{"questions":[{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-01","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","seed":true,"difficulty":2,"stem":"Find the next number: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?","options":["36","40","42","48"],"answer":2,"explain":{"en":"The gaps grow by 2 each time: +4, +6, +8, +10, so the next gap is +12 and the answer is 42. (Each term is n(n + 1): 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, …, 6×7 = 42.)","ur":"فرق ہر بار 2 بڑھتا ہے: +4، +6، +8، +10، اس لیے اگلا فرق +12 اور جواب 42 ہے۔ (ہر عدد n(n + 1) ہے: 6×7 = 42)"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"},{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-02","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","difficulty":3,"stem":"All doctors are graduates. Some graduates are athletes. Which conclusion follows?","options":["All doctors are athletes.","Some doctors are athletes.","No doctor is an athlete.","None of these follows."],"answer":3,"explain":{"en":"The athletes among graduates may or may not include any doctors, so nothing definite follows about doctors and athletes. A syllogism with an undistributed middle term (\"graduates\") gives no conclusion.","ur":"گریجویٹس میں جو کھلاڑی ہیں ان میں ڈاکٹر ہو بھی سکتے ہیں اور نہیں بھی، اس لیے ڈاکٹروں اور کھلاڑیوں کے بارے میں کوئی یقینی نتیجہ نہیں نکلتا۔"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"},{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-03","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","difficulty":1,"stem":"If CAT is written as DBU in a code, how is DOG written?","options":["EPH","CNF","EOH","DPH"],"answer":0,"explain":{"en":"Each letter moves one place forward in the alphabet: C→D, A→B, T→U. So D→E, O→P, G→H gives EPH.","ur":"ہر حرف حروف تہجی میں ایک قدم آگے جاتا ہے: C→D، A→B، T→U۔ اسی طرح D→E، O→P، G→H یعنی EPH۔"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"},{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-04","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","difficulty":1,"stem":"A is taller than B, and B is taller than C. Who is the shortest?","options":["A","B","C","Cannot be determined"],"answer":2,"explain":{"en":"The order is A > B > C, so C is the shortest. \"Taller than\" is transitive: if A > B and B > C, then A > C.","ur":"ترتیب A > B > C ہے، اس لیے C سب سے چھوٹا ہے۔ اگر A > B اور B > C تو A > C بھی۔"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"},{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-05","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","difficulty":1,"stem":"Find the next number: 3, 9, 27, 81, ?","options":["162","243","108","324"],"answer":1,"explain":{"en":"Each term is three times the one before (powers of 3), so 81 × 3 = 243.","ur":"ہر عدد پچھلے کا تین گنا ہے (3 کی طاقتیں)، اس لیے 81 × 3 = 243۔"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"},{"id":"mdcat-lr-pat-06","v":1,"subject":"logical-reasoning","chapter":"patterns-and-arguments","difficulty":1,"stem":"Which is the odd one out?","options":["Square","Triangle","Circle","Cube"],"answer":3,"explain":{"en":"Square, triangle and circle are flat (two-dimensional) shapes; a cube is a solid (three-dimensional) shape.","ur":"مربع، مثلث اور دائرہ سطحی (دو ابعادی) شکلیں ہیں؛ مکعب ٹھوس (تین ابعادی) شکل ہے۔"},"source":{"kind":"parcha-original"},"status":"sample","exam":"mdcat"}]}