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ENGLISH LANGUAGE IQ TEST

The following questions are typical of the language related questions you might find on a typical IQ test.

1. Which one of the five choices makes the best comparison?
LIVE is to EVIL as 5232 is to:
(A) 2523 (B) 3252 (C) 2325 (D) 3225 (E) 5223   Answer C

2. If you rearrange the letters "RAPIS", you would have the name of a:
OCEAN - COUNTRY - STATE - CITY - ANIMAL   Answer CITY - Paris

3. Which one of the five makes the best comparison?
Bullet is to gun as ball is to:
BAT - SLINGSHOT - CANNON - PITCHER - CATAPULT   Answer CANNON

4. Which one of the five is least like the other four?
COPPER - IRON - BRASS - TIN - LEAD  Answer BRASS

5. Which one of the five is least like the other four?
BOTTLE - CUP - TUB - FUNNEL - BOWL   Answer FUNNEL

6. Mary had a number of cookies. After eating one, she gave half the remainer to her sister. After eating another cookie, she gave half of what was left to her brother. Mary now had only five cookies left. How many cookies did she start with?
11 - 22 - 23 - 45 - 46   Answer 23

7. Which one of the five is least like the other four?
WHEAT - HAY - BARLEY - OATS - RICE   Answer HAY

8. "A spaceship received three messages in a strange language from a distant planet. The astronauts studied these messages and found that "Elros Aldarion Elendil" means "Danger Rocket Explosion" and "Edain Mnyatur Elros" means "Danger spaceship Fire" and "Aldarion Gimilzor Gondor" means "Bad Gas Explosion".
What does "Elendil" mean?
DANGER - EXPLOSION - NOTHING - ROCKET - GAS  Answer ROCKET

9. Which one of the five makes the best comparison?
Belt is to buckle as shoe is to:
SOCK - TOE - FOOT - LACE - SOLE   Answer LACE

10. If you rearrange the letters "MANGERY", you would have the name of a:
OCEAN - COUNTRY - STATE - CITY - ANIMAL   Answer COUNTRY - Germany