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.
Starvation : Nutrition : : Exhaustion : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Energy
The relation is deficiency : what is lacking. Starvation is a want of nutrition; exhaustion is a want of energy. Courage and freshness are qualities of spirit rather than what the exhausted body has run out of.
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Bollworm : Cotton : :Gundhi bug : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Rice
The relation is pest : the crop it attacks. The bollworm bores into the bolls of cotton; the gundhi bug sucks the milky grain of rice in the ear, leaving it shrivelled and giving the crop its characteristic smell.
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Accident : Carefulness : : Disease : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Sanitation
The relation is misfortune : what prevents it. Accidents are prevented by carefulness; disease is prevented by sanitation - clean water, drainage and hygiene. Treatment and medicine come after the disease has been caught.
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Annotate : Text : : Caption : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Photograph
The relation is explanatory addition : what it is attached to. An annotation is added to a text; a caption is added to a photograph, telling the reader what is shown.
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Physiology : Biology : : Metaphysics : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Philosophy
The relation is branch : the discipline it belongs to. Physiology is a branch of biology, dealing with how living bodies function; metaphysics is a branch of philosophy, dealing with the nature of being and reality.
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Shark : Fish : : Lavender : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Shrub
The relation is particular kind : the class it belongs to. A shark is a fish; lavender is a shrub - a small woody perennial of the mint family, grown for its scented flowers.
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Circle : Circumference : : Square : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Perimeter
The relation is figure : the measure of its boundary. The distance round a circle is its circumference; the distance round a square is its perimeter, \( 4a \) for a side \( a \). Area measures the surface enclosed rather than the boundary.
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Oriel : Room : : Tendon : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Muscles
The relation is projection : what it is attached to. An oriel is a bay window projecting from a room; a tendon is the tough cord by which a muscle is attached to bone.
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Car : Petrol : : Television : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Electricity
The relation is machine : the energy that drives it. A car runs on petrol; a television runs on electricity. The antenna and transmission bring it the signal, but the power comes from the mains.
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Applique : Ornament : : Impound : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Confiscate
The relation is word : its synonym. To appliqué is to ornament by sewing one piece of material onto another; to impound is to confiscate - to take into legal custody. Grab and snatch imply force rather than legal authority.
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