HEC HAT - Medical (MS) MCQs 2026

Choose the word MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE: Shakeel's attitude was so INSIPID. She didn't show any ______.

1. Acourage✓
2. Bhope✓
3. Cliveliness✓
4. Dnervousness✓

You shouldn't have a bath straight after ______ a meal.

1. Aate✓
2. Beat✓
3. Ceaten✓
4. Deating✓

The strange incident was also covered ______ national TV.

1. Aat✓
2. Bby✓
3. Con✓
4. Donto✓

Japan's average life expectancy has risen steadily since 1960 to the world's highest, even though heart disease rose with a more Western, fatty diet. Which best explains the rise

1. ASince 1960 the decline in illnesses that kill more Japanese than heart disease has exceeded the rise in heart disease✓
2. BThe average Westerner is still five times more likely than a Japanese person to develop heart disease✓
3. CThe Japanese diet has traditionally included many non-fatty foods thought to reduce heart disease✓
4. DWesterners' life expectancy has risen more slowly since 1960 than before✓

The hardness of five minerals N, O, R, S, T is tested: a mineral is harder if it scratches another. Known: N scratches O; R scratches S; O does not scratch T. If S scratches T, any of these pairs could be equally hard EXCEPT

1. AN and R✓
2. BN and S✓
3. CN and T✓
4. DR and T✓

The hardness of five minerals N, O, R, S, T is tested: a mineral is harder if it scratches another. Known: N scratches O; R scratches S; O does not scratch T. If O scratches S, which must be true

1. AN is harder than R✓
2. BN is harder than T✓
3. CR is harder than T✓
4. DT is harder than S✓

The hardness of five minerals N, O, R, S, T is tested: a mineral is harder if it scratches another. Known: N scratches O; R scratches S; O does not scratch T. Which order from hardest to softest is possible if no two are equally hard

1. AN, R, T, S, O✓
2. BN, T, S, O, R✓
3. CR, N, O, S, T✓
4. DR, O, S, T, N✓

Read: "The Dutch won independence with the aid of England, then quickly emerged as a major commercial and naval power that ungratefully challenged the supremacy of her former benefactor England." Once independent, the Dutch became the ______ of the English.

1. Abenefactors✓
2. Bcompetitors✓
3. Cexplorers✓
4. Dsaviors✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY SIMILAR: If you BROACH a topic you ______ it.

1. Aannounce✓
2. Bdiscuss✓
3. Clike✓
4. Dreject✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY SIMILAR: A SNAG is a/an ______.

1. Aboring program✓
2. Bcasual talk✓
3. Cfoolish prank✓
4. Dunexpected difficulty✓

CHEW : EAT ::

1. Ainhale : exhale✓
2. Bsip : drink✓
3. Csleep : dream✓
4. Dswallow : digest✓

Choose the best standard English form: "If we ask, he might help us."

1. AIf we ask, he might help us✓
2. BIf we are asking, he might help us✓
3. CIf we asked, he might help us✓
4. DIf we had asked, he might help us✓

Bats catch prey using echoes; it is claimed this efficiency is reduced by moths that can hear the bats' sounds. Which best supports this claim

1. AMoth species that can hear the bats' sounds are less likely to be caught than species that cannot✓
2. BMoth species that cannot hear the bats' sounds are among the insects most likely to be caught✓
3. CMoths that cannot hear the sounds live longer on average when no bats are present✓
4. DWhen a moth changes speed or direction, the sound of its wing movements changes✓

A senator says Jones is highly qualified because a Lawyers' Committee gave a unanimous "qualified" rating. Which is the best reason to dismiss that claim

1. AThe committee gives "qualified" only to candidates meeting stringent experience and ethics standards✓
2. BThe committee does not advise the Senate on all judicial appointments✓
3. CSeveral committee members are not themselves qualified to be judges✓
4. DThe committee gives "highly qualified" or "very highly qualified" to 95% of all candidates✓

An argument says "between you and I" must be acceptable because Shakespeare used it in The Merchant of Venice. Which most seriously weakens this argument

1. AIn his plays Shakespeare intentionally had some characters use phrases he considered ungrammatical✓
2. BMany modern English speakers say both "between you and I" and "between you and me"✓
3. CThe more modern a phrase, the less likely grammarians accept it for formal use✓
4. DThe phrase "between you and I" appears infrequently in Shakespeare's writings✓

Theory: the early molten Earth, with most iron settled to its core, spun off surface fluid that later solidified into the Moon. If correct, this best supports the conclusion that

1. AMost of the fluid cast off from Earth dispersed into outer space✓
2. BThe Moon has proportionally less iron at its core than Earth does✓
3. CThe Moon is the only sizable body orbiting Earth✓
4. DThe Moon's surface solidified after Earth's surface did✓

SMILE : FROWN ::

1. Ablush : shy✓
2. Bgrin : smile✓
3. Claugh : cry✓
4. Dtear : eye✓

Choose the word MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE: Please don't RAVE. Speak ______.

1. Acalmly✓
2. Bclearly✓
3. Cfluently✓
4. Dloudly✓

If f(x) = x^4 - 3x^2 - x - 192, then f(-4) =

1. A10✓
2. B12✓
3. C20✓
4. D24✓

A map of countries R, S, W, X, Y, Z is coloured so adjacent countries differ. Adjacencies: R, S, X, Y are each adjacent to W; X is adjacent to Y; R and S are each adjacent to Z. Which pair must be different colours

1. AR and X✓
2. BS and X✓
3. CS and Z✓
4. DX and Z✓

A map of countries R, S, W, X, Y, Z is coloured so adjacent countries differ. Adjacencies: R, S, X, Y are each adjacent to W; X is adjacent to Y; R and S are each adjacent to Z. Which pair can be the same colour

1. AR and S✓
2. BS and W✓
3. CW and X✓
4. DW and Y✓

The sum of the geometric progression 1, 3, 9, 27, ..., 729 is

1. A899✓
2. B980✓
3. C1073✓
4. D1093✓

The square root of 0.001369 is

1. A0.031✓
2. B0.033✓
3. C0.037✓
4. D0.37✓

A project needs 150 workers for 40 days. After 16 days, 30 more workers join. The remaining work is completed in

1. A10 days✓
2. B15 days✓
3. C20 days✓
4. D25 days✓

The identity (a - b)c = ac - bc illustrates the ________ property.

1. Aassociative✓
2. Bcommutative✓
3. Cdistributive✓
4. Didentity✓

For subsets A and B of a universal set, (A U B) complement equals

1. AA intersect B✓
2. BA complement U B complement✓
3. CA U B✓
4. DA complement intersect B complement✓

Evaluate: (2/5)^-3 x (2/5)^3 + (3/5)^5 x (3/5)^-5 =

1. A(6/5)^8✓
2. B0✓
3. C1✓
4. D2✓

The solution of the equation sqrt(3x - 2) - sqrt(x) = 2 is

1. A1✓
2. B3✓
3. C7✓
4. D9✓

0.00345 written in scientific notation is

1. A0.345 x 10^-2✓
2. B3.45 x 10^-3✓
3. C0.345 x 10^2✓
4. D3.45 x 10^3✓

(log_a n)(log_n a)(log_m b)(log_b p)(log_p m) =

1. A0✓
2. B1✓
3. Clog_b n✓
4. Dlog_m n✓