Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST)
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Verbal Reasoning: Understanding relationships between words, letters, and numbers
🚀 Verbal reasoning is a crucial part of the JNVST, focusing on understanding relationships between words, letters, and numbers. It helps students develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills. In verbal reasoning, students are often asked to identify patterns, sequences, or relationships in a set of words, letters, or numbers. This can include analogies, series completion, and coding-decoding problems. For example, understanding that 'A' is to 'B' as '1' is to '2' involves recognizing a pattern or relationship between the elements.
Examples💡
Example 1: If 'CAT' is coded as 'DBU', how is 'DOG' coded? Solution: Each letter in 'CAT' is shifted one place forward in the alphabet to get 'DBU'. Similarly, 'DOG' becomes 'EPH'.
Example 2: Find the missing number in the series: 2, 4, 8, 16, __. Solution: The pattern is each number is multiplied by 2. So, the missing number is 32.
Example 3: If 'Rupee' is to 'Currency' as 'Kilogram' is to __? Solution: 'Rupee' is a unit of 'Currency', similarly, 'Kilogram' is a unit of 'Weight'.
Common Mistakes to Avoid⚠️
- Mistake 1: Confusing the order of operations in coding-decoding problems. Solution: Always follow the given pattern or rule step-by-step.
- Mistake 2: Overlooking the pattern in number series. Solution: Carefully observe the sequence and identify the rule governing the series.
- Mistake 3: Misinterpreting analogies by focusing on superficial similarities. Solution: Focus on the underlying relationship between the pairs.