Analogy Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The related group is VWXU.

In BCDA the first three letters are consecutive (B C D) and the last is the letter just before the first (A). STUR follows the same rule (S T U, then R), and so does KLMJ (K L M, then J).

VWXU fits: V W X, then U, the letter before V. EFHG breaks the consecutive run, SRTU starts out of order, and QSRP skips R.

Answer: D

Entomology is related to insects.

Botany is the scientific study of plants, and in the same way entomology is the scientific study of insects (from Greek entomon, insect).

The other options have their own sciences: germs (microorganisms) are studied in microbiology or bacteriology, snakes in herpetology (or ophiology), and birds in ornithology. Entomology is sometimes confused with etymology, the study of word origins, but neither is about germs, snakes or birds.

Answer: D

'Bunny' is related to Rabbit.

A cub is the young of a lion, and in the same way a bunny is a young or pet name for a rabbit. The relation is between an animal and the word for its young.

The young of a horse is a foal, of a goat a kid, and of a wolf a cub or pup, so none of them is called a bunny.

Answer: C

The matching set is {8, 34, 2}.

In each given set the middle number is half the sum of the squares of the outer two.

\[ \begin{aligned} \frac{3^{2} + 1^{2}}{2} &= 5,\quad \frac{4^{2} + 2^{2}}{2} = 10 \\ \frac{8^{2} + 2^{2}}{2} &= \frac{68}{2} = 34 \end{aligned} \]

The rule fails for the others: {5, 6, 1} would need 13, {7, 3, 8} would need 56.5, and {9, 10, 3} would need 45.

Answer: A

The matching pair is Minister : Governance.

The relationship is that of a person to the function he performs: the police provide protection, and a minister carries out governance.

A thief is sent to jail (a consequence, not a function), a king rules a kingdom (the place he rules), and a teacher teaches a class (the group taught); none is a person-to-function pair in the same way.

Answer: C

The missing number is 72.

In each pair, the first number is four times the second plus 1: \(4 \times 32 + 1 = 129\) and \(4 \times 27 + 1 = 109\).

For 289: \(\frac{289 - 1}{4} = 72\), and \(4 \times 72 + 1 = 289\). 54, 96 and 28 give 217, 385 and 113.

Answer: E

Correct answer: Mill

The relation is product : place where it is made. A newspaper comes off the press; cloth comes off the mill. A tailor works cloth after it is woven, fibre is the raw material rather than the place, and “factory” is too general to be the specific term.

Answer: C

A yard is a larger measure than an inch (a yard contains 36 inches). A quart is a larger measure than an ounce (a quart contains 32 ounces).
choice A is incorrect because it is larger than a quart. Choices B,D and E are incorrect because they are not units of measurement.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Leader

The relation is the one who directs : the one who assists or follows. A doctor directs and the nurse assists; a leader directs and the follower follows. Employer, manager and worker describe positions in a business rather than the leading-and-following pair the analogy needs.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Planet

The relation is body : the class it belongs to. The moon is a satellite, since it orbits a planet; the earth is a planet, since it orbits a star. The solar system is the whole assembly rather than a class of body.