GRE exam master Analogy questions

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Analogy questions of GRE exam

1. CONCERT : AUDIENCE ::
A) restaurant : waiters
B) orchestra : musicians
C) game : spectators
D) school : cheerleaders
E) zoo : keepers

2. WATER : RESERVOUR ::
A) oil : fuel
B) money : bank
C)lake : oceanl
D) parent : family
E) beach : inlet

3. WALK : PROWL ::
A) cheat : pretend
B) speak : shout
C) applaud : disapprove
D) listen : eavesdrop
E) smile : grin

4. STAGNANT : MOTION ::
A) arid : moisture
B) morbid : dread
C) neutral : balance
D) marred : fault
E) tilled : irrigation

5. RETOUCH : PICTURE ::
A) design : dress
B) orchestrate : song
C) publish : magazine
D) emend : text
E) concoct ; pastry

Answers

1.(C) A concert is performed in the presence of an audience; a game is played in the presence of spectators.
2.(B) Water is stored in a reservoir for future use; money is deposited in a bank for future use.
3.(D) To prowl means to walk stealthily; to eavesdrop means to listen stealthily.
4.(A) A stagnant (meaning still) object has no motion; an arid (meaning dry) substance has no moisture.
5.(D) Retouching a picture improves its quality; emending a text improves its quality.

1. CAMOUFLAGE :: APPEARANCE ::
A) compensate : payment
B) decipher
C) experiment : hypothesis
D) bluff : intention
E) invest : chance

2. BIRD : MOLT ::
A)bear : hibernate
B)snake : slough
C)fish : catch
D)hawk : prey
E)rabbit : trap

3. INTROSPECTIVE : SELF ::
A)pompous : thoughts
B)conceited : others
C)miserly : accomplishments
D)impetuous : decisions
E)scrupulous : principles

4. INCITE : SEDITIONIST ::
A) parade ; heckler
B) assault : victor
C) abdicate : autocrat
D) arbitrate : mediator
E) donate : financier

5. NOISE : DIN ::
A) injury : pride
B) voice : speech
C)sincerity : homage
D) emotion : fervor
E) signal : message

Answer

1.(A) A plug fits into a socket; a key fits into a lock.
2.(C) Rage is an intensified form of anger; delight is an intensified form of pleasure.
3.(E) The vertex is the highest point of a pyramid; the summit is the highest point of a mountain.
4.(B) A movie is directed by a director ; a business is managed by a manager.
5.(E) Knife is an example of cutlery; chair is an example of furniture.

1. PLUG : SOCKET ::
A) key : lock
B) chair : desk
C) wire : electricity
D) current : switch
E) fan : wind

2.RAGE : ANGER ::
A) Bliss : apathy
B) fear : shame
C) delight : pleasure
D) frustration : patience
E) approval : censure

3. VERTEX : PYRAMID ::
A) strand : hair
B) rectangle : box
C) rung : ladder
D) frame : picture
E) summit : mountain

4. MOVIE : DIRECTOR ::
A) store : salesperson
B) business : manager
C) book : critic
D) competition : athlete
E) product : advertiser

5. CUTLERY : KNIFE ::
A) machinery : fuel
B) lumber : saw
C) suitcase : handle
D) bookcase : volume
E) furniture : chair

Answer

1.(A) A plug fits into a socket; a key fits into a lock.
2.(C) Rage is an intensified form of anger; delight is an intensified form of pleasure.
3.(E) The vertex is the highest point of a pyramid; the summit is the highest point of a mountain.
4.(B) A movie is directed by a director ; a business is managed by a manager.
5.(E) Knife is an example of cutlery; chair is an example of furniture.

1. ASPIRANT : AMBITION ::
A) mentor : malice
B) renegade : faith
C) virtuoso : innocence
D) rebel : defiance
E)antagonist : maturity

2. ANARCHISM : GOVERNMENT ::
A) paternalism : ancestors
B) pacifism : war
C) realism : progress
D) capitalism : commerce
E) socialism : society

3. STUPIDITY : DUNCE ::
A) obstinacy : introvert
B) flattery : sycophant
C) fear : clown
D) acuity : hypocrite
E) deceit : vagrant

4. REMISSION : DISEASE ::
A) recollection : imagination
B) resurgence : determination
C) prescription : diagnosis
D) quiescence : storm
E) regression : violence

5. DISCUSSION : ALTERCATION ::
A) planning : action
B) speech : tirade
C) uncertainty : change
D) dialogue : conversation
E) group : convention

Answer

1.(B) To reach the source of a river, one must travel upstream; to reach to the peak of mountain, one should travel uphill.
2.(A) Farmers work on arable land; occupants live in habitable houses.
3.(E) A hackneyed (meaning overused) phrase has lost its novelty; a threadbare (meaning oversued) clothing has lost its novelty.
4.(E) A salesperson sells merchandise; a broker sells stocks.
5.(D) Dogmatic is descriptive of a dictum (meaning maxim, axiom); cryptic (meaning puzzling) is descriptive of a riddle.

1.CAPTAIN : CREW ::
A) Student : faculty
B) mascot : team
C) defendant : jury
D) chairperson : committee
E) representative : senate

2. HOMESTRETCH : RACE ::
(A) source : essay
(B) gallery : play
(C) finale : opera
(D) applause : oration
(E) prelude : concerto

3. ROBBERY : THIEF ::
A) jewelry : burglar
B) forgery : counterfeiter
C) hostage : kidnapper
D) sabotage : plunderer
E) capture : fugitive

4. MENAGERIE : ANIMALS ::
A) circus : acrobats
B) gallery : paintings
C) sachet : powders
D) archives : events
E) factory : furniture

5. PILGRIM : PIETY ::
A) explore : curiosity
B) miser : poverty
C) gambler : winner
D) knight : beauty
E) monk : loneliness

Answer

1.(D) A captain is the head of the crew in a ship; a chairperson is the head of the committee.
2.(C) The homestretch is the final lap in a race; the finale is the final scene ma opera.
3.(B) A thief indulges in robbery; a counterfeiter indulges in forgery.
4.(B) (A menagerie is a small zoo.) A menagerie has a collection of animals; a gallery has a collection of paintings.
5.(A) A pilgrim travels because of his piety; an explorer travels because of his curiosity.