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:- The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Leopard : Claw :: Eagle : .

  1. Talons

  2. Tentacles

  3. Grates

  4. Pinchers

  5. Pincers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) The fingernails on the paw of an animal of prey are claws; those on a bird of prey are talons.

Multiple choice

Directions:- The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Obsequious : Ego :: : Circumspection

  1. Petulant

  2. Obdurate

  3. Impetuous

  4. Chutzpas

  5. Equivocal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) An obsequious person doesn’t have much of an ego; an impetuous person does not hold himself within easy limits of caution or prudence.

Multiple choice

Directions:- The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Ballast : Stability :: : Defence

  1. Dungeon

  2. Rampart

  3. Buttress

  4. Bulwark

  5. Stanchion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(4) Ballast provides stability; bulwark provides defence.

Multiple choice

Directions:- The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.

Obfuscation : Clarity :: Equivocation :

  1. Postulation

  2. Verity

  3. Opinion

  4. Ambiguity

  5. Bias
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) Obfuscation hides clarity; equivocation hides truth.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalised pair.

ANACHRONISTIC : TIME

  1. Discordant : Sound

  2. Dilapidated : Construction

  3. Disreputable : Personality

  4. Contagious : Illness

  5. Nauseating : Odor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 (Out of sync) Anachronistic does not have proper time; discordant does not have proper sound.