Saturday, December 13, 2014

ANALOGY For BANK JOBS


Instruction: Select the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair of words in capital letters.


01. ENTREPRENEURS: PROFITS
      a) laborer: wages 
      b) managers: employees
      c) moonlighter: debts
      d) arbitrator: complaints
      e) financiers: mortgages
      ANSWER: a) laborer: wages 

02. VARIABLE: EQUATION
      a) oxygen: water
      b) paramecia: amoeba
      c) analysis: summary
      d) clay: sculpture
      e) furnace: heat
      ANSWER: a) oxygen: water

03. PATRON: SUPPORT
      a) spouse: divorce
      b) restaurant: management 
      c) counselor: advice
      d) host: hostility
      e) artist: imitation
      ANSWER:  c) counselor: advice


04. SILO: CORN
      a) acre: wheat
      b) reservoir: water
      c) mill: grain
      d) paddy: rice
      e) furrow: seed
      ANSWER:  b) reservoir: water

05. VACCINE: PREVENT
      a) wound: heal
      b) victim: attend
      c) antiseptic: infect
      d) antidote: counteract
      e) None of these
      ANSWER: d) antidote: counteract

06. CLOCK: TIME
      a) watch: wrist
      b) odometer: speed
      c) hourglass: sand
      d) yardstick: distance
      e) none of these
      ANSWER: d) yardstick: distance

07. SOUND: AIR
      a) oil: tanker
      b) signal: wave
      c) electricity: copper
      d) light: camera
      e) none of these
      ANSWER: c) electricity: copper

08. INVENTORY: STOCK
      a) calculation: ledger
      b) poll: balloting
      c) petition: names
      d) census: population
      e) none of these
      ANSWER:  d) census: population

09. REFLECTION: LIGHT
      a) emotion: feeling
      b) echo: sound
      c) film: scene
      d) microphone: hearing
      e) none of these
      ANSWER: b) echo: sound

10. WORDS: WRITER      
      a) honor: thief
      b) brick: bricklayer
      c) child: teacher
      d) laws: policeman
      e) prison: cell
      ANSWER: b) brick: bricklayer

Monday, December 8, 2014

ANTONYM

Instruction: For each word written in Uppercase, select a word having the Opposite meaning.

01. SCARCITY
a) abundance       b) mediocre        c) remote          d) little            e) none of these    
 
02. SPACIOUS
a) typical             b) narrow            c) golden          d) genuine       e) none of these     
 
03. MAGNIFY 
a) forgive             b) extract            c) reduce          d) electrify      e) none of these      
 
04. STABILITY
a) disparity           b) inconsistency      c) carelessness       d) weariness       e) none of these     
 
05. OUTSET
a) regression        b) termination          c) series                 d)exit                 e) none of these      
 
06. CONSOLIDATION
a) restriction         b) fragmentation      c) opposition          d) provocation    e) none of these      
 
07. VAGUE
a) expressive       b) felicitous               c) well-defined       d) provocation     e) none of these
 
08. FOCUS
a) disappear        b) disperse               c) link                     d) activate           e) none of these
 
09. INDIGENOUS
a) thoughtful        b) acquired               c) redundant           d) sterile              e) none of these 
 
10. EVACUATE
a) boil off            b) fill up                   c) neutralize             d) melt down       e) none of these
 
 
 
Answer:
01. A       02. B      03. C       04. B       05. B      06. B       07. C      08. A      09. E      10. B

 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

SYNONYMS

Instruction: For each word written in uppercase, select a word having similar meaning.
 
01. COUNSEL
a) Cabinet        b) Meeting        c) Advice        d) Trade        e) None of these

02. CONDONE
a) Cancel         b) Support        c) Fake           d) Real          e) None of these

03. SOLICIT
a) Legal           b) Give             c) Bright         d) Seek         e) None of these

04. IGNORE
a) Illiterate       b) Angry           c) Disregard         d) Obey      e) None of these

05. RAPPORT
a) Relationship     b) Dockyard    c) Knock          d) Statement      e) None of these

06. PEASANT
a) Nice                b) Farmer        c) Gift               d) Landlord        e) None of these


Answer: 
01. C
02. A
03. A
04. C
05. A
06. B