Free and New MAT Practice Test Sample Questions 2015-16
This is my new article on MAT sample questions. In this part of my article you can do some practice sample question to prepare in English exams
Free Printable MAT test Sample Questions 1-10
Choose the analogy that best matches the example provided
Q 1
PLAGUE : MALADY
A. BYSTANDER : PARTICIPANT
B. TIMIDITY : COWARD
C. ANECDOTE : NARRATIVE
D. EMBLEM : DIALOGUE
E. PERJURY : HOMICIDE
Q 2
. SHERIFF : POSSE
A. PAINTER : EASEL
B. STUDENT : TEACHER
C. MASCOT : TEAM
D. SERGEANT : REGIMEN
E. FOREMAN : JURY
Q 3
GIGANTIC : SIZE
A. SUBSTANTIAL : MASS
B. MARGINAL : VOLUME
C. BANKRUPT : MONEY
D. DESPONDENT : CHEERFULNESS
E. HEARTRENDING : HUMOR
Q 4
DRUGGIST : PHARMACY
A. BALLERINA : TUTU
B. HAND : GLOVE
C. WAITER : RESTAURANT
D. COACH : TEAM
E. CHILD : FATHER
Q 5
SKI : SNOW
A. DRIVE : CAR
B. GOLF : PUTT
C. DANCE : STEP
D. SKATE : ICE
E. RIDE : HORSE
Q 6
VERIFY : TRUE
A. SIGNIFY : CHEAP
B. PURIFY : CLEAN
C. TERRIFY : CONFIDENT
D. RATIFY : ANGRY
E. MORTIFY : RELAXED
Q 7
TARANTULA : SPIDER
A. MARE : STALLION
B. MILK : COW
C. FLY : PARASITE
D. SHEEP : GRASS
E. DRONE : BEE
Q 8
. RATIFY : YES
A. LOOM : NO
B. ERADICATE : YES
C. VETO : NO
D. STIFLE : YES
E. GOAD : NO
Q 9
GAUDY : TASTEFUL
A. MASSIVE : VOLUME
B. MEAGER : ABUNDANCE
C. IMPARTIAL : OBJECTIVITY
D. CHRONOLOGICAL : TIME
E. NUTRITIOUS : HEALTH
Q 10
RITE : CEREMONY
A. MAGNITUDE : SIZE
B. AFFLICTION : BLESSING
C. CLAMOR : SILENCE
D. PALL : CLARITY
E. AGITATION : CALM
Answers with explanation-Free Printable MAT test Sample Questions 101-110
1. C: Plague (epidemic) is a type of malady (illness), as anecdote (C) is a type of narrative (story). Bystander and participant (A) are opposites. Timidity (fearfulness) is a characteristic of cowards (B), not a type of coward. An emblem is a symbol or insignia, unrelated to dialogue (conversation or dramatic lines). Perjury is lying/falsifying courtroom testimony; homicide is murder.
2. E: A sheriff leads a posse; a foreman leads a jury. Painters do not lead easels (A), which hold the canvases whereon they paint. Students do not lead teachers (B) but are instructed and/or led by teachers. Mascots do not lead teams (C) but represent them. A sergeant may lead a regiment (military unit), but not a regimen (D), a regulated course of action as with medication/treatment, exercise, diet, or lifestyle.
3. A: Gigantic is great in size; substantial is great in mass. Marginal means minimal or peripheral, not great in volume (amount) (B). Bankrupt means having little or no money, not great amounts (C). Despondent means depressed, not great in cheerfulness (D). Heartrending means emotionally moving or upsetting, not great in humor (E).
4. C: A druggist works in a pharmacy, a waiter in a restaurant-both business places or buildings. A ballerina works in a dance studio and/or theater (business place/building) but wears a tutu (dance garment) (A); as a ballerina is clothed in a tutu, a hand is clothed in a glove (B); a coach teaches and guides a team (D); and a child is the offspring of a father (E). None of the incorrect answers represents WORKER: BUSINESS PLACE/BUILDING.
5. D: We ski on snow and skate on ice. We drive with/in a car (A), not on it. A putt is one action in golf (B), not a surface/green for playing golf. A step is one piece of a dance (C), not a dance floor. People do ride on horses (E), but the horse, like the car (A) is the means of conveyance, not the surface we travel over as snow and ice are skiing and skating surfaces.
6. B: To verify is to prove true; to purify is to make clean. To signify is to represent or show, not make cheap (A). To terrify is to frighten, not make confident or assured/certain (C). To ratify is to confirm or approve, not make angry (D). To mortify is to shame, not make relaxed (E).
07. E: A tarantula is a type of spider, a drone a type of bee. A mare is a female, a stallion a male, horse-two types of one animal, not types of two different animals. Milk is not a type of cow (B) but (noun) the cow's product, or (verb) an action performed on cows. A fly is a type of insect, not a type of parasite (C). A sheep eats grass, but is not a type of grass (D).
08. C: To ratify is to say yes; to veto, to say no (typically to legislation). To loom is to appear/arise largely, like thunderclouds; to be impending, as an event; or to weave, as fabric (A). Eradicate means to eliminate/remove/erase (B). Stifle means to suppress, smother, or forcibly end (D). Goad means to urge or prod (E). None of the incorrect choices means to say yes, or no, to anything.
09. B: Gaudy means tasteless/flashy; tasteful is an antonym. Meager means sparse; abundance means plenty. Impartiality, the noun corresponding to the adjective impartial, means objective (C); these are synonymous. Chronological means related to time (D); these are related but not opposites. Nutritious means promoting health (E); these are related but not antonyms.
10. A: Rite and ceremony are synonyms, as are magnitude and size. Affliction-distress or misery-is an antonym of blessing (B). Clamor, or noise, and silence (C) are antonyms. Pall, a shroud of darkness or gloom, is an antonym of clarity or clearness. Agitation, i.e. restlessness or (unpleasant) excitation, is an antonym of calm (E).
