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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
  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
  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.