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Academic Aptitude and Humanities

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  1. Architect is to blueprint as composer is to:
  2. Thermometer is to temperature as barometer is to:
  3. Lenient is to strict as transparent is to:
  4. Which word is closest in meaning to 'meticulous'?
  5. Which word is most nearly the opposite of 'frugal'?
  6. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'Although the evidence seemed ______, the committee asked for further tests before reaching a decision.'
  7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'The engineer's proposal was so ______ that even its sharpest critics could not find a flaw.'
  8. Which item does not belong with the others: copper, iron, graphite, aluminium?
  9. Arrange the sentences in the most logical order. (1) The result was a sharp fall in the town's water use. (2) In 2019 the town replaced its old pipes. (3) Leaks, not customers, had been the main sourc…
  10. All engineers are problem-solvers. Some problem-solvers are artists. Which conclusion must be true?
  11. No reptile is warm-blooded. All snakes are reptiles. Which statement follows?
  12. If it rains, the match is cancelled. The match was not cancelled. What can be concluded?
  13. What is the next number in the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ... ?
  14. What is the next number in the sequence 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ... ?
  15. What is the next number in the sequence 5, 10, 8, 16, 14, 28, ... ?
  16. A says: 'B is a liar.' B says: 'A and I are the same type of person (both truthful or both liars).' Each person is either always truthful or always lying. Which is correct?
  17. Five people P, Q, R, S, T sit in a row of seats 1 to 5. R is in seat 3, P is not next to R, and Q sits immediately to the left of S. Who must sit next to R in every valid arrangement?
  18. Ana is twice as old as Beto. Five years ago she was three times as old as he was. How old is Ana now?
  19. A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue balls. Two balls are drawn one after the other without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
  20. If 5 March is a Monday, what day of the week is 30 March of the same year?
  21. Which event ended with the capture of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by Francisco Pizarro's expedition in 1532?
  22. Which pair correctly links the proclamation and the final battle of Peruvian independence from Spain?
  23. Peru is divided into how many departments, in addition to the Constitutional Province of Callao?
  24. Which statement about voting in Peru is correct?
  25. Which description matches the separation of powers in Peru's constitutional system?
  26. In Plato's allegory of the cave, what do the shadows on the wall represent?
  27. Which Peruvian-born writer received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010?
  28. Which work is a collection of poems by Cesar Vallejo?
  29. What is the main point of the passage?
  30. According to the passage, how do the stone walls protect crops from frost?
  31. What can be inferred about terraces in villages that have emptied?
  32. Which new finding would most weaken the researchers' conclusion that terraces last only where people look after them?
  33. What did the researchers conclude from the study?
  34. Why did both groups have two normal nights of sleep before the test?
  35. Why did the researchers describe the result as a 'lead' and not a rule?
  36. Which additional result would best strengthen the researchers' conclusion?

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