Analogy Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The missing number is 400.

The rule linking 16 and 64 is: square the number and divide by 4. 16² = 256 and 256/4 = 64. Applying the same rule to 40: 40² = 1600, and 1600/4 = 400.

A simple multiplication by 4 would give 160, which is not offered, so the pair must be read through the squaring rule. 4 and 40 make the second term smaller than or equal to the first, and 4000 overshoots by a factor of ten.

Answer: A

NOTE corresponds to 27.

Add the alphabet positions and halve the total. PITY: P = 16, I = 9, T = 20, Y = 25, total 70, and 70/2 = 35.

NOTE: N = 14, O = 15, T = 20, E = 5, total 54, and 54/2 = 27.

54 is the total before halving, which is the most likely slip. 37 and 74 have no basis in either the sum or the half.

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.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Past

The relation is act : the time it is directed at. To forecast is to speak of the future; to regret is to look back on the past. Atonement is something one may do about a regret, not the time it concerns.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Bangalore

The relation is capital : its state, taken in reverse in the second pair. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, and the capital of Karnataka is Bangalore. Kerala, Gujarat and Rajasthan are states, not cities.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Flock

The relation is animal : its collective noun. Cattle move in a herd, sheep in a flock. A swarm is of insects, a shoal of fish, and a crowd or mob of people.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Feasible

The relation is word : its synonym. Vigilant means alert; viable means feasible - capable of being done or of surviving. The other choices describe qualities a viable plan might have, but they do not mean the same thing.