Syllabus for General Aptitude Test (GAT)
A. General Intelligence & Reasoning: The Syllabus for General Intelligence would
include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test may include questions
on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis,
judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship
concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number
series, etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s
abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical
computations, and other analytical functions.
B. General Awareness: Questions will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general
awareness of the environment around him/ her and its application to society.
Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such
matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be
expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India
and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography,
Economic Scene, General Polity and Scientific Research, etc.
These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
C. General English: English Language & English Grammar. Narration, Voice, Basic
Sentence Patterns. Transformation of Sentences, Determiners and Preposition,
Tenses, Prefix, Suffix, Parts Of Speech-Common errors (Noun, Pronoun, Articles,
Adverb, Punctuation, Preposition etc.) , Modals, Phrases, Idioms, Vocabulary
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