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

Directions: Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the stem pair given in bold letters.

Islands : Archipelago

  1. Birds : Aviary

  2. Stars : Constellation

  3. Army : Soldiers

  4. Pester : Vermin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An archipelago is a collection or group of islands. Similarly, a constellation is a collection or group of stars. The relationship is: individual unit : collection/group of that unit.

Multiple choice

With regard to reading for comprehension, which of the following pairs is an example of homographs?

  1. Lead [metal] I Lead [give direction]

  2. Led [gave direction] I Lead [metal]

  3. Mail [post] I Male [gender]

  4. Warm I Lukewarm
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Homographs have identical spelling but different meanings and pronunciations. Lead (the heavy metal, pronounced led) and lead (to guide or direct, pronounced leed) are classic examples of homographs.