NAT IIO Oriental & Islamic Studies Analytical Preparation Online Test for Pakistani Students

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 on living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same row of cottages.

1. Ayesha, Tahir and Javed do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row.

2. Elena and Ayesha ar unwilling to stay besides my occupied cottage.

3. Kiran is next to Pervaiz and Javed.

4. Between Ayesha and Javed’s cottage there is just one vacant house.

5. None of the girls occupies adjacent cottages.

6. The house occupied by Tahir is next to an end cottage.

Q: How many of them occupy cottages next to a vacant cottage?

Six candidates …. Ali, Amin, Omer, Hamza, Saleem and Osama are being interviewed for a job. The interview will take place over four consecutive days, starting on Thursday, Each candidate will have only one interview. The day on which the different candidates will interview must confirm to the following conditions:

(i) At least one interview will take place each day

(ii) No more than two interviews will take place on any day

(iii) No more than three interviews will take place on any two consecutive days

(iv) Ali’s interview must take place on Saturday.

(v) Amin’s interview must place on the same with another interview.

(vi) Saleem’s interview must take place on the day before Osama’s interview

(vii) Omer’s interview must take place on a day after Hamza’s interview.

Selfishness is a principal evil in our society. Every person is concerned with only himself. Personal advancement is the only motivating force in the world today. This does not mean that individuals are not 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: Drama Producers earn their profits primarily from advertising revenue, and potential advertisers are more likely to advertise on a TV with a wide network, a large number of cable operators, and other viewers. However, the coverage of the channel that is currently the most popular one in this city has steadily increased. Any of the following, if true, would help explain the apparent discrepancy between the two statements above EXCEPT:

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 on living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same row of cottages.

1. Ayesha, Tahir and Javed do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row.

2. Elena and Ayesha ar unwilling to stay besides my occupied cottage.

3. Kiran is next to Pervaiz and Javed.

4. Between Ayesha and Javed’s cottage there is just one vacant house.

5. None of the girls occupies adjacent cottages.

6. The house occupied by Tahir is next to an end cottage.

Q: Which among these statement(s) are true?

a. Ayesha is between Elena and Javed.

b. At the most four persons can have ocupied cottages on either side of them.

c. Tahir stays besides Pervaiz

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 A through F.

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 marked E, 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. Fauzia requires non-smoker neighbors.

Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

Q: The idea candidate to occupy the office farthest from Mr. Zahid would be.

In a factory control room, there are three ON-OFF switches on the 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 B ON.

In case switches A and B are the only switches ON in the default setting, then turn switch C ON. 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, switch A is OFF in the second setting. Which of the following could have been the default setting?

Six candidates …. Ali, Amin, Omer, Hamza, Saleem and Osama are being interviewed for a job. The interview will take place over four consecutive days, starting on Thursday, Each candidate will have only one interview. The day on which the different candidates will interview must confirm to the following conditions:

(i) At least one interview will take place each day

(ii) No more than two interviews will take place on any day

(iii) No more than three interviews will take place on any two consecutive days

(iv) Ali’s interview must take place on Saturday.

(v) Amin’s interview must place on the same with another interview.

(vi) Saleem’s interview must take place on the day before Osama’s interview

(vii) Omer’s interview must take place on a day after Hamza’s interview.

Q: If Hamza and Osama have their interviews on the same day which of the following be must be true?

Two or more tealeaves out of five varieties – Livana, Mathia, Novajana, Oxia, and Piask are used in making all branded by a marketer following the rues given below.

A brand containing Livana, should also contain Novajana twice that of Livana.

A brancd containing Mathia, must also have equal quantity of Oxia.

A single brand never contains Novajana as well as Oxia.

Oxia and Piask should not be used together.

A blend containing Piask should contain it in such a proportion that the total amount of Piask present should be greater than the total amount of the other tealeaves

Q: Among the below mentioned brands, which can be made agreeable by eliminating some or all of one type of tealeaves?

One’s ability to adjust in an environment successfully leads to happiness. War at a universal level destroys the weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to their environment. Thus, war at the universal level puts weakling out of their misery and allows more space for their predators to enjoy life in a better manner. As those actions have to be performed, which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest number, war at a universal level should take place.

Q: The author's discussion would be greatly weakened, if he agreed to which of the following?

I- Technology could change the environment.

II- War at the universal level would be an integral part of the environment.

III- It is possible for the strong to survive without suppressing the weak.

A railway track from Lahore to Islamabad consists of six main stations, P, Q, R, X, Y, and Z. Trains run only according to the following condition:

(i) Frm P to Q

(ii) From Q to P and from Q to R

(iii) From R to X

(iv) From X to Q and from X to Y

(v) From Z to P, from Z to Y and from Z to R

(vi) From Y to X

(vii) It is possible to transfer a station for another train.

Q. The trip which requires greatest number of transfer, is:

Follow us to the real Pakistan leaving behind the disturbances of civilization. Real Pakistan is still inhabited by the eagle, the cow, the black deer, and tigers; it is still spacious, sprawling, and majestic. Experience the freedom and serenity still to be found in --------------.

Dieticians claim that those people who seek help to quit the habit of over eating, are unable to stop overeating. Therefore, doctors have concluded that success in breaking such habit is rare. A large-scale survey shows that thousands of people have quit the habit of over eating. If both of the statements above are correct, an explanation that resolves their apparent contradiction is.

Nine Individuals – Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S AND R are the only candidates, who can 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.

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.

Q: In case R is the only individual serving on committee B, which among the following should serve on committee A?

In an in vitro study, 160 white cars were injected with Salt X. 160 other white cats injected with placebo. In two weeks, 39% of the white cats, who were injected with Salt X showed symptoms of Kay fever. Hence, it can be concluded that Kay fever is caused by some elements similar to the elements in Salt X.

Q: Which of the following statements would most seriously weaken the above discussion?

Selfishness is a principal evil in our society. Every person is concerned with only himself. Personal advancement is the only motivating force in the world today. This does not mean that individuals are not 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: Many people do not read the books they purchase. For example, seventeen percent of college students in Pakistan have text books, but only forty-five percent of them read more than once a year, and only seventeen percent read more than once a week. Which of the following, if true, casts doubt on the claim that most people read the books they purchase?

An observatory is setting up a schedule for school children to view a returning comet. Five school classes K, L, N, O, and P-will each view the comet exactly once during the four nights. Monday through Thursday, of its maximum brightness. Excellent viewing conditions ‘are predicated for all four nights. The scheduling is subject to the following constraints:

At most two classes can view the comet on any given night.

Class K cannot view the comet on the same night that Class N does.

Class L must view the comet on a night prior to the night when Class P views the comet.

Class O must view the comet on the same night that Class P does.

Q: If Class O can view the comet neither on Wednesday nor on Thursday, which of the following must be true?

A bus has exactly six stops on its route. The bus first stops at stop one and then at stops two, three, four, five and six respectively. After the bus leaves stop six, the bus turns and returns to stop one and repeats the cycle. The stops are at six buildings that are, in alphabetical order 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.

Q: In case L is the second stop, which among the following must be the stop immediately before M?

Follow us to the real Pakistan leaving behind the disturbances of civilization. Real Pakistan is still inhabited by the eagle, the cow, the black deer, and tigers; it is still spacious, sprawling, and majestic. Experience the freedom and serenity still to be found in --------------.

Q: Our beliefs regarding the world cannot be certain. Even well confirmed scientific theory is likely to change over a short period. If we do not try to understand, then it is like to be away from the human race. Undoubtedly, life is worth living in other respects -- as it is no mean thing to be an animal. It is also true that a man wishes to see this speculative domain beyond his next breakfast. From the above discussion it can be concluded that the author believes that

An observatory is setting up a schedule for school children to view a returning comet. Five school classes K, L, N, O, and P-will each view the comet exactly once during the four nights. Monday through Thursday, of its maximum brightness. Excellent viewing conditions ‘are predicated for all four nights. The scheduling is subject to the following constraints:

At most two classes can view the comet on any given night.

Class K cannot view the comet on the same night that Class N does.

Class L must view the comet on a night prior to the night when Class P views the comet.

Class O must view the comet on the same night that Class P does.

Q: If Class N Views the comet on Thursday, which of the following could be true?

One’s ability to adjust in an environment successfully leads to happiness. War at a universal level destroys the weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to their environment. Thus, war at the universal level puts weakling out of their misery and allows more space for their predators to enjoy life in a better manner. As those actions have to be performed, which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest number, war at a universal level should take place.

Q: If Rubina was born in KPK, then she is a citizen of Pakistan, The statement above can be deduced from which of the following statement?

Selfishness is a principal evil in our society. Every person is concerned with only himself. Personal advancement is the only motivating force in the world today. This does not mean that individuals are not 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 the blank in the above passage, select one of the options from the below mentioned options: