Research Aptitude Test(RAT)
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University
Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki-225 003, U.P., INDIA
Syllabus and Structure of Research Aptitude Test (RAT)
The structure of the RAT exam paper will be as follows.
Max Marks = 100
Number of Questions = 80
Duration: 90 minutes
There will be 25% NEGATIVE MARKING
S.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Topics
General Awareness
English Language
Reading Comprehension
Reasoning (Mathematical & Logical)
Data Interpretation
Research Aptitude
Information & Communication Technology
Total
No. of
Qs
20
10
10
20
10
05
05
Marks of
each Qs
1.0
1.0
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.0
1.0
80
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Marks
20
10
15
30
15
05
05
100
Syllabus & Sample Questions
Basic Science in Daily Life:
1. General Awareness
Q.3. What is pasteurization?
 Current Affairs
 Environmental Awareness
A. To heat milk at 300°C for 30 secs
 Basic Science in daily life
B. To heat milk at 145°F (63°C) for 30 mins
C.
Sample Questions (Part-1):
To heat milk at 145°F (63°C) for 30 secs
D. None of the above
Current Affairs:
Answer: B
Q.1. Which drug is approved by the World Health
Organization to combat recent Ebola virus
outbreak in West Africa?
2. English Language:
 Grammar
A. WMapp
B. XMapp
 Vocabulary
C. YMapp
D. ZMapp
 Sentence Formation
Answer: D
Sample Questions (Part-2):
Environmental Awareness:
Q.2. On which day is the International Day for the
Preservation of the Ozone Layer observed?
Grammar:
Q.1. Choose the correct indirect speech
A. September 16
B. July 6
C. October 15
D. December 15
Answer: A
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He said, “Can you sing?” And I said, “No”.
A. He asked me if I could sing and I said I couldn’t.
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B. I denied when he asked me if I would sing.
C.
I denied when he asked me if I could sing.
D. He asked me if I could sing and I said no.
Answer: D
Q.2. Choose the correct passive voice
The French surrendered Quebec to the English
in 1759.
A. Quebec was surrendered by the French to the
English in 1759.
B. Quebec was surrendered to the English in 1759
by the French.
C. The English were surrendered Quebec in 1759
by the French.
D. Quebec was surrendered in 1759 by the French
to the English.
Answer: D
Vocabulary:
Q.3. Choose the correct synonym of CONNOISSEUR
Sentence Formation:
Q.6. In the question given below, there are six
sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions
of S1 & S6 are fixed. You are required to choose
one of the four alternatives which would be the
most logical sequence of the sentences in the
passage.
S1. There has been an alarming increase in the
number of vehicles on Delhi roads
P: The pedestrian has, however, been the worst
sufferer.
Q: There is no place where the pedestrian can
move freely without the fear of traffic.
R: Zebra crossings like the pavements are no
longer safe.
S: This has further aggravated the problem of
pollution in the city.
S6: Should the pedestrians’ case be allowed to
go by default?
A. Ignorant
B. Interpreter
A. PQRS
B. SPRQ
C.
C. SQRP
D. SRPQ
Delinquent
Answer: C
D. Lover of art
Answer: D
Q.4. Select the correct antonym of ESCALATE
P: We must read
A. Lessen
Q: if we want to absorb the fruits of great
literature
B. Subside
C.
Reduce
R: but with great concentration
D. Heal
Answer: C
Q.5. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the
italicized word
The façade of our school building got a face-lift
recently.
A. Basement
S: them not as we do cricket stories
A. PRQS
B. PRSQ
C. PSQR
D. QPSR
Answer: D
Q.8. In the question given below, find out which part
of a sentence has an error.
As soon as the curtain rose A. / the spectators got
up B. / on their seats C. / to have a better view of
their beloved leader D.
B. Floor
C.
Q.7. Reconstruct the sentences by choosing the
correct alternative pattern
Top
D. Front
Answer: D
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: B
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Q.9. In the question given below, a part of sentence
is italicized. Some phrases are given which can
substitute the italicized part of the sentence.
Find out the phrase which can correctly
substitute that part of the sentence. If the
sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No
correction required’ or ‘No improvement’.
Mr. Kulkarni is planning to settle in Kanpur as
soon as he will retire in June next year.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Retires
Is retired
Would retire
No improvement
Answer: A
Q.10. When a man has to give evidence he must have
a clean breast of the whole matter.
A.
B.
C.
D.
lay of the land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or
permafrost (permanently frozen ground). A little more than
half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground. The
remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet, depending
largely upon the type of terrain and the properties of the
soil. One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost
approximately$8 billion and is by far the biggest and most
expensive construction project ever undertaken by private
industry. In fact, no single business could raise that much
money, so 8 major oil companies formed a consortium in
order to share the costs. Each company controlled oil rights
to particular shares of land in the oil fields and paid into the
pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its
holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate,
supply shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor
disagreements, treacherous terrain, a certain amount of
mismanagement, and even theft, the Alaska pipeline has
been completed and is operating.
Answer the following questions:
Q.1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's
Make a clean breast
Obtain a clean breast
Possess a clean breast
No improvement
Answer: A
A.
B.
C.
D.
operating costs
employees
consumers
construction
Answer: D
3. Reading Comprehension:
 A passage to be set with questions to
be answered;
Sample Questions (Part-3):
Comprehension
The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic
Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and
northernmost state in the United States, ending at a
remote ice-free seaport village nearly800 miles from where
it begins. It is massive in size and extremely complicated to
operate. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and
endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen
ground. It weaves through crooked canyons, climbs sheer
mountains, plunges over rocky crags, makes its way
through thick forests, and passes over or under hundreds of
rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter, and up to
2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can be
pumped through it daily. Resting on H-shaped steel racks
called "bents," long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag
course high above the frozen earth. Other long sections
drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and
return to the surface later on. The pattern of the pipeline's
up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh
demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous
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Q.2. The word "it" in line 4 refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.
pipeline
ocean
state
village
Answer: A
Q.3. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of
oil can travel through the pipeline each
A.
B.
C.
D.
day
week
month
year
Answer: A
Q.4. The phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in
meaning to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Consisting of
Supported by
Passing under
Protected with
Answer: B
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Q.5. The author mentions all of the following as
important in determining the pipeline's route
EXCEPT the
A.
B.
C.
D.
climate
lay of the land itself
local vegetation
kind of soil and rock
Q.10. Where in the passage does the author provide
a term for an earth covering that always
remains frozen?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Line 3
Line 13
Line 19
Line 32
Answer: C
Q.6. The word "undertaken" in line 26 is closest in
meaning to
A.
B.
C.
D.
4. Reasoning (Mathematical & Logical)
 Number Series, Letter Series, Codes
removed
selected
transported
attempted
 Relationships, Classification
 Understanding the structure of
arguments
Answer: D
Q.7. How many companies shared the costs of
constructing the pipeline?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: C
 Evaluating and distinguishing deductive
and inductive reasoning
 Verbal analogies, Word analogy –
Applied analogy
 Reasoning Logical Diagrams: Simple
3
4
8
12
diagrammatic relationship, Multidiagrammatic relationship
Answer: C
Q.8. The word "particular" in line 29 is closest in
meaning to
 Venn diagram, Analytical Reasoning
Sample Questions (Part-4):
Number Series, Letter Series, Codes:
A.
B.
C.
D.
peculiar
specific
exceptional
equal
Q.1. Look at this series: 1000, 200, 40, . . . What
number should come next?
Answer: B
Q.9. Which of the following determined what
percentage of the construction costs each
member of the consortium would pay?
A. How much oil field land each company
owned
B. How long each company had owned
land in the oil fields
C. How many people worked for each
company
D. How many oil wells were located on the
company's land
Answer: A
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A.
B.
C.
D.
8
10
15
20
Answer: A
Relationships, Classification:
Q.2. Which word does NOT belong with the others?
A.
B.
C.
D.
noun
preposition
punctuation
adverb
Answer: C
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Structure of Arguments:
Verbal Analogies, Word Analogy - Applied
Analogy:
Question given below consists of a statement, followed
by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide
which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which
is a 'weak' argument.
Q.5. Marathon is to race as hibernation is to
A.
C.
winter
dream
B.
D.
Q.3. Statement: Should Indian scientists working
abroad be called back to India?
Arguments:
I. Yes. They must serve the motherland first
and forget about discoveries, honours,
facilities and all.
II. No. We have enough talent; let them stay
where they want.
A.
B.
C.
D.
bear
sleep
Answer: D
Reasoning Logical Diagrams: Simple
Diagrammatic Relationships, MultiDiagrammatic Relationship:
Q.6. There is some relationship between diagrams A
& B. The same relationship persists between C &
D. Find the right diagrams for D from the
alternatives.
Only argument I is strong
Only argument II is strong
Either I or II is strong
Neither I nor II is strong
Answer: D
Answer: C
Deductive and Inductive:
Analytical Reasoning, Venn Diagram:
In question below two statements are given followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
given two statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance from commonly known facts. Read the
conclusion and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the two given
statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Q.7. Which of the following diagrams indicates the
best relation between Author, Lawyer and
Singer?
Q.4. Statements: Raman is always successful. No
fool is always successful.
Answer: B
5. Data Interpretation:
Conclusions:
I.
II.
 Sources, acquisition and interpretation
of data
Raman is a fool.
Raman is not a fool.
 Quantitative and qualitative data
 Graphical representation and mapping
A.
B.
C.
D.
Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows
of data
Answer: B
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Sample Questions (Part-5):
 Steps of Research;
 Methods of Research;
Study the bar chart and answer the questions.
 Research Ethics;
 Research Paper, workshop, seminar,
Sale of Cellular Phones
conference and symposium;
Sample Questions (Part-6):
Q.1. To study the relationship of family size to
income a researcher classifies his population
into different income slabs and then takes a
random sample from each slab. Which technique
of sampling does he adopt?
A. Random sampling
B. Stratified random sampling
C. Systematic sampling
D. Cluster sampling
Answer: B
Q.1. The difference in the sales of cellular phones for
the years 1997 and 1999 is?
A. 500 units
B. 1,000 units
C. 5,000 units
D. 18,000 units
Answer: D
7. Information & Communication
Technology (ICT):
 ICT: Meaning, Advantages,
Q.2. The two years between which the rate of change
of cellular phones is minimum are ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Disadvantages and Uses
 General abbreviations and terminology
 Basics of internet and e-mailing
1997 and 1998
1999 and 2000
Both option (A) and (B)
2001 and 2002
Sample Questions (Part-7):
Answer: C
Q.3. The sum of sales of cellular phones in the years
1999 and 2001 is equal to that in?
Q.1. TCIP/ IP is necessary if one is to connect to the
A. Phone Lines
B. LAN
C. Internet
D. Server
Answer: C
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A. 1997
B. 1998
C. 2000
D. 2002
Q.2. Which of the following is not a programming
language?
Answer: A
Q.4. The percentage increases in sales from 2001 to
2002 was?
A. 115 %
B. 128 %
C. 122 %
D. 118 %
A. Pascal
B. Microsoft Office
C. Java
D. C++
Answer: B
Q.3. Internet explorer is a type of
Answer: C
6. Research Aptitude:
 Research: Meaning, Characteristics &
Types;
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Operating System
Complier
Browser
IP address
Answer: C