GAT Pattern: GAT-A
Test Pattern & Syllabus for the GAT General Type-A (NTS Test)
GAT-A Paper Distribution| GAT Type | Verbal
Section | Quantitative Section | Analytical Reasoning |
| GAT-A | 35 MCQs | 35 MCQs | 30 MCQs |
GAT-A is for Engineering & Technology and Business Education Disciplines.
GAT-A: Pattern & Syllabus
- Total No of Questions = 100 (Total Marks = 100)
- Time Allowed = 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Negative Marking: NO
There are three sections in GAT General Type-A:
- Verbal Section
- Quantitative Section
- Analytical Reasoning Section
1. Verbal Section
A: Vocabulary
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| A1: Prefixes, Suffixes | 2 |
| A2: Analogies | 3 |
| A3: Antonyms | 2 |
| A4: Conceptual | 2 |
| Sub-Total | 9 |
B: Grammar
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| B1: Tenses and Aspects | 7 |
| B2: Part of Speech (Conjunctions, Nouns, Pronouns, Verb, Adverb, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions) | 3 |
| B3: Conditionals | 2 |
| B4: Functions | 2 |
| Sub-Total | 14 |
C: Comprehension
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| C1: Inferencing | 5 |
| C2: Linking Devices | 2 |
| C3: Main Idea | 2 |
| C4: Title | 1 |
| C5: Topic Sentences | 1 |
| C6: Type of Passage (Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Scientific, Entertaining, Didactic, Rhetorical) | 1 |
| Sub-Total | 12 |
2. Quantitative Section
Arithmetic
| Topics | Number of Questions |
Business Mathematics, Financial Mathematics,
Consumer Mathematics, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, Zakat, Ushar and Inheritance | 12 |
Algebra
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| Fundamental of Geometry, Practical Geometry, Areas and Volumes, Matrices and Determinants, Basic Statistics, Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences, Linear Graphs, Sets and Functions | 12 |
Geometry
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| Introduction to Trigonometry, Projection of a side of a triangle, Chords of a circle, Tangent to a circle, Chords and Arcs, Angles in a segment of a circle, Practical geometry circles, Congruent Triangles, Parallelograms and Triangles, Line Bisectors and Angle Bisectors | 6 |
Data Processing
| Topics | Number of Questions |
| Basic Statistics and Probability | 5 |
3. Analytical Reasoning
| Questions Type | Number of Questions |
| Deductive and inductive logic, Critical thinking and writing skills | 30 |