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Analogy questions with answers

Solve the following MCQs on Analogy:

  1. Cameroon : Yaounde :: Denmark : ?

(a) Kabul (b) Yerevan (c) Copenhagen (d) Beijing


Correct Answer: c
Yaounde is the capital of Cameroon. Similarly, Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.
  1. Eccentric : Ordinary :: ? : ?
    (a) Clemency : Ruthlessness (b) Happy : Gay (c) Start : Begin (d) Sad : Angry

Correct Answer: a
Eccentric : Ordinary →These 2 words are opposite to each other.
Similarly, Clemency : Ruthlessness, Both words are opposite to each other.
  1. Vacant : Empty :: Dearth : ?

(a) Descend (b) Scarcity (c) Squander (d) Abundant


Correct Answer: b
Both ‘vacant’ and ‘empty’, mean the same thing, i.e. ‘containing nothing’. Similarly, ‘dearth’ and ‘scarcity’ mean the same thing, i.e. ‘lack of something’.
  1. Combustion : Oxygen :: Photosynthesis : ?

(a) Sulphur (b) Oxygen (c) Carbon (d)Sunlight


Correct Answer: d
Just as oxygen is the most essential requirement for combustion, similarly sunlight is the most essential requirement for photosynthesis.
  1. Cricket : 11 :: Kho-Kho : ?

(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 14


Correct Answer: a
There are 11 players in a cricket team
Similarly, There are 9 players in a Kho-Kho team.