Analogy (Advanced) - Reasoning Shortcuts

Analogy (Advanced) - Reasoning Shortcuts


Analogy means to compare the similarities / dissimilarities among the given things. In this type of questions, they will give you a sentence and options. According to the sentence you should find out the correct option. Have a look at some examples to understand Analogy more clearly...

• "Bank" is related to "Money" in the same way as "Transport" is related to ?

1. Movement
2. Road
3. Speed
4. Traffic
5. Goods?

The answer is 5) Goods. 

A bank deals with transaction of 'money', where as the 'transport' deals with the movement of 'goods'

• "Horse" is related to "Hoof" in the same way as "Eagle" is related to ?

1. Leg
2. Clutch
3. Claw
4. Foot
5. None of the above

The answer is 3) Claw. 

The lower part of feet of "Horse" is know as "Hoof", where as lower part of feet of "Eagle" is called as "Claw".

• "Marriage" is to "Divorce" as "True" is to ?

1. Truth
2. Story
3. Fiction
4. False
5. None of the above

The answer is 4) False

"Divorce" is the antonym of "Marriage". In the same way "False" is the antonym of "True".

• Leaf is related to Sap in the same way as Bone is related to ?

1. Marrow
2. Fluid
3. Blood
4. Calcium
5. None of the above

The answer is 1) Marrow

Sap is the fluid contained in Leaf in the same way marrow is the fluid contained in Bone. 

• Which of the following pairs of words bears the same relationship as that of the pair of words given at the question place?

1. Cells : Cytology  :: Insects :
2. Ornithology
3. Entomology
4. Anatomy
5. Onomatology
6. None of the above

The answer is 2) Entomology

Cytology is the study of Cells and Entomology is the study of Insects. (Extra info : Ornithology is the study of Birds, Anatomy is the study of the structure of human or animal bodies and Onomatology is the study of Names)

• What is found once in Tea, Twice in Coffee, but not in milk?

1. Water
2. Cream
3. Sugar
4. "E"
5. None of the above

The answer is 3) "E"

The English alphabet "E" is found once in the word "Tea", twice in the word "Coffee" and there is no such alphabet in the word "Milk"

• Always : Never :: 

1. Frequently : Normally
2. Intermittently : Casually 
3. Rarely : Casually
4. Constantly : Frequently
5. Often : Rarely

The answer is 5) Often : rarely

"Always" and "Never"  are antonyms in the same way "Often" and "Rarely" are also antonyms. 

• Bull is related to Draught in the same way Cow is related to ?

1. Milch
2. Livestock
3. Farm
4. Fodder
5. None of the above

The answer is 1) Milch

Bull is a draught animal (beast of burden) and cow is a milch animal (milk - yielding)

• A "Square" is related to "Cube" in the same way as "Circle" is related to 

1. Sphere
2. Circumference
3. Diameter
4. Area
5. None of The above

The answer is 1) Sphere

A square is a two dimensional figure consisting of sides where as a cube is a three dimensional figure. 
Similarly, circle is a two dimensional figure and a sphere is a three dimensional figure. 

• "Iron" is related to "Solid" in the same way as "Mercury" is related to ?

1. Vapour 
2. Solid
3. Gas
4. Liquid
5. None of the above

The answer is 4) Liquid

Iron is found in solid state. Similarly, mercury is found in liquid state. 

• "12" is related to "36" in the same way as "17" is related to ?

1. 34
2. 63
3. 68
4. 71
5. 51

The answer is 5) 51

Three times of 12 is equal to 36 (12 X =3 = 36). Similarly, three times of 17 is equal to 51 (17 X 3 = 51).

• "Horse" is related to Hay in the same way as Cow is related to ?

1. Milk
2. Leaves
3. Straw
4. Fodder
5. None of the above

Hay is the food of horse. Similarly, Fodder is the food of Cow.

• Horse : Hoof :: Cat : ?

1. Horns
2. Wings
3. Legs
4. Mane
5. Paws

The answer is 5) Paws

Hoof is the name of the feet of horse. Similarly, Paws is the name of the feet of the Cat

• Swan is related to Cygnet in the same way as Fish is related to ?

1. Fry
2. Fawn
3. Fin
4. Foal
5. None of the above

The answer is 1)Fry

• Here Fry means not the Fish Fry :P Fry is the name of the baby fish :)
• Cygnet is the young one of Swan in the same way as fry is the young one of Fish.

• Young is related to Old in the same way as wide is related to ?

1. Big
2. Insufficient
3. Long
4. Narrow
5. None of these

The answer is d) Narrow

The words in ach pair are antonyms of each other.

• Tempest is to storm as slim is to ?

1. Slender
2. Plump
3. Fat
4. Beautiful
5. Stout

The answer is 1) Slender

First is of higher intensity than the second