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.
Conference : Chairman :: Newspaper : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Editor
The relation is enterprise : the one who presides over it. A conference is presided over by its chairman; a newspaper by its editor, who decides what it prints. Reporters write for it and printers produce it, but neither is in charge.
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Oxygen : Burn : : Carbon dioxide : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Extinguish
The relation is gas : its effect on fire. Oxygen makes things burn; carbon dioxide extinguishes a fire, by displacing the oxygen and smothering the flame - which is why it fills fire extinguishers.
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Safe : Secure : : Protect : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Guard
The relation is word : its synonym. Safe means secure; to protect means to guard. A lock is a means of protection rather than a word for it, and to conserve is to save from waste rather than from harm.
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Physician : Treatment : : Judge : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Judgement
The relation is office holder : what he delivers. A physician delivers treatment; a judge delivers a judgement. Punishment follows from the judgement, the lawyer argues before him, and the court is where he sits.
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Country : President : : State : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Governor
The relation is unit of government : its constitutional head. A country has a President; an Indian state has a Governor. A Chief Minister heads the elected government, as the Prime Minister does at the centre, but the Governor is the counterpart of the President.
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Ice : Coldness : : Earth : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Gravitation
The relation is body : the property associated with it. Ice is associated with coldness; the earth with gravitation, the attraction it exerts on everything near it. Weight is the effect of that attraction on a particular body rather than the property of the earth itself.
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Nurture : Neglect : : Denigrate : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Extol
The relation is word : its opposite. To nurture is the opposite of to neglect; to denigrate - to blacken someone’s reputation - is the opposite of to extol, to praise highly. Calumniate is a synonym of denigrate, not its antonym.
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Planet : Orbit : : Projectile : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Trajectory
The relation is moving body : the path it follows. A planet moves along its orbit; a projectile follows its trajectory, the curve traced by a body thrown or fired. “Track” and “path” are general words; the technical term for a projectile is trajectory.
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Genuine : Authentic : : Mirage : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Illusion
The relation is word : its synonym. Genuine means authentic; a mirage is an illusion - something that appears to be there but is not. Refraction is the physical cause of a mirage rather than a word meaning the same thing.
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Cobbler : Leather : : Carpenter : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Wood
The relation is craftsman : the material he works. A cobbler works leather; a carpenter works wood. Furniture and a chair are what he produces, and a hammer is a tool.
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