VERBAL SECTION ODD – ONE – OUT
Refers to the process of selection of certain items from a given set of items that possess similar or common properties or qualities and identifying the item which does not comply with those qualities. Thisitembeingreferredto as the odd -one out.
Inthistypeoftest,we have to choose the one item which does not fit the given group of certain items, these items may be in the form of words or numbers/pairs of numbers.
Type -1
ODD WORD Illustration-1:
Spotthestranger,inthe followinggroup out
(A)Physics (B)Chemistry (C)Biology (D)Zoology (E)English
Solution:(E).HerePhysics,Chemistry,Biology,Zoologydealswithsciencebut Englishisnot.
Illustration-2:
Choose theword which isleastlike theotherwordsinthe group.
(A)Snake (B)Lizard (C)Turtle (D)Whale (E)Crocodile
Solution:(D).Snake,lizard,turtleand crocodilearereptileswhilewhaleisnot.
Illustration-3: Findtheoddone-out
(A)india (B)Japan (C) New – Zeland (D)South-Africa (E)Australia
Solution:(E).OnlyAustraliaisacontinent.
Illustration-4: Findtheoddone-out.
(A)Ear (B)Eye (C) Nose (D)Throat (E)Tongue
Solution: (D).Throat isnot asenseorgan.
Type – 2 ODDALPHABET
Inthistypeofquestion,generallyfivegroupsoflettersaregiven.Fourofthempossesssimilarproperty insomemannerandoneisdifferentfromotherswhichwillbetheanswer. Thefollowingassociationofalphabetsto thenumberswillbehelpfulforsomeproblems.
A B C D E
1 2 3 4 5
M N O P Q
13 14 15 16 17
Y Z
25 26
Choose the odd one :
(A) MOQ (B)SUW (C)YAC (D)EGH (E) KMO Solution:(D).Allothersoptionsarehaving oneletterdifferencebetweenthem.
Illustration-6: Choose the odd one :
(A) JOT (B)OUT (C) FED (D)DIN (E)DOG Solution:(B). HereOUTcontainstwo vowels,andothershaveonlyonevowel.
Illustration-7: Choose the odd one :
(A)YNHIA (B)SGRFI (C)ISEPU (D)FHUJU Solution:(D). LettersUisrepeated,but inothersno letterisrepeated.
Illustration-8: Choose the odd one :
(A)ABD (B) HIK (C)VWZ (D)QRT (E)JKM
Solution:(C). Except VWZallothergroupsconsistofthreelettersinwhichthefirst two arecon-secutivelettersandthethird oneisonestepforward ofthesecondletter.InVWZ,therearetwo steps forwardbetweensecond andthethirdoneisonestepforward ofthesecondletter.InVWZ,thereare two stepsforward betweensecond and thirdletters.
Illustration-9: Choose the odd one :
(A)ALMZ (B)BTUY (C)CPQX (D)DEFY
Solution:(D). Inothersfirstandlastlettersoccupythesamepositionfromthebeginningandfromtheend.
Type – 3
CHOOSING THEODD NUMERAL
Inthistypeofquestions, certainnumbersare given, out ofwhichallexcept one aresimilar insome manner,whileoneisdifferentandthisdifferentoneisanswer.
Illustration-10:
Choose theone which isdifferentfromothers:
(A)275 (B) 693 (C) 341 (D)473 (E)353
Solution:(E). Themiddledigit issumoftheothertwo.Thispropertyisnot satisfiedin(E).
Illustration-11:
Choose the one which isdifferent fromthe rest three :
(A)428 (B) 7856 (C) 6742 (D) 326 (E)4126
Solution:(E). Thelastdigitorlasttwodigitsaretheproductoffirsttwodigits,butinoption(E),itisnot.
Illustration-12: Choose the odd one :
(A)174 (B) 203 (C) 84 (D) 126 (E)154 Solution:(A). Allaremultipleof7 except (A).
Illustration-13: Choose the odd one :
(A)48 (B) 156 (C) 183 (D) 622 (E)435 Solution:(D). Inallotheroptionssumofdigitscomesout to be12 except (D).
Type – 4
CHOOSINGTHEODD NUMERALPAIR
Inthese typeofquestions, certainpairsofnumbersaregivenout ofwhichallexcept one are similar somemannerwhileoneisdifferent.Thisdifferentoneisanswers.
Illustration-14:
Choose thenumberpairwhich isdifferentfromothers: (A) 42-4 (B) 36-6 (C) 32-2 (D) 15-5 Solution:(A). Thesecondnumberdividesthefirst completely.
Illustration-15: Choose the odd one :
(A) 13-31 (B) 45-54 (C) 16-61 (D) 71-88 Solution:(D). Allotherspairshavedigitsinreverseorder.