Wednesday, 12 October 2011

GRE Reasoning : Analogy 3


  1. Vicuna : Camel : : Repec : Violin  (Vicuna is an animal , similar to camel
    repec is a musical instrument , similar to violin)
  2. USA : Congress : : Iran : Majlis (parliament of USA is called Congress and  that of Iran is called Majlis)
  3. Foresight : Anticipation : : Insomnia : Sleeplessness (Synonyms)
  4. Tanning : Leather : : Pyrotechnics : Fireworks
  5. Salve : Ointment : : Sauterne :  Wine 
  6. Nark : Spy : : Shyster : Lawyer
  7. Pituitary : Brain : : Thymus : Chest (Pituitary is gland of brain , Thymus is gland of chest)
  8. Novice : Learner : : Harbinger : Messenger (synonyms)
  9. Knoll : Hill : : Eclogue : Poem (knoll is a small hill , eclogue is short poem)
  10. Seismograph : Earthquakes : : Taseometer : Strains (first is device used to measure second)

GRE Reasoning : Analogy 2


  1. Eccrinology : Secretions : : Selenography : Moon 
  2. Archipelago : Islands : : Massif : Mountains 
  3. Origami : Paper : Ikebana : Flowers(first is an art associated with second) 
  4. Penology : Punishment : : Seismology : Earthquakes 
  5. Igloos : Canada : : Rondavels : Africa 
  6. Mastic : Gum : : Suet : Fat
  7. Nautilus : Fish : : Teal : Duck 
  8. Anaemia : Blood : : Anarchy : Government 
  9. Misogamy : Marriage : : Misogyny(First is a hatred for the second)
  10. Probe : Wound : : Anemograph : Force 

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

GRE Reasoning : Analogy 1

  1. Painting : Artist : : Symphony : Composer           
  2. Pongee(is a type of silk) : Silk : : Shallot(is a kind of boat) : Boat                             
  3. Dawn : Dusk : : Inauguration : Valediction 
  4. Tectonics(is the science of dealing with the art of building) : Buildings : : Taxidermy(is the art of stuffing animals) : Stuffing 
  5. Legend  : Story : : Merlin : Hawk 
  6. Annihilation : Fire : : Cataclysm : Flood 
  7. Lemur(belongs to the family of monkey) : Monkey : : Rook(belongs to the family of crow) : Crow 
  8. Vestry : Church : : Dispensary : Hospital 
  9. Visitor(is given an invitation to attend an occasion) : Invitation : : Witness(is delivered a subpoena providing for attendence at the court) : Subpoena 
  10. Mash : Horse : : Mast : Pig

Zloty, Mother Teresa, Leicester


  1. Color of peridots(semi-precious stones) is green.
  2. Zloty is the unit of currency of Poland.
  3. Mother Teresa of Calcutta won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace.
  4. The human race doubles its number after every 35 years. 
  5. Quarantine is isolation because of sickness ,also it is a sort of red apple(also called Quarrender).
  6. The Japanese art of sword fighting is called Kendo.
  7. 39,44,44,512 is the number of 4-inch sausages that would be needed to circle the earth at the equator.
  8. Uranus is the most distant planet just visible to the naked eye. 
  9. The six main vitamins are A, B, C, D, E and K. 
  10. Border , Leicester and Corriedale are all breeds of Sheep.
  11. A average person eats about 50 tons of food in a lifetime. 

'big bang' theory, Red Crescent, The Old Bailey....


  1. Georges Lemaitre was the man responsible for the 'big bang' theory.
  2. .The moon takes 27.3 days to complete a full revolution of the earth.
  3. Admiral Beaufort gave his name to a wind force scale.
  4. An average healthy scalp sheds about 65 hairs in twenty-four hours. 
  5. The Old Bailey is another name for London's Central Criminal Court. 
  6. The equivalent of Red Cross in Muslim Countries is the Red Crescent. 
  7. Canada owns the Queen Elizabeth islands in the Arctic.
  8. Planets are the heavenly bodies which  the Greeks call 'wandering stars'.  
  9. Carpet-Bagger is the American political term for an entrepreneur who began business in the devasted southern states with no more than could be carried in a carpet-bag.
  10. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain of North America.

Manhattan Project(1942), American Admiral Robert E. Peary...



  1. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project(1942) were researching on atomic bomb.
  2. London's Underground system is powered by electricity.
  3. A sand wedge is used for getting out of a bunker in golf.
  4. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
  5. The Olympic Games have been cancelled three times(1916,1940,1944) due to war.
  6. The International Hydrographic Bureau does not recognize the Antarctic Ocean.
  7. In 1937, the earth missed a major disaster by less than 3 seconds when it nearly collided with a minor planet called Hermes.
  8. The first person to reach North Pole was American Admiral Robert E. Peary on 6 April 1909.
  9. By 8 inches the level of sea drops each spring.
  10. A average person eats about 50 tons of food in a lifetime. 

Interferometer, Orology, Yugoslavia, Crown Jewels....



  1. Anaemia is caused to the deficiency of Iron.
  2. Apollo II's landing module was called 'Eagle'.
  3. Apollo 11's communal module was called Columbia.
  4. Infra Dignitatem means Beneath one's dignity.  
  5. The wavelength of light is measured by interferometer.
  6. Orology is the scientific study of  mountains.
  7. In Yugoslavia a pig is brought into the house for good luck on New Years Eve.
  8. The planet surrounded by rings is Saturn.
  9. The creatures which accompany sharks and ships is Pilot fish. 
  10. In London the Crown Jewels are kept in the Tower of London.

Castel Gandolfo, Walther 7.65.....


  1. The summer residence of Pope is Castel Gandolfo.
  2. In an aeroplane flight the chances of death is highest while landing approach
  3. Albatross is the only bird that can fly all day without once flapping its wings.
  4. Troops of Great Britain, in 1814 set fire to the White House in the nineteenth century.
  5. Blues and violets colors make a scene appear to recede on a picture.
  6.  Adolf Hitler used Walther 7.65 pistol to commit suicide.
  7. The only European country in which a wife does not take the name of her husband upon marriage is Spain.
  8. The axis of the earth is moving and in 12,000 years the pole star will be replaced by VEGA
  9. ALOHA is the Hawaiian word of greeting.
  10. CHESHIRE is the oldest of the English cheeses.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Brain Teasers VII : Christopher Columbus, Heinrich Himmler


  1. Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
  2. The belt of forest running from Scandinavia to Japan is known as the Taiga.
  3. The largest living creature without a backbone is giant Squid.
  4. Bulls are not excited specifically by  the color red because they are color-blind.
  5. Study of fossil fuels is called Palaeontology.
  6. Whale's nostril is called blowhole.
  7. The anaconda of South America is the largest and heaviest of all snakes.
  8. Heinrich Himmler was head of Hitler's SS.
  9. About 40,000 muscles are there in the trunk of an elephant.
  10. SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.