[40 Test Answers] CSE Reviewer: Single-Word Analogy

This reviewer on single-word analogy will help you prepare for the upcoming Civil Service Exam or CSE.

Single-word analogy reviewer

Direction: Find the word or words that complete the analogy.

Question 1. Moby Dick : Herman Melville : : The Old Man and the Sea :
A. Charles Dickens
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Charles Perrault
D. Robert Frost

Question 2. Confucius : China : : Mahatma Gandhi :
A. India
B. Japan
C. Africa
D. Philippines

Question 3. BIR : Taxes : : DPWH :
A. Public Roads
B. Houses
C. Traffic
D. Churches

Question 4. Barangay : Captain : : Provincial Government :
A. Congressman
B. Mayor
C. Senator
D. Governor

Question 5. USA : Washington D.C : : Philippines :
A. Quezon City
B. San Juan
C. Manila
D. Cebu

Question 6. Presidential : President : : Parliamentary :
A. Prime Minister
B. King
C. House Speaker
D. Cardinal

Question 7. Tagbanua : Palawan : : Kankanay :
A. Ilocos
B. Cavite
C. Benguet
D. Cebu

Question 8. Pyramid : Egypt : : Taj Mahal :
A. China
B. Japan
C. India
D. Malaysia

Question 9. Tigris-Euphrates : Mesopotamia : : Nile River :
A. Egypt
B. Greece
C. Italy
D. Spain

Question 10. Mahabharata : India : : Gilgamesh :
A. Assyria
B. Sumer
C. Chaldea
D. Babylon

Question 11. Italy : Latin : : Greece :
A. Grecian
B. French
C. Greek
D. Greece

Question 12. Sistine Madonna : Raphael : : Last Supper :
A. Michaelangelo
B. Leonardo da Vinci
C. Rembrandt
D. Van Gogh

Question 13. Stalagmite : Floor : : Stalactite :
A. Wall
B. Ceiling
C. Mouth
D. Window

Question 14. Catholic : Priest : : Muslim :
A. Rajah
B. Hajji
C. Koran
D. Imam

Question 15. Giovanni Boccaccio : Decameron : : Niccolo Machiavelli :
A. The Little Prince
B. Utopia
C. The Prince
D. Wealth of Nations

Question 16. Samuel Morse : Telegraph : : Alexander Graham Bell :
A. telescope
B. telephone
C. teleportation
D. doorbell

Question 17. Parachute : Andre Jacques Garnerin : : Television :
A. John Logie Baird
B. William Sony
C. John Vincent Crowe
D. Howard Aiken

Question 18. Earth is the center : Ptolemy : : Sun is the center :
A. Albert Einstein
B. Aristotle
C. Galileo
D. Copernicus

Question 19. Pythagorean theorem : Pythagoras : : Cubic Equation :
A. Alfred Nobel
B. Isaac Newton
C. Tartaglia
D. Rene Descartes

Question 20. Henry Cavendish : Hydrogen : : Henry Priestly :
A. carbonic acid
B. oxygen
C. radium
D. potassium

Question 21. Allied Powers : Russia : : Central Powers :
A. France
B. Britain
C. Italy
D. Austria

Question 22. entourage : attendants : : cortege :
A. procession for a saint
B. procession in court
C. funeral procession
D. floral procession

Question 23. islet : small island : : rivulet :
A. small river
B. small land
C. small review
D. small rebel

Question 24. conspicuous : obvious : : hideous :
A. hidden
B. ugly
C. expert in hiding
D. very bad

Question 25. nose : nasal : : abdomen :
A. abnormal
B. abdominal
C. abominate
D. adenoma

Question 26. agnostic : doubts God’s existence : : atheist :
A. denies God’s existence
B. denies God’s creator
C. affirms God’s existence
D. affirms God’s creator

Question 27. infanticide : killing of infants : : genocide :
A. killing of genies
B. killing of geniuses
C. killing of a race or social group
D. killing of Geno

Question 28. latrine : toilet : : lavatory :
A. basin
B. tub
C. sink
D. bathroom

Question 29. masticate : chew : : eradicate :
A. collect
B. count
C. complete
D. throw

Question 30. sadism : delight in cruelty to others : : masochism :
A. delight in building houses
B. delight in hurting masons
C. delight in being abused
D. delight in going to Masses

Question 31. mazurka : Polish : : fandango :
A. Russian
B. Spanish
C. German
D. Polish

Question 32. nearsighted : myopia : : farsighted :
A. hyperopia
B. squint
C. double-vision
D. blink

Question 33. dyslexia : reading : : aphasia :
A. muscle coordination
B. speech
C. eye movement
D. memory

Question 34. maitre d’ : head of restaurant : : busboy :
A. bus conductor
B. bus cleaner
C. waiter’s help
D. head waiter

Question 35. figurine : small figure : : heroine :
A. small hero
B. female hero
C. small drug
D. female drug

Question 36. Xerox : photocopier : : Adidas :
A. athlete’s shoes
B. dress shoes
C. formal wear
D. handsome

Question 37. Sayonara : Goodbye : : Bonjour :
A. Good luck
B. Good day
C. Good night
d. Good evening

Question 38. superfluous : excessive : : supersede:
A. watch over
B. full of seeds
C. great seed
D. take the place of

Question 39. Nativity : Christmas : : Senakulo :
A. Advent
B. Lent
C. Pentecost
D. Passover

Question 40. theme : main idea : : moral :
A. a value
B. a desire
C. a piece of advice
D. a standard

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