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Analogy Questions with Solutions

Analogy questions ask you to complete a pair using the same relationship as a given pair — the whole skill is naming that relationship precisely before looking at the options. Here’s the approach, four fully worked examples covering the patterns that come up most, and a few to try yourself.

The approach, quickly

  • Name the relationship between the first pair in words before looking at the options — "tool used by," "type of," "opposite of," "part of" — a vague sense of "these are related somehow" leads to the wrong option.
  • Apply that exact same relationship, in the exact same direction (first word → second word), to the third word. Reversing the direction partway through is a common mistake.
  • For number analogies, check standard operations in order: a fixed addition/subtraction, a fixed multiplication/division, then squares or cubes.
  • If more than one option seems plausible, go back and restate the relationship more precisely — a precise relationship usually rules out all but one option.

Worked examples

1. Pen is to Writer as Brush is to ?

Solution

  1. A Pen is the tool a Writer uses to do their work.
  2. Applying the same "tool used by" relationship: a Brush is the tool a Painter uses.

Answer: Painter

2. Mango is to Fruit as Carrot is to ?

Solution

  1. The relationship is "type of" — Mango is a type of Fruit.
  2. Applying the same relationship: Carrot is a type of Vegetable.

Answer: Vegetable

3. 4 : 16 :: 6 : ?

Solution

  1. Check the relationship between 4 and 16: 4² = 16, so the operation is "squared".
  2. Apply the same operation to 6: 6² = 36.

Answer: 36

4. Big is to Small as Fast is to ?

Solution

  1. The relationship is "opposite of" — Small is the opposite of Big.
  2. Applying the same relationship: the opposite of Fast is Slow.

Answer: Slow

Try these yourself

Name the relationship first, then check against the answer.

1. Needle is to Tailor as Scalpel is to ?

Answer: Surgeon (tool used by)

2. Rose is to Flower as Lion is to ?

Answer: Animal (type of)

3. 2 : 8 :: 3 : ?

Answer: 27 (cubed: 2³ = 8, so 3³ = 27)

Where this comes up

Analogy is a regular topic in the Reasoning/General Intelligence section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk.

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