📖 Verbal Reasoning — Skills & Strategies
25 questions · 20 minutes · Reading + Analogies + Classification
📖 Verbal Reasoning — Question Types 📖 Reading Comprehension Q1–10 (~40%) 🔗 Verbal Analogies Q11–20 (~40%) 🧩 Word Classification Odd-one-out & categories Q21–25 (~20%)
🎯 Key Strategies per Question Type
- ⚡ Reading Comprehension: Skim the passage (30–45 sec) to get the main idea. Read questions. Return to the text to find the exact answer — don’t answer from memory.
- 🔗 Verbal Analogies: State the relationship in a sentence before reading options. ‘X is to Y because…’ — what is the exact link?
- 🧩 Word Classification: Find what 4 words share. The odd one out lacks that specific property.
| Reading: Literal |
Directly stated in the text. Find the sentence — don’t paraphrase. |
| Reading: Inferential |
Must be worked out from clues in the text. Look for what is implied. |
| Reading: Vocabulary |
Meaning of the word AS USED in this passage — not its general definition. |
| Analogies: Function |
HAMMER is to NAIL as BRUSH is to PAINT — same function relationship. |
| Analogies: Category |
APPLE is to FRUIT as CARROT is to VEGETABLE — same category relationship. |
| Analogies: Part-Whole |
WHEEL is to CAR as PETAL is to FLOWER — same part-whole relationship. |
💡 Pro Tip: The fastest way to improve at Verbal Reasoning is to read every day — fiction, non-fiction, poetry. Reading widely builds vocabulary and comprehension naturally. Aim for 15–20 minutes daily.
