7-digit numbers can be made using the digits 1,4, 5,5•8,8 and 8?
(A) 120 1 0 210
(B) 140 (D) 240

96. A committee of 3 people is to be chosen from among 8 members of a club. How many such
committees are there?
(A) 6 yr 56
(B) 12 (D) 42

97. The percent increase in the price of a car was 4%. The new price is birr 15,600. What was
the price before the increase?
9cr15,000 birr (C) 14,976 birr
(B) 14,600 birr (D) 14,000 birr r PC?"116 K
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(A) 3.5
(B) 2
100. What is the standard deviation of the data?
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Section III: Analytical Reasoning

General Directions: The Analytical Reasoning (AR) part is composed of items that measure
your ability to make inferences and draw conclusions based on information provided. In this
section, you are expected to identify discrepancies, assumptions, choose a statement that
weaken/strengthen an argument, evaluate an argument and reason out how the argument is made.

Directions: Each of the following questions has four alternative choices. Read the questions
carefully and choose the BEST ANSWER from the given alternatives and blacken the letter of
your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

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101. A group consistsg seven post-graduate students: Tadesse, Challa, Meseret, Roman, Kassa,
Asteway, and Amsale. From them, four will be selected to give a presentation to the class
based on the following criteria:
1. Either Tadesse or Challa must be selected, but Tadesse and Challa cannot both be
selected
2. Either Kassa or Asteway must be selected, but Kassa and Asteway cannot both be
selected
3. Kassa cannot be selected unless Meseret is selected. 1- C A
4. Amsale cannot be selected unless Challa is selected.
E B

If we know that Asteway is not selected to present, how many different groups of four can be
made, as per the criteria?
,„.(A)- One (C) Three
(B) Two (D) Four
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r 102. There are seven piano students, namely Kelemua, Rahel, Aschenaki, Goitom, Nan!.
Leilem, and Taye who are supposed to give a recital. Their instructor decides the order in
which each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In deciding the order of
performance, the instructor placed the following restrictions:
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1. Naol cannot play first or second —
2. Goitom cannot play until Naol has played ‘) -`
3. Neither Kelemua nor Lemlem can play seventh -
4. Either Lemlem or Taye must play immediately after Goitom plays
5. Aschenaki must play either immediately after or immediately before Rahel plays

If Aschenaki plays first, which one of the following must be true?

(A) Kelemua plays sixth
(B) Kelemua plays immediately after Lemlem
(C) Naol plays third
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103. A charitable foundation awards grants in exactly four areas: medical services, theater arts,
wildlife preservation, and youth services. One or more grants are awarded in each of the four
quarters of a calendar year based on the following criteria:
1. Grants are awarded in all four areas. -
2. No more than six grants are awarded.
3. No grants in the same area are awarded in the same quarter or in consecutive quarters.
4. Exactly two medical services grants are awarded.
5. A wildlife preservation grant is awarded in the second quarter.

If a wildlife preservation grant and a youth services grant are awarded in the same quarter of a
particular calendar year, then any of the following could be true that year EXCEPT:
(A) Medical services grant is awarded in the second quarter g x, k.( -Lc)
(B) Theater arts grant is awarded in the first quarter
(C) Wildlife preservation grant is awarded in the fourth quarter X 0 lc WL71-

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104. Ethiopian Airways is selling tickets from Addis Ababa to Beijing. It has sold 40% of the
available tickets and still has 420 tickets available to sell. How many tickets were originally
available on this flight?
(A) 535 4{1 700
(B) 650 (D) 850

105. Geremew states: When I went fishing the other day, every fish that I caught was a tuna, and
every tuna I saw I caught. Of the following statements listed below, which one can be
concluded from the observations of Geremew?
(A) All of the fish that Geremew saw he caught
Geremew caught no fish other than tuna while he was fishing--
(C) In the area that Geremew fished, there were no other fish
(D) Tuna was the only fish that Geremew saw while he was fishing

106. Gelata is a rich businessman who runs a prosperous company. He is disappointed in his two
children, Robera and Toltu, because he believes that neither of them presents the potential of
having the ability to take control of his company. He thinks that both of his children lack
common sense. This belief formulates from the opinion that:
(A) Even a person who is not brilliant can control a company if she or he has been able to
obtain an MBA
(B) If Toltu showed any sign of common sense, she would have the ability to aid Robera in
controlling the company
ce-7 In order to run a company, a person needs common sense
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107. There are nine individuals, namely Woinshet, Sindu, Kebede, Abraham, Abdella, Sibamo,
Tigist, Algaz and N&ru who are the only candidates to serve on three committees (A, B and
C) based on the following criteria:
1. Each candidate should serve on exactly one of the Committees
2. Committee A should consist of exactly one member more than Committee B
3. It is possible that there are no members of Committee C
4. Among Woinshet, Sindu and Kebede none can serve on Committee A
5. Among Abraham, Abdella and Sibamo none can serve on Committee B
6. Among Tigist, Almaz and Nesru none can serve on Committee C

In case Tigist and Woinshet are the individuals serving on committee B, how many of the
nine individuals should serve on committee C?
(A) 3 (C) 5
4 (D) 6

108. Below are given arguments of two persons. Examine the arguments and choose the one
correct answer.

Molla: Financially the private university is ruined. In case it raises its tuition fees, the
number of paying students will come down and if they refrain from raising the fees the
university will go bankrupt.

Workinesh: The pay of the teachers and professors could be cut.

Workinesh responds to Molla's argument by:
(M Attacking his method of reasoning
(B) Attacking Molla on a personal level
(C) Drawing attention to a previously overlooked alternative
(D)Resigning herself to the demise of the private university

109. Many people prefer to retain their own individuality and identity, where this leads to a
decline in the rate of marriage. Which of the following assumptions are used in the above
premises?
1. A married person loses his or her own identity and is no longer accountable to
himself or herself
2. Married persons do not find contentment as opposed to unmarried people
3. There has been a steady increase in the divorce rate
(A) I only (C) I and II only
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110. Below are given two statements and two conclusions. Read both the statements and
conclusions and choose the conclusion that follows from the statements.
Statements:
1. No pencil is paper
2. Some papers are not eraser
Conclusions:
I. No eraser is pencil
II. Some papers may be eraser
(A) Either I or II follows
(B) Neither I nor II follows
(C) Only conclusion I follows
j;FY)" Only conclusion II follows

\<11 1. In a row of five persons facing north, Tadele is to the right of Bekele who is second to the
left of Muzein. Mamo, who is second to the right of Leta, is an immediate neighbor of
Bekele and Muzein. Who is standing in the middle of the row?
(A) Bekele (C) Mamo
(B) Leta (D) Tadele
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114. Below are given two statements followed by two conclusions. Read both the statements
and the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from the two given statements.
Statements:
1. No woman teacher can play.
2. Some women teachers are athletes.
Conclusions:
I. Male athletes can play
II. Some athletes can play
(A) Only conclusion I follows (C) Either I or II follows
(B) Only conclusion II follows , ..(13erNeither I nor II follows

115. In the following question, three statements are given followed by three conclusions. Read
both the statements and the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the three statements.
Statements:
I. Some hills are rivers
2. Some rivers are deserts
3. All deserts are roads
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are rivers
II. Some roads are hills ' III.
Some deserts are hills,/
(A) Only II follows (C) Only I and II follovv'
nly I follows (D) Only II and III follow
116. In the following analogy question, a given sentence describes the relationship between the
first two words. Use the same pattern of relationship and choose the word that has the same
relationship with the third word.
Cup is to coffee as bowl is to:
(A) Dish oup
(B) Food (D) Spoon
117. The words in the bottom row are related in the same way as the words in the top row. For
each item, find the word that completes the bottom row of words.
Apples Fruit Supermarket

Novel Book ?-
ookstore (C) Shopping
(B) Magazine (D) Vegetable
118. Choose the pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the
original pair of words: BINDING: BOOK
(A) Criminal : Gang 50 Frame : Picture
(B) Display : Museum (D) Nail : hammer

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119. In the next passage, the information that may support certain statements is given.
Then, choose the statement that is best supported by the information given in the
paragraph.
Human technology developed from the first stone tools about two and a half
million years ago. At the beginning, the rate of development was slow. Hundreds of
thousands ofy ears passed without much change. Today, new technologies are
reported daily on television and in newspapers.
(A) Stone tools were not really technology
(B) Stone tools were in use for two and a half million years
(C) There is no way to know when stone tools first came into use
(D) These days, new technologies are constantly being developed
120. Below are given two statements. The statements may have cause and effect relationship; can
be the effects of the same or independent causes; or may be the independent causes without
having any relationship. Then, read both the statements and choose the right answer.
Statements:
I. All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week II.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools
(A) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
(B) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
(C) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
(D) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect

121. In the following passage, the information that may support certain statements is given. So,
choose the statement that is best supported by the information given in the passage
Mathematics allows us to expand our consciousness. Mathematics tells us about
economic trends, patterns of disease, and the growth of populations. Math is good at
exposing the truth. but it can also perpetuate misunderstandings and untruths.
Figures have the power to mislead people.
(A) Figures are sometimes used to deceive people
(B) The study of mathematics is dangerous
(C) The study of mathematics is more important than other disciplines
(D) The power of numbers is that they cannot lie

122. In the passage given below, an argument is made by the speaker. So, choose the statement,
if true, would strengthen the speaker's argument.
Giving children computers in grade school is a waste of money and teachers'
time. These children are too young to learn how to use computers effectively and
need to spend time on learning the basics, like arithmetic and reading. After all, a
baby has to crawl before she can walk.
(A) Evidence that using computers makes learning to read difficult
(B) Proof that the cost of computers is coming down
(C) Research on the effect of computer games on children
(D) Studies showing computers are expensive

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123. In the following question two pairs of pictures are given. The first pair is complete, and the
that will
second pair is incomplete. Out of the four pictures given below select a picture
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complete the second pair so that pictures in the second pair are related to each other in t
same way as the pictures in the first pair are related to each other.

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124. Pointing to an old woman, Araya said "her son is my son's uncle." How is Araya related to
the old woman?
(A) Father
(B) Nephew
(C) Uncle
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125. Below are given two statements. Analyze the data of both the statements and choose the
correct answer that contains information needed to decide Mulat's rank in the class.
I. There are 30 students in the class
II. There are 10 students who scored less than Mulat
Both statements are needed to decide Mulat's rank
(B) Data in both the statements together are not sufficient
(C) Statement I alone is sufficient, but statement II alone is not sufficient
(D) Statement II alone is sufficient, but statement I alone is not sufficient

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