GAT™ General Curriculum (December 2013) Update

National Testing Service has proposed a new pattern of marks distribution for GAT General

For Further Details about subject Distribution is given on following link.

http://www.nts.org.pk/_Ops_Sec/Products/GATGEN/GATGENCurriculum.asp

Tips To Improve Your Vocabulary

1.Read the newspapers everyday.


2.Reading Tasks.....

3.Add the new words you meet in your reading to your own vocabulary.

4.Open your mind to new ideas.

5.Writing Tasks.

6.Use new words in your daily conversations.

Some Basic Traps to Avoid While Answering Analogies

1:Do not misread the words:

                                          Unfortunately, people tend to read the first word, then predict the second word. For example, if the first word is “man” many people think the second word must be “woman.” They play word association games, rather than reading the question. Take the time to do a careful reading.

2:Do not choose an answer with a reversed relationship:

                                                                                   This is perhaps the most common error in the section. If the question is BOY: MAN, the answer cannot be WOMAN: GIRL. The relationship would be one of progression; a boy grows into a man. A woman does not grow into a girl; the relationship is reversed.

3:Do not choose answers based on the meanings of the words:

                                                                                             If the questions are about computers, the answers may very easily be about chocolate cake. The meanings themselves are irrelevant; you are only concerned with the relationships between the pairs of words.

Note:- When all else fails and you know you are on a hard question, eliminate what you can and pick the choice containing the hardest words.

Tips for Answering Analogies

1: To find the relationship between the stem words (the words in capital letters), form a simple sentence that links the two words and illustrates their meaning. Then plug in the choices.

2: If more than one choice fits your sentence, go back and make your sentence more specific or look for a nuance that you missed.

3: You can automatically eliminate any answer choice containing a triangular nonrelationship. In a triangular nonrelationship, the two words are related to a third word, but not directly to each other. For example:

WEIGHT:AGE

SALT:PEPPER

IRRIGATIONS:FERTILIZER

LEMON:ORANGE

In each word pair, both are related to something, but not to each other.

4: You can automatically eliminate any answer choice containing words that are not related in a clear and necessary way.

5: Never initially eliminate a choice if you are uncertain of the meaning of either word in it. You can’t be positive that two words are unrelated if you have no idea what one of the words means.

6: When you don’t know the meaning of one of the words in the stem, work backwards from the choices.

7: You can improve the effectiveness of working backward by using information in the problem to decode the unknown word in the stem.

8: If you know both words in the stem, you can sometimes eliminate a choice even if you don’t know one of the words, by determining whether any word could create a relationship like the stem relationship.

ANALOGIES Guidelines

Analogies mainly depend on Vocabulary , you have to recognize the relation between the pair of words. This is a tight, solid, logical relationship based on the meaning of the words. It is the kind of relationship that exists between a word and its dictionary definition.

Directions :-

                               In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship that exists between a word and its dictionary definition.

Analysis:-

                             It is important that you focus on understanding the relationship between the original pair of words, because this is really what you are trying to parallel.

First, you should find the primary relationship first, then look for a secondary or closer relationship.  The idea is to select the BEST answer or most similar relationship.

Types:-

                   Many types of relationships are possible in GAT analogies. The stem words may be related by:

Category	Sample Analogy
Synonyms	end: terminate
Antonyms	artificial: real
Worker and Tool Used	photographer: camera
Tool and Object Its Used Upon	scissors: paper
Worker and Object He Creates	poet: poem
Cause and Effect	negligence: accident
Effect and Cause	tsunami: earthquake
Material Used and End Product	lumber: house
Function of a Tool	saw: cut
Part to Whole	leaf: tree
Person and What He Looks For	mineralogist: ore
Person and What He Avoids	student: failure
Masculine and Feminine	host: hostess
Age	infant: adolescent
Person and Closely Related Adjective	commander: competent
Person and Least Related Adjective	commander: coward
Symbol and What It Stands For	rose: love
Mathematical Relationship	seven: forty-nine
Measurement	mile: distance
Classification and Type	dog: greyhound
Degree of Intensity	cold: pneumonia

Introduction to GAT-General

Graduate Assessment Test (GAT) aims to assess the verbal, quantitative and analytical abilities that have been attained over a period and that are not necessarily related to any specific field of study. GAT is often required for public sector universities master's degree and M. Phil programs and some time also required for jobs in public sector organizations. Moreover, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan requires GAT for awarding scholarships through its scholarships schemes.

HEC has assigned National Testing Service (NTS) Pakistan, the responsibility to conduct GRE Type Test i.e. Graduate Assessment Test GAT-GENERAL for admissions in M.Phil and HEC Scholarship Schemes and GAT-SUBJECT for PhD. Programmes.

Note: The test result will remain valid for TWO YEAR for admissions and HEC Scholarship Schemes.

Sub Topics:

1- Types of GAT-General Types
2- GAT Format
3- List of Disciplines for GAT-General
4- GAT-General Test Schedule

GAT General Test Format

The test itself consist of 100 questions. Each question is in multiple choice MCQ's format, with some havingfour or five possible answers. GAT is consisted of three sections:

VERBAL ABILITY

Verbal ability section of the GAT is consisted of four types of questions Reading Comprehension, Sentence Completion, Analogies and Antonyms.

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

Quantitative ability section of the GAT is consisted of two types of questions Problem Solving and Quantitative Comparison.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY

Analytical ability section includes two types of questions Analytical Reasoning and  Logical Reasoning.

GAT General According To Disciplines

Each category of GAT-General comprises of many disciplines. You must be confident in which category you should apply. The only difference between categories A,B and C of GAT General is the different number of questions in three sections, which merely alter your time distribution for the preparation of the GAT's sections.
You may have latest information about GAT distribution from:

http://www.nts.org.pk/GAT/GATGPDistribution.asp

GAT A

Engineering & Technology    Technology includes    Management engineering    Management information systems    Ergonomics   Technical & Vocational education   Industrial research   Engineering including   Textile engineering   Industrial engineering   Computer Engineering   Civil engineering   Bioengineering   Systems engineering   Environmental engineering   Engineering economy   Engineering meteorology   Applied mechanics   Acoustical engineering   Structural engineering   Engineering geology   Transportation engineering   Applied optics   Photonics   Plasma engineering   Hydraulic engineering   Environmental Engineering   Mechanical engineering   Electrical engineering   Electronics   Nuclear engineering   Aeronautics   Astronautics   Mining engineering   Metallurgy

Business Education   Finance all subjects including   Public Finance   Banking   Finance Management   Commerce   Business Administration & Management

GAT B

Arts & Humanities   Fine Arts   Photography   Recreational & pergorming arts, Music   Physical Education and sports   Languages and Literature   Museology (Museum science)   Journalism, Advertisement, Mass Communication

Social Sciences   Anthropology including   Physical Anthropology   Archeology   Economics   Statistics   Political Science   International Relations   Psychology   Philosophy   Sociology   Criminology   Administrative sciences including   Public Administration   Library and Archival Sciences   History   Geography   Religious Studies   Education   Law and Legislature

GAT C

Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences   Agriculture    Plant Culture    Forestry, Horticulture    Animal Culture    Aquaculture, Fiesheries

Biological & Medical Sciences    Biology including    Evolution & Genetics    Microbiology    Botanical Sciences    Botany    Paleo-botany    Zoological Sciences    Zoology    Paleo-zoology    Marine Sciences (Biological Aspects)    Biological Anthropology    Biotechnology   Medicine all subjects including   Medicine   Human anatomy, cytology, histology   Human physiology   Pathology   Internal medicine   Pharmacy, Pharmacology & theraputics   Medicine (Clinical) including   Surgery & related medical specialities   Gynecology related medical specialities   Experimental medicine   Ophthalmology   Dermatology   Pediatrics   Public health including   Promotion of health   Incidence & prevention of disease   Epidemiology   Dentistry   Pharmacology   Pharmacy   Nursing

Physical Sciences    Physics all specialities including   Mechanics   Electricity & Electronics   Modern Physics   Nuclear Physics   Chemistry all subjects including   Biochemistry   Analytical chemistry   Crystallography   Astronomy   Astronomy & allied sciences   Earth (Astronomical geography)   Mathematical geography   Astro-geology   Astro-physics   Earth, Atmosphere & Marine Sciences   Earth sciences & allied sciences   Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology   Petrology, Mineralogy   Economic geology   Palentology-Paleozoology, Paleobotany   Oceanography   Mathematics   Applied Mathematics   Statistics / Computer Sciences & related disciplines   Information Technology, Software Engineering

Categories Of GAT Test

Based on the field of study of the prospect test taker, question type distribution varies on the GAT. The GAT is generally, composed of Verbal Ability section, a Quantitative Ability section and Analytical Ability Section, however the number of question in each section is given as:

GAT Type	Field of Study	Quantitative	Verbal	Analytical
GAT A	1. Engineering & Technology                 2. Business Education	30%	30%	40%
GAT B	1. Social Science 2. Arts & Humanities	25%	50%	25%
GAT C	1. Biological & Medical Sciences 2. Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences  3. Physical Sciences	40%	30%	30%

Test Schedule for GAT-General

GAT is conducted four to five times in a year. Date of each is advertised in popular newspapers at-least 15-20 days before the test date. You can find schedule for desired test date in NTS official website 

http://www.nts.org.pk/_Ops_Sec/Products/GATGEN/GATGENSchedule.asp