English Language · Reasoning

Verbal Analogies

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Test your reasoning abilities with these verbal analogies questions focused on identifying word relationships. The exercises require finding pairs that share similar logical or semantic connections. This section is a crucial part of the verbal ability and reasoning tests in many competitive exams.

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Verbal Analogies Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. seven:septet

  2. four:quartet

  3. two:binary

  4. five:quince

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship is 'number: counting system based on that number of digits.' Decimal is base-10 (ten digits: 0-9), and binary is base-2 (two digits: 0-1). A septet means a group of seven, not a base-7 number system. Quartet means a group of four. Quince means fifteen in Spanish, not a number system.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. seven:septet

  2. four:quartet

  3. two:binary

  4. five:quince

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ten relates to decimal because decimal is base-10 number system. Similarly, two relates to binary because binary is base-2 system. Seven:septet refers to a group of seven, not a number system. Four:quartet is about musical groups. Five:quince is a false relationship (quince means fifteen).

Multiple choice softskills teamwork
  1. Kiev

  2. Sofia

  3. Amharic

  4. Dutche

  5. Serbian

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Amharic is the official working language of Ethiopia. Kiev and Sofia are European capitals, Dutch is a Germanic language, and Serbian is a Slavic language, none of which have a primary cultural or geographic link to Ethiopia.

Multiple choice technology
  1. One-way and transitive

  2. Two-way and transitive

  3. One-way and nontransitive

  4. Two-way and nontransitive

  5. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Active Directory trust relationships support all combinations: one-way or two-way direction, and transitive or non-transitive characteristics. These can be combined in various ways to create complex trust topologies between forests and domains.

Multiple choice
  1. fallow : land

  2. unaware : sleeper

  3. wit : jester

  4. renovated : house

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship in Unemployed : Worker is that unemployed is a temporary state or condition that a worker can be in. A worker can be employed or unemployed. Similarly, fallow is a temporary state that agricultural land can be in - land can be cultivated or fallow (left unused to recover). Both represent a potential non-active state of a productive entity. Option B: unaware is a state, but sleeper is not a productive entity. Option C: wit is a quality, not a state of jester. Option D: renovated is a past state, not a potential current state like unemployed.

Multiple choice
  1. A – i, B – ii

  2. A – ii, B – i

  3. A – i, B – i, B – ii

  4. A – i, B – ii, A – ii

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In an S – attributed syntax directed translation all attributes are synthesized. In an L – attributed definition attributes may be inherited or synthesized.

Multiple choice
  1. Advocate : Lawyer

  2. Trial : Verdict

  3. Commute : Trip

  4. Jurisdiction : Territory

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Death: legacy, the bridge that can be built between them is that after a person dies his legacy or will is announced. Similarly, in option (2), trial: verdict, trial implies a formal lawsuit in a court and after a trial ends or finishes, the verdict is announced or given. Therefore, these two pair of words are similar. Hence, option (2) is correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Sanction : Disapproval

  2. Epidemic : Health

  3. Abrogation : Establishment

  4. Interdict : Prohibition

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Curse and malediction are both synonymous words. So, a pair of synonyms is required for us to answer this question correctly. This is available only in option (4) with interdict meaning to forbid with authority and prohibition again refers to the word forbid. Therefore, option (4) is correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Fixed : Vagrant

  2. Illicit : Illegal

  3. Civil : Polite

  4. Joint : Shared

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Noble is a man belonging to aristocracy or upper class while Plebian is referred to a commoner or people from lower class. So, these two represent a pair of antonyms. In option (1), fixed represents a person firmly placed or established and vagrant is a wanderer who wanders from place to place and lives a wandering life. Therefore, a pair of antonyms as predicted. Therefore, it can be marked as correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Heaven : Planet

  2. Garden : Flower

  3. Ground : Mole

  4. Water : Fowl

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As crayfishes (any of various families of small, usually freshwater decapods somewhat resembling little lobsters) are found in streams, similarly flowers bloom in garden. Hence, option (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Fall : Digress

  2. Winter : Retreat

  3. Spring : Flower

  4. Season : Change

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

As autumn is a season of fall due to withering (to dry up, as from great heat, shrivel, esp. of plants) of plants, similarly, spring is a season of flowering. Hence, option (3) is the answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Buckle : Belt

  2. Shoes : Socks

  3. Neck : Chain

  4. Cuff : Cufflinks

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship is 'body part : accessory worn on it'. A watch is worn on the wrist, just as a chain is worn around the neck. Option B shows two items worn together (socks and shoes), not a body-part-accessory relationship. Option D shows related items (cuff and cufflinks), but the cuff is part of a shirt, not a body part. A buckle is part of a belt, not a separate accessory.

Multiple choice
  1. Time : Seconds

  2. Tailor : Needle

  3. Pathology : Disease

  4. Engineer : Site

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship is 'professional : primary tool they use'. A sculptor uses a chisel as their primary working tool, just as a tailor uses a needle. Option B correctly shows this tool-user relationship. Time is measured in seconds (measurement:unit), pathology studies disease (field:subject), and an engineer works at a site (professional:workplace, not tool).