Analogies MCQ Questions in Reasoning
Analogy Introduction:
Analogies/Analogy means similarity. In this type of question, two objects related in some way are given and the third object is also given with four or five alternatives. You have to find out which one of the alternatives bears the same relation with the third object as the first and second objects are related.
Directions to solve:
In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.
Example 1: Curd : Milk:: Shoe:?
(A) Leather
(B) Cloth
(C) Jute
(D) Silver
Answer: Option (A) Leather
As curd is made from milk similarly shoe is made from leather.
Example 2: Calf : Piglet :: Shed : ?
(A) Prison
(B) Nest
(C) Pigsty
(D) Den
Answer: Option (C) Pigsty
Calf is young one of the cow and piglet is the young of Pig. Shed is the dwelling place of cow. Similarly Pigsty is the dwelling place of pig.
Example 3: Malaria : Mosquito :: ? : ?
(A) Poison : Death
(B) Cholera : Water
(C) Rat : Plague
(D) Medicine : Disease
Answer: Option (B) Cholera : Water
As malaria is caused due to mosquito similarly cholera is cause due to water.
Example 4: ABC : ZYX :: CBA : ?
(A) XYZ
(B) BCA
(C) YZX
(D) ZXY
Answer: Option (A) XYZ
CBA is the reverse of ABC similarly XYZ is the reverse of ZYX.
Example 5: 4 : 18 :: 6 : ?
(A) 32
(B) 38
(C) 11
(D) 37
Answer: Option (B) 38
As, (4)2 + 2 =18
Similarly, (6)2 + 2 = 38.
