FOR DOST SCHOLARSHIP VERBAL REASONING.pdf

For DOST scholarship

1. VERBAL
REASONING
John Raphael P. Camba
BS Biology-IV
Department of Biological Sciences
Visayas State University

2. ABOUT
THE TEST
Verbal Reasoning tests your ability to
extract meaning from complex information
and to think logically and analytically.

3. ANALOGY ANTONYMS
TYPES
SYNONYMS LETTER CODING
01 03
02 04

4. |ANALOGY01

5. SINGLE-WORDANALOGY
ICE : FREEZING :: DEW : ________
A.DRYING
B.VAPORIZING
C.HEATING
D.CONDENSING
TIME

6. SINGLE-WORDANALOGY
ICE : FREEZING :: DEW : ________
Answer:
D. CONDENSING
Make connection by reading it as, “ICE is the product of
FREEZING while DEW is the product of CONDENSING”.

7. DOUBLE-WORDANALOGY
BIRDS : CHIRP :: __________: ________
A.CATTLE : RUMINATE
B.RATS : GNAW
C.SHEEP : BLEAT
D.CATS:CLAW
TIME

8. BIRDS : CHIRP :: __________: ________
DOUBLE-WORDANALOGY
Answer:
C. SHEEP : BLEAT
Same relationship, it is the sound they make.

9. TIPS:
●Determinethespecificrelationshipbetweenthegivenpairofwords.
Beasaccurateasyoucanbewhendefiningtheirconnection.
●Lookforthewordorpairofwordsthatfollowthesamerelationship
andthe“sameorder”.Thefirstwordmustcorrespondtothethird
wordandthesecondwordmustcorrespondtothefourthword.

10. |SYNONYMS02

11. SYNONYMS
BIG : ENORMOUS :: SMALL : ________
A.MINISCULE
B.VOLUMINOUS
C.MACROSCOPIC
D.PARASITIC
TIME

12. BIG : ENORMOUS :: SMALL : ________
SYNONYMS
Answer:
A. MINISCULE

13. SYNONYMS
HIDE : CONCEAL :: STOP : ________
A.PAUSE
B.REFLECT
C.HALT
D.PONDER
TIME

14. SYNONYMS
Answer:
C. HALT
ASTUTE : CLEVER :: PECULIAR : ________

15. TIPS:
●Thinkofacontext.
●Carefullyreadthegivenchoices.
●Considersecondarymeaningaswellastheprimarymeaning.
●Breakdownunfamiliarwordsintorecognizableparts.
●Eliminatethechoicesforanswer.

16. |ANTONYMS03

17. ANTONYMS
LACONIC : VERBOSE :: SUPERFICIAL : ________
A.PROFOUND
B.SUBJECTIVE
C.SHALLOW
D.EXAGGERATED
TIME

18. ANTONYMS
Answer:
A. PROFOUND
LACONIC : VERBOSE :: SUPERFICIAL : ________

19. ANTONYMS
SLOTHFUL : SPRIGHTLY :: PRODIGAL : ________
A.CREDULOUS
B.SPECIALIZED
C.PROVIDENT
D.DEPENDENT
TIME

20. ANTONYMS
Answer:
A. PROVIDENT
SLOTHFUL : SPRIGHTLY :: PRODIGAL : ________

21. TIPS:
●Thinkofacontext.
●Carefullyreadthegivenchoices.
●Considersecondarymeaningaswellastheprimarymeaning.
●Breakdownunfamiliarwordsintorecognizableparts.
●Eliminatethechoicesforanswer.

22. |LETTER CODING04

23. COMMON LETTERCODES
A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
K L
M N
O P
Q R
S T
U V
W X
Y Z
A Z
B Y
C X
D W
E V
F U
G T
H S
I R
J Q
K P
L O
M N
A N
B O
C P
D Q
E R
F S
G T
H U
I V
J W
K X
L Y
M Z

24. Decode the word below using the code:
A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
K L
M N
O P
Q R
S T
U V
W X
Y Z
J T L P K B Q
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
TIME

25. Decode the word below using the code:
A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
K L
M N
O P
Q R
S T
U V
W X
Y Z
J T L P K B Q
ISKOLAR

26. Decode the word below using the code:
HGRKVMW
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
TIME
A Z
B Y
C X
D W
E V
F U
G T
H S
I R
J Q
K P
L O
M N

27. Decode the word below using the code:
HGRKVMW
STIPEND
A Z
B Y
C X
D W
E V
F U
G T
H S
I R
J Q
K P
L O
M N

28. LETTER CODING
SARAH : TBSBT:: PALMA : ________
A.NBQJBO
B.RIFJMBO
C.QBMNB
D.SBSSZ
TIME

29. LETTER CODING
Answer:
C. QBMNB
SARAH : TBSBI:: PALMA : ________
The word can be decoded by the letter after it:
S->T
A->B
R->S
H->I

30. TIPS:
●Findapattern.
●Carefullyreadthegivenchoices.
●Eliminatethechoicesforanswer.
●Readandpractice
●Learntomanageyourtime

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