University Graduate Assessment Test (UGAT) Education / ELM

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

University of Management and Technology
UGAT comprises of 100 items (MCQs) as per following details:-
• 50 items for Subject (some are mentioned as under, not limited only to these)
o Educational Research
o Measurement & Assessment
o Leadership & Management
o Philosophy of Education
o Educational Psychology
• 30 items for Verbal / English
• 10 items for Quantitative Analysis, and
• 10 items for Logical-Analytical Reasoning Skill.

A candidate is required to obtain minimum 50% marks to pass UGAT.

Specimen Questions

Subject section (50 Marks)

• Which of the following power based on followers’ perceptions of the leader’s

competence?
a. Referent power
b. Expert power
c. Legitimate power
d. Coercive power

• Which one of the following is recognized because of logic which is deductive?

a. Constructivist
b. Positivist
c. Pragmatist
d. All of above

Verbal Section (30 Marks)

Comprehension paragraphs (at least two)
Choose the right option needed to complete the sentence correctly.
• The Olympic Games _____ to athletes of all nations.
a. are opening
b. not opening
c. opened
d. are opened
Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

• In order to write a thesis, one must engage _____ research.

a. in
b. at
c. on
d. to
• To cry wolf
a. to give false alarm
b. to be a renegade
c. to turn pale
d. to ruin oneself
e. to ask for genuine help

Choose from the five given alternatives the one which best expresses the meaning of
the italicized idioms/phrases

• Talk over
a. survey
b. assess
c. Ignore
d. fight about
e. discuss

Choose the word from the five given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to
that of the italicized word.

• Luminous
a. clear
b. dim
c. brittle
d. clever
e. vivid

Choose the one of the five pairs of choices in each of the following questions that aligns
itself best with the italicized one on the basis of synonymy.

• Aviary: Birds
a. Gallery: paintings
b. Aquarium: fish
c. Sanatorium: nurses
d. Library: books
e. School: Classroom
 Quantitative Analysis (10 Questions)
Find the correct answer

• Find area of rectangle; length 3x and breadth 5y

a. 3x+5y
b. 15xy
c. 15x
d. 15y
e. 3x * 5y

Analytical Reasoning (10 Questions)

• Dining out is more fun than dining at home. Ninety-eight percent of all food
poisoning cases result from dining out while only two percent of food poisoning cases
result from dining at home.

Which of the following statements most strongly support the above statement?

a. The above statement is a myth propagated by home cooks and has no merit at
all.
b. Homemade food has less variety than food at dining restaurants.
c. Homemade food is more sanitized and hygienic.
d. The experience of dining out justifies the appetite and the cost
e. Food poisoning is caused more by home-made food stuff.