Verbal reasoning Eight questions with answers

Letter pairs: verbal reasoning questions with answers

Letter analogies: a pair of letters is to another as a third is to ?.

Questions written by Remelia in the style of the familiarisation papers; not taken from any exam paper.

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GL Assessment: seven of the 240 questions on its three verbal reasoning familiarisation papers.

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Eight letter pairs questions

Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DF is to CG as PY is to ?
- A MX
- B QY
- C MZ
- D OX
- E OZ
Show the answer to question 1
Answer: E · OZ
Why:
From DF to CG: D moves back 1 to C, and F moves on 1 to G.
Do the same to PY: P back 1 is O, and Y on 1 is Z. The answer is OZ.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
FL is to KN as LM is to ?
- A QO
- B GQ
- C RO
- D QP
- E RP
Show the answer to question 2
Answer: A · QO
Why:
From FL to KN: F moves on 5 to K, and L moves on 2 to N.
Do the same to LM: L on 5 is Q, and M on 2 is O. The answer is QO.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
EZ is to AZ as SH is to ?
- A OF
- B NH
- C NF
- D PJ
- E OH
Show the answer to question 3
Answer: E · OH
Why:
From EZ to AZ: E moves back 4 to A, and Z stays Z.
Do the same to SH: S back 4 is O, and H stays H. The answer is OH.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
AB is to BC as ID is to ?
- A KD
- B HC
- C JE
- D JD
- E KE
Show the answer to question 4
Answer: C · JE
Why:
From AB to BC: A moves on 1 to B, and B moves on 1 to C.
Do the same to ID: I on 1 is J, and D on 1 is E. The answer is JE.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
BO is to GS as MG is to ?
- A HK
- B RL
- C HL
- D TC
- E RK
Show the answer to question 5
Answer: E · RK
Why:
From BO to GS: B moves on 5 to G, and O moves on 4 to S.
Do the same to MG: M on 5 is R, and G on 4 is K. The answer is RK.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
GE is to DJ as YL is to ?
- A WO
- B WG
- C XO
- D VQ
- E XG
Show the answer to question 6
Answer: D · VQ
Why:
From GE to DJ: G moves back 3 to D, and E moves on 5 to J.
Do the same to YL: Y back 3 is V, and L on 5 is Q. The answer is VQ.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
EX is to HT as IX is to ?
- A MU
- B LU
- C MT
- D LT
- E NV
Show the answer to question 7
Answer: D · LT
Why:
From EX to HT: E moves on 3 to H, and X moves back 4 to T.
Do the same to IX: I on 3 is L, and X back 4 is T. The answer is LT.
Which pair of letters completes the sentence in the best way?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
SR is to PQ as LB is to ?
- A GA
- B HB
- C GC
- D IA
- E IC
Show the answer to question 8
Answer: D · IA
Why:
From SR to PQ: S moves back 3 to P, and R moves back 1 to Q.
Do the same to LB: L back 3 is I, and B back 1 is A. The answer is IA.

Answers

1. E · OZ
2. A · QO
3. E · OH
4. C · JE
5. E · RK
6. D · VQ
7. D · LT
8. D · IA

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