Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.
Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Groundnut
Cumin, cinnamon, pepper and clove are all spices, used in small quantities for flavour. The groundnut is an oilseed and a food in its own right, eaten for its substance rather than its flavour.
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Answer: D
Correct answer: Chess
Football, volleyball, cricket and hockey are all outdoor games played with a ball. Chess is an indoor board game requiring no physical exertion.
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Answer: E
Correct answer: Stain
Sweep, wipe, scrub and wash are all actions that clean. To stain is to soil, which is the opposite, and it is what the other four are done to remove.
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Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Hyena
Giraffe, deer, rhinoceros and zebra are all herbivores, living on leaves and grass. The hyena is a carnivore and a scavenger, and preys on the others.
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Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Answer: D
Correct answer: Sharp
Tall, huge, thin and small are all descriptions of size or dimension. Sharp describes an edge or a point - a quality of shape and keenness, not of magnitude.
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Answer: A
Correct answer: Cot
Sheet, quilt, pillow and blanket are all articles of bedding, laid on the bed. The cot is the bed itself, that is the furniture on which the rest are placed.
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Answer: E
Correct answer: Orange
Pear, apple, litchi and guava are all eaten without separating them into segments, and the first, second and fourth are eaten skin and all. An orange has a thick inedible rind and divides into segments, so it is prepared and eaten quite differently.
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Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Mustard
Bajra, rice, wheat and barley are all cereal grains, grown for their starch and eaten as staple food. Mustard is an oilseed, grown for the oil pressed from it and for its use as a condiment.
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Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Trifle
Tricycle, trident, tricolour and trilogy all contain the prefix tri- meaning three: three wheels, three prongs, three colours, three works. In “trifle” the letters are part of the word itself and carry no sense of three at all.
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Answer: D
Correct answer: Drone
Doe, bitch, sorceress and mare are all female - of the deer, the dog, the sorcerer and the horse respectively. A drone is the male honey bee.
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