Free Vocabulary MCQs with Answers

411. Choose analogous pair: Fish : Shoal

• A. Shark : School
• B. Whale : Herd
• C. Elephant : Flock
• D. Audience : Theatre

Explanation: A shoal is a group of fish, and a school is a collective term for certain groups of fish, including sharks. The other collective nouns do not correctly match the animals given.

412. Choose analogous pair: Theft : Confess

• A. Fight : Dare
• B. Fault : Admit
• C. Murder : Commit
• D. Mistake : Agree

Explanation: One may confess a theft, just as one may admit a fault. Both pairs combine an offence or shortcoming with the appropriate verb of acknowledgment.

413. Choose analogous pair: Chaff : Wheat

• A. Bone : Flesh
• B. Blood : Vein
• C. Dregs : Wine
• D. Rubbish : House

Explanation: Chaff is the waste separated from wheat, while dregs are the sediment or waste left in wine or another liquid. Both pairs link a substance with its unwanted residue.

414. Choose analogous pair: Shield : Soldier

• A. Law : Court
• B. Stethoscope : Doctor
• C. Helmet : Rider
• D. Book : Rider

Explanation: A shield is protective equipment used by a soldier, just as a helmet is protective equipment used by a rider. A stethoscope is equipment used by a doctor but is not primarily protective.

415. Choose analogous pair: Balance : Weigh

• A. Aeroplane : Height
• B. Radar : Detection
• C. Satellite : Revolution
• D. Television : Picture

Explanation: A balance is an instrument used for weighing, while radar is an instrument used for detection. The relationship is an instrument followed by its principal function.

416. Choose analogous pair: Cereals : Grit

• A. Dal : Pulses
• B. Milk : Sugar
• C. Pulses : Metanil
• D. Haldi : Turmeric

Explanation: Grit is an adulterant or contaminant that may be found in cereals, while metanil yellow is an adulterant associated with pulses. Both pairs connect a food item with a substance used to adulterate it.

417. Choose analogous pair: Cat : Mouse

• A. Horse : Stable
• B. Trap : Cheese
• C. Bird : Worm
• D. Lion : Cage

Explanation: A cat commonly preys on a mouse, just as a bird commonly feeds on a worm. Both pairs show a predator and its usual prey.

418. Choose analogous pair: Teeth : Chew

• A. Mind : Think
• B. Sweater : Heat
• C. Food : Taste
• D. Eyes : Flicker

Explanation: Teeth perform the action of chewing, while the mind performs the action of thinking. The other pairs either reverse the relationship or do not give a normal function.

419. Choose analogous pair: Triangle : Hexagon

• A. Cone : Sphere
• B. Rectangle : Octagon
• C. Pentagon : Heptagon
• D. Angle : Quadrilateral

Explanation: A triangle has three sides and a hexagon has six, so the second figure has twice as many sides as the first. A rectangle and an octagon similarly have four and eight sides.

420. Choose analogous pair: Dusk : Night

• A. Afternoon : Evening
• B. Infant : Child
• C. Walk : Run
• D. Day : Light

Explanation: Dusk is the transitional period before night, just as infancy is the early stage before childhood. Both pairs show an earlier stage followed by a later stage.