General Aptitude Test
GAT / Qudrat
Measures analytical and deductive reasoning and learning capacity independent of specialization. Two sections (Verbal + Quantitative); counts ~40% of the weighted university-admission percentage. Offered paper and computer-based (year-round for CBT).
- Who it is for
- High-school students/graduates seeking Saudi university admission
- Format
- mcq4 · ~120 questions · ~2.5 hours · paper + computer-based
Test sections
| التناظر اللفظي | Verbal Analogy | Identify the pair whose relationship mirrors a given stem pair (part-whole, cause-effect, tool-user, synonym/antonym, degree/intensity, category-member, function). | Generate an ORIGINAL Saudi GAT verbal-analogy item in Modern Standard Arabic: a stem word-pair with exactly ONE clear relationship, then 4 candidate pairs where exactly one mirrors that relationship; make 2 distractors share surface theme but the wrong relation. 4 options, one correct, with a one-line rationale per option. Never reproduce any real exam item. |
| إكمال الجمل | Sentence Completion | Fill one or two blanks in an MSA sentence whose logic (contrast, cause, sequence) forces a unique correct word/phrase. | Write an ORIGINAL MSA sentence with 1-2 blanks whose connector logic (لكن/رغم/لأن/إذ) forces a unique correct fill. 4 options, all grammatically valid but only one semantically/logically correct; rationale per option. Do not copy official questions. |
| استيعاب المقروء | Reading Comprehension | Answer questions on a short MSA expository/argumentative passage: main idea, inference, vocab-in-context, explicit detail, author tone. | Generate an ORIGINAL 120-200 word MSA passage on science/society/history, then 3-5 MCQs mixing one main-idea, one inference, one vocab-in-context and one explicit-detail. Every answer must be fully derivable from the passage. 4 options each, rationale per option. Original content only. |
| الخطأ السياقي | Contextual Error | Spot the single word that breaks the meaning/logic of an otherwise correct sentence (semantic mismatch, not grammar). | Write an ORIGINAL coherent MSA sentence, then swap exactly one word for a near-neighbor that is grammatically fine but contextually wrong. Present 4 underlined candidate words; the task is to identify the contextually wrong one. Rationale per option. No real-exam reuse. |
| المفردة الشاذة | Odd Word Out | Choose the word that does not belong among four (paper form). Three share an unambiguous category/feature; one does not. | Generate 4 ORIGINAL Arabic words where exactly 3 share a clear category/feature and 1 does not; keep the shared trait unambiguous. The odd one out is the answer. Provide a rationale explaining the shared category. Original only. |
| الحساب وخواص الأعداد | Arithmetic & Number Properties | Ratios, percentages, fractions, divisibility, averages, sequences, units. | Build an ORIGINAL word problem solvable mentally in under 60 seconds with clean numbers. Include one trap from a common mis-step (e.g., percentage-of vs percentage-change). 4 numeric options, one correct, rationale per option. No copied items. |
| الجبر | Algebra | Linear/quadratic equations, expressions, inequalities, substitution, simple functions. | Pose an ORIGINAL equation/expression with a single integer or simple-fraction solution. Distractors are sign errors and transposition mistakes. 4 options, one correct, rationale per option. Original content only. |
| الهندسة | Geometry | Angles, triangles, circles, area/perimeter/volume, coordinate basics, similarity. | Describe an ORIGINAL figure in text needing one or two property applications (no protractor). Distractors come from formula confusion (area vs perimeter). 4 options, one correct, rationale per option. Never reuse official figures or items. |
| تحليل البيانات والإحصاء | Data Analysis & Statistics | Reading tables/charts, mean/median/mode, basic probability. | Generate an ORIGINAL small table or chart described in text, then a 1-2 step read-and-compute MCQ. 4 options, one correct, rationale per option. Original data only. |
| المقارنات الكمية | Quantitative Comparison | Compare Quantity A vs Quantity B; the four fixed options never change. | Present two ORIGINAL quantities A and B with the four fixed options (A greater / B greater / equal / cannot be determined). Craft some to hinge on edge cases (zero, negatives, fractions) so 'cannot be determined' is genuinely plausible. Rationale per option. No copied items. |