Analytical Ability Reviewer - Part 23

Practice 20 Analytical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 23 of our Analytical Ability reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 23

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

How many days of vacation leave is Dina, who has 13 years of service and no perfect attendance record, entitled to?

  • 22 days
  • 13 days
  • 10 days
  • 19 days
Answer: 19 days
13 years falls in the 19 -day bracket with no additional days: 19 days.

Sample question 2

A permit must be released within 9 working days after the application is filed. Saturdays, Sundays, and the following declared holidays are not working days: August 28 (Thursday); September 1 (Monday); September 3 (Wednesday). The day of filing is not counted. The application was filed on August 22 (Friday), 2025.

On what date is the permit due?

  • August 31 (Sunday)
  • September 9 (Tuesday)
  • September 5 (Friday)
  • September 10 (Wednesday)
Answer: September 9 (Tuesday)
Count 9 working days after August 22 (Friday), skipping weekends and all 3 holidays. The 9th working day is September 9 (Tuesday). Ignoring a holiday or the weekend rule gives an earlier date.

Sample question 3

Oscar scored higher than Sonia.
Karen scored lower than Ramon.
Ramon scored lower than Sonia.

Who got the highest score?

  • Ramon
  • Oscar
  • Sonia
  • Karen
Answer: Oscar
Combine the statements into one ranking from highest score to lowest score: Oscar > Sonia > Ramon > Karen. So the answer is Oscar.

Sample question 4

Of 40 pupils of the school, 23 joined the clean-up drive and 25 joined the tree planting.

What is the greatest possible number of them who did both?

  • 8
  • 23
  • 48
  • 15
Answer: 23
Greatest overlap = the smaller group = 23.

Sample question 5

Which of the following statements is supported by the table?

  • Assessor had the highest number of clients served in January.
  • The total number of clients served in February was greater than the total in January.
  • Records had more clients served in March than in January.
  • Records had more clients served in January than in March.
Answer: Records had more clients served in March than in January.
Check each statement against the table. Only “Records had more clients served in March than in January.” matches the data; each of the other statements is contradicted by the figures.

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