20 Multiple Choice Questions on Analogy

ANALOGY
The 1913 Websters Dictionary defined an 'Analogy' as under:

1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness
between things in some circumstances or effects, when the
things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning
enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light
is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before
hidden.
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Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an
analogy between these objects, or one thing has an
analogy to or with another.
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Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or
essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a
similarity of relations, and in this consists the
difference between the argument from example and that
from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere
similarity of two things; in the latter, from the
similarity of their relations. --Karslake.
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2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between
organs or parts which are decidedly different.
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3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
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4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or
general rules of a language; similarity of origin,
inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like,
as opposed to anomaly. --Johnson.
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-- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

analogy
n 1: an inference that if things agree in some respects they
probably agree in others
2: drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some
respect; "the operation of a computer presents and
interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models
show by analogy how matter is built up"
3: the religious belief that between creature and creator no
similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity
is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will
always be inadequate [syn: doctrine of analogy, [ant: apophatism, cataphatism]

-- From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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.Laptop : P.C. :: ? : Trunk-box.

tool-kit brief-case shoulder-bag satchet

2.Rain : clouds :: ? : lacrimal sac.

tears blood water sweat

3.Barometer : pressure :: ? : Thermometer.

heat climate weather temperature

4.Typhoid : bacteria :: ? : virus.

malaria T.B. eczema polio

5.Polio : muscular :: ? : nervous.

paralysis depression ulcer colic

6.Wire : Guitar :: ? : body.

muscle blood vessel gland nerve

7.Music : Trumpet :: ? : body.

sound voice thoughts ideas

8.Sour : acid :: ? : nectar.

astringent bitter sweet hot

9.Arteries and veins : body :: ? : country.

phones t.v. roads and rail-tracks trucks

10.Marrow : bone :: ? : tube.

ice wine powder paste

11.River : rill :: ? : pond.

Sea Ocean Gulf Bay

12.Hitler : Germany :: ? : Italy.

Garibaldi Magini Mussolini Davinci

13.Kilimanjaro : Africa :: ? : Nepal.

Godwin Austin Nanda Devi Fujimoro Everest

14.Cage : bird :: ? : human.

bail jail cottage dwelling

15.Louisiana : France :: ? : Russia.

Alaska Greenland Canada U.S.A.

16.Case : violin :: ? : corpse.

pall paul coffin pal

17.Blood : meat :: ? : fruit.

pulp seeds juice sucrose

18.Rabies : dog :: ? : mosquito.

cholera typhoid leprosy malaria

19.Petticoat : women :: ? : men.

vest brief sleeves scarfs

20.Flora : plants :: ? : animals.

fauna zoology biology environment

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