EXAMINATION PREPARATION NOTICE
Verbal Analogies
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Objectives
• Why Verbal Analogies?
• Assessment Parameters.
• How to read an Analogy?
• Tips for doing Analogies.
• No. of questions in Verbal Ability test.
Assessment Parameters
• Reasoning skills
• Problem solving
• Constructing explanations
• Building arguments
Analogies
• An Analogy compares two pairs of words that are related in the
same way.
shovel : dig :: pencil : write
This is an analogy because shovel and dig go together in the
same way that pencil and write go together.
How To Read This Analogy:
• “Shovel is to dig as pencil is to write.”
or
• “Shovel goes with dig like pencil goes with write.”
Tips for Doing Analogies
• Try to determine the relationship between the first pair of words.
• Eliminate any pairs in your answer choices that don’t have the same
relationship.
• Try putting the first pair into a sentence: "Aspirin relieves a
headache. Therefore, a nap relieves fatigue".
• Sometimes paying attention to the words’ parts of speech helps.
Example: "Knife" (noun) : "cut" (verb) :: "pen" (also a noun) : "write"
(also a verb).
Sort these words into the three categories
below-
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Object/Action
Words-
sun : shine ambulance : rescue laugh : cry
pen : write transparent : opaque right : correct divide :
multiply liquid : fluid shout : scream clock : tick
give : receive
Solution-
Synonyms Antonyms Object/Action
right : correct laugh : cry sun : shine
liquid : fluid give : receive clock : tick
shout : scream transparent : opaque pen : write
divide : multiply ambulance : rescue
Sort these words into the three categories
below-
• Source/Product
• Part/Whole
• Animal/Habitat
Words-
dime : dollar bead : necklace eagle : forest
tree : walnuts horse : stable whale : ocean key :
piano toe : foot bees : honey student : class
stream : gold nuggets
Solution-
Source/Product Part/Whole Animal/Habitat
tree : walnuts dime : dollar eagle : forest
stream : gold nuggets bead : necklace horse : stable
bees : honey key : piano whale : ocean
toe : foot
student : class
Solve these analogies and sort them in:
Synonym
Antonym
Object/Action
1. hand : touch :: eye : __?___
2. car : automobile :: ship : __?__
3. work : labor :: incinerate : __?__
4. failure : success :: mistaken : __?___
5. world : earth :: teacher : __?__
Solution-
1) hand : touch :: eye : see (Object/Action)
2) car : automobile :: ship : boat (Synonyms)
3) work : labor :: incinerate : burn (Synonyms)
4) failure : success :: mistaken : correct (Antonyms)
5) world : earth :: teacher : instructor (Synonyms)
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Directions: For each item write the word that completes the analogy (that
has the same relationship as the pair on the left).
1. BEWILDERMENT : CONFUSION : :_____?______
A. bursa : sack B. fantod : nervousness
C. bewitched : alliteration D. coracle : lodestar
Answer:-B. fantod : nervousness
Note:-Bewilderment is the state of Confusion
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2. PREAMBLE : STATUTE : :_____?_______
A. prologue : novel B. sketch : drawing
C. movement : sympathy D.index : book
Answer- A. prologue : novel
Note:- Preamble is an introductory part of a statute. Prologue is an
introductory part of a novel. Hence option A.
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3. FOX : CUNNING :: RABBIT : _____?_______
A. Courageous B. Dangerous
C. Timid D. Ferocious
Answer- A. Courageous
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4. FLEXIBLE : RIGID :: CONFIDENCE : _____?_______
A. Diffidence B. Indifference
C. Cowardice D. Scare
Answer- A. Diffidence
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5. WORK : MOTIVE :: _____?_______
A. Body : Mind B. Wall : Paint
C. Body : Food D. Petrol : Car
Answer- D. Petrol : Car
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6. WINDOW : CURTAIN :: _____?_______
A. Door : Frame B. Book : Jacket
C. CPU : Cabinet D. Casing : Wire
Answer- C. CPU : Cabinet
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7. MIND : BODY :: _____?______
A. Water : Air B. CPU : Hard Disk
C. Ship : Oil D. Software : Computer
Answer- D. Software : Computer
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8. SUNFLOWER : LIGHT :: _____?______
A. Torch : Battery B. Scholar : Books
C. Ink : Print D. Mould : Humidity
Answer- B. Scholar : Books
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9. EXTORT : OBTAIN :: _____?______
A. Purify : Strain B. Steal : Borrow
C. Explode : Ignite D. Pilfer : Steal
Answer- D. Pilfer : Steal
Note- Extort is a synonym of Obtain. Pilfer is a synonym of steal.
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10. SIMMER : BOIL :: _____?______
A. glide : drift B. drizzle : down-pour
C. gambol : play D. stagnate : flow
Answer- B. drizzle : downpour
Note- Simmer is to undergo heating slowly while boil is to heat to the
point where it begins to turn into a gas. Drizzle is light rain while
downpour is a heavy rain.
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11. TALLY : VOTES :: _____?______
A. census : population B. government : laws
C. taxation : revenue D. team : athletes
Answer- A. census : population
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12. Pituitary : Brain : : Thymus : _____?______
A. Larynx B. Spinal Cord
C. Throat D. Chest
Answer- D. Chest
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13. Blunt : Sharp : : Sow : _____?______
A. Water B. Crow
C. Farm D. Reap
Answer- D. Reap
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14. Amnesia : Memory : : Paralysis : _____?______
A. Movement B. Limbs
C. Handicapped D. Legs
Answer- A. Movement
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15. Venerate : Worship :: Extol : _____?______
A. Recommend B. Compliment
C. Glorify D. Homage
Answer- C Glorify
Venerate meaning : To Respect
Extol meaning : To praise
Glorify meaning : praise
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16. car : road : : train :_____?______
a)track b)vehicle
c)fast d)wheel
Answer- A. Track
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17. baiting hook : fishing : : ___?____ : hunting
a)loading gun b)firing gun
c)stalking game d)aiming gun
Answer- A. Loading Gun
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18. violence : activity : : melancholy : ___?___
a)evening b)cruelty
c)mood d)silence
Answer- C. Mood
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19. man : trousers : : woman : ___?____
a) clothing b) skirt
c) hat d) blanket
Answer- b. skirt
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20. university : institution : : mayor :___?____
a) official b) town
c) law d) councilman
Answer- a. official
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21. grass : soil : : seaweed : ___?____
a) water b) salty
c) river d) fish
Answer- a. water
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22. truthfulness : court : : cleanliness : ___?___
a) virtue b) restaurant
c) bath d) pig
Answer- c. bath
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23. egg : fish : : ____?____ : plant
a) leaf b) root
c) seed d) stem
Answer- c. seed
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24. lion : animal : : flower : _____?_____
a) plant b) grass
c) roots d) rose
Answer- a. plant
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25. wave : crest : : ____?____ : peak
a) water b) top
c) moving d) mountain
Answer- d. mountain
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26. falling : gravitation : : collapse : ____?____
a) balloon b) electricity
c) pressure d) destruction
Answer- c. pressure
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27. professor : _____?_____: : musician : entertainment
a) pupils b) school
c) homework d) instruction
Answer- d. instruction
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28. grains : sand : : drops : ____?_____
a) rain b) snow
c) surf d) flood
Answer- a. rain
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29. wave : tide : : moment : ____?____
a) time b) ocean
c) tardiness d) clock
Answer- a. time
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30. flower : weed : : ___?___ : buzzard
a)plant b)swan
c)bird d)vulture
Answer- b. swan
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