AN ANALOGY TEST

Let us today consider a few more problems of Analogies;

let us solve the following:

 

Once you have answered them, match your choices with the correct ones.

 

.1.

SYLLABLE: WORD

A. heart: card

B. game: series

C. iron: ironing board

D. disc: record

E: parentheses: brackets

 

.2.

EFFICIENT: WASTEFUL

A. honest: deceptive

B. facetious: sardonic

C. hasty: expeditious

D. churlish: flippant

E. perceptive: misanthropic

 

.3.

PARSLEY: GARNISH

A. butter: melt

B. tea: ice

C. dip: chip

D. salt: seasoning

E. flour: cake

 

.4.

FUZZY: CLARITY

A. false: perjury

B. voluble: constancy

C. avant-garde: fidelity

D. mischievous: imbroglio

E. rigid: flexibility

 

.5.

ACRE: LAND

A. timbre: drum

B. parcel: sale

C. slice: cake

D. coffee: cup

E. forest: tree

 

.6.

SHAFT: SPEAR

A. neck: guitar

B. fire: weapon

C. tie: kerchief

D. place: hold

E. grate: poker

.7.

TRELLIS: GARDEN

A. till: plant

B. train: vine

C. fireplace: house

D. chancel: choir

E. reed: basket

 

.8.

MANACLE: HANDS

A. chap: lips

B. fedora: head

C. belt: waist

D. fetter: feet

E. chew: mouth

 

.9.

THRESHER: SHARK

A. volume: book

B. plant: factory

C. chipper: wood

D. chisel: sculptor

E. mastiff: dog

 

.10.

DOLLY: GRIP

A. plow: tongue

B. emphasise: accentuate

C. bowdlerize: abuse

D. ticket punch: conductor

E. broom: handle

 

THE ANSWER CHOICES 

 

1. B. A word is made of syllables as a series is made of games. 
2. A. Efficient is the opposite of wasteful as honest is the opposite of deceptive. 

3. D. Parsley is a kind of garnish as salt is a kind of seasoning. 
4. E. Fuzzy lacks clarity as rigid lacks flexibility. 
5. C. Land can be divided into acres as cake can be divided into slices. 
6. A. Shaft is the long, narrow part of spear as neck is the long narrow part of guitar. 
7. C. Trellis is found in a garden as fireplace in house. 
8. D. Manacle binds the hands as fetter the feet. 
9. C. Thresher is a kind of shark as mastiff is a kind of dog.  

10. D. Grip in the film industry uses the equipment called dolly as a (train) conductor uses a ticket punch.

 

Hope you got most of them right.