GAT General (NTS) chapter 11: Analytical · Patterns and puzzles MCQs with answers
By Team Megalecture · Updated 4 Nov 2026
38 exam-style questions on Analytical · Patterns and puzzles, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
Ten Analytical · Patterns and puzzles questions with answers
Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. In a certain code, each letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet, so PEN is written as 16-5-14. Which word is written as 3-1-2?
A
BAC
B
CAB
C
CAD
D
BAD
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Answer: B. 3 = C, 1 = A, 2 = B, read in order: CAB. BAC has the same letters in the wrong order; CAD and BAD use 4 = D.
2. Usman is a man. His father has only one daughter, and she is Zara's mother. How is Usman related to Zara?
A
Cousin
B
Brother
C
Grandfather
D
Uncle
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Answer: D. Usman and the only daughter share a father, so she is Usman's sister. Zara's mother is Usman's sister, which makes Usman Zara's maternal uncle.
3. In a group of 50 students, 20 take Physics but not Chemistry, 15 take Chemistry but not Physics, and 5 take neither subject. How many take both subjects?
A
5
B
10
C
15
D
35
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Answer: B. Students taking at least one subject = 50 − 5 = 45. Remove the 'only' groups: 45 − 20 − 15 = 10 take both.
4. Find the next term: A, C, F, J, O, ?
A
T
B
U
C
V
D
W
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Answer: B. The jumps grow by one letter each time: +2, +3, +4, +5, so the next is +6: O is the 15th letter, and 15 + 6 = 21 gives U.
5. Bilal says to a man, Usman, 'Your father's only daughter is my wife.' How is Bilal related to Usman?
A
Brother
B
Father-in-law
C
Brother-in-law
D
Son-in-law
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Answer: C. Usman's father's only daughter is Usman's sister, and she is married to Bilal. A sister's husband is a brother-in-law.
6. In a certain code, MANGO is written as OCPIQ. What word is written as TGCN in the same code?
A
VIEP
B
REAL
C
RAEL
D
LEAR
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Answer: B. Each letter of MANGO has moved two steps forward (M→O, A→C). To decode, move two steps back: T→R, G→E, C→A, N→L gives REAL. VIEP is the trap of coding forward again.
7. Hamza's grandmother has only one child, a daughter named Ayesha. How is Ayesha related to Hamza?
A
Aunt
B
Sister
C
Mother
D
Cousin
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Answer: C. Hamza's parent must be a child of his grandmother, and she has only one child, so that child is Hamza's parent. Ayesha is therefore his mother.
8. In a certain code language, 'sky is blue' is written as 'pa ko ti', 'blue car' is written as 'ti ra', and 'sky high' is written as 'ko fu'. Which code word stands for 'is'?
A
pa
B
ko
C
ti
D
ra
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Answer: A. 'blue' appears in the first two sentences, so blue = ti; 'sky' appears in the first and third, so sky = ko. The remaining word of the first sentence, 'is', must be pa.
9. Each letter is given its position in the alphabet (A = 1, B = 2, ... , Z = 26), and a word's code is the sum of its letters. BAD is coded as 2 + 1 + 4 = 7. What is the code for FACE?
A
14
B
15
C
16
D
18
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Answer: B. F = 6, A = 1, C = 3, E = 5, and 6 + 1 + 3 + 5 = 15. 16 comes from counting E as 6.
10. One number in this series does not fit the pattern: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 35, 50. Which number is wrong?
A
17
B
26
C
35
D
50
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Answer: C. Each term is a square plus 1: 1 + 1, 4 + 1, 9 + 1, 16 + 1, 25 + 1, 36 + 1 = 37, 49 + 1 = 50. The sixth term should be 37, not 35.
Chapter test. Ten questions from Analytical · Patterns and puzzles, drawn fresh each time, about ten minutes.
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How many Analytical · Patterns and puzzles MCQs are there?
38, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 2 topics: Series and coding, Relations, directions and sets. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
Is the GAT General (NTS) chapter 11 test free?
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How is the chapter test marked?
The moment you press Finish: your score, the right answer and an explanation for every question, and the ones you got wrong saved in My mistakes to retry.
