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: Select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown by the capitalised question pair.

DISGUISE : IDENTIFICATION

  1. Equivocation : Ambiguity

  2. Facade : Decoration

  3. Forgery : Wealth

  4. Camouflage : Detection

  5. Prevarication : Fabrication
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word disguise means to conceal the nature or existence of anything and it is antonym of identification which means to identify, similarly the word camouflage (disguise) is an antonym of detection (revelation of what is concealed).

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown by the capitalised question pair.

ENDOW : INCOME

  1. Emit : Signal

  2. Property : Relation

  3. Divisor : Dividend

  4. Endorse : Approval

  5. Push : Pull
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word endorse (give approval to) and approval are closely related to each other just like the words endow and income. Push and pull are complementary antonyms and do not share a similar relationship as endow and income.

Multiple choice

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words: Retrospect, Retrograde, Retract, Retrogressive What does the common part “retro” mean?

  1. Loss

  2. Placid

  3. Change

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

The prefix 'retro' means 'back' or 'backward' in Latin. All the given words contain this root: Retrospect means looking back, Retrograde means moving backward, Retract means pulling back, and Retrogressive means going backward in development.