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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: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

Needle : Clock : : Wheel : ?

  1. Walk

  2. Road

  3. Vehicle

  4. Driving
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

First is the moving part of the second.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

Cruel : Kind : : Lethargy : ?

  1. Sharp

  2. Alertness

  3. Interest

  4. Shrewd
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The words in each pair are antonyms of each other.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

Good : Bad : : Roof : ?

  1. Window

  2. Floor

  3. Walls

  4. Pillars
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The words in each pair are antonyms of each other.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

Street : Lane : : Road : ?

  1. Avenue

  2. Highway

  3. Footpath

  4. Junction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Second is a smaller form of the first.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

Monotony : Variety : : Crudeness : ?

  1. Refinement

  2. Raw

  3. Sobriety

  4. Simplicity
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The words in each pair are antonyms of each other.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and on the another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

South : North - West : : West : ?

  1. South - west

  2. North - east

  3. East

  4. South
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The direction indicated by the second word in each pair lies 135 = clockwise to that indicated by the first word.

Multiple choice

Directions: There is some relationship between the pair of numbers on the left of the sign (: :). The same relationship exists between the two terms on the right, out of which one is missing. Find the missing term from the given alternatives.

2/3 : 7/26 : : 3/4 : ___

  1. 64/27

  2. 27/64

  3. 26/63

  4. 63/26
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sequence is a/b : (a3 – 1)/(b3 – 1). The missing fraction is (33 – 1)/(43 – 1) = (27 – 1)/(64 – 1) = 26/63.