Verbal Analogies :
Here,
the questions are based on relationship between two words. In these kind of
questions three words are followed by a blank space, which the student has to
fill up in such a way that the third and the fourth words have the same
relationship between them as the first and the second words have. The following
examples help in understanding the concepts.
Example 1.
Gum : Stick : : Needle : ______
(a) Cloth
(b) Prick
(c) Taylor
(d) Stitch
Solution.
Gum is used to Stick, similarly Needle is used to
Stitch.
Choice (d)
Example 2.
Socks : Feet : _______ : Hands
(a) Arms
(b) Shirt
(c) Gloves
(d) Fingers
Solution.
Socks are worn on feet, similarly gloves are worn on
hands.
Choice (c)
Example 3.
Soft : Hard : : Cold : _______
(a) Hot
(b) Shirt
(c) Gloves
(d) Fingers
Solution.
Soft and Hard are antonyms, similarly the antonym of Cold
is Hot. .
Choice (a)
