MAT Mock Test 1 Intelligence and Critical Reasoning
Direction (1-3) : Answer these based on the following information.
A team of experts for conduction interviews consists of seven experts Bhushan, Cyriac, Pramila, Ram, Suresh, Sekhar and Unni. Of these Bhushan, Cyriac and Pramila are experts in Social Science while Suresh and Unni are experts in Basic Science. Ram and Sekhar had exposure in both basic Sciences and Social Sciences. Three panels have to be formed for the interview with a restriction that a panel should have representation from experts with Social Sciences and Basic Sciences back ground. Moreover at least one member should be an expert of only one area.
1. If Cyriac does not like to be a member of panel with Ram, and Unni was in a pnael with Sekhar, the expert who did not participate in the interview was
(a) Pramila (b) Cyriac (c) Bhushan (d) Any of the above.
2. If Pramila did not participate in the interview, who is the person most likely to be with Unni?
(a) Suresh (b) Bhushan (c) Pramila (d) Any of the above.
3. If Unni does not like to be with Shekhar and Ram does not like to be with PRamila and Bhushan had Suresh as the partner and if both Ram and Pramila attended the interview, who was the partner of Cyriac.
(a) Cyriac did not attend the interview (b) Shekhar
(c) Pramila (d) Unni
Direction (4 – 7): These questions are base on the following information.
A set of eight candidates A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are being interviewed by two panels of interviewers Panel – I and Panel – II from 9:30 to 10:50 on a particular day. Each panel will spend about 10 minutes per candidate and at no time during the interview process will a panel be without any candidate. The original schedules of interviews for the eight candidates are shown in a table below.
Due to request from candidates the interview schedule was altered for several candidates. The alterations were made in such a way that whenever a change was made the time schedule for both the panels of a particular candidate was exchanges in entirely with the time schedule of another candidate. The following alterations were made
1. A’s place was taken by G
2. A in turn was accommodated in C’s place
3. C in turn was accommodated in E’s place
4. E took H’s place
5. H took G’s place
4. Which of the following candidates finished the interviews along with E?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) F
5. Which of the following candidates finishes the interviews before C?
(a) B (b) D (c) All of the above (d) None of the above
6. If G and A had to leave together, how much time did any of them has to wait?
(a) A has to wait 10 minutes
(b) G has to wait 20 minutes
(c) None of them has to wait
(d) G has to wait 30 minutes
7. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) G could leave even before E’s first interview was over
(b) F and H left together
(c) D was the only candidate who could give company to E
(d) All the statements are true.
Direction (8 – 12): Study the information given below to answer these questions.
(i) There is a family of 5 persons A, B, C, D and E
(ii) They are working as a doctor, a teacher, a trader, a lawyer and a farmer
(iii) B, an unmarried teacher, is the daughter of A
(iv) E, a lawyer, is the brother of C
(v) C is the husband of the only married couple in the family
(vi) A, a farmer, is a father of two sons and on unmarried daughter.
(vi) Daughter in law of a is a doctor.
8. Which of the following is a group of female members in the family
(a) B and D (b) D and E (c) A, C and E (d) B and C
9. Which of the following is the married couple?
(a) A and B (b) C and D (c) A and D (d) B and D
10. Which of the following is a group of male members in the family?
(a) A, B and C (b) B and D (c) A, C and E (d) A, C and D
11. Who is the doctor in the family?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
12. Who is the trader in the family?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
Directions (13 to 17) : On the basis of the information provided answer the following questions :
Six people are sitting on the ground in a hexagonal shape. The hexagon’s vertices are marked as A. B, C, D, E, F but not in any order. However all the sides of hexagon are of some length. A is not adjacent to B or C, D is not adjacent to C or E, B and C are adjacent. F is in the middle of D & C.
13. If one neighbour of A is D, who is the other one?
(a) B (b) C (c) E (d) F
14. Who is place opposite to E?
(a) F (b) D (c) C (d) B
15. Who is at the same distance from D as E is from D?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) F
16. Which of the following is not a correct neighbouring pair
(a) B & E (b) C & F (c) D & F (d) A & F
17. Which of the following is in the right sequence?
(a) B, C, F (b) A, F, B (c) D, A, B (d) F, A, E
Directions (18 to 20) : In these questions some of the letters are missing. The letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives. Find the correct choice.
18. ab – abb – bba – b
(a) aba (b) bba (c) bab (d) baa
19. rst – vrs – uv – stu – rst –
(a) rstrsts (b) uvrstu (c) uvtrsuv (d) utrvuv
20. – c – ca – ab – bc –
(a) abcac (b) babca (c) ccabb (d) bcabb
Directions (21 to 22) : In these questions, choose the appropriate number for the quadrant in which the question mark appears.
21.
(a) 36 (b) 117 (c) 52 (d) 26
22.
(a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 12
Directions (23 – 25) : Six products U, V, W, X, Y and Z are to be placed in display windows of a shop. There are six display windows number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and one product is to be put in one window. Moreover U can not be immediately to the left or immediately to the right of V. W must be immediately to the left of X. Z can not be in window number 6.
23. Which of the following products cannot be placed in the window no. 1?
(a) U (b) V (c) W (d) X
24. If X is placed in window no. 3, W must be placed in which window?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
25. If U is placed in window no. 5 which of the following products must be placed in window no. 6?
(a) V (b) W (c) X (d) Y
Direction (26 to 29): In each of the following questions two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the given statements to be true, even if they are at variance with commonly known facts, then mark one of the answer choices as
(a) If only conclusion I follows
(b) If only conclusion II follows
(c) If both follow
(d) If neither I nor II follows
26. Statements :
All players are smokers. Some smokers are wine addict.
Conclusions :
I. All smokers are players
II. Some wine-addicts are smokers.
27. Statements : All women are ministers. All ministers are simpletons.
Conclusions :
I . All women are simpleton.
II. All ministers are simpleton.
28. Statements : All cars are not trains. All cars are four wheeled vehicles.
Conclusions :
I. All trains are not four wheeled vehicles.
II. Some trains are four wheeled vehicles.
29. Statements : All jails are guest houses. All guest houses are comfortable.
Conclusions :
I. All jails are comfortable.
II. No jail is comfortable.
Directions ( 30 to 34 ): Study the following information to answer these questions.
A blacksmith has five iron articles A, B, C, D and E each having a different weight.
(i) A weighs twice as much as B
(ii) B weighs four and a half times as much as C
(iii) C weighs half as much as D
(iv) D weighs half as much as E
(v) E weighs less than A but more than C
30. Which of the following is the lightest weight?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
31. E is lighter in weight than which of the other two articles?
(a) A,B (b) D,C (c) A,C (d) D,B
32. E is heavier than which of the following two articles?
(a) D,B (b) D,C (c) A,C (d) A,B
33. Which of the following articles is the heaviest in weight?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
34. Which of the following represents the descending order of weights of the articles?
(a) A,B,E,D,C (b) B,D,E,A,C
(c) A,B,C,D,E (d) C,D,E,B,A
Directions ( 35 to 36) : from the set of numbers given in the four alternatives, which is the most similar to the set given in the question
35. Given Set : [16, 15, 28]
(a) [50, 59, 71]
(b) [46, 56, 66]
(c) [60, 69, 72]
(d) [60, 69, 82]
36. Given set : [81, 77, 69]
(a) [56, 52 44]
(b) [ 64, 61, 53]
(c) [92, 88, 79]
(d) [75, 71, 60]
Directions ( 37 to 40): Answer these questions independent of each other
37. "Some men are certainly intelligent, other are certainly not intelligent, but of intermediate me, we should say, 'intelligent? Yes, I think so or no, I shouldn't be inclined to call him intelligent"
Which of the following most accurately reflects the intention of the writer of the above?
(a) To call men intelligent who are not strikingly so must be to use the concept with undue imprecision.
(b) Every empirical concept has a degree of vogueness.
(c) Calling someone intelligent or not depends upon one's whim.
(d) There is no need to be as indecisive as the writer of the above.
38. A highly cohesive work group is a prerequisite for high team performance. Sociologists point that the association between gropu cohesion and success is owing to the support individual team memebers give to one another and their acceptance of the group's goals and activities.
Each of the following, if true, either provides support for or cannot weaken the sociologists' assumption about the relationship between and success EXCEPT
(a) A group of Japanese researchers found that successful work teams were headed by dominant leaders.
(b) University researchers found that there was significant correlation between team productivity and the extent to which team members understood and complied with the group's objectives.
(c) American researchers found that successful team members intended to rate their fellow members more favourably
(d) Industrial Psychologists in UK found that work groups who tended to participate in after hours social activities were more productive.
39. There are many reasons why individuals want to run their own businesses. Some foresee more personal satisfaction if they are successful in launching their own business, while others are interested mainly in the prospect of larger financial rewards. Since 1980 and early 1990s tax regulation and liberal policies have and entrepreneurs to start new enterprises. Since 1990, some one-half million new ventures have been started. Not all have succeeded of course.
(a) Success in starting a new business depends in large part on sound financial planning.
(b) Ventures capitalists are motivated by non monetary gains.
(c) Social incentives motivate investors just as much as financial rewards.
(d) Most new business ventures succeed initially but fail later on.
40. Many business offices are located in buildings having two to eight floors. If a building has more than three floors, it has a lift. If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
(a) Second floors do not have lifts.
(b) Seventh floors have lifts.
(c) Only floors above the third floors have lifts.
(d) All floors may be reached by lift.
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