The document provides a sample paper for the HEC Scholarship Aptitude Test. It outlines that the test is 120 minutes long and contains 100 questions. The test composition includes 50% verbal reasoning, 30% quantitative reasoning, and 20% analytical reasoning questions. Sample questions are provided for each section, including multiple choice questions on word meanings, numbers, and logical sequences. The document provides an example analytical reasoning question about arranging daily activities based on certain rules or conditions.

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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 8 𝑛
= 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
5
f. ±√
𝟓
𝟑
g. ±2
h. ±
1
2
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.
𝒂 𝟐−𝒃 𝟐
𝟖
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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