MAT Practice Questions Set #1

1. Fierce : timid :: aggressive : _____
A: weird
B: frigid
C: assertive
D: passive

2. Honeyed: sweet :: acrid : _____
A: base
B: annoying
C: bitter
D: salty

3. Short : _____ :: Tall : Enormous
A: tiny
B: medium
C: gigantic
D: ravenous

4. Intelligent : dunce :: _____ : clown
A: funny
B: serious
C: costume
D: reticent

5. Hemingway : _____ :: Woolf : Thackeray
A: Fitzgerald
B: Homer
C: Garcia Marquez
D: Waugh

6. Oklahoma : Nebraska :: Oregon : _____
A: Connecticut
B: Illinois
C: North Carolina
D: Washington

7. Square : cube :: circle : _____
A: rhombus
B: corner
C: sphere
D: cylinder

8. 90 degrees : right :: _____ : obtuse
A: 45 degrees
B: 135 degrees
C: 79 degrees
D: 0 degrees

9. Failure : _____ :: success : elation
A: depression
B: euphoria
C: contagion
D: hospitality

10. Democrats : Republicans :: Labour : _____
A: Whigs
B: Greens
C: Tories
D: Lions

Answer Key

1. D. Passive is the opposite of aggressive.

2. C. Acrid and bitter are synonyms.

3. A. Tiny means very small.

4. B. A clown is not serious.

5. A. Hemingway and Fitzgerald were both American authors

6. D. Oregon and Washington are both states in the northwest United States.

7. C. A sphere is the three-dimensional version of a circle.

8. B. A 135-degree angle is an obtuse angle.

9. A. Failure can lead to depression.

10. C. The Tories and the Labour party are the dominant political parties in Britain.

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