Analogy Quiz: Reasoning Practice
10 timed analogy questions. Word relations, instruments and units, collective nouns, number pairs and letter-shift analogies. Each with the rule explained.
Analogy Quiz: Reasoning Practice
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Answers to the starter quiz
Spoilers! These are the Starter quiz’s answers. Easy, Medium, Hard and Mixed rounds show their own answers when you finish.
Ornithology : Birds :: Entomology : ?
- Words
- Fossils
- Fungi
- Insects
Answer: Insects. Ornithology is the study of birds and entomology the study of insects. Etymology (words), palaeontology (fossils) and mycology (fungi) are the look-alike traps.
Thermometer : Temperature :: Seismograph : ?
- Rainfall
- Humidity
- Earthquakes
- Wind speed
Answer: Earthquakes. Instrument : what it records. A seismograph records earthquake waves; a rain gauge measures rainfall, a hygrometer humidity and an anemometer wind speed.
Lion : Pride :: Fish : ?
- Herd
- School
- Swarm
- Pack
Answer: School. Animal : its group name. A group of lions is a pride; a group of fish is a school (or shoal). Herd is for cattle, swarm for bees, pack for wolves.
Select the pair that shows the same relationship as 4 : 17.
- 5 : 25
- 7 : 48
- 6 : 37
- 8 : 63
Answer: 6 : 37. The second number is the square of the first plus 1: 4² + 1 = 17 and 6² + 1 = 37. The other pairs are n² or n² − 1.
3 : 28 :: 5 : ?
- 125
- 126
- 124
- 216
Answer: 126. The rule is n³ + 1: 3³ + 1 = 28, so 5³ + 1 = 126. 125 is the bare cube, the classic trap.
ACE : BDF :: GIK : ?
- HJL
- HIJ
- IKM
- FHJ
Answer: HJL. Each letter moves one step forward: A→B, C→D, E→F. So G→H, I→J, K→L gives HJL.
CAT : DDY :: BIG : ?
- CKL
- DLL
- CLM
- CLL
Answer: CLL. The three letters move +1, +3 and +5: C→D, A→D, T→Y. Applying the same to BIG: B+1 = C, I+3 = L, G+5 = L, giving CLL.
ABCD : ZYXW :: EFGH : ?
- VUTS
- WVUT
- UTSR
- VUST
Answer: VUTS. Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (positions adding to 27): A–Z, B–Y. E(5)–V(22), F–U, G–T, H–S, giving VUTS.
Calf : Cow :: Kid : ?
- Sheep
- Horse
- Goat
- Deer
Answer: Goat. Young one : adult. A kid is a young goat. A lamb is a young sheep, a foal a young horse and a fawn a young deer.
Ampere : Current :: Ohm : ?
- Voltage
- Resistance
- Power
- Charge
Answer: Resistance. SI unit : quantity. The ohm is the unit of resistance; voltage is measured in volts, power in watts and charge in coulombs.
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