{"id":454,"date":"2026-08-26T01:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqsdrive.com\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:50:35","slug":"intelligence-mcqs-fia-police-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcqsdrive.com\/blog\/intelligence-mcqs-fia-police-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence MCQs with Answers for FIA & Police Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most candidates in Pakistan spend months on General Knowledge and Current Affairs, then lose easy marks in the intelligence section. That section is not about memory at all. It rewards pattern recognition and speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have seen this happen in FIA, Police, Excise and PPSC papers year after year. Candidates who practise intelligence MCQs daily finish this portion in half the time and use those saved minutes on tougher subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which Exams Include an Intelligence Section<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The intelligence portion appears in almost every recruitment test conducted for law-enforcement and clerical posts in Pakistan. The number of questions changes with the post and the testing body, but the question types stay the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exam \/ Post<\/strong><\/td>Typical Intelligence Weightage<\/strong><\/td>Common Question Types<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
FIA (ASI, Constable, UDC\/LDC)<\/td>Around 15\u201320 questions<\/td>Series, analogies, coding, directions<\/td><\/tr>
Punjab Police \/ KP Police (ASI, Constable)<\/td>Around 10\u201320 questions<\/td>Non-verbal figures, series, blood relations<\/td><\/tr>
Excise & Taxation Constable<\/td>Around 10\u201315 questions<\/td>Odd one out, ranking, simple logic<\/td><\/tr>
PPSC Junior Clerk \/ Assistant<\/td>Around 10\u201315 questions<\/td>Analogies, coding-decoding, number series<\/td><\/tr>
Pak Army (Initial Tests)<\/td>Verbal + non-verbal both tested<\/td>Figure patterns, mirror images, series<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Always confirm the exact split from the official advertisement, because the same department can change its paper pattern between two hiring cycles. Our FIA test syllabus with subject-wise marks distribution<\/a> breaks down one such pattern in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is simple: the syllabus for this section never really changes. Once you master six or seven question families, you can attempt any commission’s paper. Let us start with the verbal side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verbal Reasoning: Analogies, Odd One Out, Coding-Decoding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Verbal reasoning uses words, letters and relationships instead of figures. It carries the largest share of the intelligence portion in FIA and clerical papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analogies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An analogy asks you to find the same relationship between a second pair of words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three-step method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Say the relationship of the first pair out loud in one short sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Apply that exact sentence to the options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Reject any option where the relationship changes direction.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Q1. Doctor : Patient :: Teacher : ?
    (a) School (b) Student (c) Book (d) Salary
    Answer: (b) Student \u2014 A doctor treats a patient; a teacher teaches a student. Both are service-provider to receiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q2. Pen : Write :: Knife : ?
    (a) Sharp (b) Kitchen (c) Cut (d) Steel
    Answer: (c) Cut \u2014 Tool to its function. “Sharp” is a quality, not a function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q3. Hand : Glove :: Foot : ?
    (a) Shoe (b) Leg (c) Walk (d) Toe
    Answer: (a) Shoe \u2014 Body part to the item worn on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For deeper practice on word pairs, our related pair of words MCQs<\/a> section follows the same logic used in commission papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Odd One Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here, four items share one property and one does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q4. Copper, Silver, Iron, Wood
    Answer: Wood \u2014 The other three are metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q5. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
    Answer: 9 \u2014 All others are prime numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We always advise candidates to check two properties before choosing: category first, then number property. Many candidates pick the wrong option because they stop at the first pattern they notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Coding-Decoding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Coding questions replace letters with other letters or numbers using a fixed rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q6. If CAT is written as DBU, then DOG is written as?
    Answer: EPH \u2014 Every letter moves one step forward in the alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Q7. If RED is coded as DER, then BLUE is coded as?
    Answer: EULB \u2014 The word is simply reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three-step method: write the alphabet positions, check the gap between original and coded letters, then apply the same gap to the new word. Never guess before you confirm the rule on at least two letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once letter movement makes sense to you, number and letter series become far easier, because they use the same idea of a fixed step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Number and Letter Series \u2014 Step-by-Step Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Series questions are the fastest scoring items in the paper once you learn to read differences instead of numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Write the difference between each pair of terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. If differences are equal, the rule is addition. If they grow, check second-level differences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. If numbers grow very fast, test multiplication or squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Q8. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?
      Answer: 42 \u2014 Differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, so the next difference is 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Q9. 3, 9, 27, 81, ?
      Answer: 243 \u2014 Each term is multiplied by 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Q10. 5, 11, 23, 47, ?
      Answer: 95 \u2014 Each term is doubled and 1 is added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Q11. 1, 4, 9, 16, ?
      Answer: 25 \u2014 Squares of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Letter series work the same way, but you count alphabet positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Q12. A, C, E, G, ?
      Answer: I \u2014 Skip one letter each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Q13. AZ, BY, CX, ?
      Answer: DW \u2014 The first letter moves forward, the second moves backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      If number patterns feel weak, work through our odd man out and series MCQs<\/a> in the maths section first. Strong number sense here also helps in the arithmetic portion of the same paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Non-Verbal Reasoning: Figure Patterns, Mirror and Water Images<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Non-verbal questions use shapes instead of words. Police and Army tests rely on them heavily because they test observation under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The four types you must know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n