Free Analogies MCQs with Answers

929 Analogies MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

Analogies compare two pairs of words through a specific relationship, such as synonymy, contrast, part to whole, cause and effect, tool and user, or degree. Solving them requires identifying the exact relationship in the first pair, not merely noticing that the words belong to a similar subject.

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Easy
  • A. school
  • B. student
  • C. book
  • D. lesson

Explanation: The relationship is that of a professional to the person they serve, so the teacher serves the student just as the doctor treats the…

Correct answer: student
Hard
  • A. altitude
  • B. atmospheric pressure
  • C. humidity
  • D. wind speed

Explanation: Each instrument is paired with the quantity it measures, and a barometer measures atmospheric pressure.

Correct answer: atmospheric pressure
  • A. gloomy
  • B. energetic
  • C. practical
  • D. cautious

Explanation: The first pair links a person to the outlook that defines them, so the pessimist is characterised by a gloomy or despondent view.

Correct answer: gloomy
Hard
  • A. stone
  • B. sculptor
  • C. hammer
  • D. carving

Explanation: The relationship links a tool to the specialist who uses it, so the chisel belongs to the sculptor.

Correct answer: sculptor
  • A. food
  • B. hunger
  • C. crops
  • D. disease

Explanation: Each first term names a severe shortage and each second names the thing in short supply, so famine is a shortage of food.

Correct answer: food
  • A. nerves
  • B. kidneys
  • C. lungs
  • D. liver

Explanation: Each branch of medicine is paired with the organ it studies, and the Greek nephros means kidney.

Correct answer: kidneys
Very hard
  • A. Sparrow : Nest
  • B. Sonnet : Poet
  • C. Sculptor : Statue
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A bee produces honey, just as a poet produces a sonnet, giving the same product-to-producer relationship.

Correct answer: Sonnet : Poet
Easy
  • A. Teacher : Classroom
  • B. Dentist : Drill
  • C. Lawyer : Client
  • D. Actor : playwrite

Explanation: A laboratory is the usual workplace or working environment of a scientist, just as a classroom is the usual workplace of a teacher.

Correct answer: Teacher : Classroom
Very hard
  • A. Horse
  • B. Smartness
  • C. Strength
  • D. Fatigue

Explanation: A fast, especially in the sense of abstaining from food, can produce hunger; similarly, a race commonly produces fatigue.

Correct answer: Fatigue
Moderate
  • A. Hideout
  • B. Illusion
  • C. Image
  • D. Reflection

Explanation: Genuine and authentic are synonyms, and a mirage is an illusion rather than a real object.

Correct answer: Illusion
Hard
  • A. Headgear
  • B. Umbrella
  • C. Hair
  • D. Safety

Explanation: A cap, turban, and hat are all types of headgear, so the relationship is item to category.

Correct answer: Headgear
Very hard
  • A. Proximity
  • B. Temperature
  • C. Woolens
  • D. Day

Explanation: Television is a source or means of entertainment, while woolens are a source or means of warmth.

Correct answer: Woolens
Very hard
  • A. Orange : Banana : Juice
  • B. Table : Chair : Wood
  • C. Cow : Milk : Curd
  • D. Fish : Shark : Water

Explanation: A pen and pencil are writing instruments, while ink is the writing medium associated with them; similarly, orange and banana are fruits…

Correct answer: Orange : Banana : Juice
Moderate
  • A. Trumpet
  • B. Violin
  • C. Harmonium
  • D. Mridanga

Explanation: Sitar, guitar, and tanpura are string instruments, and the violin belongs to the same category.

Correct answer: Violin
Moderate
  • A. Type : Paint
  • B. Table : Chair
  • C. Ink : Paper
  • D. Door : Handle

Explanation: Chalk is used on a blackboard for writing, just as ink is used on paper.

Correct answer: Ink : Paper
Easy
  • A. Flock
  • B. Swarm
  • C. Crowd
  • D. Shoal
  • E. Mob

Explanation: A group of cattle is called a herd, while a group of sheep is called a flock. Swarm is used mainly for insects, and shoal for fish.

Correct answer: Flock
Fairly easy
  • A. Employer
  • B. Leader
  • C. Worker
  • D. Manager
  • E. Union

Explanation: A nurse works in a subordinate or supporting role in relation to a doctor, paralleling a follower's relation to a leader.

Correct answer: Leader
Fairly easy
  • A. Active
  • B. Gentle
  • C. Hopeless
  • D. Feasible
  • E. Useful

Explanation: Vigilant means alert, and viable means capable of working or succeeding, which is closest to feasible.

Correct answer: Feasible
Easy
  • A. Calcutta
  • B. Gujarat
  • C. Rajasthan
  • D. Kerala
  • E. Sikkim

Explanation: Bombay, now officially Mumbai, is the capital city of Maharashtra, just as Trivandrum, or Thiruvananthapuram, is the capital of Kerala.

Correct answer: Kerala
Moderate
  • A. Tailor
  • B. Textile
  • C. Fibre
  • D. Factory
  • E. Mill

Explanation: A newspaper is produced by a press, while cloth is produced in a mill. Textile names the material or industry, not the corresponding…

Correct answer: Mill

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