Analogy

What is Analogy ?

  • The word analogy means “correspondence” which implies a similarity between any two numbers, or objects, or words.

  • Logical analogy is one of the commonly asked questions in competitive exams. In analogy we compare things according to which group they belong to.

  • In such type of questions, we would be given any two objects that are somehow related to each other. Then we will be given a third object and shall be asked to find the fourth object which is somewhat similar to the 3’rd object from the given options.

Analogy Classification

  • Generally, we come across two types of analogy questions in exams:

    1. Number analogy
    2. Alphabet/Word Analogy

  • Now we have sub-divided the alphabet or word analogy into five different categories to make the work simpler.

    1. Antonyms
    2. Synonyms
    3. Descriptive words
    4. Things and their functions
    5. Product and its class

Analogy Types

  • Number Analogy : Here we shall be asked to find the connection between two given numbers.

  • Antonyms based Analogy :

    This analogy consists of words with opposite meanings

  • Synonyms based Analogy : This analogy consists of words with similar meanings.