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. grimace : pain

  2. snarl : restlessness

  3. mourn : frustration

  4. joke : happiness

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

A sneer is a facial expression that serves as a physical manifestation of the emotion of contempt. Likewise, a grimace is a facial expression that typically indicates the sensation of physical pain. The relationship is physical expression to the underlying feeling.

Multiple choice
  1. lithosphere : hydrosphere

  2. approval : condemnation

  3. abstain : refrain

  4. disappointment : embarrassment

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

Friendly and inimical (meaning hostile or harmful) are antonyms. Similarly, approval and condemnation represent opposite reactions or judgments. The relationship is one of direct opposition in meaning.

Multiple choice
  1. Past: Present

  2. Far: Near

  3. Tomorrow: Yesterday

  4. Posterity: Generation

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

Monday is the day that immediately follows Sunday in the weekly sequence. Similarly, tomorrow is the day that immediately follows today, while yesterday is the day that immediately precedes today. The relationship is based on a relative sequence of time markers.

Multiple choice
  1. autocracy : group

  2. hierarchy : government

  3. oligarchy : tyrant

  4. democracy : people

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

A plutocracy is a system of government where power is held by the wealthy. Similarly, a democracy is a system of government where power is held by the people. The relationship is a form of government to the group that exercises control.