AMCAT Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. In the context of the Three-Schema Architecture of a DBMS, which level describes the physical storage structure of the database? → Internal Schema
2. A shopkeeper marks up goods by 40% and then gives a 20% discount. What is the net profit percentage? → 12%
3. A pipe can fill a tank in 12 hours and another pipe can empty it in 18 hours. If both are opened simultaneously, in how many hours will the tank be filled? → 36 hours
4. By selling 20 items, a vendor gains the cost price of 5 items. What is his profit percentage? → 25%
5. In a pie chart, if the total is 360 degrees and sector A is 90 degrees, what percentage does A represent? → 25%
6. All birds can fly. A penguin is a bird. Conclusion: A penguin can fly. This argument is: → Valid but unsound
7. A trader sells an article at a loss of 15%. If the selling price had been Rs 60 more, there would have been a gain of 10%. Find the cost price. → Rs 240
8. Sales grew from 200 units in January to 250 units in February. What is the percentage increase? → 25%
9. Identify the error in the sentence: 'Each of the employees have submitted their reports on time.' → have submitted
10. Statements: Some teachers are writers. All writers are poets. Conclusion: Some teachers are poets. → True
11. Which OOP principle allows a class to have multiple methods with the same name but different parameters? → Method Overloading
12. If in a certain language, 'ROSE' is coded as 'TQUG', how is 'BLUE' coded? → DNWG
13. Which word is a SYNONYM of TENACIOUS? → Persistent
14. An amount of money is to be distributed among P, Q, and R in the ratio 5:7:9. If the difference between R's share and P's share is Rs. 1,200, what is Q's share? → Rs. 2,100
15. Two numbers are in ratio 4:5. Their LCM is 180. What is their HCF? → 9
16. A shopkeeper bought an item for $240 and sold it at a 25% profit. What was the selling price? → $300
17. What is the ratio of the total sales of Company X in 2018 and 2019 together to the total sales of Company Z in the same years? → 5:7
18. Which word correctly completes the analogy? DOCTOR : PATIENT :: TEACHER : _____ → Student
19. No reptile is a mammal. A whale is a mammal. Conclusion: A whale is not a reptile. → True
20. Choose the word most similar in meaning to AMBIGUOUS. → Vague
21. In an adjacency list representation of a graph with V vertices and E edges, what is the total space used? → O(V + E)
22. The average of 5 numbers is 20. If one number is removed, the average becomes 18. What is the removed number? → 28
23. A TV is sold at 25% profit. If the SP is Rs 6250, what is the CP? → Rs 5000
24. No P is Q. All R is Q. Conclusion: No R is P. → True
25. Which protocol is used at the Application Layer for transferring files between a client and a server? → FTP
26. If the cost price of 15 pens is equal to the selling price of 12 pens, which of the following is true? → There is a profit of 25%
27. The gravitational force is inversely proportional to the _________ between two objects. → Distance
28. Choose the ANTONYM of COVERT. → Overt
29. Which word is a SYNONYM of MENDACIOUS? → Deceitful
30. A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and 24 km downstream in 4 hours. What is the speed of the current? → 1 km/h