This topic is less of reasoning and more of Elementary General Awareness which we study in our Primary and middle school. Analogy tests, the similarity in relation based on certain grouping and classification would be Odd man out based on certain grouping. Take an example:
Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mohd Azharuddin and Virendra Sehwag . They have been classified in one group based on certain classification of similarities and of the given four one of them is not a part of that similarity. You have to find out that:
X might think its Virendra Sehwag since all the other three have captained India in the world cup. (Azhar in 1992, 1996 and 1999; Ganguly in 2003 and Dravid in 2007) at the same time Y might Argue that its Rahul Dravid since all the other three scored a century in their debut test. Both X and Y are correct in their own right but it all depends on what parameters has the paper setter designed the questions. No one can teach analogy or classification its all about your awareness and application. We will discuss few questions just to acquaint ourselves with the format. We are also providing you with some common information which might help you in answering the questions in the examinations.
Table:1
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Country
|
Capital
|
Currency
|
Official language
|
Algeria
|
Algiers
|
Dinar
|
Arabic
|
Angola
|
Luanda
|
Kwanza
|
Portuguese
|
Benin
|
Porto-novo
|
CFA franc
|
French
|
Botswana
|
Gaborone
|
Pula
|
English setswana
|
Burkina faso
|
Ouagadougou
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Burundi
|
Bujumbura
|
Rupie
|
Kirundi French
|
Cameroon
|
Yaounde
|
Cfa franc
|
French English
|
Cape verde
|
Praia
|
Cape Verdean escudo
|
Portuguese
|
Central African republic
|
Bangui
|
Cfa franc
|
French sango
|
Chad
|
N’djamena
|
Cfa franc
|
French Arabic
|
Comoros
|
Moroni
|
Comorian franc
|
Comorian Arabic French
|
Congo
|
Brazzaville
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Cote d’ivoire
(ivory coast)
|
Yamoussoukro(official)
Abidjan (seat of govt)
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Democratic republic
Of the congo
|
Kinshasa
|
Congolese franc
|
French
|
Djibouti
|
Djibouti
|
Djiboutian franc
|
French Arabic
|
Egypt
|
Cairo
|
Egyptian pound
|
Arabic
|
Equatorial guinea
|
Malabo
|
Equatorial guinean
Peseta
|
Spanish, French, Portuguese
|
Eritrea
|
Asmara
|
Tallero
|
Tigrinya, Arabic, English
|
Ethiopia
|
Addis ababa
|
Birr
|
Amharic
|
Gabon
|
Libreville
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Gambia
|
Banjul
|
Gambian dalasi
|
English
|
Ghana
|
Accra
|
Ghana cedi
|
English
|
Guinea
|
Conakry
|
Guinean franc
|
French
|
Guinea Bissau
|
Bissau
|
Cfa franc
|
Portuguese
|
Kenya
|
Nairobi
|
Kenyan shilling
|
Swahili English
|
Lesotho
|
Maseru
|
Lesotho loti
|
English, Sesotho
|
Liberia
|
Monrovia
|
Liberian dollar
|
English
|
Libya
|
Tripoli
|
Dinar
|
Arabic
|
Madagascar
|
Antananarivo
|
Malagasy ariary
|
Malagasy French
|
Malawi
|
Lilongwe
|
Kwacha
|
English Chichewa
|
Mali
|
Bamako
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Mauritania
|
Nouakchott
|
Ouguiya
|
Arabic
|
Mauritius
|
Port Louis
|
Mauritian rupee
|
Muaritian creole
French English
|
Mayotte
|
Mamoudzou
Overseas department
Of france
|
Euro
|
French
|
Morocco
|
Rabat
|
Moroccan dirham
|
Arabic berber
|
Mozambique
|
Maputo
|
Mozambican metical
|
Portuguese
|
Niger
|
Niamey
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Nigeria
|
Abuja
|
Naira
|
English
|
Reunion
|
Saint-denis
Overseas department
Of france
|
Euro
|
French
|
Rwanda
|
Kigali
|
Rwandan franc
|
Kinyarwanda, English
French
|
Saint Helena, ascension
and Tristan da cunha
|
Jamestown(sainthelena)
Georgetown (ascentsion
Island) edinburg of
The seven seas(Tristan
De cunha)
|
Sanit Helena
Pound
Pound sterling
|
English
|
Sao tome and principal
|
Sao tome
|
Dobra
|
Portuguese
|
Senegal
|
Dakar
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Seychelles
|
Victoria
|
Seychellois rupee
|
Seychellois creole
French English
|
Sierra leone
|
Free town
|
Leone
|
English
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
Somali shilling
|
Somali Arabic
|
Somali land
|
Hargeisa
|
Somaliland shilling
|
Somali Arabic
|
South Africa
|
Pretoria(administrative
& executive)
Capetown(legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
|
South African rand
|
Afrikaans, English
Sotho, zulu etc
|
South sudan
|
Juba
|
South sudanese pound
|
English
|
Sudan
|
Khartoum
|
Sudanese pound
|
Arabic English
|
Tanzania
|
Dodome(official)
Dares salaam (seat of
Government)
|
Tanzanian shilling
|
Swahili English
|
Togo
|
Lome
|
Cfa franc
|
French
|
Tunisia
|
Tunis
|
Tunisian dinar
|
Arabic
|
Uganda
|
Kampala
|
Ugandan shilling
|
Swahili engilsh luganda
|
Western sahara
|
Non disputed territory
Between morocco and
The Sahrawi arab
Democratic republic
|
Morocco dirham
Algerian dinar
Mauritanian ouguiya
|
Respective claimants
|
Zambia
|
Lusaka
|
Zambian kwacha
|
English
|
Zimbabwe
|
Harare
|
Various
|
English shone sindebele
|
Abkhazia
|
Sukhumi
|
Russian ruble
|
Georgian Abkhaz Russian
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
Afghani
|
Pashto dari(Persian)
|
Armenia
|
Yerevan
|
Dram
|
Armenian
|
Azerbaijan
|
Baku
|
Manat
|
Azerbaijani
|
Bahrain
|
Manama
|
Bahraini dinar
|
Arabic
|
Bangladesh
|
Dhaka
|
Taka
|
Bengali
|
Bhutan
|
Thimphu
|
Bhutanese ngultrum
|
Dzongkha
|
British Indian
Ocean territory
|
Diego gracia overseas
Territory of uk
|
Us dollar uk pound
|
English
|
Brunei
|
Banda seri Begawan
|
Brunei dollar
|
Bahasa melayu
|
Cambodia
|
Phnom penh
|
Riel
|
Khmer
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Renminbi (yuan)
|
Chinese (mandarin)
|
Christmas island
|
Flyig fish cove
External territory
of australia
|
Australian dollar
|
English
|
Cocos
(keeling island)
|
West island
External territory of
Australia
|
Australian dollar
|
English
|
Cyprus
|
Nicosia
|
Euro
|
Greek Turkish
|
East timor
|
Dili
|
Us dollar
|
Portuguese tetum
|
Georgia
|
Tbilisi
|
Lari
|
Georgian
|
Hong kong
|
Special administrative
Region of china
|
Hong kong dollar
|
English Cantonese
|
India
|
New delhi
|
Rupee
|
Hindi English
|
Indonesia
|
Jakarta
|
Rupiah
|
Indonesian
|
Iran
|
Tehran
|
Rial
|
Persian
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
Iraqi dinar
|
Kurdish Arabic
|
Israel
|
Jerusalem
|
New shekel
|
Hebrew English Arabic
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Yen
|
Japanese
|
Jordan
|
Amman
|
Jordanian dinar
|
Arabic
|
Kazakhstan
|
Astana
|
Tenge
|
Kazakh Russian
|
Kurdistan
|
Erbil
|
Dinar
|
Kurdish
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwait city
|
Kuwaiti dinar
|
Arabic
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Bishkek
|
Som
|
Kyrzyz Russian
|
Laos
|
Vientiane
|
Kip
|
Lao
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
Lebanese pound
|
Arabic
|
Macau
|
Special administrative
Region of china
|
Macanese pataca
|
Portuguese Cantonese
|
Malaysia
|
Kuala lumpur(official)
Putrajaya (seat of
Government)
|
Ringgit
|
Malaysian
|
Maldives
|
Male
|
Maldivian rufiyaa
|
Maldivian
|
Mongolia
|
Ulaanbaatar
|
Togrog
|
Mongolian
|
Myanmar
(Burma)
|
Naypyidaw
|
Kyat
|
Burmese
|
Nepal
|
Kathmandu
|
Nepalese rupee
|
Nepali
|
North korea
|
Pyongyang
|
North Korean won
|
Korean
|
Oman
|
Muscat
|
Rial
|
Arabic
|
Pakistan
|
Islamabad
|
Pakistani rupee
|
English urdu
|
Palestine
|
Gaza strip
|
Israeli shekel
|
Arabic
|
Philippines
|
Manila
|
Philippine peso
|
Filipino English
|
Qatar
|
Doha
|
Riyal
|
Arabic
|
Saudia Arabia
|
Riyadh
|
Saudi riyal
|
Arabic
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Singapore dollar
|
English chinese malay
Tamil
|
South korea
|
Seoul
|
Soth Korean won
|
Korean
|
Sri lanka
|
Colombo
|
Srilankan rupee
|
Sinhalese tamil
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
Syrian pound
|
Arabic
|
Taiwan
|
Taipei
|
New Taiwan dollar
|
Chinese ie mandarin
|
Tajikistan
|
Dushanbe
|
Somoni
|
Tajik
|
Thailand
|
Bangkok
|
Baht
|
Thai
|
Turkey
|
Ankara
|
Turkish lira
|
Turkish
|
Turkmenistan
|
Ashgabat
|
Turkmen new
Manat
|
Turkmen
|
United arab emirates
|
Abu dhabi
|
Uae dirham
|
Arabic
|
Uzbekistan
|
Tashkent
|
Uzbekistan som
|
Uzbek
|
Vietnam
|
Hanoi
|
Dong
|
Vietnamese
|
Yemen
|
Sana’a
|
Yemenerial
|
Arabic/taglog
|
Aland islands
|
Marieham (autonomous
Region of finland)
|
Euro
|
Swedish
|
Albania
|
Tirana
|
Lek
|
Albanian
|
Andorra
|
Andorra la vella
|
Euro
|
Catalan
|