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.
Ruby : Red : : Sapphire : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Blue
The relation is gemstone : its characteristic colour. A ruby is red; a sapphire is blue. Both are corundum, and it is the trace impurity - chromium in one, iron and titanium in the other - that decides the colour.
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Squint:Eye::Squeeze:?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Hand
The relation is action : the organ that performs it. One squints with the eye; one squeezes with the hand. Cloth is what may be squeezed rather than what does the squeezing.
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Hermit:Solitude::Intruder:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Privacy
The relation is person : the condition he is associated with. A hermit seeks solitude; an intruder violates privacy. A burglar is another kind of intruder, not the condition he affects.
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Tea:Cup::Tobacco:?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Cheroot
The relation is substance : the vessel it is held in for consuming. Tea is drunk from a cup; tobacco is smoked in a cheroot, the roll in which the leaf is held for smoking. Leaves are the raw material and toxin describes an effect.
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Market:Demand::Farming:?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Monsoons
The relation is activity : what chiefly governs its success. A market is governed by demand; farming in India is governed by the monsoon, on whose rains the season’s crop depends. Foodgrain is the output and the farmer the worker.
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Skirmish:War::Disease:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Epidemic
The relation is small instance : large-scale form. A skirmish is a small engagement, a war the full conflict; a disease in a few becomes an epidemic when it spreads through a population.
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House : Garbage : : Ore : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Gangue
The relation is source : the worthless matter left over. A house yields garbage; ore yields gangue, the valueless rock separated from the mineral during dressing. Dregs are the sediment of a liquid.
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HongKong : China : : Vatican : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Rome
The relation is enclave : the territory that surrounds it. Hong Kong lies within China; the Vatican lies wholly within Rome, an independent state of some 44 hectares inside the Italian capital.
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Steel : Rails : : Alnico : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Magnets
The relation is alloy : what it is used to make. Steel is rolled into rails; Alnico - aluminium, nickel and cobalt with iron - is used for permanent magnets, for which it was developed.
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Poodle : Dog : : Moose : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Deer
The relation is particular kind : the family it belongs to. A poodle is a breed of dog; a moose is the largest member of the deer family.
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