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Analogy questions with answers

Analogy questions are lost by candidates who pick the option that feels closest rather than the one that repeats the relation. Each of the fifteen below states the relation explicitly in its walkthrough — part-to-whole, tool-to-user, cause-to-effect — because naming it in words is the step that turns a guess into a decision.

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The 15 questions below are ordered the way an exam block is rather than easiest-first: two gentle openers, then a run of medium, and a hard one every sixth question — 2 of the 15 sit in the hard band. Every question is a number analogy.

Work each question on paper before you open its solution. The walkthrough is the method itself, step for step, so reading it first turns a practice set into a reading exercise and teaches nothing. If you are stuck on the method rather than on one question, the method guide is a better place to start than the next question: Analogy: name the relation, then test it.

15 analogy questions with answers

Every question below was generated by the same engine that mints the DeducePuzzles daily puzzle round, and machine-checked before it reached this page — a multiple-choice question validates its own answer against its own options at generation, and ships only with a walkthrough attached. The walkthrough is the engine's own.

Question 1

Horse : Foal :: Dog : ?

Work out how the first word is related to the second, then find the word related to the third in the same way.

  1. Puppy
  2. Lamb
  3. Joey
  4. Cub
  5. Chick
Show the worked solution
  1. A foal is the young one of a horse.
  2. In the same way, a puppy is the young one of a dog.
  3. So the answer is Puppy.

Question 2

Doctor : Hospital :: Teacher : ?

Work out how the first word is related to the second, then find the word related to the third in the same way.

  1. Garage
  2. Mine
  3. School
  4. Kitchen
  5. Court
Show the worked solution
  1. A doctor works in a hospital.
  2. In the same way, a teacher works in a school.
  3. So the answer is School.

Question 3

6 : 35 :: 14 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 182
  2. 197
  3. 195
  4. 210
  5. 196
Show the worked solution
  1. 6 becomes 35 when it is squared, then 1 subtracted.
  2. No other standard rule turns 6 into 35 and gives a different result for 14, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 14: the answer is 195.

Question 4

9 : 80 :: 7 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 42
  2. 49
  3. 56
  4. 48
  5. 50
Show the worked solution
  1. 9 becomes 80 when it is squared, then 1 subtracted.
  2. No other standard rule turns 9 into 80 and gives a different result for 7, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 7: the answer is 48.

Question 5

5 : 26 :: 2 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 8
  5. 7
Show the worked solution
  1. 5 becomes 26 when it is squared, then 1 added.
  2. No other standard rule turns 5 into 26 and gives a different result for 2, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 2: the answer is 5.

Question 6

EKPG : IRMG :: OXDQ : ?

Work out how the first letter group becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. LCWJ
  2. RYCN
  3. PCWN
  4. SFZQ
  5. PWEP
Show the worked solution
  1. EKPG becomes IRMG: the letters are reversed and each moves 2 places forward.
  2. No other standard letter rule turns EKPG into IRMG and gives a different result for OXDQ, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to OXDQ: the answer is SFZQ.

Question 7

13 : 169 :: 4 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 19
  2. 18
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 15
Show the worked solution
  1. 13 becomes 169 when it is squared.
  2. No other standard rule turns 13 into 169 and gives a different result for 4, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 4: the answer is 16.

Question 8

9 : 729 :: 3 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 23
  2. 27
  3. 19
  4. 24
  5. 22
Show the worked solution
  1. 9 becomes 729 when it is cubed.
  2. No other standard rule turns 9 into 729 and gives a different result for 3, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 3: the answer is 27.

Question 9

7 : 48 :: 6 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 36
  2. 25
  3. 30
  4. 26
  5. 35
Show the worked solution
  1. 7 becomes 48 when it is squared, then 1 subtracted.
  2. No other standard rule turns 7 into 48 and gives a different result for 6, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 6: the answer is 35.

Question 10

EGO : CDK :: LRM : ?

Work out how the first letter group becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. IOJ
  2. IPL
  3. MRL
  4. JOI
  5. NTO
Show the worked solution
  1. EGO becomes CDK: the letters move -2, -3, -4… places in turn.
  2. No other standard letter rule turns EGO into CDK and gives a different result for LRM, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to LRM: the answer is JOI.

Question 11

BSK : YHP :: CSF : ?

Work out how the first letter group becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. XHU
  2. DTG
  3. BRE
  4. FVI
  5. DRG
Show the worked solution
  1. BSK becomes YHP: each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (A↔Z, B↔Y, …).
  2. No other standard letter rule turns BSK into YHP and gives a different result for CSF, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to CSF: the answer is XHU.

Question 12

13 : 2184 :: 3 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 33
  2. 23
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 24
Show the worked solution
  1. 13 becomes 2184 when it is cubed, then the number itself subtracted.
  2. No other standard rule turns 13 into 2184 and gives a different result for 3, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 3: the answer is 24.

Question 13

13 : 169 :: 7 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 50
  2. 19
  3. 56
  4. 49
  5. 63
Show the worked solution
  1. 13 becomes 169 when it is squared.
  2. No other standard rule turns 13 into 169 and gives a different result for 7, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 7: the answer is 49.

Question 14

16 : 256 :: 4 : ?

Work out how the first number becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. 20
  2. 18
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 19
Show the worked solution
  1. 16 becomes 256 when it is squared.
  2. No other standard rule turns 16 into 256 and gives a different result for 4, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to 4: the answer is 16.

Question 15

QUV : SXZ :: VDE : ?

Work out how the first letter group becomes the second, then apply the same rule to the third.

  1. XFG
  2. DCU
  3. EDV
  4. GFX
  5. XGI
Show the worked solution
  1. QUV becomes SXZ: the letters move +2, +3, +4… places in turn.
  2. No other standard letter rule turns QUV into SXZ and gives a different result for VDE, so the relation is settled.
  3. Applying it to VDE: the answer is XGI.
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Where these questions come from

Most free practice for this topic is a scanned upload or a blog quiz, and neither can tell you a question has exactly one answer. That is the one thing this set can promise: it is minted, not typed. The engine behind it serves DeducePuzzles's daily puzzle round, so the questions here are the same shape as the ones a live round would give you — and there is an unlimited supply of them, which is why this page can be regenerated rather than padded.

If you want the method rather than more questions, Analogy: name the relation, then test it covers the approach, the traps and a worked table. This page and that one deliberately answer different questions: that one is how do I solve these, this one is give me analogy questions with the answers.

FAQ

How do I choose between two plausible analogy options?

Write the relation as a sentence with the first pair in it, then substitute each option. 'A hammer is used by a carpenter' survives substitution or it does not. A vaguer sentence lets both options through, which means the sentence was not specific enough — sharpen it, do not pick.

Does word order matter in an analogy?

Always. Doctor : hospital is not hospital : doctor. The direction of the relation is half the question, and reversed options are placed deliberately. Read the pair in the order given and keep that order when you test.

What relation types appear most in bank exams?

Part to whole, worker to tool, cause to effect, object to function, and degree of intensity. Number and letter analogies also appear, and those are usually pure arithmetic or alphabet positions rather than meaning — treat them as a separate family entirely.

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