Analogy means “Similarity”.
Analogy questions ask you to determine the relationship between a pair of words and then to recognoze a similar or parallel relationship between a different pair of words or letters. It tests the ability of a candidate to determine relationships existing between pair of words. The relation may center around synonyms, antonyms, cause and effect or other areas. Solving questions based on anology requires not only enriched vocabulary but also an idea of different phenomena, relationship among human being, causes and their effects and so on. Sufficient practice will definitely enable the candidate to achieve mastery in this section. Keeping various questions asked in different examinations in mind, we divide this section into Type-1, type-2, Type-3.
Analogy and its Importance in Exams:
Usually two to three questions are asked in bank PO examinations from verbal analogy . Analogy is an important section of reasoning because it is that section through which examinars test the candidate’s ability to compare and establish proper relationship among the given items on the basis of certain commonality. In case of question on Non-Verbal Analogy , it is very easy to recognise the common features between the given figures owing to certain limitations. Figures may have similar movement, rotation, orientation, shape, size, etc. and if you are able to observe these features you can select appropriate answer quickly. But in case of question on verbal analogy it is not possible to delimit the types of relationship which might exist between the given items. Apart from common types of relationship, sometimes unusual type of relationship is provided in the questions. Therefore, the chapter on analogy is aimed not only at testing your reasoning ability but also overall knowledge, IQ, as well as the power of decision making.
The word ANALOGY has been derived from two words taken together: ANA means “Relation” and LOGUS means ”Knowledge”.
The word Analogy is a noun which literally means (1) a similar feature, condition, state etc,. shared by two things that are compared and (2) a process of reasoning based on similar feature of two things.
Thus, Analogy means similar feature, a common feature or “correspondence”. Questions on verbal analogy judge your ability to understand the diverse relationship between various elements, things, phenomena, acts, terms etc., in their proper context. Such questions are aimed at testing the candidate’s overall knowledge, power of reasoning and the abilty to think conclisively and logically. A candidate can develop and improve his ability to judge conclusively through sufficient practice and awareness.
The word Analogy is a noun which literally means (1) a similar feature, condition, state etc,. shared by two things that are compared and (2) a process of reasoning based on similar feature of two things.
Thus, Analogy means similar feature, a common feature or “correspondence”. Questions on verbal analogy judge your ability to understand the diverse relationship between various elements, things, phenomena, acts, terms etc., in their proper context. Such questions are aimed at testing the candidate’s overall knowledge, power of reasoning and the abilty to think conclisively and logically. A candidate can develop and improve his ability to judge conclusively through sufficient practice and awareness.
Questions on analogy cover almost all type of relationship or commonality that one can think of and which we generally observe in our day to day life.
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