General Aptitude Test (GAT, Qudurat): free practice test

Past exam question Unit: Verbal Analogy

1. Aتهور : ندم (recklessness : regret) ✓ Correct answer

   Reflection brings humility, and recklessness brings regret.

2. Bعلم : معلم (knowledge : teacher)

   A teacher passes on knowledge; the relation is person and what he gives.

3. Cصلاة : ركوع (prayer : bowing)

   Bowing is a part of prayer; the relation is part and whole.

4. Dصيام : سحور (fasting : pre-dawn meal)

   The pre-dawn meal prepares for fasting; the relation is preparation and purpose.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Verbal — verbal analogy; concept: cause, effect and function

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Past exam question Unit: Verbal Analogy

1. Aسواد : ليل (blackness : night)

   Blackness is a feature of night; nothing circles in a place.

2. Bمعتمرون : مطاف (pilgrims (umrah) : tawaf area) ✓ Correct answer

   A star moves in its orbit, and the pilgrims circle in the tawaf area.

3. Cبياض : ثلج (whiteness : snow)

   Whiteness is a feature of snow; nothing circles in a place.

4. Dورقة : شجرة (leaf : tree)

   A leaf is part of a tree: part and whole, not circling in a place.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Verbal — verbal analogy; concept: other associations

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Past exam question Unit: Sentence Completion

1. Aفهم - المستغلق (understanding - the closed) ✓ Correct answer

   Understanding of something closes upon a person, and then what was closed is opened for him, so the meaning holds.

2. Bنسيان - المنسي (forgetting - the forgotten)

   "Forgetting of something closed to him" does not make sense.

3. Cضياع - المفقود (loss - the lost)

   What closes upon a person is understanding, not loss.

4. Dظلم - المظلوم (injustice - the wronged)

   Injustice has nothing to do with a problem closing upon someone.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Verbal — sentence completion; concept: the word that fits the meaning

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Past exam question Unit: Contextual Error

1. Aكاملًا (complete)

   «كاملًا» is a positive trait that suits the effect of reading and agrees with the rest.

2. Bالمشورة (consultation)

   «المشورة» is one of the three causes compared in the sentence.

3. Cمترددًا (hesitant) ✓ Correct answer

   The sentence lists positive traits and hesitation is a negative one; consultation gives confidence, so the right word is «واثقًا».

4. Dدقيقًا (precise)

   «دقيقًا» is a positive trait that suits the effect of writing.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Verbal — contextual error; concept: Contradiction in meaning

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Past exam question Unit: Arithmetic

1. A2000 riyals

   At 2000 the payment would be 3000+3000=6000, not 4500.

2. B2500 riyals

   At 2500 the payment would be 7500, not 4500.

3. C1000 riyals

   At 1000 the payment would be 3000, not 4500.

4. D1500 riyals ✓ Correct answer

   With price p the payment is 2(0.75p)+3(0.5p)=3p=4500, so p=1500.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — arithmetic; concept: fractions, ratio, proportion and percentages

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Past exam question Unit: Arithmetic

1. A2

   The remaining probability is 1/6 and the total is 24, so there are 4 blue balls, not 2.

2. B4 ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: the total is 8 ÷ (1/3) = 24 and the red balls number 12, so the blue balls number 24 − 8 − 12 = 4.

3. C3

   The remaining probability is 1/6 and the total is 24, so there are 4 blue balls, not 3.

4. D6

   This would mean a probability of 1/4 for blue; the actual probability is 1/6.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — arithmetic; concept: Averages and probability

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Past exam question Unit: Arithmetic

1. A26

   26 counts two per table and leaves out the two people at the ends.

2. B28 ✓ Correct answer

   13\times2=26 along the sides plus 2 at the ends gives 28 (rule 2n+2).

3. C30

   30 does not follow the rule 2n+2; 3 tables seat 8 and 13 tables seat 28.

4. D39

   39 assumes 3 people per table, which does not match 8 people for 3 tables.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — arithmetic; concept: Operations, numbers and number patterns

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Past exam question Unit: Geometry

1. A21.5

   This is all four corners, not just the two upper ones.

2. B5.375

   This is a single corner only.

3. C12.5

   This is one eighth of the square and is unrelated to the corner area 100-78.5.

4. D10.75 ✓ Correct answer

   The circle's area is 3.14\times25=78.5, so the four corners total 100-78.5=21.5; half of that belongs to the two upper corners: 10.75.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — geometry; concept: circles

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Past exam question Unit: Algebra

1. A12

   This does not satisfy \frac{8}{st}=\frac{1}{2}; it would give \frac{8}{12}.

2. B18

   This does not satisfy \frac{8}{st}=\frac{1}{2}; it would give \frac{8}{18}.

3. C24

   This does not satisfy \frac{8}{st}=\frac{1}{2}; it would give \frac{8}{24}.

4. D16 ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: \frac{1}{s}+\frac{1}{t}=\frac{s+t}{st}=\frac{8}{st}=\frac{1}{2}, so st=16.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — algebra; concept: Simplifying expressions and identities

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Past exam question Unit: Data Interpretation

1. A300% ✓ Correct answer

   The largest rise is from 2001 to 2002: \frac{22 - 6}{6} \times 100 \approx 266.7\%, and the nearest 100% is 300%.

2. B100%

   No consecutive-year increase is close to 100%; the years after 2002 change by small percentages.

3. C200%

   This comes from dividing the difference 16 by 8 instead of by the starting value 6; the base is the earlier year's value, 6.

4. D400%

   400% would mean the value became five times as large, i.e. 30, which did not happen.

Reference: ETEC, General Aptitude Test page (updated 2026-09-08): Quantitative — data interpretation; concept: bar and pie charts

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