Analogies & Odd One Out

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A bird lives in a nest; a bee lives in a hive. Answer: Hive

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A doctor works in a hospital; a teacher works in a school. Answer: School

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A pen is used to write; a knife is used to cut. Answer: Cut

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A lion's young one is a cub; a cow's young one is a calf. Answer: Calf

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Hot and cold are opposites; day and night are opposites. Answer: Night

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Kilogram is a unit of weight; second is a unit of time. Answer: Second

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A seed grows into a plant; an egg hatches into a chick. Answer: Chick

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144 = 12 squared, so 15 squared = 225. Answer: 225

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27 = 3 cubed, so 4 cubed = 64. Answer: 64

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Each letter moves one step forward: A->B, C->D, E->F. G->H, I->J, K->L gives HJL. Answer: HJL

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Each letter moves two steps forward: C->E, A->C, T->V. D->F, O->Q, G->I gives FQI. Answer: FQI

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Apple, banana and mango are fruits; potato is a vegetable. Answer: Potato

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Sparrow, eagle and parrot are birds; a bat is a mammal. Answer: Bat

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Kerala, Punjab and Goa are states; Mumbai is a city. Answer: Mumbai

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Teacher, doctor and engineer are professions; a hospital is a place. Answer: Hospital

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3, 7 and 11 are prime numbers; 9 = 3 x 3 is not prime. Answer: 9

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An author creates a book; a sculptor creates a statue. Answer: Statue

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Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra; Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. Answer: Tamil Nadu

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A stanza is a part of a poem; a chapter is a part of a book. Answer: Book

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A tributary flows into a river and is a smaller part of it; a branch is a smaller part of a tree. Answer: Tree

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Ornithology is the study of birds; entomology is the study of insects. Answer: Insects

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A thermometer measures temperature; a barometer measures atmospheric pressure (hygrometer = humidity, rain gauge = rainfall, anemometer = wind speed). Answer: Atmospheric pressure

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Fish breathe with gills; humans breathe with lungs. Answer: Lungs

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30 = 5 x 6 = 5 x (5 + 1), so 8 x 9 = 72. Answer: 72

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50 = 7 squared + 1 = 49 + 1, so 9 squared + 1 = 81 + 1 = 82. Answer: 82

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Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (position sum 27): C(3)->X(24), A(1)->Z(26), T(20)->G(7). D(4)->W(23), O(15)->L(12), G(7)->T(20) gives WLT. Answer: WLT

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Each letter moves two steps forward: B->D, E->G, A->C, D->F. H->J, O->Q, L->N, E->G gives JQNG. Answer: JQNG

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Both letters move two steps forward: K->M, O->Q. B->D, F->H gives DH. Answer: DH

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Triangle, square and circle are flat (2D) figures; a cube is a solid (3D) figure. Answer: Cube

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Copper, iron and gold are pure metals (elements); brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Answer: Brass

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Sitar, violin and guitar are string instruments; the tabla is a percussion instrument. Answer: Tabla

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Mercury, Venus and Mars are planets; the Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth. Answer: Moon

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Wheat, rice and maize are food grains; cotton is a fibre (cash) crop. Answer: Cotton

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Metre, kilometre and centimetre measure length; the litre measures volume. Answer: Litre

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January, March and May have 31 days; June has 30 days. Answer: June

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16, 25 and 36 are perfect squares (4, 5, 6 squared); 48 is not. Answer: 48

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12, 18 and 24 are multiples of 6; 35 is not. Answer: 35

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Generous and miserly are antonyms; vigorous and lethargic are antonyms. Answer: Lethargic

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A sonnet is a type of poem; a marathon is a type of race. Answer: Race

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A scalpel is a tool of a surgeon; a chisel is a tool of a carpenter. Answer: Carpenter

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68 = 4 cubed + 4 = 64 + 4, so 6 cubed + 6 = 216 + 6 = 222. Answer: 222

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9 = 2 cubed + 1, 28 = 3 cubed + 1, so 4 cubed + 1 = 65. Answer: 65

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Scalpel, stethoscope and syringe are instruments; a surgeon is a person who uses them. Answer: Surgeon

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Whale, dolphin and seal are mammals; a shark is a fish. Answer: Shark

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Brother, uncle and father are male relatives; a sister is female. Answer: Sister

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12 = 3x4, 20 = 4x5, 30 = 5x6 are products of two consecutive numbers; 45 is not (6x7 = 42, 7x8 = 56). Answer: 45

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In the other pairs the second number is the square of the first (3, 4, 5 squared); 6 squared is 36, not 30. Answer: 6 - 30

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In BD, FH, JL the second letter is 2 places after the first; in NQ it is 3 places after (N, O, P, Q). Answer: NQ

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In AZ, BY, CX the two letters are opposite letters (position sum 27); D(4) + V(22) = 26, so DV breaks the pattern (DW would fit). Answer: DV