Classification Questions and Answers

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Director

A producer, investor, financier and entrepreneur all put up or arrange the money for a venture and carry its financial risk. A director manages and directs the work, and is employed rather than investing.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Calendar

Year, date, month and day are all divisions or points of time. A calendar is the printed or displayed table in which those divisions are set out, so it is the instrument rather than the unit.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Explosion

Flood, hurricane, avalanche and earthquake are all natural disasters, arising without human agency. An explosion is generally man-made, being caused by explosives or by an industrial failure.