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Word Relationships, Codes and Logic

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  1. Hot is to cold as up is to what?
  2. Puppy is to dog as kitten is to what?
  3. Finger is to hand as toe is to what?
  4. Pen is to write as knife is to what?
  5. Chef is to kitchen as pilot is to what?
  6. Glove is to hand as sock is to what?
  7. Which word is the odd one out: apple, banana, carrot, grape?
  8. Which is the odd one out: square, triangle, cube, circle?
  9. Which is the odd one out: Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars?
  10. Which word means the same as 'happy'?
  11. Which word means nearly the same as 'enormous'?
  12. Which word is opposite in meaning to 'ancient'?
  13. Which word is opposite in meaning to 'generous'?
  14. Which word means nearly the same as 'reluctant'?
  15. Which insect is hidden across two words in 'Dan thought about it'?
  16. Which word completes a new word with 'sun': sun____?
  17. Which letter is five places after C in the alphabet?
  18. If A = 1, B = 2 and C = 3, what is the total value of the word CAB?
  19. In a code, CAT is written DBU. How is DOG written in the same code?
  20. In a code, each letter moves two places forward. What does BE become?
  21. If T = 20, E = 5 and A = 1, how is the word EAT written as numbers?
  22. Which number comes next in the sequence 2, 4, 6, 8, ?
  23. Which number comes next in the sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, ?
  24. Which number comes next in the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, ?
  25. Which number comes next in the sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, ?
  26. Which number comes next in the sequence 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, ?
  27. Which letter comes next in the sequence A, C, E, G, ?
  28. Which letter comes next in the sequence Z, X, V, T, ?
  29. Which pair of letters comes next in the sequence AB, CD, EF, ?
  30. All the roses in the garden are red. Some of the flowers in the garden are roses. Which statement must be true?
  31. Sam is taller than Ben. Ben is taller than Raj. Who is the shortest?
  32. Amy is older than Beth. Beth is older than Cal. Dev is younger than Cal. Who is the second oldest?
  33. Which day is two days after Friday?
  34. If today is Tuesday, which day was it three days ago?
  35. Unscramble the letters REHTO to make a word that means 'not the same'.

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