Find the relationship in the given pair, then apply exactly the same relationship to the new one. The rule is never "something similar" — it is always identical arithmetic.
An analogy has exactly one correct relationship. Your job is to state it precisely in words before you look at any option.
Two words are given with their coded partners, and a third word needs its partner. The relationship is almost always a uniform shift applied to every letter. Two examples are given so you can confirm the rule before applying it.
The exam gives you two worked pairs for a reason: it wants you to check. Find the shift from the first pair, verify it on the second, then apply it. If the two pairs disagree, you have misread a letter.
Find the shift on the first letter, confirm it on the final letter, and apply. The middle letters almost never differ, and checking them all costs you twenty seconds.
PARENTS is related to TEVIRXW. In the same way ACHIEVE is related to EGLMIZI. To what is PROUDLY related?
Written as 15 : 5 :: 26 : ? The relationship connecting 15 to 5 must connect 26 to the answer in exactly the same way. Run the checklist rather than guessing.
Test 4 is the one people skip, and it is exactly the one the 2021 paper used. If a plain square root fails, try adding a small number first.
Adding a constant before taking the square root is a favourite AAI construction. It looks impossible until you try it, and then it is instant.
15 : 5 :: 26 : ?
You are given a set of three numbers and asked which option follows the same internal relationship. Anchor on the first number and describe how the other two relate to it.
Once stated that way, testing four options takes ten seconds. Describing the set as "6 times 3 is 18 and 18 times 2 is 36" is a chain, and chains are much slower to test.
Never describe a triad as a chain. Two arrows, both starting at the first number. Every option then reduces to two quick divisions.
The 2025 Shift 2 paper introduced a format where the letters do not change at all — they move. Given triads like NAMASTE – AMASTEN – MASTENA, the rule is that the first letter goes to the end each time.
Because no letter is altered, you can check an option almost instantly: every term must contain exactly the same letters as the original word. Any option with a scrambled interior is wrong immediately.
Scan the options for any that reorder the middle of the word. Those are decoys. Only the option where every step is a clean front-to-back move can be correct.
NAMASTE – AMASTEN – MASTENA and ETHICAL – THICALE – HICALET. Which option follows the same logic?
Word analogies test the relationship, not the topic. State the link in a short sentence, then find the option where the identical sentence is true.
Common relationship types: worker to tool, part to whole, cause to effect, item to category, degree of intensity, and product to raw material. Say the sentence before you read the options.
If your sentence is true for two different options, it is too vague. Make it more specific until only one option survives.
Practice covering all five analogy types, with a printable alphabet-position strip and ruled working space for your letter and number arithmetic. Print it, solve it, keep it.
Multiple choice and assertion–reason, building in difficulty. Full solutions are in the downloadable PDF above.
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