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Analytical reasoning Sample Questions
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    Sample Questions for:
    Analytical Reasoning
    Difficulty Level: 1-5 of 10


    Purpose of this set of sample questions is to              2. How many of them occupy cottages next to a
    familiarize the test taker with the question types that       vacant cottage?
    appear on the actual test.                                        A. 2
                                                                      B. 3
                                                                      C. 4

    Analytical Reasoning
                                                                      D. 5
                                                                      E. 6
                                                               3. Which among these statement(s) are true?
                                                                    I.        Anne is between Eliza and Jack.
    Directions:                                                          II.  At the most four persons can have
    Analytical reasoning questions are based on a passage                     occupied cottages on either side of
    or set of conditions. While answering a few of the                        them. .
    analytical reasoning questions, you would find it                   III.  Tom stays besides Peter.
    useful to draw a rough diagram. To answer any                        D.   I only
    question, choose the answer you think is most                        E.   II only
    appropriate among the given options.                                 F.   I and III only
                                                                         G.   II and III only
    Questions 1- 3                                                       H.   I, II and III
    Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women
    (Eliza, Anne and Karen) are spending a few months at       Questions 4 - 7
    a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages,    An employee has been assigned the task of allotting
    each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no    offices to six of the staff members. The offices are
    others staying in the same row of houses.                  numbered 1 - 6. The offices are arranged in a row and
                                                               they are separated from each other by six foot high
        1. Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in           dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke
           any cottage, which is at the end of the row.        flow easily from one office to another.
        2. Eliza and Anne are unwilling to stay besides
                                                               Miss Robert needs to use the telephone quite often
           any occupied cottage.
                                                               throughout the day. Mr. Mike and Mr. Brown need
        3. Karen is next to Peter and Jack.
                                                               adjacent offices as they need to consult each other
        4. Between Anne and Jack’s cottage there is just
                                                               often while working. Miss. Hardy is a senior employee
           one vacant house.
                                                               and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the
        5. None of the girls occupy adjacent cottages.
                                                               biggest window. .
        6. The house occupied by Tom is next to an end
           cottage.                                            Mr. Donald requires silence in the offices next to his.
                                                               Mr. Tim, Mr. Mike and Mr. Donald are all smokers.
    1. Which of the above statements can be said to            Miss Hardy finds tobacco smoke allergic and
       have been derived from two other statements?            consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied
          A. Statement 1                                       by non-smokers.
          B. Statement 2                                       Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain
3         C. Statement 3                                       an atmosphere of silence during office hours.
          D. Statement 5
          E. Statement 6

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    4. The ideal candidate to occupy the office furthest                C. The natural habitats of white mice do not
       from Mr. Brown would be                                              contain any of the elements found in
            A. Miss Hardy                                                   Serum D.
            B. Mr. Mike                                                 D. The scientists administered the injections
            C. Mr. Tim                                                      being ignorant of the contents of the
            D. Mr. Donald                                                   solutions used.
            E. Mr. Robert                                               E. The 160 white mice used in the laboratory
    5. The three employees who are smokers should be                        experiment were kept isolated from each
       seated in the offices.                                               other.
            A. 1, 2 and 4                                      9. The above argument would be highly empowered
            B. 2, 3 and 6                                          in case it were shown that:
            C. 1, 2 and 3                                               A. Some of the elements in Serum D are
            D. 1, 2 and 3                                                   extracted from the root of a certain
            E. 1, 2 and 6                                                   poisonous jungle wildflower.
    6. The ideal office for Mr. Mike would be.                          B. Within a period of two weeks about 40%
            A. 2                                                            of the white mice, who were injected with
            B. 6                                                            a harmless sugar solution also contracted
            C. 1                                                            jungle fever.
            D. 3                                                        C. Almost all the white mice died within a
            E. 4                                                            period of two days after the first
    7. In the event of what occurrence, within a period                     symptoms appeared.
       of one month since the assignment of the offices,                D. Normally the rate of jungle fever among
       would a request for a change in office be put forth                  white mice is less than 0.01%.
       by one or more employees?                                        E. Invariably the blood of the victims of
            A. Mr. Donald quitting smoking.                                 jungle fever victims contains a high level
            B. The installation of a noisy teletype                         of a certain toxic substance also found in
               machine by Miss Hardy in her office.                         serum D.
            C. Mr. Roberts needing silence in the office       10. Distribution of leaflets and delivering speeches on
               (s) next to her own. .                              government property should be outlawed.
            D. Mr. Brown suffering from laryngitis.                Radicals and fanatics have no right to use public
            E. Mr. Tim taking over the duties formerly             property when peddling their unsavory views.
               taken care of by Miss. Robert. .
                                                                       The argument above is based on the
    Questions 8 - 10                                                   postulate
    In an experiment conducted at a laboratory, 160
    white mice were injected with Serum D. 160 other                   A. The general public has a special concern
    white mice were injected with a harmless sugar                        in the free exchange of different political
    solution .In two weeks time 39% of the white mice,                    views.
    who were injected with Serum D contracted the                      B. Radicals and fanatics prefer the use of
    highly contagious and often fatal disease, jungle fever.              public property while propagating their
    Hence, it can be concluded that jungle fever is caused                viewpoint.
    by some elements similar to the elements in Serum D.               C. Every person who hands out leaflets and
                                                                          delivers speeches is a radical or fanatic.
    8. The above discussion would be weakened most                     D. Legal constraints which are applicable to
       severely in case it is shown that                                  one group need not be equally applicable
           A. People contracting jungle fever are                         to all.
               usually the victims of the bite of the South            E. Any political activity, which hinders the
               American Lesser Hooded Viper.                              proper functioning of the government
           B. One among the 160 white mice had                            should not be protected by the law.
4              already contracted jungle fever prior to
               the laboratory experiment.

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    Questions 11 - 12                                                 A perfume containing L, should also contain
                                                                      the essence N, and the quantity of N should
    Successfully adjusting to one's environment leads to
                                                                      be twice as that of L.
    happiness. War at a universal level war destroys the
                                                                      A perfume containing M, must also have O as
    weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to
                                                                      one of its components and they should be in
    their environment. Thus, war at the universal level
                                                                      equal proportion.
    puts weaklings out of their misery and allows more
                                                                      A single perfume should never contain N as
    space for their predators to enjoy life in a better
                                                                      well as O.
    manner. As those actions have to be performed,
                                                                      O and P should not be used together.
    which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest
                                                                      A perfume containing the essence P should
    number, war at a universal level should take place.
                                                                      contain P in such a proportion that the total
                                                                      amount of P present should be greater than
    11. What response would the author of the above
                                                                      the total amount of the other essence or
        discussion come up with, in the case of the
                                                                      essences used.
        objection that the weaklings far exceed strong
        people?
                                                               13. Among the following which is an agreeable
           I.   He would respond with the statement
                                                                   formula for a perfume?
                that the person making the objection is a
                                                                       A. One part L, one part P
                weakling.
                                                                       B. Two parts M, two parts L
          II.   He would respond by saying that
                                                                       C. Three parts N, three parts L
                weaklings will be miserable no matter
                                                                       D. Four parts O, four parts M
                what happens.
                                                                       E. Five parts P, five parts M
         III.   He would respond with the statement
                                                               14. Adding more amount of essence N will make
                that the strong would be frustrated if the
                                                                   which of the following perfumes agreeable?
                weaklings are destroyed.
                                                                       A. One part L, one part N, five parts P
             D.     I only
                                                                       B. Two parts M, two parts N, two parts P
                E. II only
                                                                       C. One part M, one part N, one part P
                F. III only
                                                                       D. Two parts M, one part N, four parts P
                G. I and II only
                                                                       E. Two parts N, one part O, three parts P
                H. II and III only
                                                               15. Among the following, the addition of which
                                                                   combination would make an un-agreeable
    The author's discussion would be greatly if he agreed
                                                                   perfume containing two parts N and one part P
    to which of the following?
                                                                   agreeable?
                                                                       A. One part L
             IX.    Technology could change the
                                                                       B. One part M
                    environment.
                                                                       C. Two parts N
              X.    War at the universal level would be an
                                                                       D. One part O
                    integral part of the environment.
                                                                       E. Two parts P
             XI.    It is possible for the strong to survive
                                                               16. Among the following which combination cannot
                    without suppressing the weak.
                                                                   be used together in an agreeable perfume
              L.    I only
                                                                   containing two or more essences?
             M.     II only
                                                                       A. L and M
             N.     III only
                                                                       B. L and N
             O.     I and III only
                                                                       C. L and P
             P.     I, II and III only
                                                                       D. M and O
                                                                       E. P and N
    Questions 13 - 17                                          17. Among the below mentioned formulas, which can
    Two or more essences out of a stock of five essences--         be made agreeable by the eliminating some or all
    L, M, N, O, and P are used in making all perfumes by a         of one essence ?
5   manufacturer. He has learned that for a blend of                   A. One part L, one part M, one part N, four
    essences to be agreeable it should comply with all the                 parts P
    rules listed below.

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    CAT     B. One part L, two parts N, one part O, four                D. T
               parts P                                                  E. S
            C. One part L, one part M, one part O, one          22. In case T, S and X are the only individuals serving
               part P                                               on committee B, the total membership of
            D. Two parts L, two parts N, one part O, two            committee C should be:
               parts P                                                  A. Z and Y
            E. Two parts M, one part N, two parts O,                    B. Z and W
               three parts P                                            C. Y and V
                                                                        D. Y and U
    Questions 18 - 23                                                   E. X and V
                                                                23. Among the following combinations which could
    Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R - are the
                                                                    constitute the membership of committee C?
    only candidates, who can serve on three committees--
                                                                        A. Y and T
    A, B and C, and each candidate should serve on
                                                                        B. X and U
    exactly one of the committees.
                                                                        C. Y, X and W
    Committee A should consist of exactly one member                    D. W, V and U
    more than committee B.                                              E. Z, X, U and R
    It is possible that there are no members of committee
    C.                                                          Questions 24 - 26
    Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A.
                                                                (M, N, O and P are all different individuals)
    Among W, V and U none can serve on committee G.
    Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C.
                                                                   I.   M is the daughter of N.
                                                                  II.   N is the son of O
    18. In case T and Z are the individuals serving on
                                                                 III.   O is the father of P.
        committee B, how many of the nine individuals
        should serve on committee C?
                                                                24. Among the following statements, which is true ?
            A. 3
            B. 4                                                          A. O is the uncle of M.
            C. 5                                                          B. P and N are brothers
            D. 6                                                          C. M is the daughter of P.
            E. 7                                                          D. If B is the daughter of N, then M and B are
    19. Of the nine individuals, the largest number that                        sisters.
        can serve together on committee C is                              E. If C is the granddaughter of O, then C and
            A. 9                                                                M are sisters.
            B. 8                                                25. Which among the following statements is
            C. 7                                                    contradictory to the above premises?
            D. 6                                                          A. P is the father of M.
                                                                          B. O has three children.
            E. 5
    20. In case R is the only individual serving on                       C. M has one brother.
        committee B, which among the following should                     D. M is the granddaughter of O.
        serve on committee A?                                             E. Another party C, could be the mother of
            A. W and S                                                          M.
            B. V and U                                          26. If B is the son of N and B has one brother, D, then
            C. V and T                                                  I.           M is the sister of D.
            D. U and S                                                       II.     D and N are brothers.
            E. T and S                                                      III.     O is the grandfather of D.
    21. In case any of the nine individuals serves on                        D.      I only
        committee C, which among the following should                        E.      II only
        be the candidate to serve on committee A?                            F.      III only
            A. Z                                                             G.      I and III only
6                                                                            H.      I and II only
            B. Y
            C. W

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    Questions 27 - 33                                                  B. prior to L
                                                                       C. prior to V
    The only people to attend a conference were four ship
                                                                       D. after T
    captains and the first mates of three of those
                                                                       E. after V
    captains. The captains were L, M, N and O; the first
                                                               32. In case A is the third of the first mates to speak,
    mates were A, D and G. Each person in turn delivered
                                                                   and L is the captain whose first mate is not
    a report to the assembly as follows:
                                                                   present, which among the following statements
    Each of the first mates delivered their report exactly         must be true?
    after his or her captain. The first captain to speak was           A. A spoke sometime before L.
    M, and captain N spoke after him.                                  B. D spoke sometime before O.
                                                                       C. L spoke sometime before O.
    27. Among the following which is not an appropriate                D. O spoke sometime before L.
        order of delivered reports?                                    E. O spoke sometime before N.
             A. M, A, N, G, O, L, D                            33. Among the following statements, which would
             B. M, D, N, G, L, O, A                                make M, D, N, G, L, O, A the only possible
             C. M, N, A, L, D, O, G                                sequence of speakers?
             D. M, N, A, O, D, L, G                                    A. D is M's first mate; G is N's first mate; A is
             E. M, N, G, D, O, L, A                                         O's first mate.
    28. In case L speaks after A, and A is the third of the            B. D is M's first mate; G is N's first mate; A
        first mates to speak, then among the following                      was the second to speak after L.
        statements which would be untrue?                              C. The order of the first four speakers was
             A. O spoke immediately after G.                                M, D, N, G.
             B. The order of the first four speakers was               D. The order of the last three speakers was L,
                 M, G, N, D.                                                O, A.
             C. O's first mate was present.                            E. The order in which the captains spoke was
             D. A was the fourth speaker after M.                           M, N, L, O.
             E. The captains spoke in the order M, N, O,
                 L.                                            Questions 34 - 39
    29. Among the following statements which statement
                                                               There are three on-off switches on a control panel A,
        must be true?
                                                               B, and C. They have to be changed from an initial
             A. In case the second speaker was a captain,
                                                               setting to a second setting according to the following
                 the seventh speaker was a first mate.
                                                               conditions: In case only switch A is the switch on in
             B. In case the second speaker was a first
                                                               the initial setting, then turn on switch B.
                 mate, the seventh speaker was a captain.
             C. In case the third speaker was a first mate,    In case switches A and B are the only switches on in
                 the seventh speaker was a captain.            the initial setting, then turn on switch C. In case all the
             D. In case the third speaker was a captain,       three switches are on initially setting, then turn off
                 the seventh speaker was a first mate.         the switch C. For any other initial setting, turn on all
             E. In case the seventh speaker was a first        switches that are off and turn off all switches, if any,
                 mate, the first and third speakers were       that are on.
                 captains.
    30. In case A spoke immediately after L and                34. In case in the initial setting is that the switches A
        immediately before O, and O was not the last               and B are on and the switch C is off, then what
        speaker, L spoke                                           could be the second setting?
             A. second                                                 A. A on, B on, C on.
             B. third                                                  B. A on, B off, C on.
             C. fourth                                                 C. A on, B off, C off.
             D. fifth                                                  D. A off, B on, C off.
             E. sixth                                                  E. A off, B off, C on.
7   31. In case G is M's first mate, D could be the person     35. In case switch B is the only switch on in the initial
        who spoke immediately                                      setting, what must be the second setting?
             A. prior to T                                             A. A on, B on, C on.

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    CAT        B. A on, B on, C off.                                      B. Q
               C. A on, B off, C on.                                      C. N
               D. A off, B off, C on.                                     D. L
               E. A off, B off, C off.                                    E. M
    36.   In case all the three switches are on in the second    41. In case L is the second stop, which among the
          setting, which among the following could have              following must be the stop immediately before
          been the initial setting ?                                 M?
               A. A on, B on, C on.                                       A. N
               B. A on, B on, C off.                                      B. L
               C. A on, B off, C on.                                      C. P
               D. A on, B off, C off.                                     D. O
               E. A off, B on, C off                                      E. Q
    37.   In case switch A is off in the second setting, which   42. In case a passenger gets on the bus at O, rides
          among the following could have been the initial            past one of the stops, and gets off at P, which of
          setting ?                                                  the following must be true?
               A. A on, B on, C on.                                       A. O is stop one.
               B. A on, B on, C off.                                      B. Q is stop three.
               C. A on, B off, C on.                                      C. P is stop four.
               D. A on, B off, C off.                                     D. N is stop five.
               E. A off, B on, C off.                                     E. L is stop six.
    38.   In case only switch B is on in the second setting,
          which among the following could have been the
          initial setting ?
               A. A on, B on, C on.                              For answers and solution explanation of the
               B. A on, B off, C on.                             questions, visit official website of College of
               C. A off, B on, C off.                            Admission tests:
               D. A off, B off, C on.
               E. A off, B off, C off.                           http://www.cat.edu.pk
    39.   Which among the following initial settings leads to
          a second setting, where only one switch is off?
               A. A on, B on, C off.
               B. A on, B off, C on.
               C. A off, B on, C on.
               D. A off, B on, C off.
               E. A off, B off, C off.

    Questions 40 - 42
    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 return to stop one and repeat the
    cycle. The stops are at six building 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.

8   40. In case N is the fourth stop, which among the
        following must be the stop immediately before P?
             A. O

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  • 1. Test Taker’s Help Series College of Admission Tests CAT Sample Questions The Sample Questions are provided to familiarize you with the contents of the section. Analytical Reasoning
  • 2. Published by CAT Publications A subsidiary of College of Admission Tests OPP MEPCO Offices, Khanewal Road, Multan (Pakistan) www.cat.edu.pk For Classroom Courses at College of Admission Tests, Multan (Pakistan) Copyright © 2008 - 2009 by CAT Publications Multan (Pakistan) No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the publishing authority. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Publishing Department, College of Admission Tests, Multan (Pakistan) or online at http://www.cat.edu.pk/permissions Trademarks: CAT Publications, and the College of Admission Tests’ logo and related trade dresses are trademarks of College of Admission Tests and/or its affiliates in Pakistan and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. College of Admission Tests is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. For general information on our other products and services, please contact College of Admission Tests Multan (Pakistan) Phone: 92 61 4550698, 92 61 8143333, website: http://www.cat.edu.pk.
  • 3. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT Sample Questions for: Analytical Reasoning Difficulty Level: 1-5 of 10 Purpose of this set of sample questions is to 2. How many of them occupy cottages next to a familiarize the test taker with the question types that vacant cottage? appear on the actual test. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 Analytical Reasoning D. 5 E. 6 3. Which among these statement(s) are true? I. Anne is between Eliza and Jack. Directions: II. At the most four persons can have Analytical reasoning questions are based on a passage occupied cottages on either side of or set of conditions. While answering a few of the them. . analytical reasoning questions, you would find it III. Tom stays besides Peter. useful to draw a rough diagram. To answer any D. I only question, choose the answer you think is most E. II only appropriate among the given options. F. I and III only G. II and III only Questions 1- 3 H. I, II and III Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women (Eliza, Anne and Karen) are spending a few months at Questions 4 - 7 a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages, An employee has been assigned the task of allotting each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no offices to six of the staff members. The offices are others staying in the same row of houses. numbered 1 - 6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six foot high 1. Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke any cottage, which is at the end of the row. flow easily from one office to another. 2. Eliza and Anne are unwilling to stay besides Miss Robert needs to use the telephone quite often any occupied cottage. throughout the day. Mr. Mike and Mr. Brown need 3. Karen is next to Peter and Jack. adjacent offices as they need to consult each other 4. Between Anne and Jack’s cottage there is just often while working. Miss. Hardy is a senior employee one vacant house. and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the 5. None of the girls occupy adjacent cottages. biggest window. . 6. The house occupied by Tom is next to an end cottage. Mr. Donald requires silence in the offices next to his. Mr. Tim, Mr. Mike and Mr. Donald are all smokers. 1. Which of the above statements can be said to Miss Hardy finds tobacco smoke allergic and have been derived from two other statements? consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied A. Statement 1 by non-smokers. B. Statement 2 Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain 3 C. Statement 3 an atmosphere of silence during office hours. D. Statement 5 E. Statement 6 College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk
  • 4. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT 4. The ideal candidate to occupy the office furthest C. The natural habitats of white mice do not from Mr. Brown would be contain any of the elements found in A. Miss Hardy Serum D. B. Mr. Mike D. The scientists administered the injections C. Mr. Tim being ignorant of the contents of the D. Mr. Donald solutions used. E. Mr. Robert E. The 160 white mice used in the laboratory 5. The three employees who are smokers should be experiment were kept isolated from each seated in the offices. other. A. 1, 2 and 4 9. The above argument would be highly empowered B. 2, 3 and 6 in case it were shown that: C. 1, 2 and 3 A. Some of the elements in Serum D are D. 1, 2 and 3 extracted from the root of a certain E. 1, 2 and 6 poisonous jungle wildflower. 6. The ideal office for Mr. Mike would be. B. Within a period of two weeks about 40% A. 2 of the white mice, who were injected with B. 6 a harmless sugar solution also contracted C. 1 jungle fever. D. 3 C. Almost all the white mice died within a E. 4 period of two days after the first 7. In the event of what occurrence, within a period symptoms appeared. of one month since the assignment of the offices, D. Normally the rate of jungle fever among would a request for a change in office be put forth white mice is less than 0.01%. by one or more employees? E. Invariably the blood of the victims of A. Mr. Donald quitting smoking. jungle fever victims contains a high level B. The installation of a noisy teletype of a certain toxic substance also found in machine by Miss Hardy in her office. serum D. C. Mr. Roberts needing silence in the office 10. Distribution of leaflets and delivering speeches on (s) next to her own. . government property should be outlawed. D. Mr. Brown suffering from laryngitis. Radicals and fanatics have no right to use public E. Mr. Tim taking over the duties formerly property when peddling their unsavory views. taken care of by Miss. Robert. . The argument above is based on the Questions 8 - 10 postulate In an experiment conducted at a laboratory, 160 white mice were injected with Serum D. 160 other A. The general public has a special concern white mice were injected with a harmless sugar in the free exchange of different political solution .In two weeks time 39% of the white mice, views. who were injected with Serum D contracted the B. Radicals and fanatics prefer the use of highly contagious and often fatal disease, jungle fever. public property while propagating their Hence, it can be concluded that jungle fever is caused viewpoint. by some elements similar to the elements in Serum D. C. Every person who hands out leaflets and delivers speeches is a radical or fanatic. 8. The above discussion would be weakened most D. Legal constraints which are applicable to severely in case it is shown that one group need not be equally applicable A. People contracting jungle fever are to all. usually the victims of the bite of the South E. Any political activity, which hinders the American Lesser Hooded Viper. proper functioning of the government B. One among the 160 white mice had should not be protected by the law. 4 already contracted jungle fever prior to the laboratory experiment. College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk
  • 5. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT Questions 11 - 12 A perfume containing L, should also contain the essence N, and the quantity of N should Successfully adjusting to one's environment leads to be twice as that of L. happiness. War at a universal level war destroys the A perfume containing M, must also have O as weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to one of its components and they should be in their environment. Thus, war at the universal level equal proportion. puts weaklings out of their misery and allows more A single perfume should never contain N as space for their predators to enjoy life in a better well as O. manner. As those actions have to be performed, O and P should not be used together. which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest A perfume containing the essence P should number, war at a universal level should take place. contain P in such a proportion that the total amount of P present should be greater than 11. What response would the author of the above the total amount of the other essence or discussion come up with, in the case of the essences used. objection that the weaklings far exceed strong people? 13. Among the following which is an agreeable I. He would respond with the statement formula for a perfume? that the person making the objection is a A. One part L, one part P weakling. B. Two parts M, two parts L II. He would respond by saying that C. Three parts N, three parts L weaklings will be miserable no matter D. Four parts O, four parts M what happens. E. Five parts P, five parts M III. He would respond with the statement 14. Adding more amount of essence N will make that the strong would be frustrated if the which of the following perfumes agreeable? weaklings are destroyed. A. One part L, one part N, five parts P D. I only B. Two parts M, two parts N, two parts P E. II only C. One part M, one part N, one part P F. III only D. Two parts M, one part N, four parts P G. I and II only E. Two parts N, one part O, three parts P H. II and III only 15. Among the following, the addition of which combination would make an un-agreeable The author's discussion would be greatly if he agreed perfume containing two parts N and one part P to which of the following? agreeable? A. One part L IX. Technology could change the B. One part M environment. C. Two parts N X. War at the universal level would be an D. One part O integral part of the environment. E. Two parts P XI. It is possible for the strong to survive 16. Among the following which combination cannot without suppressing the weak. be used together in an agreeable perfume L. I only containing two or more essences? M. II only A. L and M N. III only B. L and N O. I and III only C. L and P P. I, II and III only D. M and O E. P and N Questions 13 - 17 17. Among the below mentioned formulas, which can Two or more essences out of a stock of five essences-- be made agreeable by the eliminating some or all L, M, N, O, and P are used in making all perfumes by a of one essence ? 5 manufacturer. He has learned that for a blend of A. One part L, one part M, one part N, four essences to be agreeable it should comply with all the parts P rules listed below. College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk
  • 6. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT B. One part L, two parts N, one part O, four D. T parts P E. S C. One part L, one part M, one part O, one 22. In case T, S and X are the only individuals serving part P on committee B, the total membership of D. Two parts L, two parts N, one part O, two committee C should be: parts P A. Z and Y E. Two parts M, one part N, two parts O, B. Z and W three parts P C. Y and V D. Y and U Questions 18 - 23 E. X and V 23. Among the following combinations which could Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R - are the constitute the membership of committee C? only candidates, who can serve on three committees-- A. Y and T A, B and C, and each candidate should serve on B. X and U exactly one of the committees. C. Y, X and W Committee A should consist of exactly one member D. W, V and U more than committee B. E. Z, X, U and R It is possible that there are no members of committee C. Questions 24 - 26 Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A. (M, N, O and P are all different individuals) Among W, V and U none can serve on committee G. Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C. I. M is the daughter of N. II. N is the son of O 18. In case T and Z are the individuals serving on III. O is the father of P. committee B, how many of the nine individuals should serve on committee C? 24. Among the following statements, which is true ? A. 3 B. 4 A. O is the uncle of M. C. 5 B. P and N are brothers D. 6 C. M is the daughter of P. E. 7 D. If B is the daughter of N, then M and B are 19. Of the nine individuals, the largest number that sisters. can serve together on committee C is E. If C is the granddaughter of O, then C and A. 9 M are sisters. B. 8 25. Which among the following statements is C. 7 contradictory to the above premises? D. 6 A. P is the father of M. B. O has three children. E. 5 20. In case R is the only individual serving on C. M has one brother. committee B, which among the following should D. M is the granddaughter of O. serve on committee A? E. Another party C, could be the mother of A. W and S M. B. V and U 26. If B is the son of N and B has one brother, D, then C. V and T I. M is the sister of D. D. U and S II. D and N are brothers. E. T and S III. O is the grandfather of D. 21. In case any of the nine individuals serves on D. I only committee C, which among the following should E. II only be the candidate to serve on committee A? F. III only A. Z G. I and III only 6 H. I and II only B. Y C. W College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk
  • 7. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT Questions 27 - 33 B. prior to L C. prior to V The only people to attend a conference were four ship D. after T captains and the first mates of three of those E. after V captains. The captains were L, M, N and O; the first 32. In case A is the third of the first mates to speak, mates were A, D and G. Each person in turn delivered and L is the captain whose first mate is not a report to the assembly as follows: present, which among the following statements Each of the first mates delivered their report exactly must be true? after his or her captain. The first captain to speak was A. A spoke sometime before L. M, and captain N spoke after him. B. D spoke sometime before O. C. L spoke sometime before O. 27. Among the following which is not an appropriate D. O spoke sometime before L. order of delivered reports? E. O spoke sometime before N. A. M, A, N, G, O, L, D 33. Among the following statements, which would B. M, D, N, G, L, O, A make M, D, N, G, L, O, A the only possible C. M, N, A, L, D, O, G sequence of speakers? D. M, N, A, O, D, L, G A. D is M's first mate; G is N's first mate; A is E. M, N, G, D, O, L, A O's first mate. 28. In case L speaks after A, and A is the third of the B. D is M's first mate; G is N's first mate; A first mates to speak, then among the following was the second to speak after L. statements which would be untrue? C. The order of the first four speakers was A. O spoke immediately after G. M, D, N, G. B. The order of the first four speakers was D. The order of the last three speakers was L, M, G, N, D. O, A. C. O's first mate was present. E. The order in which the captains spoke was D. A was the fourth speaker after M. M, N, L, O. E. The captains spoke in the order M, N, O, L. Questions 34 - 39 29. Among the following statements which statement There are three on-off switches on a control panel A, must be true? B, and C. They have to be changed from an initial A. In case the second speaker was a captain, setting to a second setting according to the following the seventh speaker was a first mate. conditions: In case only switch A is the switch on in B. In case the second speaker was a first the initial setting, then turn on switch B. mate, the seventh speaker was a captain. C. In case the third speaker was a first mate, In case switches A and B are the only switches on in the seventh speaker was a captain. the initial setting, then turn on switch C. In case all the D. In case the third speaker was a captain, three switches are on initially setting, then turn off the seventh speaker was a first mate. the switch C. For any other initial setting, turn on all E. In case the seventh speaker was a first switches that are off and turn off all switches, if any, mate, the first and third speakers were that are on. captains. 30. In case A spoke immediately after L and 34. In case in the initial setting is that the switches A immediately before O, and O was not the last and B are on and the switch C is off, then what speaker, L spoke could be the second setting? A. second A. A on, B on, C on. B. third B. A on, B off, C on. C. fourth C. A on, B off, C off. D. fifth D. A off, B on, C off. E. sixth E. A off, B off, C on. 7 31. In case G is M's first mate, D could be the person 35. In case switch B is the only switch on in the initial who spoke immediately setting, what must be the second setting? A. prior to T A. A on, B on, C on. College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk
  • 8. Analytical reasoning Sample Questions CAT B. A on, B on, C off. B. Q C. A on, B off, C on. C. N D. A off, B off, C on. D. L E. A off, B off, C off. E. M 36. In case all the three switches are on in the second 41. In case L is the second stop, which among the setting, which among the following could have following must be the stop immediately before been the initial setting ? M? A. A on, B on, C on. A. N B. A on, B on, C off. B. L C. A on, B off, C on. C. P D. A on, B off, C off. D. O E. A off, B on, C off E. Q 37. In case switch A is off in the second setting, which 42. In case a passenger gets on the bus at O, rides among the following could have been the initial past one of the stops, and gets off at P, which of setting ? the following must be true? A. A on, B on, C on. A. O is stop one. B. A on, B on, C off. B. Q is stop three. C. A on, B off, C on. C. P is stop four. D. A on, B off, C off. D. N is stop five. E. A off, B on, C off. E. L is stop six. 38. In case only switch B is on in the second setting, which among the following could have been the initial setting ? A. A on, B on, C on. For answers and solution explanation of the B. A on, B off, C on. questions, visit official website of College of C. A off, B on, C off. Admission tests: D. A off, B off, C on. E. A off, B off, C off. http://www.cat.edu.pk 39. Which among the following initial settings leads to a second setting, where only one switch is off? A. A on, B on, C off. B. A on, B off, C on. C. A off, B on, C on. D. A off, B on, C off. E. A off, B off, C off. Questions 40 - 42 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 return to stop one and repeat the cycle. The stops are at six building 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. 8 40. In case N is the fourth stop, which among the following must be the stop immediately before P? A. O College of Admission Tests – Multan. Phone : 061 814 3333 , 061 4550698 | Website: www.cat.edu.pk