Thursday, 22 June 2017

Reasoning questions--analogies

In each questions, a pair of words is given, followed by four pairs of words as alternatives. The candidate is required to choose the pair in which the words bear the sane relationship to each other as the words of the given pair bear.
1. Arrows: Quiver
a) Fear: Tremble      
b) Money: Bank      
c) Sound: Music       
d) Coin: Mint

2. Partridge: Covey
a) Directors: Band  
b) Mountain: Range   
c) Sheep: Swarm     
d) Goods: Consignment

3. Embarrass: Humiliate
a) Enquire: Ask   
b) Embezzle: Peculate  
c) Gamble: Investment  
d) Annoy: Exasperate

4. Aerie : Eagle
a) capital : government     
b) bridge : architect     
c) unit : apartment    
d) house : person

5. Farce: Absurdity
a) Disease: Medicine  
b)Charity: Generosity   
c) Tragedy: Comedy  
d) Energy: Electricity

6. Conviction : Incarceration
a) reduction : diminution   
b) induction : amelioration 
c)  radicalization : estimation  
d) marginalization : intimidation


1 comment:

  1. Answers & Explanations

    1. Ans: b. Arrows are kept in a quiver. Similarly, money is kept in a bank.

    2. Ans: d. Second is a collection of first.

    3. Ans: d. The word in each pair are synonyms.

    4. Ans: d. An aerie is where an eagle lives; a house is where a person lives.

    5. Ans: b. The word in each pair are synonyms.

    6. Ans: a. A conviction results in incarceration; a reduction results in diminution.

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