Analogy : Types of Questions Asked in Competitive Exams

Analogy means "similar". In Analogy Problems, Candidates deal with logical similarity between two or more groups either it be numbers or letters or words or alpha-numeric.

There are mainly four types of questions asked in analogy :

Type 1 : Letter Analogy

In This type of questions,candidates generally has to find out relationship between letters or a group of letters

TYPE 1	DHLPTX : BFJNRV :: CGKOSW : ?      [SSC (CPO) 2015]
OPTIONS	A. IJKLMN	B. AEIMQU	C. UMQEIA	D. AIOMUQ

---

Type 2 : Word Analogy

In This type of questions,candidates generally has to find out relationship between  group of words in pair 

TYPE 2	Palaeontology : Fossil :: Phrenology : ?      [SSC (CGL) Pre 2015]
OPTIONS	A. Pancreas	B. Thyroid	C. Lungs	D. Skull

---

Type 3 : Number Analogy

In This type of questions,candidates generally has to find out relationship between numbers or a group of numbers

TYPE 3	12 : 144 :: 15 : ?
OPTIONS	A. 125	B. 121	C. 225	D. 144

---

Type 4 : Alpha-Numeric Analogy

In This type of questions,candidates generally has to find out relationship between numbers or a group of numbers with that of letters or group of letters

TYPE 4	DICE : 4935 :: CALF : ?
OPTIONS	A. 3115	B. 31116	C. 3112	D. 31126

---

At last, Thanks for choosing Loud Study ...