HEC HAT - Arts and Humanities (MS) MCQs 2026

Choose the word MOST NEARLY SIMILAR: The crowd was DISPERSED and it soon ______.

1. A became aggressive ✓
2. B cheered ✓
3. C got scattered ✓
4. D raised slogans ✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY SIMILAR: If you MOOR a BOAT, you ______ it.

1. A build ✓
2. B embark ✓
3. C sail ✓
4. D secure ✓

Read: "By the mid-seventeenth century England had secured several West Indian islands, including Jamaica in 1655; sugarcane became the foundation of the West Indies economy." The islands of the West Indies are located in the

1. A Caribbean ✓
2. B Chesapeake ✓
3. C Jamaica ✓
4. D North America ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. If F and S appear on pages 30 and 35 respectively, which pair must appear on pages 10 and 15 respectively

1. A H and L ✓
2. B H and R ✓
3. C H and T ✓
4. D L and R ✓

The probability of getting a prime number when a die is rolled is

1. A 1/6 ✓
2. B 1/4 ✓
3. C 1/2 ✓
4. D 1 ✓

log base 3 of (27 x 81) =

1. A 3 ✓
2. B 6 ✓
3. C 7 ✓
4. D 12 ✓

3^7 - 3^5 - 27 =

1. A 3^3 ✓
2. B 51 x 3^3 ✓
3. C 71 x 3^3 ✓
4. D 80 x 3^3 ✓

The conjugate of the complex number (2 + 5i)(2 - 3i) is

1. A 2 - 5i ✓
2. B 4 + 9i ✓
3. C 19 + 4i ✓
4. D 19 - 4i ✓

Evaluate: (20/13) x [ 7/5 - ( 16/11 ÷ 15/2 x (5/4 + 3/2) ) ] =

1. A 44 ✓
2. B -2/3 ✓
3. C 2/3 ✓
4. D 4/3 ✓

If x = sqrt(5) - 2, then x + 1/x =

1. A 0 ✓
2. B 2·sqrt(5) ✓
3. C 4 ✓
4. D 5 ✓

Carla and Joel took five courses together, matching grades only in history; each course is graded 60 to 100. Which statement lets one decide whose five-course average was higher

1. A Carla scored higher than Joel in three courses ✓
2. B Carla's lowest grade and Joel's highest grade were the same ✓
3. C Carla's lowest grade was in history but Joel's lowest was in math ✓
4. D Joel's highest grade was higher than Carla's highest grade ✓

A police chief credited a 5.2% drop in crime from 1981 to 1982 to a new 1982 police program. Which most seriously weakens this conclusion

1. A Several cities that raised police spending saw no crime decrease in 1982 ✓
2. B Crime in 1982 was still 10 percent higher than in 1972 ✓
3. C Crime totals are estimated by the same method each year from reported crimes ✓
4. D The size of the age-group most likely to commit crimes fell sharply in 1982 due to a declining birth rate ✓

Ergot, a fungus poisonous to humans, is common only on rye. Rye was grown in medieval Europe on poor, damp land unsuitable for wheat and so was the staple of poorer peasants. Which hypothesis is best supported

1. A Before rye, no attempt was made to cultivate poor, damp land in Europe ✓
2. B Ergot did not occur in Europe before the Middle Ages ✓
3. C Prosperous people were less at risk from ergot poisoning than poor people ✓
4. D People in the Middle Ages were well aware of the toxicity of ergot ✓

Yaseen has been unemployed since ______ our company.

1. A leave ✓
2. B leaving ✓
3. C left ✓
4. D to leave ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. If T appears on page 15, F must appear on which page

1. A 10 ✓
2. B 20 ✓
3. C 30 ✓
4. D 35 ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. If H appears on page 25, a complete list of the poems that could appear on page 20 is

1. A R ✓
2. B R, S ✓
3. C R, S, T ✓
4. D T ✓

Sheraz buys 24 notebooks at Rs. 19.5 each and 48 pencils at Rs. 8.50 each. From Rs. 1000 he is left with

1. A Rs. 0 ✓
2. B Rs. 124 ✓
3. C Rs. 532 ✓
4. D Rs. 592 ✓

If the pth term of an arithmetic progression is q and the qth term is p, then the (p+q)th term is

1. A 0 ✓
2. B -3 ✓
3. C q - p ✓
4. D q + p ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. If a poem by O appears on page 10, which pair names two poems either of which could appear on page 35

1. A F and R ✓
2. B L and T ✓
3. C R and S ✓
4. D S and T ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. If S appears on page 15, which poem must appear on page 25

1. A F ✓
2. B H ✓
3. C L ✓
4. D R ✓

Choose the best standard English form of the proverb: "Take not a musket to kill ______."

1. A an innocent ✓
2. B a butterfly ✓
3. C a lion ✓
4. D an enemy ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. L could appear on any of these pages EXCEPT

1. A 10 ✓
2. B 15 ✓
3. C 20 ✓
4. D 30 ✓

Six poems appear on pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. F, H and L are by poet O; R, S and T are by poet W. Rules: the poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 are all by the same poet; H precedes T; R precedes L. Which is an acceptable order from first to last

1. A H, T, R, F, S, L ✓
2. B L, S, H, T, F, R ✓
3. C R, H, T, F, S, L ✓
4. D S, F, R, L, T, H ✓

The youth grinned ______ me.

1. A at ✓
2. B by ✓
3. C on ✓
4. D to ✓

The degree of f(x, y, z) = x^5·y·z^2 + x^4·y^3·z^2 + xyz + 10 is

1. A 1 ✓
2. B 8 ✓
3. C 9 ✓
4. D 10 ✓

At six o'clock the angle between the hands of a clock is

1. A 30 degrees ✓
2. B a reflex angle ✓
3. C a right angle ✓
4. D a straight angle ✓

ANIMAL : ZOO ::

1. A clown : circus ✓
2. B cook : chef ✓
3. C doctor : patient ✓
4. D stream : sea ✓

RECTANGLE : SQUARE ::

1. A base : triangle ✓
2. B horizontal : vertical ✓
3. C radius : diameter ✓
4. D sphere : circle ✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE: Akbar was a HEFTY fellow and not ______.

1. A fair-complexioned ✓
2. B poor ✓
3. C stingy ✓
4. D weak ✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE: It was a CELESTIAL experience and not anything ______.

1. A earthly ✓
2. B easy ✓
3. C foolish ✓
4. D unplanned ✓