A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

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  1. a. profit:loss b. wise:foolish
    c. virtue:vice d. seduce:attract
    Ans: (d)
    Explanation:
    In all ther pairs ,the words are antonyms to each other.

  2. a. onomatology:names b. nidology:nests
    c. phycology:algae d. concology:shells
    Ans: (d)
    Explanation:
    In all other pairs first one is the study of the second one.

  3. a. aphid:paper b. mon th:wool
    c. termite:wood d.locust:plant
    Ans: (a)
    Explanation:
    In all other pair ,first on e the insect which damages
    the second.

  4. a. Deer: flesh b. mongoose:sanke
    c. crow: carrion d. carne:fish
    Ans: (a)
    Explanation:
    In all other pairs first one is feeds on the second.

  5. a.cockroach:antenna b. lizard:flagella
    c. hydra: tentacles d. plasmodium:cilia
    Ans: (b)
    Explanation:
    In other pairs ,second is organ for movement of the first.

  6. a. malaria:protozoa b. yeast:fungi
    c. typhoid:bacteria d. polious
    Ans: (c)
    Explanation:
    In all other pairs ,first diseasecaused by the second one.

  7. a. Phyrohelimeter:radiation b.calorimeter:heat
    c. planimeter :area d.barometer:humidity
    Ans: (d)
    Explanation:
    In all other pairs ,first is the instrument to measure the
    second.

  8. a.chaff:wheat b.grit:pulses
    c.grain:crop d. dregs:wine
    Ans: (c)
    Explanation:
    In all other pairs ,first is the waste obtained from
    the second.

  9. a. Broom:swep b. spoon:feed

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