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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: In the following question, one complete pair of words or phrases and one term of another pair are given. Complete the second pair by choosing the correct term from the given choices.

Malinger: Illness: Flatter: ____

  1. Sneer

  2. Exaggeration

  3. Appreciation

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

The relationship is a verb and its associated concept. To malinger is to feign illness. To flatter is to show appreciation (or to offer praise).

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, one complete pair of words or phrases and one term of another pair are given. Complete the second pair by choosing the correct term from the given choices.

Needle Eye: Thread: Eyelet: ____

  1. Binoculars

  2. Kaleidoscope

  3. Detergents

  4. Shoelace
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship is part to whole or object to its functional opening. A needle has an eye for thread, and an eyelet is a hole for a shoelace.