Sample Verbal Analogy Questions
Dear Reader
Each of the two questions will have two blanks. You have to fill the two blanks such that the first two words/phrases are related to each other in a similar manner as that of the next two words/phrases.
Question 1
_____ : Book : : Flowers : ______
Answer : a)Pages, a)Garland
(Options for first blank) a) Pages b) Content c) Poem d) Prose
(Options for second blank) a) Garland b) Perfume c) Garnish d) decorative
This is simple. A Book contains Pages and similarly Garland is comprised of flowers.
Question 2
_______ : 2 Years : : 6 hours : _______
Answer : a) 24 Months, c) 1/4 Day
a) 24 Months b) 12 Months c) 6 Months d) 3 Months
a) Day b) 2 Days c) 1/4 Day d) 1/8 Day
24 months make 2 years. Similarly, 6 hours make 1/4 Day.
Question 3
______ : Balloon : : Mercury : ________
Answer : c) Hydrogen , b) Thermometer
a) air b) liquid c) hydrogen d) nitrogen
a) Gold b) Thermometer c) Temperature d) Cinnabar
Balloons are generally filled with hydrogen (this is more specific than air and more probable than nitrogen). Similarly thermometers predominantly contain mercury.
Question 4
______ : eye : : key : _______
Answer : d) retina , c) keyboard
a) face b) eyelid c) forehead d) retina
a) lock b) door c) keyboard d) cupboard
Retina is a part of the eye. Similarly keys are constituent components of Keyboards.




