Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Verbal Analogies

1.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
WAN:COLOUR

• (A) corpulent:weight
• (B) insipid:flavour
• (C) pallid:complexion
• (D) enigmatic:puzzle

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 Wan refers to pale colour. Similarly, pallid refers to pale complexion.

2.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
INDIGENT:WEALTHY

• (A) angry:rich
• (B) native:affluent
• (C) gauche:graceful
• (D) scholarly:erudite

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 Indigent(poor) is antonym of wealthy. Gauche(ungraceful) is antonym of graceful.

3.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
LIGHT:BLIND

• (A) speech:dumb
• (B) language:deaf
• (C) tongue:sound
• (D) voice:vibration

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 Absence of Light will make Blind and absence of Speech will make Dumb.

4.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
PORK:PIG

• (A) rooster:chicken
• (B) mutton:sheep
• (C) steer:beef
• (D) lobster:crustacean

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 Meat of pig is called pork. Similarly, meat of sheep is called mutton.

5.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
AFTER:BEFORE

• (A) first:second
• (B) present:past
• (C) contemporary:historic
• (D) successor:predecessor

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 After means succeeding(take over) something and before means preceding(previous or prior) something. Similarly, successor is the one that comes after something while predecessor comes before something. Hence the closest relation is successor:predecessor.

6.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
THRUST:SPEAR

• (A) mangle:iron
• (B) scabbard:sword
• (C) bow:arrow
• (D) fence:epee

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 First is the action performed with the second. Spear is used to thrust(push suddenly or violently), similarly, Epee is used for fencing.

7.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
CORPOREAL:SPIRITUAL

• (A) mesa:plateau
• (B) moron:savant
• (C) foreigner:immigrant
• (D) pedagogue:teacher

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 Corporeal is antonym of spiritual. Similarly, moron is antonym of savant.

8.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
GRAVITY:PULL

• (A) iron:metal
• (B) north pole:directions
• (C) magnetism:attraction
• (D) dust:desert

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 Pull is the property of gravity. Similarly, attraction is the property of magnetism.

9.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
ARMY:LOGISTICS

• (A) business:strategy
• (B) soldier:students
• (C) war:logic
• (D) team:individual

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 Army works on logistics. Similarly, business works on strategy.

10.

Select the pair which has the same relationship.
FILTER:WATER

• (A) curtail:activity
• (B) expunge:book
• (C) edit:text
• (D) censor:play

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 Filter purifies water from impurities. Censor certifies the content of the play.