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NUMS Entry Test Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment as it is examined in NUMS Entry Test. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
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What is the standard test to check whether a statement is an assumption?
The negation test: if negating (denying) the proposed assumption makes the original statement collapse or invalid, then it is a valid assumption.
In logical reasoning, what makes an argument 'strong' versus 'weak'?
A strong argument is directly related to the question, logically sound, and based on facts/real consequences; a weak argument is irrelevant, trivial, ambiguous, or based on superficial assumptions.
What is the difference between an assumption and an inference in argument analysis?
An assumption is something presupposed before/underlying a statement (unstated premise), while an inference is a conclusion drawn after/from the given information.
In 'course of action' questions, what is a course of action?
A course of action is a practical step or administrative decision proposed to solve a problem or improve a situation given in the statement; it should follow logically and be feasible.
What is the general systematic approach to solving logical problem-solving questions?
Read the problem fully, identify the given data and what is asked, organize information (tables/diagrams), apply logical rules step by step, and verify the answer against all conditions.
In problem solving, what is the technique of using a grid/matrix useful for?
A grid or matrix helps solve logic puzzles involving multiple categories (e.g., people, jobs, colors) by marking possible and impossible combinations to eliminate options.
What is a 'blood relation' problem in logical reasoning?
A problem describing family relationships through statements or pointing clues, where the task is to determine how two individuals are related (e.g., uncle, niece, cousin).
In blood relations, how is the statement 'pointing to a man, she said he is my mother's only son's son' interpreted?
Mother's only son = the speaker's brother (or the speaker himself if male); his son is therefore the speaker's nephew, making the man the speaker's nephew.
What are the two main types of seating arrangement problems?
Linear arrangement (people seated in a row/line) and circular arrangement (people seated around a circle/table); circular ones may face the center or outward.
In a circular seating arrangement where all persons face the center, how do left and right appear to an observer?
When all face the center, a person's right is the observer's anticlockwise direction and a person's left is the clockwise direction (i.e., left/right are reversed relative to the page).
In linear arrangements, what does 'immediate neighbor' versus 'between' mean?
An immediate neighbor sits directly adjacent (next) to a person, while 'between' two people means positioned anywhere in the gap separating them, not necessarily adjacent.
What is an 'ordering/ranking' problem in logical reasoning?
A problem giving comparative clues (taller, older, faster, etc.) to arrange people or objects in a sequence or rank from highest to lowest.
In ranking problems, if a person is 'nth from the top' and 'mth from the bottom', how is the total number found?
Total number = (n + m) - 1, since the person is counted once in both directions.
What is 'coding and decoding' in logical reasoning?
Coding and decoding involves encrypting a word/message using a defined rule (letter shifts, substitutions, numbers, symbols) and then applying or reversing that rule to decode new items.
What is 'letter-shifting coding' and give its principle?
In letter-shifting coding, each letter is replaced by another a fixed number of positions ahead or behind in the alphabet (e.g., +1 turns A→B, B→C); decoding reverses the shift.
What is 'substitution coding'?
Substitution coding replaces words or items with other arbitrary words/symbols according to a fixed key; the meaning is decoded by mapping the substitutes back to originals.
In number-letter coding, how do you typically find the code for a letter?
Assign each letter its alphabetical position (A=1...Z=26) or a positionally reversed value (A=26...Z=1), then apply the given arithmetic operation to obtain the code.
What is the reverse alphabet value of a letter and how is it calculated?
The reverse (opposite) value is found by subtracting the letter's forward position from 27 (e.g., A=27-1=26, Z=27-26=1); A↔Z, B↔Y, etc.
What is 'data interpretation' in logical/analytical reasoning?
Data interpretation is the skill of reading, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data presented in tables, bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, or other formats to answer questions.
In a pie chart, how is the value represented by a sector calculated, and what is the total?
The whole pie represents 360 degrees (or 100%); a sector's value = (sector angle / 360) x total, or (sector percentage / 100) x total.
What is the formula for percentage change between two data values?
Percentage change = ((New value - Old value) / Old value) x 100; a positive result is an increase, a negative result a decrease.
In data interpretation, how is the average (mean) of a data set calculated?
Average = Sum of all values / Number of values.
What is the difference between a bar graph and a line graph in data interpretation?
A bar graph uses rectangular bars to compare discrete quantities across categories, while a line graph connects data points to show trends or changes over a continuous variable such as time.
What is the purpose of psychological assessment in an entry-test context?
Psychological assessment evaluates a candidate's reasoning, decision-making, emotional stability, ethics, and aptitude/personality traits to judge suitability for the medical profession, rather than testing factual knowledge.
What this deck covers
The Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment deck follows the NUMS Entry Test Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment syllabus — 4 chapters and 10 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 161 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment flashcards FAQ
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50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
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They follow the NUMS Entry Test Logical Reasoning and Psychological Assessment syllabus — 4 chapters and 10 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
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