OLSAT OLSAT Verbal Reasoning 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word does NOT belong: joyful, elated, miserable, gleeful?
- Joyful
- Elated
- Miserable (Correct answer)
- Gleeful
Correct answer: Miserable
Joyful, elated, and gleeful all mean happy; miserable means very unhappy.
Question 2: Complete the analogy: Arid is to desert as frigid is to ___.
- Beach
- Jungle
- Tundra (Correct answer)
- Meadow
Correct answer: Tundra
Arid describes the climate of a desert; frigid describes the climate of a tundra.
Question 3: If no cats are reptiles and all reptiles are cold-blooded, which must be true?
- All cats are cold-blooded
- No cats are cold-blooded
- Some cats are cold-blooded
- None of the above must be true (Correct answer)
Correct answer: None of the above must be true
Cats could still be cold-blooded through another reason; we can only conclude cats are not reptiles.
Question 4: Which word is a synonym for 'candid'?
- Deceptive
- Honest (Correct answer)
- Secretive
- Cautious
Correct answer: Honest
Candid means frank and honest.
Question 5: Novel : Fiction :: Sonnet : ___
- Story
- Poem (Correct answer)
- Drama
- Essay
Correct answer: Poem
A novel is a type of fiction just as a sonnet is a type of poem.
Question 6: Choose the word that best fills the blank: The scientist's hypothesis was ___; it had no support from experimental data.
- Verified
- Substantiated
- Unfounded (Correct answer)
- Conclusive
Correct answer: Unfounded
Unfounded means lacking a foundation or evidence, matching the absence of data support.
OLSAT OLSAT Verbal Reasoning 1
Which word does NOT belong: joyful, elated, miserable, gleeful?