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.
Anatomy : Zoology : : Paediatrics : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Medicine
The relation is branch : the discipline it belongs to. Anatomy is a branch of zoology when it deals with animal structure; paediatrics is a branch of medicine, concerned with the diseases of children.
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War : Death : : Smoke : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Pollution
The relation is cause : the harm it brings. War brings death; smoke brings pollution. Fire is what produces smoke rather than what smoke produces.
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Scout : Army : : Clerk : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Office
The relation is worker : where he serves. A scout serves with the army; a clerk serves in an office. Files are what he handles and the officer is who he serves under.
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Winter : Hibernation : : Summer : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Aestivation
The relation is season : the dormancy it induces. Winter brings hibernation; summer brings aestivation - the torpor in which snails, lungfish and some reptiles pass a hot, dry season.
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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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