Analogy Patterns
⚡ Analogy Patterns – 2-Minute Revision Sheet
🔑 Key Facts (Bullet Only)
- Analogy = Relationship between two pairs
Word₁ : Word₂ :: Word₃ : Word₄ (same relation must hold) - 5 High-Frequency Relations
- Synonym – Happy : Joyful :: Sad : Sorrowful
- Antonym – Hot : Cold :: Day : Night
- Worker-Tool – Carpenter : Saw :: Surgeon : Scalpel
- Whole-Part – House : Room :: Book : Page
- Cause-Effect – Fire : Burn :: Rain : Wet
- Letter-pattern tricks
- Reverse order: ABCD : ZYXW (A↔Z, B↔Y, C↔X, D↔W)
- +1 / –1 shift: CIRCLE : DJSDMF (each letter +1)
- Vowel/Consonant swap: ACE : BDF (vowel→next consonant)
- Number-pattern tricks
- Square : 4 :: Cube : 27
- Prime twin: 11 : 13 :: 17 : 19
- ×2+1 series: 3 : 7 :: 15 : 31
- Always check relation in first pair, then apply SAME relation to third word
🧠 Memory Mnemonics
- “STWCN” – Synonym, Tool, Whole-part, Cause, Number (cover 90 % questions)
- “Vowel jumps 5” – A→F, E→J, I→O, O→T, U→Z (helps in vowel-shift codes)
- “Prime 4” – 2,3,5,7 are the only single-digit primes (saves time in prime-based analogies)
📊 Quick Comparison Table
| Relation Type | Signal Words | Example | Reverse Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Same meaning | Fast : Quick | Quick : Fast ✔ |
| Antonym | Opposite | Rise : Fall | Fall : Rise ✔ |
| Worker-Tool | ‘uses’ | Chef : Knife | Knife : Chef ✖ (wrong order) |
| Whole-Part | ‘has a’ | Tree : Leaf | Leaf : Tree ✖ |
| Cause-Effect | ‘leads to’ | Germ : Disease | Disease : Germ ✖ |
⚡ Rapid-Fire MCQs
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Book : Publisher :: Film : ?
a) Actor b) Director c) Producer d) Censor -
8 : 28 :: 27 : ?
a) 65 b) 85 c) 125 d) 55 -
BD : CI :: DP : ?
a) EZ b) FZ c) EY d) EX -
Insulin : Diabetes :: Penicillin : ?
a) Infection b) Allergy c) Fever d) Pain -
CIRCLE : CLECRI :: SQUARE : ?
a) QSUERA b) RAUQES c) QUSERA d) RSEUQA -
Horse : Neigh :: Elephant : ?
a) Roar b) Trumpet c) Bugle d) Honk -
11 : 121 :: 13 : ?
a) 169 b) 196 c) 144 d) 225 -
North : South :: North-East : ?
a) South-East b) South-West c) North-West d) East -
Scalpel : Surgeon :: Spanner : ?
a) Plumber b) Carpenter c) Mason d) Electrician -
AE : ZV :: IO : ?
a) RL b) QL c) RK d) RM
BETA
