Analogy
🔒 Log in to trackAnalogy questions give you one pair (of words, numbers or letter clusters) and ask you to repeat its relationship on a second pair. CGL typically asks 3-5. The skill is naming the relationship precisely — as a one-line sentence or a shift tuple — and testing every option against it.
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83 questions — untimed practice or a timed test with analysis.
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Questions per shift in recent SSC CGL papers.
Test difficulty mix (83 questions)
Question patterns exams keep repeating
Taken from previous-year papers. If a pattern is marked "very common", expect to see it in your exam.
Letters moved by the same number
very commonA letter group and its partner group, like 'EHKN : GJMP :: RUXA : ?'.
Find how many places each letter moved.
Move the third group by the same amount (after Z come back to A).
EHKN : GJMP :: RUXA : ?
E→G, H→J, K→M, N→P: each letter moves +2
R+2 = T, U+2 = W
X+2 = Z, A+2 = C
Answer: TWZC
Letters with a different or opposite rule
commonThe letters do not all move by the same number, or the partner group looks reversed.
Try reading backwards, then opposite letters (A↔Z, B↔Y), then a different move for each letter.
Use the same rule on the third group.
GOLD : TLOW :: IRON : ?
G(7) and T(20) add up to 27, so each letter becomes its opposite
O(15) + L(12) = 27, L(12) + O(15) = 27, D(4) + W(23) = 27
I→R, R→I, O→L, N→M
Answer: RILM
Word pair with a link
very commonTwo related words and a third word with a blank, like 'Newton : Force :: Pascal : ?'.
Say how the first two words are linked in one sentence.
Use the same sentence to pick the answer.
Newton : Force :: Pascal : ?
Newton is the unit of force
So the link is: unit : what it measures
Pascal is the unit of pressure
Answer: Pressure
Number pair with a rule
very commonTwo numbers linked by a rule, like '6 : 35 :: 9 : ?'.
Test simple rules: square, cube, add, multiply.
Check the rule on the first pair, then use it on the second.
6 : 35 :: 9 : ?
6² = 36, and 35 = 36 − 1
Rule: square the number, then subtract 1
9² = 81, and 81 − 1 = 80
Answer: 80
Number sets with the same rule
very commonTwo sets of three numbers follow one rule, and the options are sets too.
Find a rule that works on both given sets (add, multiply, square).
Test each option with that rule.
Sets (4, 5, 41) and (3, 7, 58) follow one rule. Which set also follows it: (2, 6, 40) or (5, 4, 40)?
4² + 5² = 16 + 25 = 41 and 3² + 7² = 9 + 49 = 58
Rule: square the first two numbers and add
(2, 6, 40): 4 + 36 = 40 ✓. (5, 4, 40): 25 + 16 = 41 ✗
Answer: (2, 6, 40)
Choose the pair with the same link
commonA model pair is given, and the options are complete pairs.
Write the link of the model pair in one sentence.
Test every option with it.
Choose the pair related like Tailor : Needle. (a) Painter : Brush (b) Doctor : Hospital
Tailor works with a needle, so the link is worker : tool
(a) Painter : Brush is worker : tool ✓
(b) Doctor : Hospital is worker : place ✗
Answer: (a) Painter : Brush
Letters and numbers mixed
commonA word and a number, like 'RAM : 32 :: SHAM : ?'.
Write the place number of each letter (A = 1, B = 2 ...).
Add them and check the rule on the first pair.
RAM : 32 :: SHAM : ?
R = 18, A = 1, M = 13, and 18 + 1 + 13 = 32
Rule: add the place numbers
S = 19, H = 8, A = 1, M = 13
19 + 8 + 1 + 13 = 41
Blank in a different place
occasionalThe question mark is at the start or in the second pair, like '? : 64 :: 5 : 125'.
Find the rule from the complete pair.
Run the rule backwards for the missing number.
? : 64 :: 5 : 125
5³ = 125, so the rule is: cube the number
We need ?³ = 64
4 × 4 × 4 = 64
Answer: 4