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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 question is 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.

GONG : HAMMER

  1. Organ : Pedal

  2. Oboe : Reed

  3. Handle : Pliers

  4. Drum : Drumstick

  5. Dulcimer : Chord
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 (Musical instrument played with a bang) A gong is played by being struck with a hammer; a drum is played by being struck with a drumstick.

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.

ACTOR : SCRIPT

  1. Architect : Design

  2. Painter : Mural

  3. Musician : Score

  4. Guide : Tourist

  5. Lecturer : Text Book
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 (Person and the things/he works upon) An actor's performance is guided by a script, which is a written account of her part in the play. Similarly, musician's performance is guided by the score, which is the written music she follows when playing a piece.

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.

BALDACHIN : ROOM

  1. Ceiling : Price

  2. Sidewalk : Trail

  3. Quasar : Sky

  4. Palisade : Range

  5. Palate : Mouth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

(top of an enclosure) Baldachin (meaning ceiling) is the upper part of the room. Palate is the upper part of the mouth. 

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.

CAVIL : SOLECISM

  1. Perjury : Testimony

  2. Eminence : Opprobrium

  3. Caprice : Inkling

  4. Quirk : Dereliction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(degree of negative human trait) Solecism (violation of rules, etiquette) is a higher degree of cavil (trivial fault finding) .On the same lines, dereliction (meaning a fault or a wrong doing) is a higher degree of quirk (meaning a small fault). Thus option (4) is correct option choice. 

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.

RAVE : ANGER

  1. Quail : Fear

  2. Fret : Calm

  3. Ebullient : Glad

  4. Burnish : Embarrass

  5. Boast : Humour
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(expression: feeling) One raves (meaning talks incoherently or wildly) in anger. Similarly, one quails (meaning shrinks back) in fear. 

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.

PRY : INQUIRY

  1. Importune : Implore

  2. Thwart : Obstacle

  3. Upbraid : Tacit

  4. Disconcert : Overture

  5. Try : Effort
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(Disgraceful manner: conduct) Pry means to make an inquiry in an annoying manner. Similarly, importune means to beg (implore) or request in an annoying manner. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

FAUX PAS : GAFFE

  1. Error : Howler

  2. Condone : Forgive

  3. Latent : Patent

  4. Show : Flaunt

  5. Simper : Guffaw
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(synonyms) Both faux pas and gaffe represent blunder and are a synonym pair. We have to look for an antonym pair. Latent (hidden, invisible) and patent (open to all, evident) form an antonym pair. Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer. 

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.

VERBOSE : LOQUACIOUS

  1. Wassail : Sardonic

  2. Euphuism : Fustian

  3. Igneous : Pecuniary

  4. Trivial : Inordinate

  5. Alien : Local
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(Synonyms) Verbose and loquacious are synonymous meaning talkative persons. On the same lines, Euphuism and Fustian are synonyms meaning boastful talk. So this is our correct answer option. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as question pair.

BRUSQUE : TORPID

  1. Yammer : Ululation

  2. Demiurge : Impotent

  3. Bootless : Successful

  4. Fecund : Sterile

  5. Burlesque : Ingrate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) The lead pair is a set of antonyms. Burlesque means comically and Ingratiate is to make acceptable. The pair doesn't exhibit synonymous relationship. 

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.

COMMENSURATE : BARTER

  1. Anomalous : Tower Over

  2. Tenable : Raid

  3. Flamboyant : Squander

  4. Twin : Reciprocate

  5. Equal : Partner
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

(alike: interchangeable) Something which is commensurate can be bartered. In the same manner, something which is twin (meaning indistinguishable) can be reciprocated (meaning interchanged). 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

SHOGUN : HOI - POLLOI

  1. Pinnacle : Nadir

  2. Janus faced : Judas

  3. Pique : Ingratiate

  4. Slight : Plaudits

  5. Parched : Slaked
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) Shogun (is a person belonging to aristocratic class) and hoi-polloi (is term referring to masses common people) are antonyms. We need a pair that bears synonymous relationship. Janus-faced and Judas both mean double faced hypocrites, and thus are synonyms. That makes option (2) correct. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question has a pair of capitalised words followed by five pairs of words. Select the alternative that does not exhibit the relationship as the question pair.

HIRSUTE : GLABROUS

  1. Outré : Oddball

  2. Nonsensical : Obtuse

  3. Upbraid : Commend

  4. Bland : Raucous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(antonyms) Hirsute: glabrous is a pair of antonym words. So we need a pair of synonyms words and in option (1) both words outré and odd ball (meaning eccentric, bizarre or unconventional thing) are synonymous. This marks option (1) as the correct answer.

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.

Glutton : Quantity :: ______ : Quality

  1. Gourmand

  2. Gascon

  3. Gourmet

  4. Grail

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

A glutton concerns himself with quantity; a gourmet with quality.