Master and apprentice; teacher and
Class: Basic 5
Subject: Verbal Reasoning
Topic: Tests
Section A: Analogy Completion
Instructions: Choose the correct word that best completes the pair.
Eye and light; ear and __________
Answer: (b) soundMaster and apprentice; teacher and __________
Answer: (c) pupilShip and harbour; train and __________
Answer: (d) stationHappy and success; sad and __________
Answer: (b) failureBeginning and end; Sunday and __________
Answer: (c) Saturday
Section B: Word Formation Test
Instructions: Choose the word that CANNOT be formed from the letters of the given word.
COMMANDMENT
(a) command
(b) dance
(c) note
(d) containAnswer: (d) contain — because there’s no ‘i’ in COMMANDMENT
AGRICULTURE
(a) turn
(b) great
(c) true
(d) careAnswer: (b) great — because there’s no ‘g’ and ‘e’ together for this formation.
Correction: Wait — actually, let’s verify:
‘turn’ — yes
‘great’ — A, G, R, E, A, T — yes, we have all these letters in AGRICULTURE
‘true’ — yes
‘care’ — yes
On second thought, all four can actually be formed. Is this a typo?
Perhaps you meant to replace ‘great’ with another word.
If this is from a textbook and printed as-is, we might need to flag this for review. Could you double-check it?
Assuming ‘great’ is valid, no correct answer. But typically such an error means option ‘b’ was expected.
For now:
Answer: (b) great
CHIEFTAINCY
(a) face — yes
(b) fetch — yes
(c) retain — No ‘r’ in CHIEFTAINCY
(d) chain — yes
Answer: (c) retain
FORMULATE
(a) flute — yes
(b) file — No ‘i’ in FORMULATE
(c) tear — yes
(d) rule — yes
Answer: (b) file
NATIONAL
(a) lion — yes
(b) lane — yes
(c) talon — yes
(d) tail — yes
All can be formed from NATIONAL.
Correction: Let’s check the letters for ‘lane’:
L, A, N, E — yes
‘Lion’ — L, I, O, N — yes
‘Talon’ — T, A, L, O, N — yes
‘Tail’ — T, A, I, L — yes
Possible Typo Again.
Could you please confirm this item? Otherwise — no correct option.
But if sticking with pattern, usually ‘talon’ uses O and L once only, and in NATIONAL there’s one O and one L.
Check if letters suffice:
NATIONAL has:
N: 2
A: 2
T: 1
I: 1
O: 1
L: 1
Talon uses T, A, L, O, N — all present.
All four are possible.
So no error here. Likely another typo.
Would you mind confirming from your source?
Summary
Section A Correct Answers:
(b) sound
(c) pupil
(d) station
(b) failure
(c) Saturday
Section B Correct Answers:
(d) contain
(b) great (if confirmed)
(c) retain
(b) file
All words are formable — kindly confirm your source
Class: Basic 5
Subject: Verbal Reasoning
Topic: Tests
Section A:
Instructions: In each of the following items a word is missing. Choose from the given alternatives the word that most suitably fill the space.
Example: food and water; eat and _____________
(a) drink (b) dinner (c) talk (d) mouth
The correct answer is ‘drink’. We shade option A.
Now do the following
1. Eye and light; ear and __________
(a) song (b) sound (c) hearing (d) speaking
2. Master and apprentice; teacher and _______________
(a) headmaster (b) school (c) pupil (d) book
3. Ship and harbour; train and _____________.
(a) rail (b) passengers (c) goods (d) station
4. Happy and success; sad and ______________.
(a) punishment (b) failure (c) death (d) accident
5. Beginning and end; Sunday and _______________.
(a) Christians (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) December
Section B:
Instructions: In each of the following items, choose one word that CANNOT be formed by arrangement of some or all of the letters of the word printed in capital letters. Do not use any letter more often than it appears in the word printed in capital letters.
Sample: SWEAR
(a) ware (b) sew (c) erase (d) wear
The word that cannot be formed by an arrangement of some of the letters of the word ‘swear’ is ‘erase’. We therefore shade option C.
Do the following :
6. COMMANDMENT
(a) command (b) dance (c) note (d) contain
7. AGRICULTURE
(a) turn (b) great (c) true (d) care
8. CHIEFTAINCY
(a) face (b) fetch (c) retain (d) chain
9. FORMULATE
(a) flute (b) file (c) tear (d) rule
10. NATIONAL
(a) lion (b) lane (c) talon (d) tail