Analogy
About This Cheat Sheet
Your complete guide to Analogy for competitive exams. This cheat sheet helps you quickly identify relationships between words, symbols, or concepts and apply the same relationship to find the correct answer.
📝 Types of Analogies
- Synonym & Antonym
- Part-Whole & Whole-Part
- Cause-Effect & Effect-Cause
- Tool-Function & Worker-Tool
- Worker-Product & Product-Worker
- Degree of Intensity
📊 Characteristic & Action
- Characteristic Quality
- Object-Action
- Action-Object
- Sequence & Time
- Purpose & Classification
- Symbol-Representation
🔢 Mathematical & Age
- Mathematical Relationships
- Age Relationships
- Gender Relationships
- Kinship Relationships
- Numerical Patterns
- Logical Relationships
🛠️ Solving Strategies
- Identify the Relationship
- Check Order of Words
- Eliminate Illogical Options
- Look for Parallel Relationship
- Identify the Exact Relationship
- Apply to Answer Options
📚 Common Patterns
- Word-Pair Analogies
- Number Analogies
- Alphabet Analogies
- Image Analogies
- Symbol Analogies
- Concept Analogies
🎯 Exam Categories
- SSC & Banking
- Railways & UPSC
- CAT & GMAT
- Defence & Insurance
- Placement Tests
- Other Competitive Exams
🎯 How to Solve Analogy Questions Quickly
The Golden Rule: The key to solving analogy questions is to identify the exact relationship between the first pair of words before looking at the answer options.
Step-by-Step Approach:
- Step 1: Read the first pair of words carefully
- Step 2: Create a sentence that describes their relationship
- Step 3: Test each answer option using the same sentence
- Step 4: The option that fits the sentence perfectly is the answer
- Step 5: Verify that the relationship is exactly the same
Common Mistakes to Avoid:
- ❌ Rushing to answer without fully understanding the relationship
- ❌ Ignoring word order – the relationship is directional
- ❌ Choosing options that have any relationship rather than the exact same one
- ❌ Overlooking multiple relationship possibilities
Proven Strategy: The "Sentence Method" – if you can make a logical sentence connecting the first two words, the correct answer will also fit that sentence perfectly.
Memory Trick: Build your vocabulary by learning word families. The more words you know, the faster you'll recognize analogy patterns.
💡 Pro Tips for Analogy Questions
✅ Identify the Core Relationship
Find the exact relationship before looking at answer options
✅ Watch Word Order
The order of words matters—the relationship is directional
✅ Eliminate First
Remove clearly wrong options to narrow down choices
✅ Expand Vocabulary
Better vocabulary leads to faster analogy recognition
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