Sunday, September 27, 2009

CAT Question Answers: Analogies

Tricky as they are, Analogies test the students expertise in Vocabulary and the usage of words.
CAT questions on Analogies entail the test taker to identify the relationship between the given pair of words and choose a pair of words carrying the same relationship, out of five such options.

These relationships could be:
1. one is an EXAMPLE of the other
2. one is a TYPE of the other
3. one is a PART of the other
4. one is a QUALITY of the other
5. one is an INSTRUMENT of the other
6. one is at a LOWER/HIGHER INTENSITY than the other

In simple words, the relation can be defined in terms of WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, HOW...

Students use their knowledge of Roots, Prefix and Suffix to crack questions on Analogies.

Try out some more techniques, put your doubts on Analogies as Comment to this post.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Please clarify what 'that' stands for in the following sentence:-
" Starfish consumes its prey outside its body, by using tiny suction-cupped tube feet and sack-like cardiac stomach THAT emerges from the mouth to envelop the prey and digest it"

PSYsolution said...

Can atomic structure (nucleus and electrons) be called as Analogy of solar system (Sun and Planets)?

Anonymous said...

PRAISE : LAUDATORY

a) libel:defamatory
b) altercation : shape
c) insoluble : dissolved
d) glance : beneficence
e) criticize: conciliating

nancy said...

THAT stands for the stomach of Starfish.
" Starfish consumes its prey outside its body, by using tiny suction-cupped tube feet and sack-like cardiac stomach THAT emerges from the mouth to envelop the prey and digest it"
The first two "its" stands for STARFISH, "that" stands for "sack-like cardiac stomach" and the last "it" stands for "prey"

nancy said...

Can atomic structure (nucleus and electrons) be called as Analogy of solar system (Sun and Planets)?


Yes, The Electrons revolve around the Nucleus of an Atom as the Planets move around the Sun.
This is a good analogy.

Here's the analogy:
Sun:Planets::Nucleus:Electrons