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. Shopkeeper: Customer

  2. Doctor: Patient

  3. Lawyer: Client

  4. Clerk: File

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

Shopkeeper, Doctor, and Lawyer are professionals who provide services to people (Customer, Patient, Client). A Clerk is a professional, but a File is an inanimate object rather than a person being served.

Multiple choice
  1. Crime: Punishment

  2. Judgement: Advocacy

  3. Enterprise: Success

  4. Exercise: Health

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

In pairs A, C, and D, the first word represents an action or condition that leads to the second word as a result. In pair B, the relationship is different because advocacy is the process of pleading a case that eventually leads to a judgement. Therefore, Judgement: Advocacy does not share the same cause-effect sequence as the others.

Multiple choice
  1. Praise

  2. Achievement

  3. Accusation

  4. Reward

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

A condolence is an expression of sympathy typically offered to someone who has experienced a loss. In the same way, a congratulation is an expression of praise or joy offered to someone for an achievement. Both pairs show a specific social response to a life event.

Multiple choice
  1. Jesus

  2. Christians

  3. Aristotle

  4. Church

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

Socrates, the Greek philosopher, was famously executed by being forced to drink poison (hemlock). Similarly, Jesus is historically and religiously known for being executed by crucifixion. This analogy links a historical figure to their specific method of execution.

Multiple choice
  1. Fluid

  2. Blood

  3. Marrow

  4. Calcium

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

Sap is the vital fluid that circulates through the tissues of a plant or leaf. Similarly, marrow is the soft, fatty substance found in the cavities of bones. Both pairs represent a structural part and the essential substance found within it.

Multiple choice
  1. Infants

  2. Adult males

  3. Adult females

  4. Old

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

Rickets is a bone-softening disease that primarily affects children due to vitamin D deficiency. Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become brittle and fragile, which most commonly affects adult females, particularly after menopause. While it can affect others, the demographic link is the strongest here.

Multiple choice
  1. Quiet

  2. Silent

  3. Mumb

  4. Dumb

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

Deafness is the physiological inability to hear. Similarly, the term 'dumb' has historically been used to describe the physiological inability to speak. While 'mute' is more common in modern usage, 'dumb' is the traditional counterpart in this analogy.