GAT-B Arts, Humanities & Social Science Analytical
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Question # 1
Society for special education is to prepare seven blind students for national Naat competition in the month of Ramzan. Controller for academics of the society selects seven students —Tahir, Usman, Veena, Waseem, Ghias, Yasin, and Zafar. For this purpose, the students are to give a recital, and their instructor is deciding the order in which they will perform. Each student will perform exactly one Naat. In deciding the order of performance, the instructor must observe the following restrictions: Ghias cannot perform first or second. Waseem cannot perform until Ghias has performed.Neither Tahir nor Yasin can perform seventh. Either Yasin or Zafar must perform immediately after Waseem performs. Veena must perform either immediately after or immediately before Usman performs.
Q:If Usman performs third, what is the latest position in which Yasin can perform?
Question # 2
Individual members from animal species are to be chosen from a special exhibit habitat.The eight species are A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H.Because of the way these animals interact,certain guidelines must be followed.Animals that will fight cannot be placed in the habitat together.Members of species G will fight with members of species D,E and F.A member of species C will fight with a member of species B,but only if a member of species G is present.If a member of species H is present,a member if species A will not fight with any animal.If a member of species No fights other than those described above will occur.If two other animals are to be added to a habitat containing a member of species B and a member of species G in the habitat,which of the following could be those two animals?
Question # 3
According to the new office smoking regulation,only employees who have enclosed offices may smoke at their desks.Virtually,all employees with enclosed offices are at the professional level,and virtually all secretaries employees lack enclosed offices.Therefore secretaries who smoke should be offered enclosed offices.1.Which of the following is an assumption that enables the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
Question # 4
The principal of a college is forming a committee.There are to be five members:three teachers,chosen from Mr A,Mr C, Mr.D, Mr E; and two students,chosen from L,M,N and O. The composition of the committee must conform the following conditions:Q-Mr.A will serve only if O is also on the committee.Mr C will not serve unless Mr.B and L also serve.Neither Mr.D nor Mr.E will serve without the other.If M serves,either N nor O can serve.which of the following is an acceptable committee?
Question # 5
It is true that it is against international law to sell plutonium to countries that do not yet have nuclear weapon.But if United States companies do so,companies in other countries will.Q:Which of the following is most like the argument above in its logical structure?
Question # 6
Nine athletes attend a sports banquet at Iqbal Stadium,Lahore.Three of the athletes--A,B and C--are varsity football players,two of the athletes---D and E--are varsity basketball players.The other four athletes--L,M,N,and O --belong to the hockey club.All nine athletes will be seated at three small tables,each seating three athletes.The athletes must be seated according to the following rules:L and A do not sit at the same table.M sits together with at least one of B or D.There can be at most only one football player at a table.There can be at most only one basketball player at a table.Q-Which of the following pairs will not sit with P?
Question # 7
In a shopping mall, six steps lead from the first to the second floor. Four peoples A, B, C, and D are to go from first floor to the second floor following the rules given below. No two people can be on the same step. A is two steps below C. B is a step next to D. Only one-step is vacant (No one standing on that step). Denote the first step by step I and second step by step 2 etc.
Q: If B was on step 1, which step could A be on?
Question # 8
All good athletes want to win,and all athletes who want to win eat a well-balanced diet,therefore,all athletes who do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad athletes.Q-Which of the following if true,would refuse the assumptions of the argument above?
Question # 9
The microwave oven has become a standard appliance in many kitchens,mainly because it offers a fast way of cooking food,You some homeownersbelievethat the ovens are still not completely safe.Microwave,therefore,should not be a standard appliance until they are more carefully researched and tested.Q-Which of the following if true would most weaken the conclusion of the passage above?
Question # 10
"The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's dignity without intruding upon the liberty of others." stated Sir Francis Bacon.If this is the case then not intruding upon another's liberty is impossible.Q.The author's argument would be weakened if it were pointed out that?I.Bacon's argument has been misinterpreted out of context.II.Neither liberty nor dignity can be discussed in absolute terms.III.Retaining dignity always involves a reducing of liberty.
Question # 11
Researchers have found an inactive virus in dry bread.In previous experiments,researchers found that inactivated viruses could convert healty cells into cancer cells.It can be concluded that the use of dry bread can casue cancer.Q-Which one of the following if true most seriously weakens the argument?
Question # 12
Before the arrival of Asim,a new partner,sales output in Bilal's company Minhas In Reverse Ltd.had been raising by 10% per year on average.Innovations by Asim included computerization of technical process and reduction in the work force,but annual sales output has only risen by 5% per year.It appears that Asim's innovations have caused the reduction in the annual growth rate.Q:Which of the following if true would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?
Question # 13
Multan Institute of Higher Studies plans to show five educational films A, B, C, D, and E to a group of students. The film shows are planned in an order, which conforms to the following conditions:
A must be shown earlier than C.
B must be shown earlier than D.
E should be the fifth film shown.
Q:Which among the following is an acceptable order for showing the educational films?
Question # 14
Five ladies, Ayesha, Bano, Chandni, Durya, and Elina enter in a series of baking contests in which they are to place their Biryani dish to the judges. The series follows the rules of presentation given below: Bano places ahead of Chandni. Either Ayesha is first and Elina is last, or Elina is first and Ayesha is last. There are no ties in any contest. Everyone competes in each contest.
Q:Which of the following CANNOT be true?
Question # 15
Seven children--M,N,O,P,Q,X and Y eligible to enter a drawing contest.From these seven,two teams must be formed,a blue team and a yellow team,each item consisting of exactly three of the children.No child can be selected for more than one team.Team selection is subject to the following restrictions: If P is on the blue team,O must be selected for the yellow team.If M is on the blue team.If M is on the blue team.Q,if selected must be on the yellow team.Q cannot be on the same team as X.N cannot be on the same team as O.Q-If P is on the blue team,which of the following if selected,must also be on the blue team?
Question # 16
Three women--X,Y, and Z are traveling in a van with five children--A,B,C,D and E The van has a driver's seat and one passenger seat in the front and two benches behind the front seats, one bench behind the first.Each bench has room for exactly three people.Every one must sit in a seat or on a bench and seating is subject to the following restrictions: A women must sit on each bench.Either X or Y must sit in the driver's seat.C must sit immediately beside E.Q-If A sits immediately beside Z,which of the following CANNOT be true?
Question # 17
In a city, police commissioner planed to educate the citizens the traffic rules. He arranged a separate department and appointed senior staff members as instructors. Students in this class are required to meet the chief instructor once per term. The chief instructor offers meeting times on one day, one meeting time in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. The students in the class this term are Farid, Gia, Hamid, Javed, Kamran, Lubna, Majeed, and Nargis. The meetings with the chief instructor must conform to the following conditions: The chief instructor will not meet with only one student at a time. The chief instructor must meet with at least one student in each of the available meeting times. ',arid and Javed cannot attend the same meeting. Kamran and Majced cannot attend the same meeting. If Gia attends the morning meeting, then Kamran must attend the evening meeting. If Javed attends the afternoon meeting, then Hamid must attend the afternoon meeting. The number of students who meet in the morning must be the same as the number of students who meet in the evening.
Q:If Gia and Lubna are the only students who meet in the morning, then which of the following CANNOT be true?
Question # 18
Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R are to serve on three committees labeled A, B and C. Each candidate should serve on exactly one of the committees. Committee A should consist of exactly one member more than that of committee B. It is possible that there are no members of committee C Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A. Among W, V and U none can serve on committee C. Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C.
Among the following combinations which could constitute the membership of committee C?
Question # 19
A publisher chooses five articles to be published in the upcoming issue of an arts review.The only articles available for publication are theater articles L,M,N and O and dance articles W,X,Y,and Z.At least three of the fire published articles must be dance articles.If O is chosen,then Y Cannot be.If L is chosen,then O must also be chosen.Q-If M is chosen for the issue,which of the following must be true?
Question # 20
A carrier must deliver mail by making a stop at each of six buildings: S,T,U,V,W and X,Mail to be delivered are of two types,ordinary mail and priority mail.The delivery of both types of mail is subject to the following conditions:Regardless of the type of mail to be delivered mail to W and mail to X must be delivered,mail to W and mail to X must be delivered before mail to U is delivered,Regardless of the type of mail to be delivered,mail to T and mail to S must be delivered before mail to X is delivered.Mail to buildings receiving some priority mail must be delivered,as far as the above conditions permit,before mail to buildings receiving only ordinary mail.Q- If T,U and X are each receiving priority mail,which of the following lists the buildings in an order,from first through sixth,in which they can receive mail?
Question # 21
A publisher chooses five articles to be published in the upcoming issue of an arts review.The only articles available for publication are theater articles L,M,N and O and dance articles W,X,Y,and Z.At least three of the fire published articles must be dance articles.If O is chosen,then Y Cannot be.If L is chosen,then O must also be chosen.Q-How many acceptable groupings articles include O?
Question # 22
On a factory control room, there are three ON-OFF switches on central control panel, labeled A,B, and C. They are changed from default setting to a required setting based on the following rules:
In case only switch A is ON in the default setting, then turn switch BON..
In case switches A and B are the only switches ON in the default setting, then turn switch CON. In case all the three switches are ON,in default setting, then turn the switch C OFF. For any other default setting turn ON all switches that are OFF and turn OFF all switches,if any, that are ON.
Q: In case, all the three switches are ON in the second setting, which among the following could have been the default setting?
Question # 23
In a room,six people,P,Q,R,S,M and N are seated about a round table.Every chair is placed equidistant from adjacent chairs.1.M is seated next to R.2.S is seated 3 seats from R.3.P is seated 2 seats from N.Q-Which of the following must be true?I.P must be seated next to Q.II.P must be seated next to S.III.M and Q are separated by one seat.
Question # 24
A Government College sports president wishes to select four members of a sports-wing committee as special representatives to meet the requirements of college's sports activities.The committee consists of eight members four of which (K,L,M and M) are sports teachers whereas the other four (P,Q,R andS) are students.The four representatives must consist of exactly two sports teachers and two students.Either K or L must be one of the representatives but K and L both cannot be the representatives.If P is a If R is a representative then L cannot be a representative.Q-If L,N and Q are representatives then which of the following must also be a representative?
Question # 25
The accounts staff of the Mark corporation presently consists of three book-keepers (X,Y and Z) and five Data Entry Operators (M,N,O,P and Q) Management is planning to open a new office in another city sending three Data Entry Operators and two book-keepers from the present staff.To do so they plan to separate certain individuals who do not function well together.The following guidelines were established to set up the new office:(i) Book-keepers X and Z are constantly finding faults with one another therefore should not be sent together to the new office.(ii) Z and N function well alone but not as a team.They should be separated.(iii) M and P have not been on speaking terms for many months they should not go together.(iv) Since M and O have been competing for a promotion they should not be in one team.Based on the above information find the correct answers to the following questions:Q-If both Z and O are moved to the new office,how many combinations are possible?
Question # 26
Nine athletes attend a sports banquet at Iqbal Stadium,Lahore.Three of the athletes--A,B and C--are varsity football players,two of the athletes---D and E--are varsity basketball players.The other four athletes--L,M,N,and O --belong to the hockey club.All nine athletes will be seated at three small tables,each seating three athletes.The athletes must be seated according to the following rules:L and A do not sit at the same table.M sits together with at least one of B or D.There can be at most only one football player at a table.There can be at most only one basketball player at a table.Q-Which trio could sit together?
Question # 27
Society for special education is to prepare seven blind students for national Naat competition in the month of Ramzan. Controller for academics of the society selects seven students —Tahir, Usman, Veena, Waseem, Ghias, Yasin, and Zafar. For this purpose, the students are to give a recital, and their instructor is deciding the order in which they will perform. Each student will perform exactly one Naat. In deciding the order of performance, the instructor must observe the following restrictions: Ghias cannot perform first or second. Waseem cannot perform until Ghias has performed.Neither Tahir nor Yasin can perform seventh. Either Yasin or Zafar must perform immediately after Waseem performs. Veena must perform either immediately after or immediately before Usman performs.
Q:If Veena performs first, which one of the following must be true?
Question # 28
In the first message to Congress,Harry Truman said,"The responsibility of the United States is to serve and not dominate the world."Q.Which of the following is one basic assumption underlying Truman's statement?
Question # 29
Six scientists A,B,C,D,E and F are to present a paper each at a one-day conference. Three of them will present their papers in the morning session before the lunch break whereas the other three will be presented in the afternoon session. The presentations have to be scheduled in such a way that they comply with the following conditions:
B should present his paper immediately before C's presentation; their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break. D must be the first or the last scientist to present his paper.
Q: In case C is to be fifth scientist to present his paper, then B must be
Question # 30
Three men (Tahir, Pervaiz, and Javed) and three women (Elena, Ayesha, and Kiran) are spending a few months at Abbottabad. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages, each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same row of houses.
I Ayesha, Tahir, and Javed do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row.
II Elena and Ayesha are unwilling to stay besides any occupied cottage.
III Kiran is next to Pervaiz and Javed.
IV Between Ayesha and Javed's cottage there is just one vacant house.
V None of the girls occupies adjacent cottages.
VI The house occupied by Tahir is nest to an end cottage.
Q: Which among these statement(s) are true?
I Ayesha is between Elena and Javed
II At the most four persons can have occupied cottages on either side of them
Four computer operators (Ali,Babar,Cheema and Dar) each have to perform duties at the NADRA on four different days Thursday through Sunday.The following is their duty schedule: Cheema has his duty day before Ali.Dar has his duty day later than Babar.Q-Which of the following is a possible order of duty days for the four operators?
A. Cheema, Dar, Ali and Babar
B. Dar,Cheema, Ali and Babar
C. Babar,Cheema,Dar and Ali
D. Ali,Cheema,Dar and Babar
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Khan Fast Foods serves lunch Tuesday through Sunday.The restaurant is closed on Monday. Mutton karahi, chicken karachi, korma, fish fried, and vegetable are served each week based on the following conditions: Chicken karahi is served on three days each week, but never on Friday. Korma is served on one day each week.Fish fried is served on three days each week, but never on consecutive days. Chicken karahi and mutton karahi are both served on Saturday and Sunday.Vegetable is served five days each week.No more than three different foods are served on any given day.
Q: On which of the following pairs of days could the restaurant's menu of foods be identical?
A. Friday and Sunday
B. Tuesday and Wednesday
C. Saturday and Sunday
D. Wednesday and Friday
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The primary evil of today's society is selfishness.People are concerned only with themselves.Personal advancement is the sole motivating force in our world.This is not to say that individuals are never willing to help one another,on the contrary,.............However,these are only short-term occurrences which ultimately serve our long-term goal of personal gain.Q-Which statement would most strongly contradict the author's attitude towards society?
A. Altruism is society's greatest strength.
B. The forces of good will ultimately triumph over evil.
C. Our short-term actions may ostensibly contradict our long-term goals
D. We must all learn the art of selfishness.
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Individual members from animal species are to be chosen from a special exhibit habitat.The eight species are A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H.Because of the way these animals interact,certain guidelines must be followed.Animals that will fight cannot be placed in the habitat together.Members of species G will fight with members of species D,E and F.A member of species C will fight with a member of species B,but only if a member of species G is present.If a member of species H is present,a member if species A will not fight with any animal.If a member of species No fights other than those described above will occur.If two habitats are setup,one containing members of species A,B,H and G,and the other containing members of species D,F,C and E,which animals could be switched one for the other without provoking any fights?
A. Species H and F
B. Species B and C
C. Species A and C
D. Species G and D
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During practice matches,before a major tournament,in a football ground,one team can practice at a time.There are seven teams-- the Argentine,the Brazil the Senegal,the Dubai,the England,the France and the Germany,The football ground is open seven evenings a week from Monday to Sunday (Sunday being considered the last day of the week),and the allocation of the practice times is governed by the following rules:i.On any evening only one team can play.ii.The Argentine must practice on Monday.iii.The Dubai practice exactly one day before the France practice.iv,The France practice exactly one day before the Germany practice.v.The Senegal and the Brazil must practice earlier in the week than the England.Q-If a person went to the football ground on three consecutive evenings,her or she could see which of the following teams in the order listed?
A. The France,the Germany,the Senegal
B. The France,the Germany,the Dubai
C. The Argentine,the Dubai,the Senegal
D. The Brazil,the Senegal,the Franxe
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Three women--X,Y, and Z are traveling in a van with five children--A,B,C,D and E The van has a driver's seat and one passenger seat in the front and two benches behind the front seats, one bench behind the first.Each bench has room for exactly three people.Every one must sit in a seat or on a bench and seating is subject to the following restrictions: A women must sit on each bench.Either X or Y must sit in the driver's seat.C must sit immediately beside E.Q-Which of the following can sit in the front passenger seat?
A. C
B. D
C. X
D. Y
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I All A's are B's
II All A's are C's or D's
III All C's and D's are A's
IV All E's are D's
V All G's are F's
VI No F's are A's
Q: Which of the following is inconsistent with one or more conditions
A. All B's are A's
B. All B's are F's
C. Some B's are both F's and A's
D. No F's are B's
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A Government College sports president wishes to select four members of a sports-wing committee as special representatives to meet the requirements of college's sports activities.The committee consists of eight members four of which (K,L,M and M) are sports teachers whereas the other four (P,Q,R andS) are students.The four representatives must consist of exactly two sports teachers and two students.Either K or L must be one of the representatives but K and L both cannot be the representatives.If P is a If R is a representative then L cannot be a representative.Q-If L,N and Q are representatives then which of the following must also be a representative?
A. M
B. P
C. R
D. S
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Three women--X,Y, and Z are traveling in a van with five children--A,B,C,D and E The van has a driver's seat and one passenger seat in the front and two benches behind the front seats, one bench behind the first.Each bench has room for exactly three people.Every one must sit in a seat or on a bench and seating is subject to the following restrictions: A women must sit on each bench.Either X or Y must sit in the driver's seat.C must sit immediately beside E.Q-If A sits immediately beside Z,which of the following CANNOT be true?
A. C sits immediately beside Y.
B. D sits immediately beside Z.
C. B sits in the front passenger seat.
D. A sits on the same bench as B
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A city map representing roads M,N,O,P,Q and R.Link roads cannot have the same colour in the map.The roads link to each other are as under:Each M,N,P and Q has link to O.P has a link to Q.Each of M and N has a link to R.Which of the following roads can be the same colour as O on the map?
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