Question 1

Collective-noun analogy: “A : Herd :: Star : B”. Select A and B so that each second term denotes the correct collective/grouping.

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Introduction / Context: Collective nouns name groups. A “herd” refers to a group of grazing animals such as cattle; a “constellation” is a recognized grouping/pattern of stars. Given Data / Assumptions: Herd → cattle, buffalo, etc. Stars are grouped/patterned as constellations in astronomy. We require correct group-label matches. Concept / Approach: Match each item with its standard collective noun: herd–cattle and stars–constellation. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Map herd to cattle.2) Map star to constellation.3) Choose the single option that contains both matches. Verification / Alternative check: “Solar system” is not a collective noun for a set of nearby stars; it is a planetary system around one star. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Wolves/Solar System: Wolves’ collective is “pack”; solar system is a planetary system. Sheep/Sum: Sheep → flock, not “sum.” Fish/Planet: School/shoal for fish; “planet” is unrelated to stars’ grouping. Horses/Galaxy: Horses → team/herd; a galaxy is far larger than a pattern group like constellation. Common Pitfalls: Confusing astronomical scales (constellation vs. galaxy vs. solar system). Final Answer: A. Cattle, B. Constellation

Question 2

Two-part matching: “I. Canada :: Rangoon : II”. Pick the correct pair so that each left item correctly matches its associated place.

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Introduction / Context: This is a double analogy/matching item. We choose one code where the first letter (A–D) matches “Canada :: ?” and the second letter (P–S) matches “Rangoon :: ?”. Given Data / Assumptions: I-list: (A) Detroit (B) Florida (C) Toronto (D) Alberta. II-list: (P) Indonesia (Q) Burma (R) East Pakistan (S) Ceylon. Toronto is a principal city in Canada; Rangoon (Yangon) is historically associated with Burma (Myanmar). Concept / Approach: Select the combination where both mappings are correct: Canada → Toronto (C) and Rangoon → Burma (Q). Step-by-Step Solution: 1) For Canada, pick “Toronto.”2) For Rangoon, pick “Burma.”3) Combine to get “CQ.” Verification / Alternative check: Detroit/Florida are U.S. places; Alberta is a province but the item standardly pairs country with major city in such lists; Toronto fits best. Why Other Options Are Wrong: BQ: “Florida” is not in Canada. CP: Indonesia mismatches Rangoon. CS: Ceylon (Sri Lanka) mismatches Rangoon. DQ: Alberta is correct to Canada but the II-part would still need “Q”; since the option is not provided, CQ is the keyed choice. Common Pitfalls: Picking a valid but differently-typed administrative unit (province vs. city) when the list favors city mapping. Final Answer: CQ

Question 3

Two-part activity analogy (repaired): “I : Bird :: Shedding : II”. Choose the pair where each second term is the natural process/association of the first.

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Introduction / Context: The provided options did not include the most natural mapping for “Shedding,” which is commonly associated with “Dog” (shedding fur). Using the Recovery-First Policy, we minimally repair the choices to include the consistent pair. Given Data / Assumptions: I-list (typical): (A) Calling (B) Flying (C) Migrating (D) Moulting. II-list (typical): (P) Barn (Q) Dog (R) Hay (S) Farm. Birds undergo moulting; dogs are known for shedding. Concept / Approach: Pair natural process to subject: Bird → Moulting; Shedding → Dog. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Map the avian process: Bird → Moulting (D).2) Map the shedding subject: Shedding → Dog (Q).3) Combine: DQ. Verification / Alternative check: “Barn/Hay/Farm” are places/objects, not the animal known for shedding as a natural process. Why Other Options Are Wrong: BP/BR: “Barn/Hay” are locations/objects; do not express the “shedding” subject. DS: “Farm” is a place, not the subject that sheds. CP: “Migrating/Barn” is mismatched. Common Pitfalls: Confusing places/objects with the subject that undergoes the process. Final Answer: DQ

Question 4

Category grouping: “Chair : Table : Stool — all belong to which common category?”. Select the best umbrella term.

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Introduction / Context: This is a simple classification test. Chair, table, and stool are all movable articles used to equip living or working spaces. Given Data / Assumptions: Chair, table, stool are household/office items. They are not institutions or places; they are objects. Concept / Approach: Identify the broad object category encompassing all three: furniture. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) List the items.2) Recognize their function: furnishings.3) Choose the category name “furniture.” Verification / Alternative check: Cross-check dictionary definition of furniture: movable equipment for rooms. Why Other Options Are Wrong: School/Office/Company: Organizations/places, not object categories. Appliance: Implies powered devices; chairs and stools are not appliances. Common Pitfalls: Overgeneralizing to place-based categories. Final Answer: Furniture

Question 5

Category grouping: “Pen : Pencil : Ink — these items are best classified under which category?”. Choose the most precise umbrella term.

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Introduction / Context: This classification problem asks for the category that best groups pen, pencil, and ink. These are writing implements and supplies typically sold together as office or school supplies. Given Data / Assumptions: Pen and pencil are writing instruments. Ink is a writing supply used by pens or for fountain pens. We need a precise categorical label. Concept / Approach: Among available options, “Stationery” specifically denotes writing instruments, paper, and related office/school supplies. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify item types: implements/supplies for writing.2) Map to category: stationery.3) Select the most specific umbrella term among choices. Verification / Alternative check: “Writing” is an activity, not a product category label; “Education/Teaching/Office” are broader contexts, not precise categories for the objects. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Education/Teaching: Domains of activity, not product categories. Writing: An activity; too abstract. Office: A place/context, not the category name for the items. Common Pitfalls: Choosing an activity or context instead of the product category. Final Answer: Stationery

Question 6

Snake : Crocodile : Lizard

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All creep and hence they they come under the class of reptiles.

Question 7

New York : Washington : Orlando

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All are cities of USA.

Question 8

Moscow : Paris : Athens

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'Moscow' is the capital of 'Russia', 'Paris' is the capital France and 'Athens' is the capital of Greece.

Question 9

Mizoram : Lucknow : Chennai

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All are capital cities of India. 'Mizoram' is the capital of Nagaland; 'Lucknow' is the capital of Uttar Pradesh; 'Chennai' is the capital of Tamil Nadu.

Question 10

Kyat : Yuan : Baht

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'Kyat' is the currency of Myanmar; 'Yuan' is the currency China and 'Baht' is the currency of Thailand.

Question 11

Minute : Hour : Second

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All are units of time.

Question 12

Crowd : Shoal : Team — Identify the single most accurate higher-order label that precisely describes these collective terms and choose the best-fitting category from the options.

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Introduction / Context: Analogy items that list words like crowd, shoal, and team typically assess your ability to recognize collective terms and abstract them into a single unifying category. Instead of focusing on the specific species or contexts, the test expects the overarching label that cleanly generalizes across all items while remaining as specific as possible. This demands careful reading, because some distractors are partially true in narrower contexts but fail to cover the entire set. Given Data / Assumptions: Crowd is a collective noun for a group of people. Shoal is a collective noun commonly used for a group of fish. Team is a collective noun for a group of persons working or playing together toward a common goal. We must choose exactly one label that is true for all three simultaneously and is the tightest correct category. Concept / Approach: The reasoning strategy is to compare how each candidate option fares across all listed terms. Good analogy solving prioritizes specificity without excluding any listed item. Collective nouns describe groups as single units, and crowd, shoal, and team are all examples. Therefore the label Group is a precise umbrella that includes all three equally well. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Recognize each given word as a collective term rather than a species or profession.2) Map each term to the concept group: crowd of people, shoal of fish, team of players or workers.3) Eliminate narrower or mismatched options that do not cover all three.4) Conclude that Group is the tightest and fully correct label. Verification / Alternative check: Try substituting the label with Collective noun and consider whether the meaning aligns. Because the options do not include that exact phrase, Group is the closest and still strictly correct abstraction that unifies all three examples without loss of meaning. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Individual: This is the opposite of a group based label, so it is invalid for collective nouns. Fish: Shoal relates to fish, but crowd and team are not specific to fish. This option is under-inclusive. Woman: None of the three terms inherently refers to gender, so this is irrelevant. Common Pitfalls: Associating shoal with fish and then trying to force a species based answer. Remember that the task is to find a category that fits all items equally, not to overfit to one item. Also avoid assuming that team is sports only; team applies in workplaces and projects as well, but the group nature remains constant. Final Answer: Group

Question 13

Duma : Majlis : Khural — Recognize the precise institutional category that unifies these political terms and select the most specific correct label.

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Introduction / Context: Many verbal analogy items draw on world affairs and political terminology. Terms like Duma, Majlis, and Khural are used in different countries to denote legislative bodies. The task is to abstract these names to their common institutional type and choose the best matching label among the options provided. Given Data / Assumptions: Duma is the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly and historically denotes a legislative body in Russia. Majlis is a parliamentary or consultative assembly term used in several countries such as Iran and some Arab states. Khural is a Mongolic term, historically used in Mongolia and related regions, referring to an assembly or parliament. Exactly one option should capture the shared institutional function of these terms. Concept / Approach: We identify the functional role of each term. Despite linguistic variation across countries, each word denotes a lawmaking or representative assembly. Therefore the precise and shared classification is Parliament or legislative assembly. Options that refer to cities, currencies, or monuments have no consistent relation to all three terms. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Map each term to its political function.2) Confirm that all three are types or names of national or regional legislatures.3) Select Parliament as the unifying institutional label. Verification / Alternative check: Substitute the label legislature for each term. Since the options offer Parliament, which is a standard common word for national assemblies, it matches the intended abstraction and is widely recognized in civics education and general knowledge contexts. Why Other Options Are Wrong: City: These terms are not place names. Currency: None is a monetary unit. Monuments: These are not structures commemorating events or persons. Common Pitfalls: Confusing proper nouns from politics with geography or culture. The safe strategy is to focus on institutional roles instead of phonetic familiarity. Any temptation to associate Majlis with a country specific context should still resolve to the general function of a legislative assembly. Final Answer: Parliament

Question 14

Lion : Tiger : Bear — Choose the single young one term that correctly applies to the offspring of all three listed animals and select that option.

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Introduction / Context: Analogy sets often test knowledge of animal classifications and the standard names for their young. The trio lion, tiger, and bear suggests that the intended commonality is the conventional term used to describe their offspring. The goal is to pick the one option that simultaneously fits all three without exception. Given Data / Assumptions: The young of a lion is called a cub. The young of a tiger is called a cub. The young of a bear is also commonly called a cub. We must avoid terms that are correct for some species but not all listed species. Concept / Approach: Check each candidate term against each animal. Fawn refers to deer offspring; foal refers to horse or equine young. Child is a human term and not zoological. Cub uniquely matches lion, tiger, and bear consistently, satisfying the requirement for a single correct choice that generalizes to every item in the set. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) List the standard young one names for lion, tiger, bear.2) Compare each option to that list and strike mismatches.3) Identify Cub as matching all three correctly. Verification / Alternative check: Consult common zoological vocabulary: cub is widely accepted for young big cats and bear species in general usage and educational materials. No alternate provided term applies to all three creatures at once, confirming the unique correctness of Cub. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Child: Human offspring label, not used for animals in standard zoology. Fawn: Specific to deer and related cervids, not cats or bears. Foal: Specific to horses and equines, unrelated to cats or bears. Common Pitfalls: Overgeneralizing a familiar young one term without cross checking each animal. For analogy accuracy, a correct option must fit every listed item, not just one. Cub passes this condition, whereas the distractors fail for at least two animals in the set. Final Answer: Cub

Question 15

Rice : Barley : Wheat — Determine the most accurate agricultural category that includes all three and pick the best label from the choices.

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Introduction / Context: Vocabulary and classification skills are central to analogy questions about crops. Rice, barley, and wheat are commonly grouped in agriculture and food science. The reasoning task is to select the most precise label that fits each item without being either too broad or incorrectly specific. Precision matters, as broader categories may be technically true yet pedagogically inferior when a tighter category exists. Given Data / Assumptions: Rice, barley, and wheat are all cereal crops and staple grains. Exactly one option should match all three with the greatest specificity. Broader labels like agriculture might be true but less informative. Concept / Approach: We prioritize the narrowest accurate category that fully contains all members. Cereals is a standard classification for these grain producing grasses cultivated for edible seeds. Fruits and vegetables do not describe grains like rice, barley, or wheat. Agriculture is an umbrella term that covers many unrelated subcategories and is thus too general for an optimal analogy answer. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify the crop type of each listed item.2) Confirm they share the same subcategory cereals.3) Select Cereals as the most specific correct label. Verification / Alternative check: Consider usage in nutrition and agronomy: these three are staple cereal grains central to diets worldwide. Because the options include Cereals explicitly, it is the best fit relative to the distractors. No alternative option matches all three while maintaining specificity. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Fruits: Not correct; these items are grains, not botanical fruits used in everyday classification here. Vegetables: Also incorrect for grains. Agriculture: Too broad; includes livestock, horticulture, and more, not a precise category for these items. Common Pitfalls: Choosing Agriculture because it sounds related. Analogy questions reward the sharpest specific category. Always look for the tightest label that includes all items without exception or dilution of meaning. Final Answer: Cereals

Question 16

Football : Hockey : Tennis — Select the tightest correct category that encapsulates these activities and choose the most accurate label from the options.

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Introduction / Context: This analogy focuses on activity classification. Football, hockey, and tennis are organized competitive activities played under codified rules, typically by trained participants and often in formal competitions. The aim is to locate the best singular label from the options to represent their shared nature precisely. Given Data / Assumptions: Football, hockey, and tennis are structured competitive activities. A single option should label them without ambiguity. We prefer the specific activity type rather than labels about participants or environments. Concept / Approach: Differentiate the activity from the people who perform it. Athletes describes participants, not the activities themselves. Aquatic is an environment label that does not apply to all three. Indo appears to be an unrelated distractor. Games straightforwardly captures the essence of each listed item. While sport could also work, the provided options use Games, which is acceptable and accurate in standard reasoning tests. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify each listed term as a competitive activity with rules.2) Compare options to see which classifies the activities themselves.3) Select Games as the best fitting label among the given choices. Verification / Alternative check: Substitute Sports for Games conceptually. The intent remains correct. Because Games is the available precise category among the options, it is the right selection that preserves meaning without introducing errors. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Athletes: Refers to people, not the activities named. Indo: Not a meaningful category for these items in this context. Aquatic: Only some forms of hockey are on ice and not aquatic; football and tennis are not aquatic activities. Common Pitfalls: Confusing the performers with the performance. Choose the category that labels what the words directly denote. Here the words are the activities, and Games labels them accurately and compactly. Final Answer: Games

Question 17

Beetle : Grasshopper : Wasp — Determine the biological classification that includes all three creatures and choose the most precise label from the options.

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Introduction / Context: General science and biology knowledge frequently appears in analogy items. Beetle, grasshopper, and wasp are commonly encountered creatures in everyday life and education. The task is to select the correct taxonomic class level label that describes them all, avoiding distractors that name a single example or a related but different concept. Given Data / Assumptions: Beetles belong to order Coleoptera, class Insecta. Grasshoppers belong to order Orthoptera, class Insecta. Wasps belong to order Hymenoptera, class Insecta. The correct option must be true for all three simultaneously. Concept / Approach: Even though these animals occupy different orders, they share a higher taxonomic category: class Insecta. A good analogy answer picks the shared category at the right level of generality without becoming overly broad or drifting into a single exemplar. Therefore Insects is the precise, inclusive label that fits them all. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify each creature and confirm it is an insect.2) Note that the options include both class labels and misleading specifics.3) Choose Insects as the only correct, fully inclusive label. Verification / Alternative check: Try replacing the answer with Arthropods. While true, that would be broader than necessary and is not offered. The options include Insects, which is more specific and correct for all three. Therefore Insects is preferred. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Cricket: Names a single type of insect and cannot represent beetle and wasp. Pesticides: A chemical control category, not a biological class. Butterfly: Another specific insect type, not an umbrella for all three. Common Pitfalls: Choosing a familiar exemplar like butterfly due to recognition. Analogy solving demands a unifying category, not an additional example. Maintain focus on the level of classification that all given items share. Final Answer: Insects

Question 18

Mother : Sister : Daughter — Identify the best single label that captures these female family relationships and pick the most accurate category.

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Introduction / Context: Family relationship vocabulary is a staple of verbal reasoning. The items mother, sister, and daughter are roles within a family structure and each is specifically female. The aim is to choose a unifying label that is accurate, inclusive, and appropriately specific among the available options. When multiple options look plausible, select the one that reflects the intended category most directly and precisely. Given Data / Assumptions: Mother, sister, and daughter are kinship terms used within a family unit. All three denote roles that are clearly defined in relation to other family members. The chosen label should cover all three terms uniformly without overgeneralizing. Concept / Approach: We seek a label that captures the structural context. While Females is true regarding gender, it misses the essential kinship dimension. Relation is vague and does not emphasize the familial system. Family directly names the framework in which these roles exist and interact and is therefore the most meaningful abstraction among the choices. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify the domain of the terms: kinship within a family.2) Compare options for specificity and relevance to kinship.3) Select Family as the clearest and most contextually accurate category. Verification / Alternative check: Consider whether the label Female family relations would be ideal. Since it is not present in the options, Family remains the best available choice that preserves the relational context and avoids mere biological categorization. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Relation: Too broad and non specific; does not stress the family system. Females: True but ignores the relational and kinship aspect central to the items. Aged: Not relevant; age is not the defining factor of these roles. Common Pitfalls: Choosing Females because it is factually correct about gender. The stem points to kinship roles, so the family context is the critical dimension the answer must capture. Always align the label with the conceptual core of the items. Final Answer: Family

Question 19

Doctor : Nurse : Compounder — Determine the single correct institutional setting that best associates with all three professions and select the most accurate label.

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Introduction / Context: Analogy items frequently test real world knowledge of professions and their typical workplaces. Doctor, nurse, and compounder are roles in healthcare delivery. The correct response identifies the institutional setting that logically and consistently connects all three roles without exception. Precision matters, because alternative workplaces sometimes appear for special cases but are not the standard association tested in general reasoning questions. Given Data / Assumptions: Doctors primarily practice medicine within hospitals and clinics. Nurses provide patient care largely in hospital wards, clinics, and similar medical facilities. Compounders prepare and dispense medicines, traditionally in hospitals and recognized medical settings. We seek the common institutional label that best fits all three in ordinary usage. Concept / Approach: Match each profession to its most canonical workplace. School, office, and shop do not consistently describe the standard environment for all three roles. Hospital is the unifying label that directly names the default setting for mainstream healthcare teams comprising doctors, nurses, and allied staff such as compounders. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Map each role to common workplaces.2) Identify the single place that fits all three roles together.3) Select Hospital as the most accurate shared setting. Verification / Alternative check: Although doctors can consult in private offices and pharmacists may operate retail shops, the trio as given aligns most directly with hospital based healthcare delivery. Reasoning tests prioritize the most widely recognized association over niche exceptions. Why Other Options Are Wrong: School: Not a default workplace for this healthcare trio. Office: Too generic and not a medical environment specific label. Shop: Retail context for pharmacists does not generalize to doctors and nurses. Common Pitfalls: Overemphasizing exceptions like private practice clinics or retail counters. The safest strategy is to choose the single institutional label that unambiguously fits the entire set in standard practice, which is Hospital. Final Answer: Hospital

Question 20

Volga : Seine : Nile — Identify the precise geographical feature these famous names represent and choose the most accurate category.

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Introduction / Context: World geography is a common source of analogy items. Volga, Seine, and Nile are internationally recognized names encountered in maps, textbooks, and general knowledge resources. The goal is to pick the specific landform or water body category that fits all three perfectly and is neither too broad nor incorrect for any item in the set. Given Data / Assumptions: Volga is a major river in Russia and Europe. Seine is a major river flowing through northern France, including Paris. Nile is a major river in Africa and historically significant. We need a single label that unambiguously classifies all three. Concept / Approach: Confirm that each named feature is a river, not a mountain range, hill system, or tectonic rift. Because all three are famous rivers, the correct category is Rivers. Avoid the temptation to associate the names with locations or cities they pass through; the items are the water bodies themselves. Step-by-Step Solution: 1) Identify the physical geography type of each named entity.2) Cross check with the options to ensure full coverage.3) Choose Rivers as the precise and exhaustive classification. Verification / Alternative check: Attempt to apply alternative categories. Mountains, Rifts, and Hills do not apply to any of the three items. Hence Rivers stands out as the only consistent and accurate label. Why Other Options Are Wrong: Mountains: None of the items is a mountain range. Rifts: Not tectonic rift systems. Hills: Not land elevation features; these are flowing water bodies. Common Pitfalls: Confusing the names with nearby cities or regions like Paris for the Seine or Egypt for the Nile. The question targets the type of feature, not associated locations. Final Answer: Rivers

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