NGAT-style Practice Exam (Sample)
Generated: 2025-10-09 20:08 UTC
SECTION A — VERBAL REASONING (10 questions)
Time suggested: 40 minutes
1. Johny introduced Selvia as the mother of his sister's brother. How is Selvia related to Johny?
A) Aunt B) Niece C) Mother D) Sister
2. Rearrange into a meaningful sentence: 'always / she / polite / is'
A) She is always polite. B) Always is she polite. C) She always polite is. D) Is she always polite.
3. Analogy: Book is to Reading as Knife is to ____.
A) Cut B) Carve C) Sharp D) Write
4. Which word is opposite in meaning to 'scarce'?
A) Rare B) Abundant C) Limited D) Sparse
5. If all roses are flowers and some flowers fade quickly, which statement must be true?
A) Some roses fade quickly. B) All flowers fade quickly. C) Some flowers may fade quickly. D) No flower fad
6. Fill in the blank: 'Neither the manager nor the employees ____ available today.'
A) is B) are C) were D) be
7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'Her explanation was so ____ that everyone understood.'
A) obscure B) convoluted C) clear D) ambiguous
8. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A) He don't like apples. B) He doesn't like apples. C) He didn't likes apples. D) He isn't liking apples.
9. Syllogism: All cats are mammals. Some mammals are aquatic. Therefore:
A) Some cats are aquatic. B) No cats are aquatic. C) Some mammals might not be cats. D) All cats are aquati
10. Logical puzzle: Mary's father has five children: Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, and __?__
A) Fifty B) Mary C) Sixty D) None
SECTION B — QUANTITATIVE REASONING (10 questions)
Time suggested: 60 minutes
1. Solve: 3x + 5 = 20. What is x?
2. Next number in series: 2, 4, 8, 16, ?
3. A train travels 60 km in 1.5 hours. What is its speed (km/h)?
4. If a:b = 2:3 and b:c = 4:5, find a:c.
5. What is 15% of 200?
6. If 5 workers take 12 days to finish a job, how many days will 3 workers take (same rate)?
7. Simplify: (2x)(3x^2) = ?
8. If probability of success is 0.2, probability of failure is?
9. Area of rectangle with sides 7 and 5?
10. If angle A of triangle is 90°, triangle is?
SECTION C — ANALYTICAL REASONING (5 questions)
Time suggested: 30 minutes
1. Puzzle: If today is Monday, what day will it be 45 days from now?
2. All dogs are animals. All animals need food. Therefore dogs need food. Is this valid?
3. If statements: (1) Some A are B. (2) All B are C. Which follows? Some A may be C.
4. Sequence: Find next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ?
5. Logical reasoning: If 'If P then Q' is true and P is false, can we conclude Q is false?
ANSWER KEY
SECTION A — VERBAL
1. C — Explanation: 'his sister's brother' refers to Johny himself or another brother — the mother of that bro
2. A — Simple grammar: subject + verb + adverb + adjective.
3. A — Primary function: you read with a book, you cut with a knife.
4. B — Abundant = plentiful, opposite of scarce.
5. C — From 'some flowers fade', we can only say some flowers fade.
6. A — With 'neither... nor' and singular nearer subject 'manager', singular verb 'is' is typical; however sty
7. C — Clear fits context.
8. B — Correct auxiliary + base verb.
9. C — Correct inference: some mammals not dogs/cats; can't assert cats are aquatic.
10. B — The list names imply pattern, but question says Mary's father -> one child is Mary.
SECTION B — QUANTITATIVE
1. 5 — 3x = 15 -> x = 5.
2. 32 — Each term ×2.
3. 40 — Speed = distance / time = 60 / 1.5 = 40.
4. 8:15 — a:b=2:3, b:c=4:5 -> make b common: multiply first ratio by 4 and second by 3 -> a:b:c = 8:12:15 -> a
5. 30 — 0.15*200 = 30.
6. 20 — Work ∝ workers*days. Total work = 5*12 =60 worker-days. 60/3 = 20 days.
7. 6x^3 — Multiply coefficients and add exponents.
8. 0.8 — 1 - 0.2 = 0.8.
9. 35 — Area = 7*5.
10. Right-angled — Definition of right triangle.
SECTION C — ANALYTICAL
1. Wednesday — 45 mod 7 = 3 -> Monday +3 days = Thursday? Wait compute: 45 %7 = 3, Monday +3 = Thursday. (Corr
2. Yes — Syllogism valid: transitive property.
3. Some A may be C — From (1) and (2), those A that are B are C.
4. 8 — Fibonacci sequence.
5. No — From 'If P then Q' and not P, Q may be true or false; can't conclude.
