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171 MCQs on Analogy Questions sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers. Below are the top 100 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: amateur : professional
Fragile is the opposite of hardy, and amateur is the opposite of professional.
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Correct Answer: reparable : fix
Something that is potable is something one can drink, just as something that is reparable is something one can fix.
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Correct Answer: agility : stiff
Something characterized by preponderance is not scarce, and something characterized by agility is not stiff.
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Correct Answer: mundane : commonplace
Something vague is nebulous, and something mundane is commonplace.
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Correct Answer: activist : involved
A boor is someone who is uneducated, and an activist is someone who is involved.
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Correct Answer: distraught : calm
Diaphanous is the opposite of opaque, and distraught is the opposite of calm.
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Correct Answer: carpenter : chisel
A cobbler uses an awl as a tool, and a carpenter uses a chisel as a tool.
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Correct Answer: room : house
Chapters make up a book, and rooms make up a house.
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Correct Answer: pacifist : unwarlike
To be a philanthropist, one must be generous, and to be a pacifist one must be peace-loving.
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Correct Answer: appreciate : valued
When you conceal something, it is hidden, and when you appreciate something, it is valued.
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Correct Answer: desultory : haphazard
Cursory and brief are synonyms, as are desultory and haphazard.
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Correct Answer: lively : lethargic
Intrepid is the opposite of fearful, and lively is the opposite of lethargic.
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Correct Answer: anklet : ankle
A manacle is something that goes around a wrist, and an anklet is something that goes around an ankle.
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Correct Answer: stethoscope : physician
Shears are used by a seamstress, and a stethoscope is used by a physician.
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Correct Answer: erratic : stable
A person who is cantankerous is not easy-going, and a person who is erratic is not stable.
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Correct Answer: receiver : cord
A keyboard and a mouse are both parts of a computer, and a receiver and a cord are both parts of a telephone.
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Correct Answer: helium : balloon
A pillow can be filled with feathers, and a balloon can be filled with helium.
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Correct Answer: goad : urge
To bolster means to support, and to goad means to urge.
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Correct Answer: cacophony : sound
A stench is an extreme odor, and a cacophony is an extreme sound.
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Correct Answer: deduction : detective
Rhetoric is a skill used by a lawyer, and deduction is a skill used by a detective.
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Correct Answer: aquatic : water
Something pulmonary has to do with the lungs, and something aquatic has to do with the water.
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Correct Answer: unbalanced : equilibrium
A person who is rude lacks manners, and a person who is unbalanced lacks equilibrium.
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Correct Answer: lioness : lion
A vixen is a female fox, and a lioness is a female lion.
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Correct Answer: millimeter : length
A decade is a measure of time, and a millimeter is a measure of length.
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Correct Answer: obnoxious : disgusting
Someone who is obstinate is mulish, and someone who is obnoxious is disgusting.
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Correct Answer: borrow : library
One withdraws money from an account, and one borrows books from a library.
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Correct Answer: rigid : flexibility
Someone who is catatonic shows no emotions, and someone who is rigid lacks flexibility.
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Correct Answer: silent : sound
Something arid lacks moisture, and something silent lacks sound.
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Correct Answer: cardigan : garment
A broach is a type of jewelry, and a cardigan is a type of garment.
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Correct Answer: augury : sign
A missive is a letter, and an augury is a sign.
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Correct Answer: bail : bond
A stipend is tuition that one person pays for another, and a bond is bail that one person pays for another.
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Correct Answer: basketball : hoop
One scores in soccer by putting the soccer ball through the goalpost, and one scores in basketball by putting the ball through the hoop.
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Correct Answer: mansion : house
A cathedral is a very large church, and a mansion is a very large house.
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Correct Answer: morose : unsociable
Splenetic means irritable, and morose means unsociable.
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Correct Answer: fatigue : rested
When one does not feel hunger, one is satiated, and when one does not feel fatigue, one is rested.
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Correct Answer: volatile : constancy
Something transitory lacks permanence, and something volatile lacks constancy.
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Correct Answer: halibut : fish
Turkey is a type of poultry, and halibut is a type of fish.
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Correct Answer: seamstress : tailor
A waitress is a woman who serves food for a living and a waiter is a man who does the same, just as a seamstress is a woman who sews for a living and a tailor is a man who does the same.
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Correct Answer: divulge : expose
To prevaricate means to lie, and to divulge means to expose.
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Correct Answer: fiction : non-fiction
What is not poetry is prose, and what is not fiction is non-fiction.
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Correct Answer: skeleton : bones
The spine is made of vertebrae, and the skeleton is made of bones.
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Correct Answer: pound : nail
A bolt is something that one screws, and a nail is something that one pounds.
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Correct Answer: crimson : red
Fuschia is a shade of pink, and crimson is a shade of red.
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Correct Answer: pottery : kiln
A loom is a piece of equipment used in weaving, and a kiln is a piece of equipment used in pottery.
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Correct Answer: hunting : rifle
A rod is a piece of equipment used in fishing, and a rifle is a piece of equipment used in hunting.
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Correct Answer: prisoner : incarcerated
A defendant is a person who is tried, and a prisoner is a person who is incarcerated.
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Correct Answer: tomato : skin
An egg is surrounded by a shell, and a tomato is surrounded by a skin.
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Correct Answer: door : lintel
A window has a ledge, and a door has a lintel.
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Correct Answer: steer : wheel
To accelerate in a car one uses a pedal, and to steer in a car one uses a wheel.
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Correct Answer: planet : telescope
One needs a microscope to see an atom, and one needs a telescope to see a planet.
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Correct Answer: orchestra : instrumentalists
A choir is made up of vocalists, and an orchestra is made up of instrumentalists.
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Correct Answer: tract : treatise
Pact is a synonym of covenant, and tract is a synonym of treatise.
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Correct Answer: ounce : ton
A yard is a relatively short measure of length while a mile is a relatively long measure of length, and an ounce is a relatively small measure of weight while a ton is a relatively large measure of weight.
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Correct Answer: ram : horns
Moose have antlers on their heads, and rams have horns on their heads.
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Correct Answer: constant : sudden
Something chronic continues over a long period of time while something acute is short-lived, and something constant continues over a long period of time while something sudden is short-lived.
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Correct Answer: summer : winter
Gothic and Renaissance are both eras, and summer and winter are both seasons.
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Correct Answer: hockey : goal
One scores in baseball by getting a run, and one scores in hockey by getting a goal.
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Correct Answer: forbearance : patience
Someone who exhibits ebullience is showing exuberance, and someone who exhibits forbearance is showing patience.
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Correct Answer: dolorous : felicitous
Someone who is fecund is not barren, and someone who is dolorous is not felicitous.
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Correct Answer: aerial : helicopter
The subway is a subterranean form of transportation, and the helicopter is an aerial form of transportation.
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Correct Answer: flake : snow
A single unit of rice is a grain, and a single unit of snow is a flake.
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Correct Answer: crossbow : arrow
A pistol fires a bullet, and a crossbow fires an arrow.
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Correct Answer: prescribe : medicine
One terminates employment, and one prescribes medicine.
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Correct Answer: puzzle : pieces
A mosaic is made up of many tiles, and a puzzle is made up of many pieces.
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Correct Answer: restore : reinstate
To rescind means to repeal, and to restore means to reinstate.
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Correct Answer: invitation : party
A subpoena is a summons to a court, and an invitation is a summons to a party.
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Correct Answer: lion : pride
A group of fish is called a school of fish, and a group of lions is called a pride of lions.
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Correct Answer: impressionism : painting
Jazz is a style of music, and impressionism is a style of painting.
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Correct Answer: invigorate : lively
To adorn is to make beautiful, and to invigorate is to make something lively.
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Correct Answer: lack : surplus
Dearth is an antonym of glut, and lack is an antonym of surplus.
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Correct Answer: frame : painting
A cell can be surrounded by a membrane, and a painting can be surrounded by a frame.
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Correct Answer: history : past
Biology is the study of life, and history is the study of the past.
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Correct Answer: readily : hesitation
When something is done silently, it is done without noise, and when something is done readily, it is done without hesitation.
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Correct Answer: wind : windmill
A car is powered by gasoline, and a windmill is powered by wind.
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Correct Answer: liver : organ
An elbow is a type of joint, and a liver is a type of organ.
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Correct Answer: dregs : tea
Grinds are a waste product of coffee, and dregs are a waste product of tea.
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Correct Answer: caustic : harsh
Something that is esoteric is abstruse, and something that is caustic is harsh.
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Correct Answer: supercilious : respectful
Something superfluous is not needed, and someone supercilious is not respectful.
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Correct Answer: soldier : civilian
One who is not a clergyman is a layman, and one who is not a soldier is a civilian.
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Correct Answer: volume : loud
Proximity measures how near one is, and volume measures how loud something is.
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Correct Answer: autonomous : independent
Something that is fallacious is wrong, and something that is autonomous is independent.
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Correct Answer: seamstress : cloth
Yarn is a knitter's raw material, and cloth is a seamstress's raw material.
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Correct Answer: cardiac : heart
The word vascular refers to something to do with the blood, and the word cardiac means something to do with the heart.
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Correct Answer: bristle : brush
A fork has tines, and a brush has bristles.
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Correct Answer: neurologist : nervous system
A nephrologist is a physician who has been trained in kidney diseases, and a neurologist is a physician who has been trained in problems of the nervous system.
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Correct Answer: pig : pen
On a farm, chickens live in a coop and pigs live in a pen.
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Correct Answer: button : elevator
A trigger sets a pistol into motion, and a button sets an elevator into motion.
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Correct Answer: core : apple
Hub is the center of a wheel, and the core is the center of the apple.
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Correct Answer: goose : gaggle
A group of locusts together is called a swarm, and a group of geese together is called a gaggle.
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Correct Answer: viola : string
An oboe is a woodwind instrument, and a viola is a string instrument.
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Correct Answer: candid : disingenuous
Audacious is the opposite of meek, and candid is the opposite of disingenuous.
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Correct Answer: attorney : courtroom
A registrar works in a university, and an attorney works in a courtroom.
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Correct Answer: baroness : aristocracy
A queen is a member of the monarchy, and a baroness is a member of the aristocracy.
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Correct Answer: etiquette : graciously
Rhetoric is the art of speaking eloquently, and etiquette is the art of behaving graciously.
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Correct Answer: ingenious : artless
Something that is insipid is tasteless, and someone who is ingenious is artless.
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Correct Answer: foundation : roof
The foot is at the base or bottom of a mountain and the summit is the top of the mountain, just as the foundation is at the base of a house and the roof is at the top of the house.
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Correct Answer: metal : alloy
A beverage mixed with another beverage is called a cocktail, and a metal mixed with another metal is called an alloy.
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Correct Answer: trot : gallop
An amble is a slow walk and a dash is a quick run, and a trot is a slow walk on horseback and a gallop is a quick run on horseback.
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Correct Answer: obeisant : disrespectful
Cognizant is the opposite of oblivious, and obeisant is the opposite of disrespectful.
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Correct Answer: attached : duplex
Two things that are beside each other are contiguous, and two houses beside each other are neighboring; houses that are attached are called duplexes.
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Showing 100 of 171 distinct Analogy Questions questions (171 tagged in the bank in total). The rest are reachable through the source papers in the Past Papers archive and the Quiz Builder.
The bank holds 171 questions tagged "Analogy Questions" under Mathematics, drawn from 1 solved papers. After merging the same question asked in multiple papers, 171 are distinct; this page shows the top 100.
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