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Classification is defined as When a given set of elements (words, numbers, letters etc) is classified under a single word, one of the items will not fall into that group to which the rest belong.”All the items except one, follow a certain rule or have some common qualities between them and one that is different is classified as odd man out.
There is basically four type of classification:
- Number Classification
- Alphabet Classification
- Word Classification
- Number alphabet Classification
- Number Based Classification: In these type of questions, the number belongs to a particular set and is based the following relationship
- Rational, Prime, odd and even number families.
- Sum of Digits of a number
- Multiplicity or divisibility among the numbers
- Square root or cube root of the number
- Alphabet Classification
In this type , questions are asked based on various parameters of English alphabet, which are as follows:
- Vowel consonant relationship ( a,e,i,o,u are vowels and rest are consonants)
- Position or order of the alphabets position belonging to their occurrence ( A-1 to Z-26)
- A group of jumbled letters typically consisting of letters put together.
- Word Classification
In this type , different items are classified based on common properties like names, professions, parts of speech , places etc. Generally, the following types of relation are found in such questions
- Category based relationships (diseases, capitals, currency)
- Medium or activity based relationship
- Word meaning relationship (Synonyms, antonyms)
- Functional relationship
- Interrelationship of words
- Word formation relationship
- Number Alphabet Classification
In this type, different items are classified based on relationship of group of letters and numbers given, multiplication or addition of places of English alphabet etc.
This topic carries weightage of 3-5 marks in competitive exam like : MRSAFPI, SSC and other sort of exam. Below are the top 30 questions based on this topic as it covers all types classification.
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CLASSIFICATION REASONING MCQs FOR MRSAFPI
Directions: In the following questions, find the odd word/ numbers/ letters/ numbers pairs from the given alternatives:
- A) Tetanus
b) Pneumonia
c) Tuberculosis
d) Hepatitis
Answer: A
Effects of tetanus is on whole body While all other diseases effects the particular organ Hepatitis- Liver, Pneumonia and TB – Lungs
2. a) Poland
b) Korea
c) Spain
d) Greece
Answer: Except Korea, all others are European countries but Korea is an asian country.
3. a) May
b) June
c) July
d) August
Answer: B
There are 30 days in June. May, July and August are of 31 days.
4. a) Krishna
b) Cauvery
c) Narmada
d) Mahanadi
Answer: C
Narmada is a west flowing river and it flows into Arabian sea . All other rivers are east flowing and empty into Bay of Bengal.
5.A) Talking
B) Walking
c) Sleeping
d) Running
Answer: C
Sleeping is different from other three. All other activities are some action.
6.a) Copper
b) Bronze
c) Gold
d) Silver
Answer: Except Bronze, all other are metals. Bronze is an alloy.
7.a) Happiness
b) Honesty
c) Deceive
d) Truth
Answer: C
Except Deceive , all others are good qualities.
8. a) Mile
b) Centimetre
c) Litre
d) Yard
Answer: C
Except litre , all others are units of measurement of length. Litre is the unit of measurement of volume.
9.a) Tamil Naidu
b) Haryana
c) Delhi
d) Mizoram
Answer: C
Except Delhi, all other are states as Delhi is UT.
10.a) Hate
b) Love
c) Anger
d) Cry
Answer: D
ALSO VISIT : I. COUNTING FIGURES MCQs
II. MRSAFPI SYLLABUS 2022 : REASONING PREPARATION MISSING NUMBER PATTERN
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