Free Vocabulary MCQs with Answers

241. Choose analogous pair: Rain : Patter

• A. Door : Bang
• B. Birds : Flight
• C. Animal : Graze
• D. Men : Walk

Explanation: Patter is the characteristic light sound made by falling rain. A bang is likewise the characteristic loud sound made by a door.

242. Choose analogous pair: Rotate : Gyrate

• A. Putrefy : Reject
• B. Anachorism : Cubism
• C. Accolade : Criticism
• D. Absolve : Exonerate

Explanation: Rotate and gyrate both mean to turn around an axis. Absolve and exonerate likewise both mean to free someone from blame or guilt.

243. Choose analogous pair: Corporeal : Spiritual

• A. Pedagogue : Teacher
• B. Foreigner : Immigrant
• C. Moron : Savant
• D. Mesa : Plateau

Explanation: Corporeal and spiritual describe opposing aspects, physical and non-physical. Moron and savant are also contrasting terms for very low and exceptionally high intellectual ability.

244. Choose analogous pair: Evaporation : Cloud

• A. Mountain : Snow
• B. Pressure : Atmosphere
• C. Book : Pages
• D. Tension : Breakdown

Explanation: Evaporation supplies water vapour that condenses to form clouds. Similarly, excessive tension can result in a breakdown, whereas the other pairs do not show a clear cause-and-result relation.

245. Choose analogous pair: Sailor : Pirate

• A. Police : Robbers
• B. Lion : Lamb
• C. Plant : Fungus
• D. Major : Sepoy

Explanation: A pirate is traditionally understood as a sailor engaged in robbery at sea. Under the older broad classification that treated fungi as plants, a fungus is likewise linked to the larger class of plants.

246. Choose analogous pair: Roof : Foundation

• A. Plateau : Plain
• B. Hay : Grass
• C. Hill : Mountain
• D. Peak : Valley

Explanation: A roof and a foundation are opposite structural extremes of a building. A peak and a valley are likewise opposite extremes of land elevation.

247. Choose analogous pair: Land : Cape

• A. House : Gate
• B. Foot : Toe
• C. Hand : Glove
• D. Finger : Nails

Explanation: A cape is a projecting part of land, just as a toe is a projecting end part of the foot. The other choices show different relationships, such as protection or covering.

248. Choose analogous pair: Cube : Cuboid

• A. Oval : Sphere
• B. Square : Cube
• C. Sphere : Ellipsoid
• D. Triangle : Cone

Explanation: A cube is a special type of cuboid whose faces are all equal squares. A sphere is similarly a special type of ellipsoid with all its radii equal.

249. Choose analogous pair: Perforate : Holes

• A. Repent : Sins
• B. Speckle : Spots
• C. Filter : Water
• D. Decorate : Rooms

Explanation: To perforate something is to make holes in it, while to speckle something is to mark it with spots. Both pairs show an action and the marks it produces.

250. Choose analogous pair: Leather : Milk

• A. Cat : Mouse
• B. Curd : Bacteria
• C. Fruit : Rubber
• D. Sun : Moon

Explanation: Leather and milk are animal products, while fruit and rubber are commonly obtained from plants. Thus the second pair matches the shared source relationship of the first.