FPSC General Recruitment Test General Intelligence and Analytical Reasoning Syllabus

General Intelligence and Analytical Reasoning syllabus — full chapter and topic list

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1. 1

   Verbal Reasoning

   6 topics

   • Analogies
   • Classification (Odd One Out)
   • Coding-Decoding
   • Blood Relations
   • Direction Sense
   • Series Completion
2. 2

   Logical Reasoning

   6 topics

   • Syllogisms
   • Statements and Assumptions
   • Statements and Conclusions
   • Cause and Effect
   • Course of Action
   • Logical Deductions
3. 3

   Non-Verbal Reasoning

   5 topics

   • Figure Series
   • Figure Analogy
   • Mirror and Water Images
   • Embedded Figures
   • Paper Folding and Cutting
4. 4

   Analytical Problem Solving

   4 topics

   • Seating Arrangements
   • Puzzles and Grouping
   • Ranking and Ordering
   • Data Sufficiency

General Intelligence and Analytical Reasoning flashcards for FPSC General Recruitment Test

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1. In analogy reasoning, what does a 'completing the pair' analogy test require you to identify first?

   The exact relationship between the first pair of words (e.g., synonym, antonym, part-to-whole, cause-effect), then apply the identical relationship to the second pair.

2. Identify the relationship type: 'Doctor : Hospital :: Teacher : School'.

   Worker-to-workplace relationship (person and the place where they work).

3. Identify the relationship type: 'Hunger : Food :: Thirst : Water'.

   Problem-to-remedy (need and the thing that satisfies it).

4. In Classification (Odd One Out), what is the basic method to find the odd item?

   Find the common property/category shared by most items; the one element that does NOT share that property is the odd one out.

5. Find the odd one out: Apple, Mango, Banana, Carrot, Orange. Why?

   Carrot - it is a vegetable, while all others are fruits.

6. Find the odd one out and the rule: 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 50.

   50 - all others are perfect squares (3², 4², 5², 6², 7²); 50 is not a perfect square.

7. In Coding-Decoding, what is the 'letter-shifting' (Caesar) method?

   Each letter is replaced by another a fixed number of positions forward or backward in the alphabet (e.g., +1: CAT becomes DBU).

8. Decode using +1 shift: If CAT = DBU, then what does DOG become?

   EPH (D+1=E, O+1=P, G+1=H).

9. In Coding-Decoding, what is the positional/number-substitution method?

   Letters are replaced by their alphabet position numbers (A=1, B=2, ... Z=26), or sometimes the reverse position (A=26, Z=1).

10. What is the reverse alphabetical position of the letter E (where A=26, Z=1)?

    22 (since E is the 5th letter, 27 - 5 = 22).

11. In Blood Relations, what relation is 'my father's only son' to me (if I am male)?

    Myself - the father's only son is the speaker himself.

12. In Blood Relations, what does 'maternal uncle' mean?

    The brother of one's mother.

13. In Blood Relations, what does 'paternal grandmother' mean?

    The mother of one's father.

14. Blood Relations: Pointing to a man, a woman says 'He is the son of my grandfather's only son.' How is the man related to the woman?

    He is her brother (grandfather's only son is her father; his son is her brother).

15. In Direction Sense, what are the four cardinal and four ordinal directions?

    Cardinal: North, South, East, West. Ordinal (intercardinal): North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West.

16. In Direction Sense, if you face North and turn 90° clockwise (to your right), which direction do you face?

    East.

17. In Direction Sense, which theorem is used to find the shortest (straight-line) distance between start and end points?

    The Pythagorean theorem: shortest distance = √(horizontal displacement² + vertical displacement²).

18. Direction Sense: A person walks 3 km North, then 4 km East. What is the straight-line distance from the start?

    5 km (√(3² + 4²) = √25 = 5).

19. In Series Completion, what defines an arithmetic series?

    A sequence where each term increases or decreases by a constant common difference (e.g., 2, 5, 8, 11 with +3).

20. In Series Completion, what defines a geometric series?

    A sequence where each term is multiplied or divided by a constant common ratio (e.g., 3, 6, 12, 24 with ×2).

21. Find the next term: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

    42 (differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12; so 30 + 12 = 42).

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