CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Analogy questions

This section contains Past Year Analogy Questions that came in CAT. Solve these questions for better practice. CAT Analogy | CAT Past Year VARC Questions

CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 1

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

PEEL : PEAL

A : coat : rind B : laugh : bell

C : rain : reign D : brain : cranium

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CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 2

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

DOGGEREL : POET

A : symphony : composer B : prediction : astrologer C : wine : vintner D : pulp fiction : novelist

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CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 3

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

PREMISE : CONCLUSION

A : assumption : inference B : hypothesis : theory C : knowledge : ideas D : brand : marketing

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CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 4

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

BARGE : VESSEL

A : shovel : instrument B : book : anthology C : rim : edge D : training : preparation

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CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 5

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

LOVE : AFFECTION

A : happiness : joy B : amity : harmony C : enemy : hatred D : sorrow : misery

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CAT/1997(Verbal Ability)

Question. 6

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

PARADIGM : PATTERN

A : skeleton : flesh B : method : system C : plant : genus D : dinosaur : tyrannosaurus

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 7

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

LIQUIDITY : GASEOUSNESS

A : serum : fume B : humid : arid C : thaw : distil D : smoke : cloud

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 8

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

DOUBT : FAITH

A : atheist : religious B : sceptic : pious C : iconoclast : idol D : apostate : state

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 9

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

FISSION : FUSION

A : implosion : explosion B : separation : togetherness C : intrusion : extrusion D : enemy : friend

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 10

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

ACTION : REACTION

A : introvert : extrovert B : assail : defend C : diseased : treatment D : death : rebirth

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 11

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

DULCET : RAUCOUS

A : sweet : song B : crazy : sane C : palliative : exacerbating D : theory : practical

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 12

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

MALAPROPISM : WORDS

A : anachronism : time B : ellipsis : sentence C : jinjanthropism : apes D : catechism : religion

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 13

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

ANTERIOR : POSTERIOR

A : in : out B : top : bottom C : head : tail D : front : rear

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CAT/1996(Verbal Ability)

Question. 14

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

BRICK : BUILDING

A : word : dictionary B : alphabet : letter C : platoon : soldier D : idiom : language

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 15

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

BUILDING : STOREY

A : book : chapter B : sentence : adjective C : tree : stem D : elephant : tusk

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 16

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

EASE : ALLEVIATE

A : hint : allocate B : revolt : repudiate C : collapse : rise D : question : interrogate

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 17

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

SECRET : CLANDESTINE

A : overt : furtive B : covert : stealthy C : open : closed D : news : rumour

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 18

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

LIMPID : MURKY

A : dazed : clouded B : obscure : vague C : bright : gloomy D : nebulous : dim

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 19

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

DRAMA : AUDIENCE

A : brawl : vagabonds B : obscure : vague C : art : critics D : movie : actors

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 20

Directions for question : In the following question, 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 that is least similar to the one expressed in the original pair.

XENOPHOBIA : FOREIGNERS

A : claustrophobia : foreigners B : anglophobia : Englishmen C : bibliophobia : book D : hemophobia : blood

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 21

Directions for question : In the following question, 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 that is least similar to the one expressed in the original pair.

SAIL : SHIP

A : propeller : dog B : radar : satellite C : hydrogen : balloon D : accelerator : car

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 22

Directions for question : In the following question, 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 that is least similar to the one expressed in the original pair.

CANINE : DOG

A : feline : cat B : acquatic : parrot C : serpentine : cobra D : vulpine : fox

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 23

Directions for question : In the following question, 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 that is least similar to the one expressed in the original pair.

COSMIC : UNIVERSE

A : terrestrial : earth B : lunar : moon C : connubial : youth D : annular : rumour

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CAT/1995(Verbal Ability)

Question. 24

Directions for question : In the following question, 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 that is least similar to the one expressed in the original pair.

GERMANE : PERTINENT

A : apt : appropriate B : quick : urgent C : dull : sluggish D : excited : serene

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CAT/1994(Verbal Ability)

Question. 25

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

LYING : PERJURY

A : statement : testimony B : seeing : observing C : taking : stealing D : eating : dining

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CAT/1994(Verbal Ability)

Question. 26

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

PREHISTORIC : MEDIEVAL

A : Akbar : British B : present : future C : Shakespeare : Tennyson D : colossus : elephant

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CAT/1994(Verbal Ability)

Question. 27

Directions for question : From the given alternatives, select the one in which the pairs of words have a relationship similar to the one between the bold words.

LOUD : STENTORIAN

A : mild : noisy B : painful : prickly C : adjective : descriptive D : bright : resplendent

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CAT Quantitative Ability

Number System

Set Theory

Functions

Averages, Ratio & Proportion

Percentage, Profit & Loss

Algebra

Geometry

Mensuration

TIme, Speed, Distance and Work

Permutation, Combination and Probability

CAT DILR

Line Chart & Bar Chart

Pie Charts

Data Tabulation

Data Sufficiency

Logical Reasoning

Analytical Reasoning

CAT RC

RC- Social Science

RC Based on Natural Science

RC Based on Humanities