Classification means ‘to assort the items’ of a given group on the basis of a certain common quality they possess and then spot the stranger or ‘odd one out’.
These questions are based on words, letters and numerals. In these types of problems, we consider the defining quality of particular things. In these questions, four or five elements are given, out of which one does not belong to the group. You are required to find the ’odd one’.
EXERCISE
Directions: Four of the following five pairs have same relation between their elements and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
| 1. | (a)Tomato | (b) Gourd | (c) Brinjal | (d)Cucumber | (e) Potato |
| 2. | (a)Football | (b)Volleyball | (c) Cricket | (d) Chess | (e) Hockey |
| 3. | (a) Dog | (b) Lion | (c) Jackpal | (d) Tiger | (e)Cheetah |
| 4. | (a) Pear | (b) Apple | (c) Litchi | (d) Guava | (e) Orange |
| 5. | (a) Deck | (b) Quay | (c) Stern | (d) Bow | (e) Mast |
| 6. | (a) 2 | (b) 32 | (c) 56 | (d) 128 | (e) 64 |
| 7. | (a) 57 | (b) 87 | (c) 131 | (d) 133 | (e) 143 |
| 8. | (a) 144 | (b) 169 | (c) 256 | (d) 288 | (e) 324 |
| 9. | (a) 21:24 | (b) 28:32 | (c) 14:16 | (d) 70:80 | (e) 54:62 |
| 10. | (a) 29 | (b) 85 | (c)147 | (d)125 | (e)53 |
| 11. | (a)MPQO | (b)DGHF | (c)RUTV | (d)VYZX | (e)JMNL |
| 12. | (a)AMCL | (b)WIVK | (c)GVIU | (d)XDZC | (e)HRJQ |
| 13. | (a)AZMN | (b)BYEF | (c)CXUV | (d)FUNO | (e)IRDV |
| 14. | (a)BAH | (b)EDG | (c)CBF | (d)HGA | (e)DFE |
| 15. | (a)ED | (b)HG | (c)LK | (d)EG | (e)CB |
| 16. | (a)29 | (b)85 | (c)147 | (d)125 | (e) 53 |
| 17. | (a) 45 | (b) 51 | (c) 39 | (d) 93 | (e) 85 |
| 18. | (a) 25 | (b) 64 | (c) 189 | (d) 225 | (e) 121 |
| 19. | (a) 217 | (b) 103 | (c)241 | (d)157 | (e)131 |
| 20. | (a) 35 | (b) 80 | (c) 45 | (d) 60 | (e) 75 |
| 21. | (a) Zinc | (b) Bronze | (c) Silver | (d) Platinum | (e) None |
| 22. | (a) Huge | (b) Tiny | (c) Heavy | (d) Small | (e) Big |
| 23. | (a) Rigveda | (b) Yajurveda | (c) Atharveda | (d) Ayurveda | (e)Samaveda |
| 24. | (a) Author | (b) Novelist | (c) Poet | (d) Publisher | (e) None |
| 25. | (a) Graph | (b) Chart | (c) Model | (d) Drawing | (e) Figure |
| 26. | (a) Lake | (b) Sea | (c) River | (d) Pool | (e) Pond |
| 27. | (a) Screw | (b) Hammer | (c) Needle | (d) Pin | (e) Nail |
| 28. | (a) Write | (b) Read | (c) Knowledge | (d) Learn | (e) Study |
| 29. | (a) Hostel | (b) Hotel | (c) Inn | (d) Club | (e) Motel |
| 30. | (a) Actor | (b) Artist | (c) Musician | (d) Dancer | (e) Poet |
| 31. | (a) Paragraph | (b) Sentence | (c) Page | (d) Words | (e) Alphabets |
| 32. | (a) Eye | (b) Kidney | (c) Heart | (d) Lungs | (e) Ear |
| 33. | (a) Wing | (b) Fin | (c) Beak | (d) Rudder | (e) None |
| 34. | (a) Acute | (b) Right | (c) Obtuse | (d) Parallel | (e) Isosceles |
| 35. | (a) Branch | (b) Dirt | (c) Leaf | (d) Root | (e) None |
| 36. | (a) Noun | (b) Preposition | (c) Punctuation | (d) Adverb | (e) Pronoun |
| 37. | (a) Evaluate | (b) Assess | (c) Appraise | (d) Instruct | (e) guesstimate |
| 38. | (a) Seat | (b) Rung | (c) Cushion | (d) Leg | (e) Stile |
| 39. | (a) Guitar | (b) Flute | (c) Violin | (d) Cello | (e) Mandolin |
| 40. | (a) Tape | (b) Twine | (c) Cord | (d) Yarn | (e) None of these |
| 41. | (a) Tomato | (b) Carrot | (c) Ginger | (d) Potato | (e) Turmeric |
| 42. | (a) Up | (b) Down | (c) Below | (d) Above | (e) Small |
| 43. | (a) Giraffe | (b) Hyena | (c) Deer | (d) Rhinoceros | (e) Zebra |
| 44. | (a) Apple | (b) Banana | (c) Mango | (d) Pear | (e) Papaya |
| 45. | (a) Engineer | (b) Architect | (c) Mechanic | (d) Mason | (e) Blacksmith |
| 46. | (a) Venus | (b) Saturn | (c) Earth | (d) Watermelon | (e) Jackfruit |
| 47. | (a) Book | (b) Paper | (c) Pencil | (d) Pen | (e) Sharpener |
| 48. | (a) Cabbage | (b) Papaya | (c) Ass | (d) Pepper | (e) Clove |
| 49. | (a) Pound | (b) Yen | (c) Ounce | (d) Franc | (e) Dollar |
| 50. | (a) Sparrow | (b) Swan | (c) Parrot | (d) Pencil | (e) Sharpener |
| 51. | (a) Cholera | (b) AIDS | (c) Cancer | (d) Health | (e) Jaundice |
| 52. | (a) Chop | (b) Slit | (c) Chrip | (d) Slice | (e) None of these |
| 53. | (a) Barter | (b) Purchase | (c) Sale | (d) Borrow | (e) None |
| 54. | (a) Sky | (b) Star | (c) Planet | (d) Comet | (e) Moon |
| 55. | (a) Ring | (b) Tyre | (c) Plate | (d) Bangle | (e) Rubber tube |
| 56. | (a) Gold: Ornaments | (b) Cloth: Garments | (c) Wood : Furniture | (d) Leather : Footwear | (e) Earthen pots : Clay |
| 57. | (a) Eyes | (b) Ears | (c) Hands | (d) Legs | (e) Nose |
| 58. | (a)Talking | (b)Blinking | (c)Writing | (d)Sitting | (e)Reading |
| 59. | (a) Long | (b) Tall | (c) High | (d) Short | (e) Dim |
| 60. | (a)Block | (b)Hamper | (c)Impede | (d)Avoid | (e)Obstruct |
| ANSWER KEY | |||||||||||
| 1 | e | 11 | c | 21 | d | 31 | c | 41 | a | 51 | d |
| 2 | b | 12 | b | 22 | c | 32 | c | 42 | e | 52 | c |
| 3 | e | 13 | e | 23 | d | 33 | c | 43 | b | 53 | d |
| 4 | d | 14 | a | 24 | d | 34 | d | 44 | b | 54 | a |
| 5 | a | 15 | d | 25 | c | 35 | b | 45 | c | 55 | c |
| 6 | c | 16 | d | 26 | c | 36 | c | 46 | c | 56 | e |
| 7 | d | 17 | e | 27 | b | 37 | d | 47 | a | 57 | e |
| 8 | d | 18 | b | 28 | c | 38 | c | 48 | b | 58 | e |
| 9 | e | 19 | a | 29 | d | 39 | b | 49 | c | 59 | e |
| 10 | d | 20 | e | 30 | e | 40 | a | 50 | b | 60 | d |
