Analogy Tutorial 1

ANALOGIES
Analog as a word means a degree of likeness or sameness. Each of the problems carries two analogies in the form of A is to B as C is to D. A is related to B in the same way as C is related to D. The places of A, B, C and D (in the sentences) are occupied by four different words forming two pairs, each of which presents a relationship. In the following sentences there is a gap in place of either C or D. The gap is to be filled by selecting a word from among the option given at the end of each sentence.

Example: Doctor is to medicine as teacher is to __.
(a) Class (b) College (c) Lecture (d) School
The answer is (c) lecture. Just as medicine is the goods tat a doctor delivers to the patient, lecture is the commodity that the teacher gives to the student.

1. Air is to man as water is to ____.
(a) plants (b) fish (c) amphibians (d) life
2. Firecracker is to flower as smoke is to ____.
(a) wind (b) fire (c) cloud (d) blaze
3. Turtle is to slowness as ___ is to speed.
(a) eagle (b) dove (c) hare (d) rat
4. Hill is to mountain as house is to ____.
(a) cottage (b) mansion (c) building (d) bungalow
5. Peel is to banana as ____ is to nut.
(a) skin (b) shell (c) covering (d) rind
6. Solicit is to beg as ask is to ____.
(a) inquire (b) demand (c) require (d) snatch
7. Scalp is to hair as earth is to ____.
(a) sky (b) life (c) grass (d) vegetation
8. Bacteria is to illness as ____ of to explosion.
(a) bomb (b) explosive (c) fire (d) ammunition
9. Artist is to paint as sculptor is to ____.
(a) stone (b) mud (c) clay (d) design
10. Touch is to push s sip is to ____.
(a) taste (b) gulp (c) swallow (d) draught
11. Request is to entreat as question is to ____.
(a) demand (b) gulp (c) swallow (d) draught
12. Sing is to hum as talk is to ____.
(a) shout (b) numbly (c) murmur (d) whisper
13. Mask is to face as ____ is to name.
(a) title (b) rank (c) alias (d) status
14. Bird is to aviary as pig is to____.
(a) hovel (b) stable (c) sky (d) kennel
15. Petals are to flowers as ____ are to book.
(a) leaves (b) pages (c) volume (d) library
16. Doctor is patient what teacher is to ____.
(a) lessons (b) class (c) pupils (d) books
17. Horse is to stable as fish is to ____.
(a) pond (b) river (c) sea (d) aquarium
18. Thermometer is to temperature as Barometer is to ____.
(a) height (b) pressure (c) depth (d) speed
19. Book is to library as chemical is to ____.
(a) shops (b) chemists (c) laboratories (d) test tubes
20. Wood is to carpenter as mud is to ____.
(a) labourer (b) gardener (c) potter (d) farmer
21. Cloth is to tailor as leather is to ____.
(a) gardener (b) carpenter (c) cobbler (d) painter
22. Morning is to dawn as evening is to ____.
(a) night (b) dusk (c) darkness (d) nightfall
23. Bird is to nest as Eskimo is to ____.
(a) hovel (b) ice (c) igloo (d) caravan
24. Sports is to stadium as ____ is to stage.
(a) novel (b) play (c) poetry (d) song
25. Blood is to body as ink is to ____.S
(a) pen (b) pencil (c) writing (d) nib

ANSWERS
1. (a) plants 2. (b) fire 3. (c) hare 4. (b) mansion 5. (b) shell 6. (b) demand
7. (c) grass 8. (c) fire 9. (c) clary 10. (b) gulp 11. (d) probe 12. (b) mumble
13. (c) alias 14. (c) sty 15. (b) pages 16. (c) pupil 17. (d) aquarium 18. (b) pressure
19. (c) laboratories 20. (c) potter 21. (c) cobbler 22. (b) dusk 23. (c) igloo
24. (b) play 25. (a) pen.



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