Analogy – Introduction
Directions to Solve
In each of the following questions find out the
alternative which will replace the question mark.
Introduction:
Analogy means similarity. In this type
of questions, two objects related in some way are given and third object is
also given with four or five alternatives. You have to find out which one of
the alternatives bears the same relation with the third objects as first and
second objects are related.
Example 1:
Curd : Milk :: Shoe : ?
(A) Leather
(B) Cloth
(C) Jute
(D) Silver
Answer: Option A
As curd is made from milk
similarly shoe is made from leather.
Example 2:
Calf : Piglet :: Shed : ?
(A) Prison
(B) Nest
(C) Pigsty
(D) Den
Answer: Option C
Calf is young one of the cow and
piglet is the young of Pig. Shed is the dwelling place of cow. Similarly Pigsty
is the dwelling place of pig.
Example 3:
Malaria : Mosquito :: ? : ?
(A) Poison : Death
(B) Cholera : Water
(C) Rat : Plague
(D) Medicine : Disease
Answer: Option B
As malaria is caused due to
mosquito similarly cholera is cause due to water.
Example 4:
ABC : ZYX :: CBA : ?
(A) XYZ
(B) BCA
(C) YZX
(D) ZXY
Answer: Option A
CBA is the reverse of ABC
similarly XYZ is the reverse of ZYX.
Example 5:
4 : 18 :: 6 : ?
(A) 32
(B) 38
(C) 11
(D) 37
Answer: Option B
As, (4)2 + 2 =18
Similarly, (6)2 + 2 = 38.