spotting out the dissimilar | verbal reasoning

spotting out the dissimilar | verbal reasoning
in this type of test five words are given out of which four are almost same in nature but the rest one is different from the four. the candidate has to findout which one word is different from the rest
for clarification few illustrations are given below.

spotting out the dissimilar

Example 1 :-
which one of the five words given below is different from the rest?
(A) Jasmine
(B) Marigold
(C) Rose
(D) Sandal
(E) Lotus

Answer with Explanation :- (D) All the rest are flowers while sandal is a wood. therefore, sandal is different from the rest.
that means  four are almost same in nature but the rest one is different from the four.  so we just have to find out which one is different in terms of nature of four.

in examination of verbal reasoning spotting out the dissimilar is important because it will ask on every examination round about 2 to 4  marks and you know exactly how these marks are important as well.

Now lets look at this example

Example 2 :-

Which one of the letter groups is different from the rest groups ?
(A) KMO
(B) EFG
(C) GIK
(D) ACE
(E) LNP

Answer with Explanation :-  (B) in all the other letter groups according to alphabet one letter is missing between the first and second letters and one lettter is missing between the second and third letters. but in the group (B) all the letters are in alphabetic order. therefore, group (B) is different from the rest.

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