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
  1. lecturer : university

  2. teacher : school

  3. nurse : hospital

  4. architect : design

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Editor works for newspaper (profession:workplace/medium). Lecturer:university, teacher:school, nurse:hospital all follow this. Architect:design breaks the pattern - design is what an architect creates, not where they work (it should be architect:firm or construction site).

Multiple choice
  1. redouble : efforts

  2. exacerbate : sales

  3. maximise : profits

  4. enhance : power

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Amplify argument, redouble efforts, maximise profits, enhance power all represent making something stronger/better. Exacerbate sales breaks the pattern - exacerbate means to make a negative situation worse, but sales are neutral or positive to increase. The relationship is semantically inconsistent.

Multiple choice
  1. chair : room

  2. cabinet : ship

  3. wheel : car

  4. cockpit : plane

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Room is part of a house (part:whole). Cockpit is part of a plane (part:whole). The other options don't show this relationship - chair:room is furniture:space, cabinet:ship is unclear (not essential), wheel:car is component:vehicle but not a compartment.

Multiple choice
  1. laugh : cry

  2. happiness : birth

  3. fear : hate

  4. confusion : anger

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The relationship between 'sorrow' and 'death' is that sorrow is the emotional response or feeling caused by death. Similarly, 'happiness' is the emotional response caused by 'birth'. Both pairs represent an emotion caused by a significant life event - one negative (death causing sorrow) and one positive (birth causing happiness).