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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The European Union's Erasmus+ programme funds study, training, and volunteering abroad. In its current funding period the programme's budget was almost doubled compared with the previous one. Erasmus+ is open not only to students but also to teachers, trainers, and youth workers." Based ONLY on the passage, which statement is true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "A recent report noted that remote sensing satellites can detect changes in vegetation cover. The report did not specify how frequently the satellites pass over any given area." Which conclusion can be drawn from the passage alone?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "All members of the committee who attended the morning session also attended the afternoon session. Some members who attended the afternoon session did not attend the morning session." Which statement must be true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The new archiving policy requires that paper documents be digitised within thirty days of receipt. Documents marked 'confidential' must additionally be logged in a restricted register before digitisation." Which action is required for a confidential paper document?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The survey found that respondents in coastal regions reported higher satisfaction with public transport than respondents in inland regions. No data were collected on rural versus urban differences." Which statement is supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "If a meeting room is booked, a confirmation email is sent automatically. The IT department received no confirmation email for Room B today." Assuming the system works as described, what follows?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The grant scheme prioritises applications from small enterprises. Medium-sized enterprises may apply but are funded only after all eligible small-enterprise applications have been assessed." Which statement is true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "Researchers observed that the migratory birds arrived two weeks earlier this year than the ten-year average. They attributed this partly to milder spring temperatures but cautioned that a single year does not establish a trend." Which conclusion is best supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The library extended its opening hours on weekdays but kept weekend hours unchanged. Borrowing of physical books rose, while use of the online catalogue stayed level." Which statement is supported by the passage?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "No applicant who failed the language test was admitted to the second stage. Some applicants who passed the language test were nonetheless not admitted to the second stage." Which statement must be true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The factory reduced water consumption by recycling cooling water. Energy use was not affected by this change. Management plans to address energy efficiency in a separate project next year." Which statement is true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The audit covered three departments: Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement. The auditors found no irregularities in Finance. They reported minor issues in Procurement and made no findings about Human Resources because records were incomplete." Which statement is supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "Whenever the river level exceeds the warning threshold, the flood barrier is raised. The flood barrier was not raised yesterday." If the system functioned correctly, what follows?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The conference offered sessions in three streams: policy, technology, and finance. Attendees could register for at most two streams. Attendance was highest for the technology stream." Which statement is supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The pilot project tested electric delivery vans in two cities. In City X, delivery times improved; in City Y, delivery times were unchanged. Maintenance costs rose in both cities during the pilot." Which statement is true?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "All certified translators in the unit are fluent in at least three languages. Maria is a certified translator in the unit." Which conclusion necessarily follows?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The report recommends increasing recycling rates but acknowledges that the data on industrial waste are incomplete. It calls for a new data-collection system before setting binding targets." Which statement is best supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The training was mandatory for all new staff and optional for existing staff. Of the existing staff, fewer than half chose to attend." Which statement is supported?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The committee will approve the proposal only if both the legal and the budgetary services issue a favourable opinion. The legal service issued a favourable opinion; the budgetary service issued a negative opinion." What follows?

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Verbal reasoning. Passage: "The museum increased ticket prices in January. Visitor numbers in the first quarter were slightly lower than in the same quarter last year, but total ticket revenue was higher." Which conclusion is best supported?

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Numerical reasoning. A department processed 1,200 applications in a month. 35% were approved, 25% were rejected, and the remainder are still pending. How many applications are still pending?

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Numerical reasoning. A report cost EUR 8,000 to produce. Printing was 45% of the cost and design was 30%. The rest covered editing. How much was spent on editing?

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Numerical reasoning. A team translated 540 pages in 9 working days, at a constant daily rate. At the same rate, how many pages would they translate in 14 working days?

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Numerical reasoning. In Year 1 a unit had 250 staff. In Year 2 the number rose by 12%. In Year 3 it then fell by 10% from the Year 2 figure. How many staff were there in Year 3 (rounded to the nearest whole number)?

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Numerical reasoning. A budget table shows EUR 60,000 for travel, EUR 90,000 for IT, and EUR 150,000 for salaries. What fraction of the total budget is the travel line?

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Numerical reasoning. A printer produces 24 pages per minute. How long, in minutes, will it take to print 1,080 pages, assuming it runs continuously?

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Numerical reasoning. A table shows that in 2023 a programme funded 320 projects, and in 2024 it funded 400 projects. What was the percentage increase from 2023 to 2024?

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Numerical reasoning. The ratio of permanent to temporary staff in a unit is 5:3. If there are 40 staff in total, how many are temporary?

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Numerical reasoning. A graph shows quarterly sales of EUR 120,000; EUR 135,000; EUR 150,000; and EUR 195,000. What was the average quarterly sales figure for the year?

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Numerical reasoning. An invoice of EUR 500 carries a 21% VAT rate. What is the total amount payable including VAT?

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Numerical reasoning. A table shows a country's exports were EUR 4.2 billion and imports were EUR 3.5 billion. What was the trade balance (exports minus imports)?

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Numerical reasoning. A project of 80 tasks is 65% complete. How many tasks remain to be done?

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Numerical reasoning. A table lists monthly help-desk tickets: 320 in January, 280 in February, and 360 in March. By what percentage did tickets change from January to March?

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Numerical reasoning. A discount of 15% is applied to an item priced at EUR 240. What is the discounted price?

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Numerical reasoning. A table shows a unit answered 4,500 of 5,000 incoming calls. What percentage of calls went unanswered?

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Numerical reasoning. A meeting starts at 09:45 and lasts 2 hours and 50 minutes. At what time does it end?

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Numerical reasoning. A table shows three regions received grants of EUR 240,000, EUR 360,000, and EUR 600,000. The largest grant represents what percentage of the combined total?

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Numerical reasoning. A unit's costs were EUR 50,000 last year. This year they are projected to be 8% higher, and next year a further 5% higher than this year. What is the projected cost next year (rounded to the nearest euro)?

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Abstract reasoning. In a sequence of figures, the number of dots increases by a constant amount each step: 2, 5, 8, 11, ... How many dots appear in the next figure?

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Abstract reasoning. A shape rotates 90 degrees clockwise at each step of a series. If it starts pointing up, which direction does it point after three steps?

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Abstract reasoning. In each figure of a series, one shape is added and the shading alternates between black and white. If figure 1 has 1 black shape and figure 2 has 2 white shapes, how many shapes does figure 4 contain, following the add-one rule?

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Abstract reasoning. A series alternates between two transformations: step 1 reflects the figure horizontally, step 2 rotates it 180 degrees, step 3 reflects horizontally again, and so on. Which transformation applies at step 6?

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Abstract reasoning. A grid pattern shows arrows: up, right, down, left, up, right, ... Which direction is the eighth arrow?

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Abstract reasoning. In a sequence, the figures contain 1, 2, 4, 8, ... small squares. How many small squares should the next figure contain?

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Abstract reasoning. A figure series moves a single dot one position clockwise around the four corners of a square at each step. If the dot starts at the top-left corner, where is it after five steps?

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Abstract reasoning. Each figure in a series has an inner shape and an outer shape. The inner shape stays constant while the outer shape gains one side each step: triangle, square, pentagon, ... What is the outer shape in the fourth figure?

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Abstract reasoning. In a series, a line rotates 45 degrees clockwise each step. Starting horizontal (pointing right), after how many steps does it first return to the horizontal position?

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