NAT IA Arts & Humanities Verbal Test Preparation for Pakistani Students

National Aptitude test is most commonly known as NAT test. In Pakistan National testing services is responsible for conducting NAT, GAT as well as other tests. NAT test in Pakistan is usually conducted by NTS organizations for the students who wish to get admissions in bachelors and master’s degree program in any NTS associated university.

There are two types of NAT test, NAT-I and NAT-II. NAT-I test is conducted for the aspirants who have successfully completed their 12 years of education and wants to get admission in bachelor’s degree program.

Though, the students are required to appear in NAT-I test according to their fields of study. For example, if the students had studies pre-engineering group at inter level and wishes to get admission in the field at bachelors level, then he/she is required to appear in NAT-IE test. If he/she had studied arts subjects at inter level then he/she will be required to appear in NAT-IA test.

NAT I Arts Verbal

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NAT I Arts Verbal

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Question # 1

Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

ROBUST

Question # 2

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

DETECTIVE : INFORMER

Question # 3

Educational planning should aim at meeting the educational needs of the entire population of all age groups. While the traditional structure of education as a three layer hierarchy from the primary stage to the university represents the core, we should not overlook the periphery which is equally important. Under modern conditions, workers need to rewind, or renew their enthusiasm, or strike out in a new direction, or improve their skills as much as any university professor. The retired and the aged have their needs as well. Educational planning, in their words, should take care of the needs of everyone.

Our structures of education have been built up on the assumption that there is a terminal point to education. This basic defect has become all the more harmful today. A UNESCO report, titled "Learning to Be" prepared by Edgar Faure and others in 1973 asserts that the education of children must prepare the future adult for various forms of self-learning. A viable education system of the future should consist of modules with different kinds of functions serving a diversity of constituents. And performance, not the period of study, should be the basis for credentials. The writing is already on the wall.

In view of the fact that the significance of a commitment of lifelong learning and lifetime education is being discussed only in recent years even in educationally advanced countries, the possibility of the idea becoming an integral part of educational thinking seems to be a far cry. For, to move in that direction means much more than some simple rearrangement of the present organization of education. But a good beginning can be made by developing Open University programs for older learners of different categories and introducing extension services in the conventional colleges and schools. Also, these institutions should learn to cooperate with the numerous community organizations such as libraries, museums, municipal recreational programs, health services etc.
Q: In the context of the passage, what is the meaning of the sentence "The writing is already on the wall"?

Question # 4

Motorcycle is related to Battery in the same way as Life is related to......

Question # 5

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

GILL : FIN

Question # 6

Firm is related to Flabby in the same way as Piguant is related to.......

Question # 7

Recent advance in science and technology have made it possible for geneticists to find out abnormalities in the unborn foetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to be fatal to the child Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy scientists can now predict with greater accuracy a genetic disorder it is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder will set in While they have not yet been able to change the genetic order of the germs they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat They have however acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However genetic mis-information can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically Genetic information can therefore be abused and its application in deciding the sex of the foetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines but on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them it is mainly a societal problem At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorder but scientists hope to reduce the costs when technology becomes more advanced.This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the U.S.A, U.K and Japan.It remains to be seen if in the future this science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.i. Why according to the author is genetic misinformation severely damaging?

Question # 8

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

COLLAGE : IMAGES

Question # 9

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

NOSE : SMELL

Question # 10

Sentence Completion

Because its chief accountant altered figures and completely fabricated other the company's financial records were entirely______.

Question # 11

Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

ENOUGH

Question # 12

Snowfall is related to Precipitation in the same way as Grotto is related to......

Question # 13

Democratic societies from the earliest times have expected their governments to protect the weak against the strong. No 'era of good feeling' can justify discharging the police force or giving up the idea of public control over concentrated private wealth. On the other hand, it is obvious that a spirit of self-denial and moderation on the part of those who hold economic power will greatly soften the demand for absolute equality. Men are more interested in freedom and security than in an equal distribution of wealth. The extent to which Government must interfere with business, therefore, is not exactly measured by the extent to which economic power is concentrated into a few hands. The required degree of government interference depends mainly on whether economic powers are oppressively used, and on the necessity of keeping economic factors in a tolerable state of balance.

However, with the necessity of meeting all these dangers and threats to liberty, the powers of government are unavoidably increased, regardless of the political party in power. The growth of government is a necessary result of the growth of technology and of the problems that go with the use of machines and science. Since the government must take on more powers to meet the problems of the nations, there is no way to preserve freedom except by making democracy more powerful.
Q: "Tolerable state of balance" in the last sentence of the first paragraph may mean

Question # 14

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

INITIATE : END

Question # 15

Select the choice closest in meaning to the main word.

DANK

Question # 16

Lion is related to Prowl in the same way as Bear is related to.......

Question # 17

Happiness is related to Sorrow in the same way as Comfort is related to............?

Question # 18

Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

KEEN

Question # 19

Select the choice closest in meaning to the main word.

He had the nerve to suggest that I was cheating.

Question # 20

Choose a related pair of words or phrases

CAT : MOUSE

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The NAT-IA test comprises of total 90 multiple choices questions from various sections. These sections includes verbal, analytical, quantitative and subjects (Arts subjects).

The verbal section in NAT-IA paper consists of total 20 multiple choice questions of weightage 22.2% from different topics. These topics are:

  1. Sentence completion
  2. Analogy
  3. Antonym
  4. Comprehension
  5. Synonym

The first topic which is sentence completion comprises of total 5 MCQs, analogy topic comprises of 3 MCQs, antonym comprises of 4 MCQS, comprehension consist of 5 MCQS and synonym topic consist of 3 MCQs.

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NAT-I Verbal Important MCQ's

Sr.# Question Answer
1 Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

VANITY
A. Modesty
B. Kindness
C. Compassion
D. Moderation
2 Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

PROHIBIT
A. Accept
B. Permit
C. Agree
D. Grant
3
Choose a related pair of words or phrases

INITIATE : END
A. Enthusiasm : Euphemism
B. Sum : Difference
C. Malignant : Cancer
D. Attend : Ignore
4 The history of literature really began was the earliest of the arts. Man danced for joy round his primitive camp fire after the defeat and slaughter of his enemy. He yelled and shouted as he danced and gradually the yells and shouts became coherent and caught the measure of the coherent and caught the measure of the dance and thus the first war song was sung. As the idea of God developed prayers were framed. The songs and prayers became traditional and were repeated from one generation to another each generation something of its own.As man slowly grew more civilized he was compelled to invent some method of writing by three urgent necessities. There were certain things that it was dangerous to forget and which therefore had to be recorded it was necessary to protect one's property by making tools cattle and so on in some distinctive manner so man taught himself to write and having learned to write purely for utilitarian reasons he used this new method for preserving his war songs and his prayers of course among these ancient peoples there were only a very few individuals who learned to write and only a few could read what was written.b. As for the war songs and prayers each generation.
A. Added something of its own to the stock
B. Blindly repeated the songs and prayers
C. Composed its own songs and prayers
D. Repeated what has handed down to it
5 Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

FLEXIBLE
A. Brittle
B. Rigid
C. Hard
D. Solid
6 Cyclone is related to Anticyclone in the same way as Flood is related to.....
A. Devastation
B. Havoc
C. River
D. Drought
7 Ecology is related to Environment in the same way as Histology is related to..........
A. Fossils
B. History
C. Tissues
D. Hormones
8 Choose the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.

RESPITE
A. Tension
B. Exertion
C. Regularity
D. Delay
9 Lion is related to Prowl in the same way as Bear is related to.......
A. Frisk
B. Lumber
C. Stride
D. Bound
10 Napthalene is related to Woollen in the same way as Antibiotics is related to......?
A. Germs
B. Immunity
C. Diseases
D. Body

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