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 T and Y are both in group 1, which must be true

1. AS is in the same group as V✓
2. BS is in the same group as W✓
3. CV is in the same group as R✓
4. DW is in the same group as T✓

My family and neighbors are ______ these days.

1. Ato worry✓
2. Bworried✓
3. Cworries✓
4. Dworry✓

Please sit _____ this chair.

1. Aat✓
2. Bby✓
3. Cin✓
4. Don✓

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

1. ANobody listened me✓
2. BNobody listened at me✓
3. CNobody listened for me✓
4. DNobody listened to me✓

SATURDAY : SUNDAY ::

1. Afirst : last✓
2. BNovember : December✓
3. Cone : none✓
4. Dup : down✓

JAPAN : JAPANESE ::

1. ACantonese : Chinese✓
2. BFrance : Paris✓
3. CHolland : Dutch✓
4. DIceland : polar✓

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

1. Acousin✓
2. Bfriend✓
3. Cneighbor✓
4. Dspouse✓

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

1. Afear✓
2. Bhelp✓
3. Cpayment✓
4. Dreluctance✓

If you take HEED of something you _______ it.

1. Aearn✓
2. Bemploy✓
3. Cpay attention to✓
4. Dpay for✓

The audience HECKLED the speaker and ______ him many times.

1. Aadmired✓
2. Bcalled✓
3. Cignored✓
4. Dinterrupted✓

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. ACumner✓
2. BGeoffrey Gibbs✓
3. CGeorge Eade✓
4. DThe Common✓

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. Acan never be completely cured of tinea✓
2. Bdid not take steps to avoid contracting tinea✓
3. Cdoes not understand what causes tinea✓
4. Dhas not been repeatedly infected anew with tinea✓

"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. Acomputer programmers will increasingly need lawyers✓
2. Blaw and programming graduates will compete for the same jobs✓
3. Cthere will soon be more jobs for lawyers than now✓
4. Dthere will soon be more programming graduates than jobs for them✓

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. ANed is carrying his sunglasses in his pocket✓
2. BNed is not outdoors✓
3. CNed is not outdoors and the sun is not shining✓
4. DNed is not outdoors and/or the sun is not shining✓

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

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. AS✓
2. BT✓
3. CW✓
4. DY✓

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. AR✓
2. BS✓
3. CT✓
4. DV✓

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. AR and S✓
2. BS and Y✓
3. CV and Y✓
4. DW 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 V is in the same group as Y, which must be true

1. AR is in group 1✓
2. BS is in group 1✓
3. CT is in group 1✓
4. DW 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 S is in group 1, which must be true

1. AT is in group 1✓
2. BT is in group 2✓
3. CY is in group 1✓
4. DY is in group 2✓

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

1. A35✓
2. B40✓
3. C45✓
4. D50✓

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

1. A450✓
2. B500✓
3. C580✓
4. D625✓

The sum of the exterior angles of any polygon is

1. A180 degrees✓
2. B270 degrees✓
3. C360 degrees✓
4. D540 degrees✓

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

1. A2✓
2. B4✓
3. C6✓
4. D8✓

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

1. A0✓
2. B5✓
3. C8✓
4. D9✓

3/4 is a ________ number.

1. Ainteger✓
2. Birrational✓
3. Cnatural✓
4. Drational✓

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

1. Ainteger✓
2. Birrational✓
3. Cnatural✓
4. Dwhole✓

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

1. A1✓
2. B5✓
3. C7✓
4. D15✓

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

1. Aall real numbers✓
2. Ball real numbers except -10✓
3. Call real numbers except -5✓
4. Dall real numbers except 5✓

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

1. A1✓
2. Blog_a f✓
3. Clog_f a✓
4. Dlog_a e✓