← Back to Quizzes Hints: 2/2 Verbal Reasoning Set – 3 Hard Start Your name (optional): Share Certificate Browse Quizzes Play Again [{"type":"single","prompt":"COMPLETE THE ANALOGY: Pen : Write :: Knife : ?","options":["Eat","Cut","Break","Open"],"answer":[1],"explanation":"A pen is used to write; a knife is used to cut.","hint":"Focus on main function of the object."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["Only 1 follows","Only 2 follows","Both follow","Neither follows"],"answer":[1],"explanation":"From the statement we know some graduates are artists, so some artists are graduates (2). We do NOT know if any engineer is an artist (1 is not certain).","hint":"Do not assume overlaps that are not given."},{"type":"single","prompt":"In a certain code, CAT is written as ECV (each letter moved two steps forward in the alphabet). How is DOG written in that code?","options":["FQI","FPH","ENF","EQI"],"answer":[0],"explanation":"D\u2192F, O\u2192Q, G\u2192I, so DOG \u2192 FQI.","hint":"Shift each letter two positions forward (D,E,F etc.)."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Arrange the following in a logical order to describe going to a movie:","options":["4,3,1,2","3,4,1,2","4,1,3,2","3,1,4,2"],"answer":[0],"explanation":"First stand in the queue \u2192 then buy the ticket \u2192 then enter the hall \u2192 then watch the movie.","hint":"Think step-by-step as it happens in real life."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:","options":["in","at","on","with"],"answer":[1],"explanation":"Correct collocation is \u201cgood at\u201d a subject or activity.","hint":"We say \u201cgood at maths\u201d, not \u201cgood in maths\u201d."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Find the odd one out (by meaning):","options":["Smile","Laugh","Giggle","Cry"],"answer":[3],"explanation":"Smile, laugh and giggle show happiness; cry shows sadness.","hint":"Three are positive emotions; one is negative."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["All people shop online.","Convenience and time-saving influence many shoppers\u2019 choices.","Offline shopping will disappear soon.","Online shopping is always cheaper."],"answer":[1],"explanation":"From the statement we can infer that convenience and time-saving are important factors for many shoppers; other options are too broad or extreme.","hint":"Choose the inference that is directly supported and not exaggerated."},{"type":"single","prompt":"COMPLETE THE ANALOGY: Bird : Nest :: Bee : ?","options":["Cage","Kennel","Hive","Stable"],"answer":[2],"explanation":"Bird lives in a nest; bee lives in a hive.","hint":"Match creature with its home."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Find the part of the sentence that has an error:","options":["Neither","of the two","have","arrived"],"answer":[2],"explanation":"\u201cNeither\u201d is singular, so it should be \u201chas arrived\u201d, not \u201chave arrived\u201d.","hint":"After \u201cneither\u201d, use a singular verb."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["All smokers will immediately quit smoking.","Higher prices will discourage at least some people from smoking.","Cigarettes are the only cause of health problems.","People never change their habits."],"answer":[1],"explanation":"For the tax increase to reduce smoking, it assumes that higher prices will make at least some people reduce or stop smoking.","hint":"Look for what must be true for the plan to work."}]
