Analogy - Verbal Reasoning questions

Analogy - Verbal Reasoning questions


In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases . Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Q1. SEDATIVE: DROWSINESS

a)epidemic : contagiousness
b)vaccine : virus
c)laxative : drug
d)anesthetic : numbness
e)therapy : psychosis

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ANSWER: d)anesthetic : numbness




Q2. LAWYER : CORTROOM

a) participant : team
b) commuter : train
c) gladiator : arena
d) senator : caucus
e) patient : ward

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ANSWER: c) gladiator : arena




Q3. CURIOSITY : KNOW

a) temptation : conquer
b) starvation : eat
c) wanderlust : travel
d) humor : laugh
e) survival : live

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ANSWER: c) wanderlust : travel




Q4. FRUGAL : MISERY

a) confident : arrogant
b) corageous : pugnacious
c) famous : aggressive
d) rash : foolhardly
e) quiet : timid

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ANSWER: a) confident : arrogant




Q5. ANTIDOTE : POISON

a) cure : recovery
b) narcotic : sleep
c) stimulant : relapse
d) tonic : lethargy
e) resuscitation : breathing

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ANSWER: d) tonic : lethargy




Q6. STYGIANT : DARK

a) absymal : low
b) cogent : contentious
c) fortuitous : accidental
d) reckless : threatening
e) cataclysmic : doomed

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ANSWER: a) absymal : low




Q7. WORSHIP : SACRIFICE

a) generation : pyre
b) burial : mortuary
c) weapon : centurion
d) massacre : invasion
e) prediction : augury

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ANSWER: e) prediction : augury




Q8. EVANESCENT : DISAPPEAR

a) transparent : penetrate
b) onerous : struggle
c) feckless : succeed
d) illusory : exist
e) pliant : yield

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ANSWER: e) pliant : yield




Q9. UPBRAID : REPROACH

a) dote : like
b) lag : stray
c) vex : please
d) earn : desire
e) recast : explain

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ANSWER: a) dote : like




Q10. 1. COLOR : SPECTRUM

a) tone : scale
b) sound : waves
c) verse : poem
d) dimension : space
e) cell : organism

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ANSWER: a) tone : scale




Q11. HEADLONG : FORETHOUGHT

a) barefaced : shame
b) mealymouthed : talent
c) heartbroken : emotion
d) levelheaded : resolve
e) singlehanded : ambition

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ANSWER: a) barefaced : shame




Q12. FRAGILE : BREAK

a) invisible : see
b) erratic : control
c) flammable : burn
d) noxious : escape
e) industrial : manufacture

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ANSWER: c) flammable : burn




Q13. MUTTER : INDISTINCT

a) demand : obedient
b) plead : obligatory
c) flatter : commendable
d) drone : monotonous
e) confirm : proven

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ANSWER: d) drone : monotonous




Q14. FAULTFINDER : CRITICIZE

a) luminary : recognize
b) athlete : cheer
c) arbitrator : mediate
d) pharmacist : prescribe
e) dawdler : toil

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ANSWER: c) arbitrator : mediate




Q15. PEST : IRKSOME

a) salesclerk : courteous
b) expert : proficient
c) enigma : unexpected
d) leader : nondescript
e) accuser : indicted

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ANSWER: b) expert : proficient




Q16. PROLOGUE : NOVEL

a) preamble : statute
b) sketch : drawing
c) movement : symphony
d) index : book
e) blueprint : building

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ANSWER: a) preamble : statute




Q17. EXPAND : VOLUME

a) ascend : flight
b) proliferate : number
c) bend : flexibilty
d) cool : temperature
e) deflect : heading

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ANSWER: b) proliferate : number




Q18. CONTIGUOUS : ABUT

a) possible : occur
b) simultaneous : coincide
c) comprehensive : except
d) synthetic : create
e) constant : stabilize

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ANSWER: b) simultaneous : coincide




Q19. SUITCASE : LUGGAGE

a) gift : package
b) necklace : garment
c) room : house
d) hat : millinery
e) faucet : sink

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ANSWER: d) hat : millinery




Q20 .PROHIBITIVE : PURCHASE

a) preventive : heal
b) laudatory : praise
c) admonitory : fear
d) peremptory : dispute
e) imperative : comply

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ANSWER: d) peremptory : dispute



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