12.hec scholarship test sample paper

HEC SCHOLARSHIP APTITUDE TEST

SAMPLE PAPER

HEC SCHOLARSHIP APTITUDE TEST-SAMPLE PAPER

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Test Duration 120 minutes (2 hrs.)

Total No. of Questions 100

Test Composition:

Verbal Reasoning 50%

Quantitative Reasoning 30%

Analytical Reasoning 20%

Total 100%


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VERBAL REASONING

Question No. 1 Choose the word that is similar in meaning to the word “DEBACLE”.

a. Fiasco b. Conspiracy

c. Arrogance d. Harmony

Question No. 2 Fill in the blank with a correct choice:

“Perfunctory means ______________:

a. Done with utmost care b. Occurring occasionally

c. Done without care or interest d. Happening repeatedly

Question No. 3 Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word

“ADVERSITY”.

a. Poverty b. Hardship

c. Scarcity d. Prosperity

Question No. 4 Choose the correct combination to fill in the blanks in the given statement:

“Biological clocks are of such ___________ adaptive value to living organisms that we would expect

most organisms to ____________ them.

a. clear . . . avoid b. meagre . . . evolve

c. significant . . . eschew d. obvious . . . possess

Question No. 5 Fill in the blanks with the correct choice:

“It’s time she ________________ some work.”

a. is doing b. would do

c. did d. was to do


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Question No. 6 Would you mind _____________ me that pencil.

a. to pass b. pass

c. passing d. that you pass

Question No. 7 X X X X X


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QUANTITATIVE REASONING

Question No. 51 If 8𝑛 = 164 then 𝑛 =

a. 4

b. 𝟏𝟔

𝟑

c. 8

d. 4

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Question No. 52 If 𝑝 − 1 < 2𝑝 + 3 then,

a. 𝑝 > 4

b. 𝑝 < −4

c. 𝒑 > −𝟒 d. 𝑝 < 4

Question No. 53 The sum of number and its reciprocal is equal to four times the

difference of the number and its difference. The number is,

e. ±√3

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f. ±√𝟓

𝟑

g. ±2

h. ±1

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Question No. 54 The product of complex numbers is (2 − 𝑖) × (2 + 𝑖) =

i. 3 + 4𝑖

j. 3

k. 𝟓 l. 5 + 4𝑖

Question No. 55 Which of the following numbers cannot be represented by a repeating

decimal?

m. 18

7

n. 3

2

o. √𝟐

p. 25

10


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Question No. 56 If 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 𝑎 and 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 𝑏 then the value 𝑥𝑦 equals to,

q. 𝑎+𝑏

2

r. 𝑎−𝑏

2

s. 𝑎2+𝑏2

4

t. 𝒂𝟐−𝒃𝟐

𝟖

Question No. 57 X X X X


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ANALYTICAL REASONING

Question No. 81 Today you have to perform six activities – cooking, shopping, jogging,

swimming, business meeting and gardening. The following conditions will govern the order in which the

activities are to be performed:

1) Each activity is to be performed one at a time, and only once.

2) Gardening has to be earlier than business meeting.

3) Gardening has to be either immediately before or immediately after jogging.

4) Swimming has to be earlier than cooking.

5) Cooking has to be immediately after shopping.

If business meeting is earlier than swimming, then shopping must be:

a. Fifth b. Fourth

c. Third d. Second

Question No. 82 X X X X

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