Wednesday, July 20, 2011

20 Assorted MCQs based on 'Analogies'

ANALOGY
Analogies deal with resemblences in essential respects. This resemblance, often, will be the agreement of relationship between two pairs of two entities each.
e.g. Hitler : Germany (Relationship of ruler and the country). This is the first pair.
Mussolini : Italy (Relationship of ruler and the country. This is the second pair.
How a question is set? : One of the four items Hitler-Germany-Mussolini-Italy will be amiss. We have to supply the missing item.
Question: Hitler:Germany (:: =is as) Mussolini : ?. The examiner may offer four answers to select from. say a) France b) Austria c) Italy d) Greece. We have to select Italy, because Mussolini was the ruler of Italy, just as Hitler was the ruler of Germany.

Here is a small MCQ Test based on analogies. Just , click the answer which you consider as the best. Press the 'get score button' when you are done. You can press the 'get score' button any number of times even in the midst of test. Press 'reset' if you want to try afresh.

1.Franklin Roosevelt : Truman :: Gordon Brown : ?.
D.W.D. Cameroon
N.W.P. Clegg
G.G.O. Osborne
W.J. Hague

2.Nicolas Sarkozy : Francois Fillon :: D.A. Medvedev : ?
I.I. Shuvalov
V.A. Zubkov
S.V. Lavrov
V.V. Putin

3.London : Atlantic :: Colombo : ?
Atlantic
Antarctic
Indian
Pacific

4.Bering Strait : Pacific :: Gibralter : ?
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic

5.Aluminium : Aircraft :: Steel : ?
anchor
bridge
mast
ship

6.Schistosomiasis : snail :: Dengue : ?
fly
mosquito
poultry
Tsetse fly

7.Lassa fever : mice :: Plague : ?
cats
dogs
mice
poultry

8.? : Europe :: India : Asia (clue: 2nd in population).
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy

9.? : Europe :: Rwanda : Africa (hint: Density of population).
Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco

10.13 Colonies : United States :: thousands of islands : ?
Greenland
Iceland
Japan
Indonesia

11.Case Law : Common Law :: Administrative Law : ?
Delegated law
Law Merchant
Statutory Law
Roman Law

12.Ice : water :: Dry Ice : ? (Hint: freezing and solidification)
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Carbon Di Oxide
Nitrogen

13.Baptism : child :: Coronation : ?
President
General
Sovereign
Justice

14.Insurance : underwriter :: Funeral : ?
undertaker
overlayer
pallmaker
quickener

15.Canberra : Australia :: Lisbon : ?
Belgium
Portugal
Spain
Luxemburg

16.Captain Cook : Discoveries :: Thomas Alwa Edison : ?
discoveries
theories
gadgets
inventions

17.Hog : grunt :: horse : ?
bleat
blare
cackle
neigh

18.Confucianism : China :: Shintoism : ?
Cambodia
Japan
Myanmar
Vietnam

19.Malachite : copper :: Bauxite : ?
Aluminium
Baricum
Cadmium
Uranium

20.Mozambique : Metic :: U.S.A. : ?
Washington DC
Fed
Constitution
U.S. Dollar


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