Mawhiba Multiple Mental Abilities Test – Level 1: free practice test

Practice question Unit: Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension

1. Arich : poor

   Rich is the opposite of poor, which is an opposite relation.

2. Bthrifty : stingy ✓ Correct answer

   Bravery taken too far becomes recklessness, and thrift taken too far becomes stinginess, so the relation is a good quality and its excess.

3. Cgenerous : giving

   Generous and giving are close in meaning, which is a synonym relation.

4. Dmerchant : money

   A merchant deals with money, which is a profession and thing relation.

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Practice question Unit: Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension

1. Ajoyful – calm

   "Although" needs a contrast, and joyful news does not contrast with calm.

2. Bshocking – excitement

   Excitement does not reassure students.

3. Cjoyful – enthusiasm

   There is no contrast between joyful news and enthusiasm.

4. Dshocking – calm ✓ Correct answer

   Shocking news contrasts clearly with staying calm, and calm is what reassures students.

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Practice question Unit: Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension

1. Ahigh ✓ Correct answer

   A sun close to the horizon is low, not high, and that is what makes the shadow long. The word «high» contradicts the meaning.

2. Bsun

   The sun is the light source that makes the shadow, and the word does not clash with the sentence.

3. Cshadow

   A shadow is what changes length during the day, and the word fits the context.

4. Dmorning

   Early morning is when the sun is near the horizon, so the word is right.

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Practice question Unit: Mathematical and Spatial Reasoning

1. A9 centimetres

   This is the side of the square (36 ÷ 4), not the width of the rectangle.

2. B12 centimetres

   This is the given length of the rectangle, not its width.

3. C24 centimetres

   This subtracts the length from the whole perimeter (36 − 12) and ignores that length and width each appear twice.

4. D6 centimetres ✓ Correct answer

   Half the perimeter is 36 ÷ 2 = 18, so the width is 18 − 12 = 6 centimetres.

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Practice question Unit: Mathematical and Spatial Reasoning

1. A198

   198 would be ×3 again, but the last step was ×3, so +1 is next.

2. B69

   69 would be +3, which is not a step in the rule.

3. C67 ✓ Correct answer

   The steps alternate: ×3 then +1 (2→6, 6→7, 7→21, 21→22, 22→66). The step now is +1, so 66 + 1 = 67.

4. D132

   132 would be ×2, but the multiplying step here is ×3.

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Practice question Unit: Mathematical and Spatial Reasoning

1. AFigure A

   Wrong: this is the mirror image (flipped); no amount of turning alone can produce it.

2. BFigure B ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: this is the same figure turned a quarter turn clockwise, not flipped.

3. CFigure C

   Wrong: this is the mirror image (flipped); no amount of turning alone can produce it.

4. DFigure D

   Wrong: this is the mirror image (flipped); no amount of turning alone can produce it.

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Practice question Unit: Scientific and Mechanical Reasoning

1. Aeach night we see a different part of its lit half ✓ Correct answer

   Half the Moon is always lit, and its changing position shows us a different part of that half.

2. Bthe Moon really grows and shrinks every week depending on how near Earth it is

   The Moon's size is fixed; what changes is how much of it we see.

3. Cclouds cover part of the Moon in roughly the same order every night

   Clouds do not repeat in a fixed pattern, and the shapes change even in clear skies.

4. DEarth's shadow covers the Moon in a different shape every night of the month

   Earth's shadow causes eclipses only now and then, not every night.

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Practice question Unit: Scientific and Mechanical Reasoning

1. A9 m, the best throw, because it shows the farthest the plane can fly at its best

   A single throw may be affected by chance or wind, and does not show what the plane usually does.

2. B5 m, the shortest throw, because it is least affected by the wind

   This is also one throw affected by chance, with no reason to choose it.

3. C8 m, the last throw, because Reem had practised by then and threw better

   The last throw may improve with practice, but one throw does not represent the plane as well as the average.

4. D7 m, the average of the throws, because it reduces the effect of chance ✓ Correct answer

   The average: 5 + 9 + 6 + 8 = 28, and 28 ÷ 4 = 7 m. Repeating and averaging reduces the effect of errors and chance.

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Practice question Unit: Mental Flexibility

1. A86

   This answer writes the product first and the sum second, but the examples write the sum first.

2. B62

   This answer writes the sum and then the difference (4−2=2), but the examples use the product.

3. C66

   This answer repeats the sum twice and never works out the product.

4. D68 ✓ Correct answer

   The rule: write the sum of the two digits, then their product. 4+2=6 and 4×2=8, giving 68.

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Practice question Unit: Mental Flexibility

1. A24

   The values 6 and 4 give 6 + 6 + 4 = 16, not 17, so they fail the first equation.

2. B30 ✓ Correct answer

   Adding the equations gives ★ + ◆ = 11, so ★ = 17 − 11 = 6 and ◆ = 5, and the product is 30.

3. C35

   The values 7 and 5 give 7 + 7 + 5 = 19, not 17.

4. D36

   The values 6 and 6 give 6 + 6 + 6 = 18, not 17.

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