HEC HAT - General (MS) MCQs 2026

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If S is in group 1, which must be true

1. A T is in group 1 ✓
2. B T is in group 2 ✓
3. C Y is in group 1 ✓
4. D Y is in group 2 ✓

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If V is in the same group as Y, which must be true

1. A R is in group 1 ✓
2. B S is in group 1 ✓
3. C T is in group 1 ✓
4. D W is in group 2 ✓

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If W is in the same group as T, all of these pairs could share a group EXCEPT

1. A R and S ✓
2. B S and Y ✓
3. C V and Y ✓
4. D W and X ✓

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If T and Y are both in group 1, which must be true

1. A S is in the same group as V ✓
2. B S is in the same group as W ✓
3. C V is in the same group as R ✓
4. D W is in the same group as T ✓

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If W is in group 1, which must also be in group 1

1. A R ✓
2. B S ✓
3. C T ✓
4. D V ✓

Seven children R, S, T, V, W, X and Y are split into group 1 (3 members) and group 2 (4 members). Rules: R and T are in different groups; if S is in group 1 then V is in group 1; if W is in group 1 then T is in group 2; X is in group 2. If R is in group 2, which must also be in group 2

1. A S ✓
2. B T ✓
3. C W ✓
4. D Y ✓

A bill needing 33 votes got 32 in 1985 but only 30 in 1987, yet no legislator changed his vote. Which best explains the drop

1. A In 1985 an experienced legislator led the effort; in 1987 an inexperienced one did ✓
2. B In 1986 an organization lobbied legislators to vote against it ✓
3. C In 1986 a party leader opposing the bill was re-elected and the ruling party lost a seat ✓
4. D In a 1986 election two supporters lost their seats and no new supporter was elected ✓

Whenever Ned is outdoors and the sun shines he wears his sunglasses; whenever he is outdoors and the sun does not shine he carries them in his pocket. If Ned is NOT wearing his sunglasses, which must be true

1. A Ned is carrying his sunglasses in his pocket ✓
2. B Ned is not outdoors ✓
3. C Ned is not outdoors and the sun is not shining ✓
4. D Ned is not outdoors and/or the sun is not shining ✓

"Learning computer programming guarantees a bright future" is likened to the old claim that studying law guarantees success, though now law graduates exceed demand. The point of the analogy is that

1. A computer programmers will increasingly need lawyers ✓
2. B law and programming graduates will compete for the same jobs ✓
3. C there will soon be more jobs for lawyers than now ✓
4. D there will soon be more programming graduates than jobs for them ✓

A fraction of people who contract tinea have repeated outbreaks; the argument concludes their original case was never cured. This assumes that a person with repeated outbreaks

1. A can never be completely cured of tinea ✓
2. B did not take steps to avoid contracting tinea ✓
3. C does not understand what causes tinea ✓
4. D has not been repeatedly infected anew with tinea ✓

Read: "Cumner is a very pretty village in England. It has one short street of small houses, a police station, a post office and an old inn. There is a large grassy space called The Common." The first paragraph of the passage contains a description of

1. A Cumner ✓
2. B Geoffrey Gibbs ✓
3. C George Eade ✓
4. D The Common ✓

The audience HECKLED the speaker and ______ him many times.

1. A admired ✓
2. B called ✓
3. C ignored ✓
4. D interrupted ✓

If you take HEED of something you _______ it.

1. A earn ✓
2. B employ ✓
3. C pay attention to ✓
4. D pay for ✓

If you do something READILY, you do it without _______.

1. A fear ✓
2. B help ✓
3. C payment ✓
4. D reluctance ✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE: Your RIVAL is not your ______.

1. A cousin ✓
2. B friend ✓
3. C neighbor ✓
4. D spouse ✓

JAPAN : JAPANESE ::

1. A Cantonese : Chinese ✓
2. B France : Paris ✓
3. C Holland : Dutch ✓
4. D Iceland : polar ✓

SATURDAY : SUNDAY ::

1. A first : last ✓
2. B November : December ✓
3. C one : none ✓
4. D up : down ✓

Choose the standard English form: "Nobody listened me."

1. A Nobody listened me ✓
2. B Nobody listened at me ✓
3. C Nobody listened for me ✓
4. D Nobody listened to me ✓

Please sit _____ this chair.

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

My family and neighbors are ______ these days.

1. A to worry ✓
2. B worried ✓
3. C worries ✓
4. D worry ✓

The value of (log_a b)(log_b c)(log_c d)(log_d e)(log_e f) is

1. A 1 ✓
2. B log_a f ✓
3. C log_f a ✓
4. D log_a e ✓

If f(x) = (x squared - 25)/(x + 5), then the range of the function is

1. A all real numbers ✓
2. B all real numbers except -10 ✓
3. C all real numbers except -5 ✓
4. D all real numbers except 5 ✓

If A = {1, 2, 4} and B = {1, 3, 4, 5, 7}, the number of elements in A x B is

1. A 1 ✓
2. B 5 ✓
3. C 7 ✓
4. D 15 ✓

The number -sqrt(16) is a ________ number.

1. A integer ✓
2. B irrational ✓
3. C natural ✓
4. D whole ✓

3/4 is a ________ number.

1. A integer ✓
2. B irrational ✓
3. C natural ✓
4. D rational ✓

The variance of the data 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 is

1. A 0 ✓
2. B 5 ✓
3. C 8 ✓
4. D 9 ✓

If x - 1/x = 2, then x squared + 1/x squared =

1. A 2 ✓
2. B 4 ✓
3. C 6 ✓
4. D 8 ✓

The sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is

1. A 180 degrees ✓
2. B 270 degrees ✓
3. C 360 degrees ✓
4. D 540 degrees ✓

The price of 30 pens is Rs. 750. The price of 25 such pens is Rs.

1. A 450 ✓
2. B 500 ✓
3. C 580 ✓
4. D 625 ✓

The sum of the sequence 15, 12, 9, 6, 3, 0 is

1. A 35 ✓
2. B 40 ✓
3. C 45 ✓
4. D 50 ✓