GAT-B Arts, Humanities & Social Science Analytical MCQs With Answers

An island, five kilometers away in the sea is connected to the land by two ways, three hanging bridges A, B, and C and three water routes 1,2 and 3.The managing authority offers services to people for coming in and for going out by officially managed vehicles on both ways. When it snows, morning service on B is delayed. When it rains or snows, service on A, route 2 and route 3 are delayed in both the morning and afternoon When temperature falls below 30 degrees Fahrenheit afternoon service is cancelled on either A or on the route 3, but not both.When the temperature rises over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the afternoon service is cancelled in either on C or on the route 3 but not both.When the service on A is delayed or cancelled, service on the C, which connects A is delayed.When service on the router 3 is cancelled, service on B, which connects the route 3 is delayed.

An Internal Services Manager at a large corporation has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are titled AthroughF. Mrs. Ruby needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mujahid and Mr. Zahid need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Mrs. Fauzia is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office markedE, having the biggest window. Mr. Abid requires silence in the offices next to his Mr. Shahid, Mr. Mujahid, and Mr. Abid are all smokers. Mrs.Fauziarequires non-smoker neighbors. Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

In a computer data transfer-cable plant,cables are assembled by twisting plastic-coated wires together.There are wires of exactly six different solid colours---red,purple,pink,green,orange and book --wires must be assembled into single cables according to the following rules:Each cable must contain at least three wires and wires of at least three different colours.These cables are joined by the following rules:At most two wires in a single cable can be black.At most two wires in a single cable can be orange.There can be at most one wire of each of the other colours in a single cable.If one wire is red,then one wire must be purple.If one wire is pink,then no wire can be green.Q-If exactly one black wire and exactly one orange wire are used in an assembled cable,which of the following must be true?

The customer complaint department of a chain of departmental stores firm employs exactly six people who answer letters: A,B,C,D,E and F.Every complaint letter received by the departmental is classified as either Red or Blue,The procedures for answering the letter are:Red letters are given first to A or B.Blue letters are given first to anyone of the following:A,D or C.If a letter raises a problem that cannot be resolved by the person to whom it is given,it must be forwarded until it reaches someone who can resolve the problem and answer the letter.A letter must be forwarded as follows:By A to C if the letter is Red,but to D if the letter is Blue;By B to either A to C;By C to D if the letter is Red,but to E if the letter is Blue;By D to either C or E whether the letter is Red or Blue;By E to F whether the letter is Red or Blue.F answer every letter given to him.A blue letter could reach F via which of the following sequences of people?

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 and M are both on the blue team,the yellow team can consist of which of the following?

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?

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:

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?

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.Q-If D,A and C are chosen for the habitat,which of the following must also be chosen?

Asif has refused to work hard for the exam preparation; therefore no more pocket money from his father should be provided to him.1.Which of the following is an assumption made in the argument above?

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 P is a representative then which of the following CANNOT be a representative?

In a scout training institute, there are three categories strikers, defenders, and helpers. Eight scouts are selected from these categories for learning to follow two commands—"attack" And "revert." At least one scout is selected from one category. All female scouts in the group are defenders. The results of the first lesson are as follows: At least: two of the scouts have learned to follow the "attack': command, but not the "revert" command. At least two of the.scouts have. learned to follow the "revert" command, but not the "attack" command. At least one of the scouts has learned to follow both commands. Among the eight scouts, only helpers have learned to follow the "revert" command.

Each of the following problems has a question and two statements which labeled 1 and 2.Use the data given in 1 and 2 together with other information given in the statement,and find a correct answer by using basic mathematics and and everyday facts.Q-In Lahore Zoo,there are 37 deer.How many small black deer are there?1. 12 of deer are small.2. There are 20 black deer in the Zoo.

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-If Cheema has his duty day on Saturday, who must have his duty day on Thursday?

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?

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-To fill in the blanks in the above passage,select one of the options from the below mentioned options?

Sales manager Nasir All is trying to establish a sales team to cover the Lahore region. His team will consist of four members - two experienced and two new sales representatives. Saleem, Fawad, Hanif, and Karim are the experienced sales representatives. Javed, Taimoor, and Daud arc new. Saleem and Fawad do not work together Taimoor and Saleem refuse to work.together. Hanif and Daud cannot work together

All R's are either P's or Q's.All P's are R's.All Q's are R's.No Y's are Z's.Some Q's are Z's.Not all Z's are R's.Q-Which is inconsistent with the above set of statements?I. Some Z's are P'sII.Some Z's are Q'sIII Some Z's are neither P's nor Q'sIV.All Y's are P'sV.Some Z's are Y's

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?

The value of a close examination of the circumstances of an aircraft accident lies not only in fixing blame but in learning lessons.Q.The above statement first most logically into which of the following types of passages?

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?

During 2006, from january through june,the Chairman of Physics Department will be on Sabbath.The Dean of college has asked each of the college six professors int he department---Akhter,Bilal,Chohan,Fraz,Hamid and Noman--to serve as acting chairman during one of these months.The physicists can decide the order in which they will serve,subject only to the following criteria established by the dean.i. Chohan will serve as chairman in February.ii.Akhter will serve as chairman before Hamid does.iii.Bilal and Fraz will serve as chairman in consecutive months.Q-If Bilal serves in May,what is the latest month in which Akhter,could serve?

In a computer data transfer-cable plant,cables are assembled by twisting plastic-coated wires together.There are wires of exactly six different solid colours---red,purple,pink,green,orange and book --wires must be assembled into single cables according to the following rules:Each cable must contain at least three wires and wires of at least three different colours.These cables are joined by the following rules:At most two wires in a single cable can be black.At most two wires in a single cable can be orange.There can be at most one wire of each of the other colours in a single cable.If one wire is red,then one wire must be purple.If one wire is pink,then no wire can be green.Q-If there us an additional requirement that pink must be used if purple is used,which of the following must be true?

A city wagon has exactly sis stops on its route, The wagon first stops at stop one and then at stops two, three, four,five, and six respectively. After the wagon leaves stop six, the bus turns, returns to stop one, and repeats the cycle.The stops of the wagon are named as L,M.N,O,P and Q. P is the third stop.M is the sixth stop. The stop O is the stop immediately before Q. N is the stop immediately before L.

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 S is the only building receiving priority mail,which of the following lists the buildings in an order,from first through sixth,in which they can receive their mail?

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.

During 2006, from january through june,the Chairman of Physics Department will be on Sabbath.The Dean of college has asked each of the college six professors int he department---Akhter,Bilal,Chohan,Fraz,Hamid and Noman--to serve as acting chairman during one of these months.The physicists can decide the order in which they will serve,subject only to the following criteria established by the dean.i. Chohan will serve as chairman in February.ii.Akhter will serve as chairman before Hamid does.iii.Bilal and Fraz will serve as chairman in consecutive months.Q-If Noman serve in April,all of the following could be true except?

A researcher has concluded that woman are just as capable as men in math but that their skills are not developed because society expects them to develop other and more diverse abilities.Q.Which of the following is a basic assumption of the researcher?

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.

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?