Analogy, Classification and Odd One Out — Say the Sentence, Then Pick

Analogy and classification are the highest-density marks in the reasoning section. SSC CGL and CHSL set four to six of them, Railway NTPC and Group D three to five, and they appear in BPSC TRE-4 and CTET mental ability too. Each one takes about fifteen seconds if you have a method and about ninety if you do not — which is the real reason candidates run out of time, not the hard questions at the end.

The method is one sentence long: say the relationship aloud as a full sentence, then apply the same sentence to the second pair. 'A cobbler works with leather' — so 'a carpenter works with wood'. Notice that the sentence also fixes the direction. 'Wood is worked by a carpenter' is a different sentence, and papers exploit exactly that difference by offering an option that reverses the pair. Never eyeball an analogy. Say it.

1. ACE : BDF :: GIK : ?

2. 7 : 56 :: 9 : ?

3. Barometer : Pressure :: Seismograph : ?

4. Which one does not belong with the other three?

5. Which one is different from the other three?

6. Cobbler : Leather :: Carpenter : ?

7. Using the EJOTY memory aid, what is the position of the letter T in the English alphabet?

8. Which letter is opposite to H in the English alphabet (that is, as far from Z as H is from A)?