English Language · Reasoning
Verbal Analogies
1,722 Questions
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
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Numbers
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Calculation
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Algebra
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Subject
D
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Explanation
Bharat Natyam is a specific form of dance. Mathematics is a specific type of subject. The relationship is 'specific example : general category'.
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Page : Book
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Planet : Sun
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Moon : Earth
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Diamond : Coal
A
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Explanation
The world is a part of the universe. Similarly, a page is a part of a book. This is a 'part : whole' relationship.
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Music
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Instrument
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Ravi Shankar
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Sarod
D
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Explanation
Urdu and Hindi are both languages. Sitar and Sarod are both musical instruments. The relationship is 'peer items in the same category'.
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Tennis : Badminton
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Jug : Water
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Clay : Pottery
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Root : Tree
A
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Explanation
Tea and Coffee are both popular beverages often compared or grouped together. Tennis and Badminton are both popular racket sports often compared or grouped together.
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Synthetics : Cottons
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Expand : Shrink
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Normal : Ordinary
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Smile : Laugh
B
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Explanation
Meticulous and Clumsy are antonyms. Expand and Shrink are also antonyms.
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Sensible : Succeed
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Simple : Win
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Hurt : Retaliate
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Gullible : Convince
D
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Explanation
A naive person is easily cheated. A gullible person is easily convinced. The relationship is 'susceptibility to an action'.
B
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Explanation
A stove is found in a kitchen. A dial is a part of a telephone used to operate it. The relationship is 'component or tool : location/object'.
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Drench : Moisture
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Concentrate :Extraction
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Boil : Liquid
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Stanch : Flow
D
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Explanation
Stanch means to stop the flow of something.
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polyglot
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linguist
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philologist
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none of these
D
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Explanation
An annalist is a writer or recorder of history. A linguist, polyglot and phililogist are professions associated with language.
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refined : distillate
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anodized : metal
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diluted : gas
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vaporized : heat
D
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Explanation
Friction causes abraison, and heat causes vaporization.
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explicit
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Unequivocative
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Polysemantic
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Clear
B
Correct answer
Explanation
The first pair of words are opposite to each other, the opposite word of 'ambiguous' is unequivocarive.
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Recondite
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Clamorous
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Arcane
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Inexplicable
B
Correct answer
Explanation
The missing word should be a synonym of 'obvious'.
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Mature
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Clever
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Intelligent
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Doltish
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The relation of the first pair of words is antonyms. Therefore, the missing word is chosen to be a synonym of 'precocious'.
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fell : timber
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dredge : canal
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assay : gold
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bale : hay
A
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Explanation
Stones can be quarried, likewise timber can be felled from a forest.
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Thermometer : Calibrate
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Statue : Chisel
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Floodgate : Overflow
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Colander : Drain
D
Correct answer
Explanation
The relationship is that of a device and its use, a centrifuge is used to seperate liquids of different densities. The same relationship is seen only in Colander : Drain.