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.
native : aboriginal :: naïve : ______
Answer: C
Correct answer: unsophisticated
The relation is word : its synonym. Native means aboriginal, belonging to a place from the beginning; naïve means unsophisticated - lacking worldly experience. Learned is its opposite.
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junket : ______ :: junk : trash
Answer: B
Correct answer: trip
The relation is word : what it means. Junk is trash; a junket is a trip - an excursion, especially one made at someone else’s expense. The two words look alike but mean quite different things, which is the point of the pairing.
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______ : festive :: funeral : somber
Answer: B
Correct answer: soiree
The relation is occasion : its character. A funeral is sombre; a soirée - an evening party - is festive. A eulogy is a speech given at the funeral rather than an occasion in itself.
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fetish : fixation :: slight : ______
Answer: C
Correct answer: insult
The relation is word : its synonym. A fetish is a fixation; a slight is an insult - a deliberate discourtesy, however small.
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hovel : dirty :: hub : ______
Answer: C
Correct answer: busy
The relation is place : the quality associated with it. A hovel is dirty; a hub is busy - the centre through which everything passes, which is what makes it a hub.
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bog : ______ :: slumber : sleep
Answer: C
Correct answer: marsh
The relation is word : its synonym. Slumber means sleep; a bog is a marsh - soft wet ground. Each pair sets a less common word beside its plainer equivalent.
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______ : segue :: throng : mass
Answer: C
Correct answer: transition
The relation is word : its synonym. A throng is a mass of people; a transition is a segue - the passage from one thing directly into the next, a term borrowed from music.
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ragtime : United States :: raga : ______
Answer: D
Correct answer: India
The relation is musical form : the country it comes from. Ragtime came out of the United States in the 1890s; the raga is the melodic framework of the classical music of India, each raga fixing the notes available and the way they may be approached.
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Some words are given, which are related in some way. Choose the alternative which has the similar relationship among the words as the given words.
State : Country : District
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Answer: C
The matching set is Pen : Stationery : Nib.
In State : Country : District, a state is a part of a country, and a district is a part of a state. The first word belongs to the second, and the third belongs to the first.
Pen : Stationery : Nib follows the same pattern: a pen is an item of stationery, and a nib is a part of a pen. In the other options the third word is not part of the first: a table is not part of a chair, a rectangle is not part of a square, and a mango is not part of a banana. Each of those third words is simply another member of the same class as the first.
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Select the term which is related to the fifth term in the same way, as the second term is related to the first term and fourth term is related to the third term.
X L D : K Y Q : : P V C : C I P : : R N T : ? .
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Answer: D
The missing term is E A G.
Each letter moves 13 places forward in the alphabet (wrapping after Z): X (24) + 13 = 37, minus 26 = 11, K; L (12) + 13 = 25, Y; D (4) + 13 = 17, Q. The same holds for PVC to CIP.
For RNT: R (18) + 13 = 31, minus 26 = 5, E; N (14) + 13 = 27, minus 26 = 1, A; T (20) + 13 = 33, minus 26 = 7, G. So the answer is EAG.
E B G, E A H and E A F each have one letter off by one place.
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