Some Models:
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Teacher 2) Engineer 3) Architect 4) Doctor 5) Scientist
Ans: 1.
Hint: All the rest are exclusive professions while a teacher may, be there in any of these categories.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Listen 2) Feel 3) Think 4) Sing 5) Hear
Ans: 4.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Anxiety 2) Anger 3) Sorrow 4) Joy 5) Feeling
Ans: 5.
Hint: All others are specific feelings.
* Four of the following five words are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Six 5) Nine
Ans: 4.
Hint: All others have two vowels.
* Four of he following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Anxiety 2) Worry 3) Inhibition 4) Curiosity 5) Weariness
Ans: 4.
Hint: All others are negative.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Find the one which is different from the other four.
1) Rice 2) Wheat 3) Barley 4) Mustard 5) Bajra
Ans: 4.
Hint: Except 'mustard' each belongs to the same category, viz food grains. Mustard is an oil seed.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Find the one which is different from the other four.
1) Arrow 2) Sword 3) Knife 4) Axe 5) Pistol
Ans: 1.
Hint: All others are held in the hand and not shot out.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
1) Pear 2) Jackfruit 3) Watermelon 4) Papaya 5) Mango
Ans: 3.
Hint: Except it all others have trees.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Pencil 2) Sharpener 3) Blackboard 4) Chalk 5) Pen
Ans: 2.
Hint: Except it all others are used for writing purpose.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Tortoise 2) Frog 3) Rat 4) Mongoosa 5) Snake
Ans: 5.
Hint: All others have feet.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Swan 2) Crocodile 3) Frog 4) Snake 5) Chicken
Ans: 5.
Hint: Chicken is young one of hen.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Coriander 2) Potato 3) Beetroot 4) Onion 5) Ginger
Ans: 1.
Hint: Except it others are obtained below the ground.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Crow 2) Vulture 3) Bat 4) Ostrich 5) Eagle
Ans: 3.
Hint: Except it others are birds whereas Bat is a mammal.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Volume 2) Size 3) Large 4) Shape 5) Weight
Ans: 3.
Hint: 'Large' is an adjective whereas others are noun.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) August 2) December 3) July 4) January 5) May
Ans: 5.
Hint: Except it others are either followed or preceded by a month of 31 days.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Jackal 2) Cheetah 3) Tiger 4) Lion 5) Dog
Ans: 5.
Hint: Others are wild animals.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Cheese 2) Butter 3) Milk 4) Curd 5) Ghee
Ans: 3.
Hint: Others are the products made from milk.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Sultry 2) Hot 3) Humid 4) Warm 5) Cool
Ans: 5.
Hint: Except it others are synonymous to each other.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Now 2) After 3) Then 4) Before 5) Again
Ans: 5.
Hint: Others are related with time.
* Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Apple 2) Banana 3) Peach 4) Fig 5) Turnip
Ans: 5.
Hint: Turnip is a root vegetable while others are fruits.
(B) Classification for Non-meaningful Words:
Some Models:
Directions: In each of the following questions, four groups of letters are given. Three of them are alike in a certain way while one is different. Choose the odd one.
* 1) RNJ 2) XTP 3) MIE 4) ZWR
Ans: 4.
Hint: In all other groups, the first and second letters are moved 4 steps backward to obtain second and third letter respectively.
* 1) PUT 2) END 3) OWL 4) ARM
Ans: 1.
Hint: All other groups begin with a vowel.
* 1) EBD 2) IFH 3) QNO 4) YVX
Ans: 3.
Hint: In all other groups, the last and first letters are consecutive.
* 1) ALMZ 2) BTUY 3) CPQX 4) DEFY
Ans: 4.
Hint: In all other groups, the first letter occupies the same position from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter occupies from the end of the alphabet.
* 1) STUA 2) RQPA 3) MLKA 4) HGFA
Ans: 1.
Hint: In all other groups, the first three letters are in a reverse alphabetical order.
* 1) EDKL 2) LMST 3) NMUV 4) QPRS
Ans: 2.
Hint: In all other groups, the first two letters are in a reverse alphabetical order.
* 1) XGEZ 2) PCAQ 3) LKIN 4) DWUF
Ans: 2.
Hint: In all other groups, first and third letters are moved 2 steps forward to obtain fourth and second letters respectively.
* 1) PRVX 2) MQTV 3) DHKM 4) BFIK
Ans: 1.
Hint: In all other groups, the first, second and third letters are respectively moved four, three and two steps forward to obtain second, third and fourth letters respectively.
* 1) BDYW 2) CEXZ 3) DFYW 4) EGXV
Ans: 2.
Hint: In all other groups, the first and second letters are alternate; the third and fourth letters are alternate and written in a reverse alphabetical order.
* 1) XZCG 2) OQTX 3) IMNQ 4) EGJN
Ans: 3.
Hint: In all other groups, there is a gap of 1 letter between first and second letters, 2 letters between second and third and 3 letters between third and fourth.
* 1) UAZF 2) SCXH 3) RDWJ 4) KBPG
Ans: 3.
Hint: In all other groups, first and second letters are each moved 5 steps forward to obtain third and fourth letters respectively
* 1) DFCE 2) HIGJ 3) NPMO 4) XZWY
Ans: 2.
Hint: In all other groups, the third, first, fourth and second letters are the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
* 1) ABCD 2) EGIK 3) ACDF 4) CFIL
Ans: 3.
Hint: The letters in (1) follow the sequence +1; those in (2) follow the sequence +2 and those in (4) follow the sequence +3, while the letters in (3) do not follow any such particular sequence.
* 1) RSXY 2) NOUV 3) MNST 4) DEJK
Ans: 2.
Hint: In all other groups, the first, second and third letters are respectively moved one,
five and one step forward to obtain second, third and fourth letters respectively.
* 1) xXYA 2) IIMP 3) hHIK 4) bBCE
Ans: 2.
Hint: All other groups contain only small letter.