Discussion
Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. Pen : Ink :: Pencil : ?
Answer: C
Ink is the material a pen uses to make its mark, so the second word names what the first thing writes with. A pencil makes its mark with lead (graphite), so lead is the word that completes the relation. Paper is what both instruments write on, not what they write with, write is what both of them do, and an eraser is used to remove a pencil mark rather than to make one. The answer is Lead, option (C). Analogy questions are solved by stating the relation in one sentence, here 'the first is a writing instrument and the second is what it writes with', and applying the same sentence to the third word.
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