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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

Directions: Select the alternative expressing a similar relationship as found in the pair of CAPITAL words.

EXTINCT : EXTANT

  1. Dead : Gone

  2. Buried : Limit

  3. Cajole : Deprecate

  4. Sing : Chant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Extinct' means something or someone which no longer exists. 'Extant' is something which exists. This means, the question pair is a pair of antonyms. The only pair of antonyms in the answer choices is 'cajole' (to coax) and 'deprecate' (to put down). Therefore, the answer is (3).

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the alternative expressing a similar relationship as found in the pair of CAPITAL words.

GENERAL : ADMIRAL

  1. Squadron : Platoon

  2. Artillery : Station officer

  3. Solider : Sailor

  4. Captain : Officer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Whereas, a general is a military leader of soldiers who operate mainly on land, an admiral is a military leader whose troops operate mainly on the sea. Similarly, a solider is based mainly on land, while a sailor is based mainly on the sea.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Choose which pair contains rhyming words:

  1. sour, floor

  2. sour, power

  3. sour, sore

  4. floor, flower
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

"Sour" and "Power" is the only pair from the given choices that sound similar, with similar phonetic transcription. Therefore, "sour, power" is the only pair with rhyming words. Option B is the answer.

Multiple choice cardiac cycle simple nutrients into cells the circulatory system biology

In which of the following pairs, the two items mean one and the same thing?

  1. Malleus - Anvil

  2. SA node - Pacemaker

  3. Leucocytes - Lymphocytes

  4. Haemophilia - Lung cancer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Malleus is hammer like bone of the middle ear. 

SA node is called as pacemaker of the heart that sets the beat. 
Leucocytes are WBCs and lymphocytes are B and T cells. 
Hemophilia is a blood disorder.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice computer and ms office mathematical methods for economics economics

A statement of relationship between two quantities is called a/an ____________.

  1. formula

  2. relationship

  3. equation

  4. sum
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An equation is a mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions, typically linked by an equals sign.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry unit of living - cell eukaryotic cell kinds of cell introduction to eukaryotic cell

Select the correct order of the relationship, from simplest to most complex.

  1. Cell - tissue - organ - organism

  2. Organism - organ - tissue - cell

  3. Cell - tissue - organism - organ

  4. Tissue - cell - organ - organism

  5. Tissue - organ - organism - cell
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The cell is the structural unit of organisms, a group of cells with common origin and function constitute tissue and assemblage of tissues with related function constitute organ. An organism has different organs to perform several functions. So, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of compounding?

  1. The word 'blackbird' is a compound of 'black' and 'bird'.

  2. The word 'bookstore' is a compound of 'book' and 'store'.

  3. The word 'sunflower' is a compound of 'sun' and 'flower'.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All of the given examples are instances of compounding. The words 'blackbird', 'bookstore', and 'sunflower' are all formed by combining two or more existing morphemes.

Multiple choice

What is the term for the relationship between two words that have the same meaning?

  1. Synonym

  2. Antonym

  3. Homonym

  4. Polysemous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word.