I am providing you the sample question paper of National Management Aptitude Test NMAT Exam.

NMAT Exam question paper

Directions (Questions 1 – 2) : Choose the pair of words that best expresses the same relationship as that in the pair of words given in capital letters.

Q 1. DILAPIDATED : RESTORE ::

(A) Torn : Cloth

(B) Malfunction : Repair

(C) Lose : Console

(D) Forget : Remember

Answer: C

Q 2. BEHEAD : GHILLOTINE ::

(A) Hang : Gallows

(B) Perfect : Pictures

(C) Polish : Nail

(D) Cause : Murdered

Answer:A

Directions (Questions 3 – 4) : Each question consists of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.

Q 3. (A) It is much smaller than the Earth, with a diameter of only 6500 kilometers.

(B) One white dwarf, called Kupee’s Star after a famous American astronomer, is particularly well-known.

(C) Yet its mass is equal to that of the Sun.

(D) The matter inside a white dwarf is incredibly dense.

(E) It is no dense that just a thimbleful would weigh thousands of kilograms.

(1) DBACE (2) ACBDE

(3) BACDE (4) BACED

Answer: 3

Q 4. (A) This is another kind of sign behaviour.

(B) The same basic characteristics is there, automatic reaction to some stimulus.

(C) Human beings, like other animals, may be conditioned to respond in particular ways to a given stimulus.

(D) Instead the reaction is wired in by some outside force.

(E) The difference is that the stimulus reaction pattern is not wired into the animals’ nervous system by its own genetic code.

(1) BDECA (2) ABDEC

(3) CABDE (4) CABED

Answer: 4

Directions (Questions 5 – 6) : Each question has four words marked A, B, C and D; of which two words are most nearly SAME or OPPOSITE in meaning. Choose one such pari from the alternatives given.

Q 5. (A) desecrate (B) Describe

(C) Damage (D) Descent

(1) A-C

(2) C-D

(3) B-C

(4) A-D

Answer: 1

Q 6. (A) Asinine (B) profound

(C) Intelligent (D) Cruel

Answer: 1

Q 7. How many different subsets of the set {10, 14, 17, 24} are there that contain an odd number of elements?

(A) 8

(B) 6

(C) 3

(D) 10

Answer: A

Q 8. How many different ways can 2 students be seated in a row of 4 desks, so that there is always at least one empty desk between the students? (A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 6

Answer: D

Q9. A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock of Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of Rs. 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to

(A) Rs. 110

(B) Rs. 100

(C) Rs. 80

(D) Rs. 120

Answer: A

Q 10. A man borrows Rs. 4,000 at 20% compound rate of interest. At the end of each year he pays back Rs. 1,500. How much amount should he pay at the end of the third year to clear all his dues?

(A) Rs. 2,952

(B) Rs. 2,852

(C) Rs. 2,592

(D) Rs. 2,953

Answer: A

Q 11. Most people have certain prejudices against certain types or styles of writing.(…) But these are common and meaningful modes of communication that we need to study and understand.

For example, popular science and children’s fiction are considered unintellectual
Some of us would regard ‘Sunday magazine’ journalism and advertising as cheap and even improper.
Great essayists have always been a source of inspiration to young writers

The blank can be filled by –

(A) only A

(B) only B

(C) only C

(D) A or B

Answer: D

Q 12. Select the appropriate meaning of the phrase “Of the first water”

(A) trifle

(B) genuine

(C) of the highest quality

(D) shoddy

Answer: C

Q 13. MIGRANT: SETTLED

(A) Static: dynamic

(B) Mendicant: rich

(C) Jab: praise

(D) Gallant: brave

Answer: D

Q 14. A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. Z spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is

(A) 2

(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) Can’t say

Answer: C

Q 15. A trader sells two articles at the same sales price. On one of the articles, he makes a profit of 20% while on the other, he incurs a loss of 15%. If the sales price of both the articles is Rs. 10,200 each what is the overall profit/loss made by the trader?

Calculate the profit earned on the first article and the loss incurred on the second article Calculate the cost price for both the articles. Deduct the sum of the cost prices of both articles from Rs. 20,400,

(A) All (a), (b) and (c) are correct and necessary

(B) Only (b) and (c) are correct and necessary

(C) Only (a) and (c) are correct and necessary

(D) Only (c) is correct and necessary

Answer: B

Q16. The Pacific yew is an evergreen tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific yew has a fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew, was discovered to be a promising new anticancer drug.

A. Taxol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.

B. Taxol has cured people from various diseases.

C. People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew.

D. The Pacific yew was considered worthless until taxol was discovered.

Answer: C

Q 17. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

A. 3.6

B. 7.2

C. 8.4

D. 10

Answer: B

Q 18. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:

A. 1 hour

B. 2 hours

C. 3 hours

D. 4 hours

Answer: A

Q 19. The dimensions of a room are 12.5 metres by 9 metres by 7 metres. There are 2 doors and 4 windows in the room; each door measures 2.5 metres by 1.2 metres and each window 1.5 metres by 1 metre. Find the cost of painting the walls at Rs. 3.50 per square metre.

(A) Rs. 1,101.50

(B) Rs. 1,050.50

(C) Rs. 1,011.50

(D) Cannot be determined

Answer: C

Q 20. The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140 cm. How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make in order to keep a speed of 66 km per hour?

(A) 200

(B) 300

(C) 250

(D) 350

Answer: C