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Q: Select the word pair in which the two words are related in the same manner as the two words in the following word pair :Police : Protection

The matching pair is Minister : Governance.The relationship is that of a person to the function he performs: the police provide protection, and a minister carries out governance.A thief is sent to jail (a consequence, not a function), a king rules a kingdom (the place he rules), and a teacher teaches a class (the group taught); none is a person-to-function pair in the same way.

Q: Find the missing number (?).129 : 32 :: 109 : 27 :: 289 : ?

The missing number is 72.In each pair, the first number is four times the second plus 1: \(4 \times 32 + 1 = 129\) and \(4 \times 27 + 1 = 109\).For 289: \(\frac{289 - 1}{4} = 72\), and \(4 \times 72 + 1 = 289\). 54, 96 and 28 give 217, 385 and 113.

Q: Radical : Moderate : : Revolution : ?

Correct answer: ReformationThe relation is extreme form : its moderate counterpart. A radical wants sweeping change where a moderate wants gradual change; a revolution sweeps the old order away where a reformation repairs it from within. Peace is not a form of change at all.

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341.

Select the word pair in which the two words are related in the same manner as the two words in the following word pair :
Police : Protection

A.Minister : Governance
B.Thief : Jail
C.King : Kingdom
D.Teacher : Class

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UKPSC Lower PCS - 2025,

Answer: A

The matching pair is Minister : Governance.

The relationship is that of a person to the function he performs: the police provide protection, and a minister carries out governance.

A thief is sent to jail (a consequence, not a function), a king rules a kingdom (the place he rules), and a teacher teaches a class (the group taught); none is a person-to-function pair in the same way.

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342.

Find the missing number (?).
129 : 32 :: 109 : 27 :: 289 : ?

A.54
B.96
C.72
D.28

Exam Year(s)

UKPSC Lower PCS - 2025,

Answer: C

The missing number is 72.

In each pair, the first number is four times the second plus 1: \(4 \times 32 + 1 = 129\) and \(4 \times 27 + 1 = 109\).

For 289: \(\frac{289 - 1}{4} = 72\), and \(4 \times 72 + 1 = 289\). 54, 96 and 28 give 217, 385 and 113.

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343.

Radical : Moderate : : Revolution : ?

A.Change
B.Chaos
C.Peace
D.Reformation

Answer: C

Correct answer: Reformation

The relation is extreme form : its moderate counterpart. A radical wants sweeping change where a moderate wants gradual change; a revolution sweeps the old order away where a reformation repairs it from within. Peace is not a form of change at all.

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