Analogy questions test your ability to identify relationships between pairs of words. Generally, analogy questions will offer up two words (representing items or concepts) with a certain relationship as an example pairing. The first task will be to identify the relationship embodied by the example. The second task will be to select an option with the same connection.
Common types of word connections used in analogy questions:-
{Let's say the first word of the example pair is ‘A’ and the second word is ‘B’.Similarly, the first word of each answer choice is ‘X' and the second word is ‘Y’.}
1) Antonyms: Questions involving antonyms feature words that have opposite meanings. Candidates will be expected to recognize this relationship and identify the relevant pair from the choices.
2) Synonyms: Synonym questions involve word pairings in which the expressions have similar meanings.
3)Cause and effect: Cause and effect questions feature terms that form a causal relationship. This means that ‘A’ has an effect on ‘B’ the same way that ‘X’ has an effect on ‘Y’.
4) Degree of intensity: In these questions, the correct word pairing involves two terms that are equivalent to each other but differ in terms of the intensity attached to the expression.
5) Item to category: Item to category questions involve the recognition of norms of categorization. Candidates will be presented with an example indicating an item-category relationship. Identifying the relevant pair will mean ‘A’ is a part of ‘B’ the same way that ‘X’ is a part of ‘Y’.
6) Descriptive connection: In descriptive connection questions, one of the words in the pair describes the other.
7) Processes: Some questions involve words that are connected as they represent steps in the same process. Candidates may need to highlight the pair that represents a similar situation.
8)Action to object: ‘A’ is done to ‘B’ the same way ‘X’ is done to ‘Y’.
9)Object to action: ‘A’ does something to ‘B’ just as ‘X’ does something to ‘Y’.
10)Implied relationships: Some analogy questions will allude to a certain type of relationship between terms. Candidates are required to identify the nature of the relationship and identify another word pairing with the same structure.
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