In each of the following questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair bear.Choose the correct alternatives.
Vegetable : Chop : : Body : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Amputate
The relation is object : the word for cutting it. A vegetable is chopped; a limb of the body is amputated. To peel and to prune are done to plants, and “cut” is too general to be the particular term.
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Betel : Chew : : Football : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Kick
The relation is object : what is done to it. Betel is chewed; a football is kicked. Playing is the general activity and running is what the player does.
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Motorcycle : Battery : : Life : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Sun
The relation is thing : the source that powers it. A motorcycle runs on its battery for ignition and lights; life on earth runs on the sun, whose energy plants capture and pass along every food chain.
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Cyclone : Anticyclone : : Flood : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Drought
The relation is phenomenon : its opposite. A cyclone is a region of low pressure and an anticyclone one of high pressure; a flood is too much water and a drought too little. Devastation and havoc are effects, not opposites.
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Happiness : Sorrow : : Comfort : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Hardship
The relation is condition : its opposite. Happiness is the opposite of sorrow; comfort is the opposite of hardship. Poverty is one cause of hardship rather than the general opposite of comfort.
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Mountain : Valley : : Genius : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Idiot
The relation is height : depth. A mountain rises where a valley sinks; a genius stands at the top of the scale of intellect where an idiot stands at the bottom. Intelligence is the quality being measured, not its far end.
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Misogamy : Marriage : : Misogyny : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: woman
The relation is hatred : what is hated. Misogamy is a hatred of marriage; misogyny is a hatred of women - the Greek gyne giving the second element, as gamos, marriage, gives the first.
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Eye : Wink : : Heart : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Throb
The relation is organ : its characteristic movement. The eye winks; the heart throbs. Pumping is what the throb accomplishes, and quivering is an involuntary tremor rather than the regular beat.
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Wine : Grapes : : Vodka : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Flour
The relation is spirit or wine : the raw material it is made from. Wine is fermented from grapes; vodka is distilled from grain - rye or wheat ground into flour and mashed - though potatoes serve in some countries. Oranges and apples give other drinks.
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Calendar : Dates : : Dictionary : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Words
The relation is reference work : what it lists. A calendar lists dates; a dictionary lists words, with their spelling, pronunciation and meaning. Vocabulary is the stock of words a person has, and language is the whole system.
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