Reasoning ยท English Language

Word Formation and Classification

66 Questions

Word formation and classification test logical reasoning by requiring candidates to construct words from given letters and identify morphemes. Questions also involve selecting redundant words, forming contractions, and finding the odd word in a group. These verbal reasoning topics are common in bank and SSC exams.

Letter arrangement anagramsOdd word classificationMorpheme identificationRedundant word selectionWord contractions

Word Formation and Classification Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. ;'

  2. ,'

  3. ,.

  4. .'

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

Looking at a standard QWERTY keyboard, the letters H-J-K-L are on the middle row (home row), with keys arranged from left to right. The next key after L in that row is the semicolon (;). This continues the left-to-right progression.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. r

  2. b

  3. t

  4. f

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

This series follows a zigzag pattern on the QWERTY keyboard: Q (top-left), A (middle-left), Z (bottom-left), then X, S, W, E, D, C, V (moving upward-right diagonally). The next key following V in this pattern is F (middle row, right of D and E).

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. alousy

  2. uvenil

  3. ad

  4. aundic

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

Adding 'j' and 'a' creates: jealousy (green-associated), juvenile, jade (green stone), and jaundice (yellow, NOT green). The puzzle asks which completed word is NOT associated with green - jaundice is associated with yellow skin/eyes, making it the correct answer. This is a wordplay puzzle testing vocabulary.

Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles
  1. 2

  2. False

  3. DIFFICULT TO ANSWER

  4. OUT OF SYLLABYS.. :p

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

The longest word in English without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable' (15 letters), not 'copyrightable'. Other long isograms (words with no repeated letters) include 'dermatoglyphics' (15 letters). The statement claims 'copyrightable' is the longest, which is factually incorrect.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Thailand

  2. Singapore

  3. Tokyo

  4. England

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

The pattern clearly identifies Tokyo as the outlier. Thailand, Singapore, and England are all sovereign countries. Tokyo, however, is a city (the capital of Japan), not a nation-state.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Agarkar

  2. Tendulkar

  3. Ganguly

  4. Raina

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

Agarkar is the correct answer among these Indian cricketers. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Suresh Raina are all prominent batsmen, while Ajit Agarkar was a bowler who also contributed with the bat.

Multiple choice softskills communication
  1. kratafoni

  2. kratadafta

  3. loktifoni

  4. daftaimo

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

Analyzing the patterns: dafta means advise (root of advisement), foni means statement or ment (suffix), imo means mis- or misconduct, and lokti means conduct. For 'statement', we need a new root for statement plus the foni suffix. Option A 'kratafoni' introduces krata (statement) + foni (ment suffix). The pattern shows foni indicates a noun ending in -ment.

Multiple choice
  1. 2

  2. 4

  3. 1

  4. 5

  5. 3

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

Correct; the word ' pandemic' , meaning 'spread over a vast area' is opposite in meaning to other words of the group.So the the sentence is odd in the group.

Multiple choice
  1. Sapphire

  2. Emerald

  3. Jade

  4. Oyster

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

Sapphire is a clear, deep-blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone. Emerald is a bright-green, transparent precious stone,green variety of beryl. Jade is any of various hard greenish gemstones used in jewelry and artistic carvings. Therefore, these three can be grouped together. Oyster is any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food, hence it is the answer.