AFMC / NEET-linked AFMC Admission Test of Reasoning (AFMC Screening Component) Syllabus

In a syllogism, what are the three parts of the standard argument?

Two premises (statements) and a conclusion; validity is judged by whether the conclusion necessarily follows from the premises.

In syllogisms, what does 'All A are B' allow you to conclude about some B?

Some B are A (conversion of a universal affirmative gives a particular affirmative).

In syllogisms, can 'Some A are B' lead to 'Some A are not B' as a definite conclusion?

No. 'Some' does not guarantee the complement; both 'some are' and 'some are not' are only possibilities, not certain conclusions.

What does 'No A are B' convert to?

'No B are A' (universal negative converts completely).

In syllogism, what is a 'possibility' conclusion?

A conclusion that may be true given the premises but is not necessarily true; it holds only if no premise contradicts it.

In a linear seating arrangement where all face north, how is left/right oriented from your viewpoint?

A person's left is your left and their right is your right (because they face the same way you read the row).

In a circular arrangement where people face the centre, is each person's left clockwise or anticlockwise?

When facing the centre, each person's left hand points clockwise and right hand points anticlockwise.

In a circular arrangement where people face outward (away from centre), which way is each person's right?

When facing outward, each person's right points clockwise (opposite of facing inward).

What is the best first step when solving a seating/arrangement puzzle?

Start with the most definite (fixed-position) clue, build a base diagram, then apply conditional clues to eliminate possibilities.

In statement-and-assumption questions, what is an 'assumption'?

Something taken for granted/implied by the statement — an unstated belief the speaker must hold for the statement to make sense.

In 'statement and course of action', when is a course of action valid?

When it directly addresses/solves the problem in the statement and is practical and reasonable, not merely possible.

In 'statement and conclusion' questions, what makes a conclusion follow?

It must be derivable strictly from the given statement alone, without outside knowledge or assumptions.

In cause-and-effect questions, how do you identify the cause?

The cause is the event that occurs first and independently leads to the other event (the effect), which happens as a result.

In coded inequalities, if A > B and B > C, what is the relation between A and C?

A > C (inequalities are transitive when signs point the same direction).

In inequalities, can you combine A > B and B < C to get a definite relation between A and C?

No. When signs conflict (A > B < C), no definite relation between A and C can be established.

What does A ≥ B and B > C give for A and C?

A > C (combining ≥ and > yields strictly greater than).

In mathematical operations coding (BODMAS substitution), what is the correct order of operations?

Brackets, Orders (powers/roots), Division and Multiplication (left to right), Addition and Subtraction (left to right).

If + means ÷, ÷ means ×, × means −, and − means +, evaluate 6 + 2 ÷ 3 in the coded system.

Replace symbols: 6 ÷ 2 × 3 = 9.

In figure series, what aspects of a figure typically change between steps?

Rotation, number of elements, position, shading/colour, addition or removal of components — track each attribute separately.

In figure analogies, how is the missing figure determined?

Find the transformation (rotation, reflection, addition, etc.) from the first figure to the second, then apply the identical transformation to the third figure.

What is the mirror image rule for an object placed against a vertical mirror?

Left and right are interchanged (laterally inverted) while top and bottom remain unchanged.

How does the mirror image of the word 'B' or letter shapes appear?

It is laterally reversed — letters/words appear flipped left-to-right as if read in a mirror placed to the side.

What is the water image (reflection) rule?

Water reflection inverts the object vertically (top and bottom swapped) while left and right remain unchanged.

Which capital letters look the same in a mirror image (vertical mirror)?

Symmetric letters like A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y remain unchanged in a vertical mirror.

In paper folding and punching, how does one punched hole appear when the paper is unfolded?

The hole is duplicated symmetrically across each fold line, so the number of holes doubles per fold and positions mirror across the creases.

In a cube formed by folding a flat net, what is true about opposite faces?

Opposite faces are never adjacent in the net; faces separated by one square (or in the same row/column with one between) become opposite when folded.

When a painted cube is cut into n×n×n smaller cubes, how many small cubes have exactly 3 painted faces?

Always 8 (the corner cubes), regardless of n (for n ≥ 2).

For a painted cube cut into n³ pieces, how many small cubes have no painted face?

(n − 2)³ — the inner core cubes that were not on any surface.

What is an 'embedded figure' question testing?

The ability to locate a given simple figure hidden within a more complex pattern without rotating or distorting it.

In a pie chart, how do you convert a sector's degrees to its percentage of the whole?

Percentage = (sector angle ÷ 360) × 100; conversely, degrees = (percentage ÷ 100) × 360.

In data sufficiency, what does it mean if 'statement I alone is sufficient but statement II alone is not'?

The question can be answered using only statement I's information, while statement II by itself does not provide enough to answer.

In a data interpretation table, how is percentage increase from year A to year B calculated?

Percentage increase = ((value_B − value_A) ÷ value_A) × 100.