Print, Practice and Pass MAT Admission Entrance Exam 2013-14
This is my 8th part of blog on MAT sample questions. In this part of my blog you can do some practice sample question to prepare in English exams.
The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a test of verbal skills (vocabulary and comprehension) and analytical thinking which the test makers have designed to be a predictor of success in graduate school and professional life.
You can use this test for other English related exams too
Free Printable MAT test Sample Questions 71-80
Choose the analogy that best matches the example provided
Q 71
DIALOGUE : PLAYWRIGHT
A. FARCE : BUFFOON
B. NARRATIVE : CHARACTER
C. OVERTURE : COMPOSER
D. PACT : HUMORIST
E. CLARIFICATION : BENEFICIARY
Q 72
FLU : MALADY
A. FINALE : OVERTURE
B. FELONY : MISDEMEANOR
C. FUN : FARCE
D. FLEA : PARASITE
E. FIRE : HEARTH
Q 73
MEDLEY : MISCELLANEOUS
A. TRUCE : HOSTILE
B. LUSTER : DULL
C. FLEDGLING : EXPERIENCED
D. REMNANT : COMPLETE
E. MALADY : FATAL
Q 74
BASKETBALL : HOOP
A. POOL : CUE
B. CROQUET : WICKET
C. HOCKEY : PUCK
D. TENNIS : NET
E. BASEBALL : BAT
Q 75
PLAGUE : MALADY
A. BYSTANDER : PARTICIPANT
B. TIMIDITY : COWARD
C. ANECDOTE : NARRATIVE
D. EMBLEM : DIALOGUE
E. PERJURY : HOMICIDE
Q 76
SHERIFF : POSSE
A. PAINTER : EASEL
B. STUDENT : TEACHER
C. MASCOT : TEAM
D. SERGEANT : REGIMEN
E. FOREMAN : JURY
Q 77
GIGANTIC : SIZE
A. SUBSTANTIAL : MASS
B. MARGINAL : VOLUME
C. BANKRUPT : MONEY
D. DESPONDENT : CHEERFULNESS
E. HEARTRENDING : HUMOR
Q 78
DRUGGIST : PHARMACY
A. BALLERINA : TUTU
B. HAND : GLOVE
C. WAITER : RESTAURANT
D. COACH : TEAM
E. CHILD : FATHER
Q 79
SKI : SNOW
A. DRIVE : CAR
B. GOLF : PUTT
C. DANCE : STEP
D. SKATE : ICE
E. RIDE : HORSE
Q 80
VERIFY : TRUE
A. SIGNIFY : CHEAP
B. PURIFY : CLEAN
C. TERRIFY : CONFIDENT
D. RATIFY : ANGRY
E. MORTIFY : RELAXED
Answers-Free Printable MAT test Sample Questions 71-80
71. C: Dialogue is written by playwrights, overtures by composers. A farce (humorous/ nonsensical play/skit) is not written by a buffoon but contains one (A). A narrative is not written by a character but contains one (B). A pact is an agreement or alliance, written by a diplomat, politician, etc., not a humorist (D) or comedian. A clarification is written by an author or editor, not a beneficiary (E) or recipient of benefits, as from a will or insurance policy.
72. D: Flu is a type of malady (illness) as flea is a type of parasite (opportunistic organism). Finale and overture (A) are respectively the last/ending and first/opening movements of a musical composition. Felony and misdemeanor (B) are crimes of respectively greater and lesser severity. Fun is something one might have attending a humorous play/skit or farce (C). A fire burns in a fireplace; a hearth is in front of a fireplace (E). All incorrect choices are not TYPE: CATEGORY.
73. E: A medley is a combination of things, which may be miscellaneous (various/assorted), as a malady, or illness, may be fatal (deadly). A truce is an agreement to stop war or hostilities and hence is not hostile (A). Luster is shine and hence not dull (B). A fledgling is a beginner who is not experienced (C). A remnant is a small remaining part of something and hence is not complete (D).
74. B: In basketball, one throws a ball through a hoop; in croquet, one hits a ball through a wicket. In pool, one knocks balls into pockets-not into the cue, but using the cue (stick) (A). In hockey, one hits a puck into a goal, not into a puck (C). In tennis, one hits a ball over, not into (one hopes!) a net (D). In baseball, the ball is hit with the bat, not into it (E).
75. 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.
76. 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.
77. 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).
78. 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.
79. 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.
80. 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).
