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ADVANCED IQ TESTS
The toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking, problem solving and reasoning skills

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PHILIP CARTER

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ADVANCED IQ TESTS

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ADVANCED IQ TESTS
The toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking, problem solving and reasoning skills

PHILIP CARTER

Londonand Philadelphia

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Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of thematerial in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or the author. Whilst the author has made every effort to ensure that the content of this book is accurate, please note that occasional errors can occur in books of this kind. If you suspect that an error has been made in any of the tests included in this book, please inform the publishers at the address printed below so that itcan be corrected at the next reprint. First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2008 by Kogan Page Limited Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the priorpermission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.koganpage.com © Philip Carter, 2008 The right of Philip Carter to be identified as theauthor of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 978 0 7494 5232 2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carter, Philip J. Advanced IQ tests : the toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking,problem solving, and reasoning skills / Philip Carter. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7494-5232-2 1. Intelligence tests. 2. Self-evaluation. I. Title. BF431.3.C35 1998 153.9 3--dc22 2007048413 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA

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Contents

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IQ Test One IQ TestTwo IQ Test Three IQ Test Four IQ Test Five IQ Test Six IQ Test Seven IQ Test Eight IQ Test Nine IQ Test Ten IQ Test Eleven IQ Test Twelve Answers, Explanations and Assessment

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Introduction

In several of my earlier Kogan Page titles I have provided readers with the opportunity to obtain agreater understanding of IQ testing by means of practice tests in which readers have been able to familiarize themselves with the type of questions they are likely to encounter when taking such tests. In this book I have retained some of the question types that have appeared in my previous books but have also introduced several new types of questions designed to measure an advanced level of numerical,verbal and spatial ability, as well as questions involving the use of logical analysis, lateral thinking and problem-solving abilities. The object of this book, therefore, is to present readers with an even greater challenge in which the 12 separate tests have a higher than usual overall degree of difficulty. Such tests are particularly useful to anyone who may need to undertake graduate and...