Classification Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Trousers

Coat, shirt, blouse and sweater are all worn on the upper part of the body. Trousers are worn on the lower part.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Microphone

Spectacles, goggles, binoculars and telescope are all optical instruments, aiding or protecting the eye. A microphone works on sound and belongs to the ear.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Spider

Ant, bee, moth and midge are all insects, with six legs and a body in three parts. A spider is an arachnid, with eight legs and a body in two parts.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Gazelle

Sheep, goat, ibex and yak all belong to the goat and sheep group of the cattle family, the Caprinae. The gazelle is an antelope, of a different subfamily altogether.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Chocolate

Biscuits, cake, bread and pastry are all baked from flour. Chocolate is made from cocoa and sugar and is not baked at all.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Kilometres

Tonnes, quintals, grams and kilograms are all units of mass. The kilometre measures distance, which is a different quantity.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Foot

Shoulder, elbow, arm and fingers are all parts of the upper limb. The foot belongs to the lower limb.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Orion

Virgo, Pisces, Sagittarius and Cancer are all signs of the zodiac, through which the sun appears to pass in the course of a year. Orion is a constellation, and is not one of the twelve zodiacal signs.

Answer: C

Correct answer: DEPARTMENT and MODERATE

In every other pair, each letter of the second word can be found in the first: ORACLE within RECIPROCAL, COUNTER within RECONSTRUCT, VIOLENT within EVALUATION. MODERATE cannot be formed from DEPARTMENT, which contains no letter O at all, so that pair breaks the rule.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Deposit

Withdrawal, deduction and debit all reduce the balance of an account. A deposit adds to it, so it works in the opposite direction.