In each question below five words are given, marked with A, B, C, D and E, four of which are alike in some respect, i.e., they have something in common, only one word is different from them, i.e. it does not belong to the category to which the other four belong.
Find out the word which is different from the rest.
- (A) Hut
(B) Shed
(C) House
(D) Apartment
(E) Capital - (A) Kite
(B) Rat
(C) Bird
(D) Dog
(E) Cockroach - (A) Apple
(B) Berry
(C) Grapes
(D) Potato
(E) Mango - (A) Ink
(B) Pen
(C) Pencil
(D) Brush
(E) Quill - (A) Star
(B) Sky
(C) Cloud
(D) Rain
(E) Moon - (A) Water
(B) Milk
(C) Ghee
(D) Butter
(E) Curd - (A) Jupiter
(B) Earth
(C) Moon
(D) Mars
(E) Venus - (A) Boat
(B) Ship
(C) Yacht
(D) Steamer
(E) Sea - (A) Mother
(B) Brother
(C) Sister
(D) Wife
(E) Daughter-in-law - (A) Rink
(B) Court
(C) Arena
(D) Ground
(E) Farm - (A) Fall
(B) Tumble
(C) Skip
(D) Topple
(E) Slip - (A) Cotton
(B) Wool
(C) Fur
(D) Beard
(E) Eyebrow - (A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Pakistan
(E) Sri Lanka - (A) Cricket
(B) Table tennis
(C) Football
(D) Hockey
(E) Tennis - (A) Eyes
(B) Ear
(C) Nose
(D) Pancreas
(E) Skin - (A) Sorrow
(B) Anger
(C) Weep
(D) Love
(E) Fear - (A) November
(B) December
(C) January
(D) October
(E) August - (A) Committee
(B) Council
(C) Panel
(D) Cabinet
(E) Secretary - (A) Sun
(B) Moon
(C) Wood
(D) Gas
(E) Coal - (A) Trust
(B) Confidence
(C) Truth
(D) Assurance
(E) Belief - (A) Honesty
(B) Morality
(C) Anxiety
(D) Behaviour
(E) Weight - (A) Silver
(B) Callous
(C) Button
(D) Gritty
(E) Brass - (A) Bird
(B) Aircraft
(C) Radar
(D) Rocket
(E) Kite - (A) Rose
(B) Lotus
(C) Jasmine
(D) Tube rose
(E) Dahlia - (A) Kolkata
(B) Mumbai
(C) Patna
(D) Guwahati
(E) Chandigarh - (A) Libra
(B) Saturn
(C) Mars
(D) Pluto
(E) Uranus - (A) M.K. Gandhi
(B) J.V. Stalin
(C) Laxmi Bai
(D) Abraham
(E) Indira Lincoln Gandhi - (A) Echo
(B) Resonance
(C) Tone
(D) Ear
(E) Note - (A) Bull
(B) Camel
(C) Buffalo
(D) Goat
(E) Cow - (A) Asteroids
(B) Meteors
(C) Comet
(D) Meteorites
(E) Cirrus - (A) AC
(B) BD
(C) CD
(D) DF
(E) EG - (A) ZA
(B) YB
(C) XC
(D) UD
(E) VE - (A) DAB
(B) OPL
(C) TIM
(D) PEN
(E) QUC - (A) Oprs
(B) FgHi
(C) AcDe
(D) KlMn
(E) PvWx - (A) IkLn
(B) SuVx
(C) GiJl
(D) PqrT
(E) DfGI - (A) AktF
(B) TbnP
(C) OqrS
(D) EjcM
(E) UbtK - (A) ABBC
(B) XYYZ
(C) UWWX
(D) RSST
(E) MNNO - (A) PQRT
(B) DEFH
(C) LMNP
(D) RSTU
(E) BCDF - (A) HIKL
(B) LMPQ
(C) DEGH
(D) RSUV
(E) KLNO - (A) ONLK
(B) JIGF
(C) SRQP
(D) UTRQ
(E) FECB - (A) KJLM
(B) NMOP
(C) QRUT
(D) HGIJ
(E) JIKL - (A) OPMN
(B) JIKL
(C) FEGH
(D) RQST
(E) DCEF - (A) JLKM
(B) FHGI
(C) PRQS
(D) IJKL
(E) ADCE - (A) KLLM
(B) GIIJ
(C) PRRS
(D) TVVW
(E) OQQR - (A) AAEEII
(B) BBFFJJ
(C) OORRVV
(D) MMQQUU
(E) PPTTXX - (A) CAT
(B) RAT
(C) FAT
(D) EAT
(E) HAT - (A) APPLE
(B) DEAR
(C) MOON
(D) FEAR
(E) LETTER - (A) RTSK
(B) ADGH
(C) MOQR
(D) TXSI
(E) NUBP - (A) FFGH
(B) GGIR
(C) KKLM
(D) OOPQ
(E) BBCD - (A) RQPO
(B) UTSR
(C) EDCB
(D) JIHG
(E) NMOP - (A) APPLE
(B) OUT
(C) ERROR
(D) POT
(E) IMAGE - (A) PUkZ
(B) LPiT
(C) FoMD
(D) WKaS
(E) TMSe - (A) CHM
(B) HMR
(C) RWB
(D) DIN
(E) LPU - (A) LEVEL
(B) UNCLE
(C) FATHER
(D) READ
(E) PEAR - (A) D12E
(B) A24B
(C) P19Q
(D) E10F
(E) K16L - (A) KT29
(B) PM25
(C) BN16
(D) FD49
(E) CK36 - (A) E5
(B) H8
(C) L12
(D) B7
(E) P16 - (A) W
(B) X
(C) V
(D) T
(E) B - (A) q
(B) h
(C) d
(D) t
(E) k - (A) B21A
(B) D43C
(C) F56E
(D) H87G
(E) I98H
Correct Answers and Explanations:
- (E) Capital is the city while others are dwelling places.
- (A) All the others are animals.
- (D) Only grows in the underground.
- (A) It is the medium while others are instruments.
- (D) Only drops in the earth.
- (A) Others are milk products.
- (C) Only the satellite while others are planets.
- (E) All the others are vessels.
- (B) All the others are woman relatives.
- (E) All the others are connected with games.
- (C) All the others are ways of falling down.
- (A) All the others have hair contents.
- (C) All the others are neighbouring countries of India.
- (B) The only indoor game.
- (D) The only internal organ of the body.
- (C) It is the expression while others are emotion.
- (A) Only month with 30 days.
- (E) Only single person while others are functioning bodies of certain members.
- (B) All the others can be used as fuel.
- (C) All the others are sort of faiths.
- (E) The only physical aspect.
- (A) All the others have double letters.
- (C) Radar can not fly.
- (B) The only water flower.
- (D) Others are capital city.
- (A) It is not a planet.
- (B) All the others are assassinated.
- (D) All the others are properties of sound.
- (D) All the others have humps.
- (E) It is the cloud others are heavenly bodies.
- (C) Every alternate letter is taken to make the pairs. But in (C) two consecutive letters are taken.
- (D) Here except (D), all the pairs consist of one letter from the end and one letter from the beginning.
- (B) Except (B) all the other groups have vowels in the middle.
- (A) Except (A) each group contains two capital and two small letters.
- (D) Except (D) all the others have capital and small letter in alternates and also the sequence of letters.
- (B) Except in (B), each group of letters starts with a vowel.
- (C) Except in (C), first two letters of all the other groups are consecutive.
- (D) Only group where the last two letters are consecutive.
- (B) Only group where double letters are skipped.
- (C) Only group where no letter is skipped.
- (C) Only group where sequence of letters are not there.
- (A) Only group where sequence of letters are different.
- (E) Only group where letters are not consecutive.
- (A) Only group where first two letters are consecutive.
- (C) Pattern should be OO(PQR) SS(TUV) WW.
- (D) Others have one vowel.
- (A) Only group begins and ends with vowel.
- (A) No vowel is there. Others have one vowel.
- (B) In others no letter has been skipped.
- (E) In others letters are consecutive from backward.
- (D) Only word starts with a consonant.
- (A) In all the other groups vowels are in small letters.
- (E) In all other groups four intervening letters are skipped.
- (B) Only word starts with a vowel.
- (C) In all the other groups numbers are divisible by 2.
- (A) In all the other groups numbers are a perfect square, e.g. 5 2 = 25, 4 2 = 16, 72 = 49 and 6 2 = 36.
- (D) In all the other groups exact position number of the alphabet series is given along with the letters.
- (E) All the other letters are formed by straight lines, whereas B is formed by curved lines.
- (A) Except all the other letters having a tail upward, in A(q) the tail is downward.
- (C) In all the other groups position numbers are given according to the alphabetical sequences. But in ‘C’ it is just reversed, i.e., instead of ‘F65E’ it is ‘F56E’.
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