Analogy (Word) – MBA CET questions with solutions

Solution: Indigent means poor, opposite to wealthy. Gauche means awkward or socially clumsy, contrasting with graceful. Scholarly and erudite are similar in meaning; bushel and corn have a measure-product relationship; the other pairs are not opposites.

Answer: C

Approach: Analogy — antonym pair.

Solution: Corporeal (bodily, physical) : Spiritual (of the soul) are opposites. Moron (very foolish person) : Savant (very learned person) are also opposites — option B.

Why the other options are wrong:
A mesa : plateau: near-synonyms (flat-topped landforms).
C foreigner : immigrant: related, not opposite.
D pedagogue : teacher: synonyms.
E colours : pallet: things on a palette — part/holder relation.

Answer: B

Approach: Identify the relationship: peel and peal are homophones (same sound, different spelling and meaning).

Solution: Peel (skin of fruit) and peal (ringing of bells) sound alike. Rain (water from clouds) and reign (rule) sound alike too – homophones.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: coat : rind – both coverings; synonyms, not homophones.
B: brain : cranium – thing and its protective case.
D: bright : brighter – degrees of comparison.
E: laugh : bell – 'peal of laughter/bells' association, not the pair's relation.

Answer: C

Approach: Relationship: doggerel is inferior, low-quality work produced in a poet's field.

Solution: Doggerel = badly written, trivial verse; a poet writes verse. Similarly, pulp fiction = cheap, low-quality fiction; a novelist writes fiction. Both pairs: low-quality product : its maker.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: symphony : composer – a high-quality, serious work, not inferior.
C: kitten : veterinary doctor – patient : doctor.
D: wine : vintner – product : maker, but with no sense of poor quality.
E: prediction : astrologer – output : maker, no quality sense.

Cetking shortcut: Spot the extra layer (poor quality) – it separates B from D/E.

Answer: B

Approach: Relationship: a barge is a type of vessel (specific : general).

Solution: Barge → a kind of vessel. Shovel → a kind of implement (tool). Same 'type of' relation.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: mouse : pad – used together, not a type.
B: rim : edge – synonyms.
C: training : preparation – near-synonyms / purpose.
E: book : anthology – part : collection (reversed whole).

Cetking shortcut: Make a sentence: 'A barge is a type of vessel' – only 'A shovel is a type of implement' fits.

Answer: D