Pak Navy Non-Verbal Intelligence Test
The Pakistan Navy initial tests at a recruitment and selection centre open with the intelligence tests, verbal and non-verbal, timed and on computer, followed by the academic test for your branch.
The non-verbal intelligence test is made of figures instead of words. Shapes turn, move round a box, gain or lose parts and change their shading from one figure to the next, and each question asks which figure follows the rule, completes the pattern or breaks it.
What the Pak Navy non verbal intelligence test asks
Which figure comes next in the series?
Which figure completes a three by three pattern?
The first figure changes into the second; which figure does the third change into?
Three figures share a rule; find the one that does not.
How the figure looks in a mirror standing beside it.
How the figure looks reflected in water below it.
Which option is the same figure turned through a quarter or half turn.
Candidates who do not clear go home; those who do go on to the preliminary medical and interview, then ISSB.
Sample Pak Navy non verbal intelligence test questions with answers
1. Which figure completes the pattern? Choose the figure that replaces the question mark.
- A. Pentagon at centre
- B. Triangle pointing down at centre
- C. Pentagon at centre
- D. Half-shaded pentagon, shaded down at centre
The bottom row must continue star, triangle, pentagon, so the missing shape is a pentagon. The third column uses a 180 degree rotation, making option A the only choice satisfying both rules.
Discuss this question2. Which figure completes the pattern? Choose the figure that replaces the question mark.
- A. Solid pentagon at centre; small dot at top centre
- B. Solid star at centre; small dot at top centre
- C. Solid pentagon at centre; small dot at top centre
- D. Half-shaded pentagon, shaded right at centre; small dot at top centre
The bottom row requires a pentagon in the third column. The third column gives 90 degrees, solid fill and a top-centre dot, so option A satisfies all four patterns together.
Discuss this question3. Which figure completes the pattern? Choose the figure that replaces the question mark.
- A. Arrow pointing down at centre
- B. Arrow pointing right at centre
- C. Triangle pointing down at centre
- D. Semicircle pointing down at centre
The shape order shifts left in each new row. At the same time, the third column uses a 180-degree turn. The missing shape is an arrow, so it must be the arrow turned 180 degrees, which is option A.
Discuss this question4. Which figure completes the pattern? Choose the figure that replaces the question mark.
- A. Solid arrow pointing down at centre
- B. Solid arrow pointing right at centre
- C. Solid star at centre
- D. Half-shaded arrow pointing down at centre
The bottom row must continue triangle, star, arrow, so the missing shape is an arrow. All figures in the bottom row are rotated 180 degrees, and the third column is solid. Only option A satisfies all three rules together.
Discuss this question5. Which figure completes the pattern? Choose the figure that replaces the question mark.
- A. Small dot at top left; small dot at top centre; small dot at top right; small dot at bottom left
- B. Small dot at top left; small dot at top centre; small dot at top right; small dot at bottom left; small dot at bottom right
- C. Small dot at top left; small dot at top right; small dot at bottom left; small dot at bottom right; small dot at centre
- D. Small dot at top left; small dot at top centre; small dot at top right; small dot at bottom left; small dot at bottom right; small dot at bottom centre
The dot counts are 1, 2, 3 in the first row, then 2, 3, 4, and then 3, 4, 5. Therefore the bottom-right figure must contain five dots. Option B has the required count and arrangement.
Discuss this questionHow to prepare for the Pak Navy non verbal intelligence test
- The intelligence tests are the gate for every branch, from Operations to Supply, so a month of daily timed practice before your centre date is the preparation that changes the outcome.
- Track one change at a time. Ask what each shape does between two figures: does it turn, and by how much; does it move, and which way; does its shading change; does it appear or vanish?
- Rule options out rather than looking for the answer. Once one rule is clear, most options break it, and only one or two are left to check against the next rule.
- For mirror images, left and right swap and top and bottom stay. For water images, top and bottom swap and left and right stay. A quarter turn clockwise moves the top of the figure to its right side.
- Practise against the clock. Figure questions are quick once the common rules are familiar, and familiarity only comes from volume.
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What is in the Pak Navy non verbal intelligence test?
Figure series, pattern completion, figure analogies, odd figure out, mirror images, water images and figure rotation. The non-verbal intelligence test is made of figures instead of words. Shapes turn, move round a box, gain or lose parts and change their shading from one figure to the next, and each question asks which figure follows the rule, completes the pattern or breaks it.
When is the Pak Navy intelligence test taken?
The Pakistan Navy initial tests at a recruitment and selection centre open with the intelligence tests, verbal and non-verbal, timed and on computer, followed by the academic test for your branch.
Is there also a verbal intelligence test for Pak Navy?
Yes. The Pak Navy intelligence test has a verbal part and a non-verbal part, and candidates sit both. Each has its own free practice test on TestUstad.
How long is this Pak Navy non verbal intelligence practice test?
30 questions in 20 minutes, drawn fresh on every attempt and scored with harder questions counting more. The boards do not publish their papers, so these are original questions of the same types, at the same pace.
Is the Pak Navy non verbal intelligence practice free?
Yes. There is no fee, no sign-up and no limit on attempts. Every question is explained when you finish.