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.
Tectonics : Building : : Taxidermy : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Stuffing
The relation is discipline : the activity it consists of. Tectonics is the science of building - of structure and how it is put together; taxidermy is the art of stuffing and mounting the skins of animals so that they keep their lifelike form.
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Legend : Story : : Merlin : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Hawk
The relation is particular kind : the general class. A legend is a kind of story; a merlin is a kind of hawk - a small falcon of the northern moors, and the name is a bird before it is a wizard.
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Foundation:Edifice::Constitution:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Nation
The relation is base : what rests on it. The foundation carries the edifice; the constitution carries the nation, laying down the framework within which it is governed. The government and the cabinet are formed under it rather than resting on it as a whole.
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Taxonomy:Classification::Pedology:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Soil
The relation is science : what it studies. Taxonomy is the science of classification; pedology is the science of soil - its formation, structure and classification.
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Nightingale:Warble::Frog:?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Croak
The relation is creature : the sound it makes. The nightingale warbles; the frog croaks. Yelping belongs to the dog, cackling to the hen and squeaking to the mouse.
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Rondo:Music ::Lay:?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Song
The relation is particular form : the general class. A rondo is a form of music; a lay is a form of song - a short narrative piece meant to be sung, as in a minstrel’s lay.
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Deciduous:Willow::Coniferous:?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Spruce
The relation is class of tree : an example of it. The willow is deciduous, shedding its leaves each autumn; the spruce is coniferous, bearing cones and keeping its needles. Oak, lime and elm are all deciduous.
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Annihilation : Fire : : Cataclysm : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Flood
The relation is disaster : the agent that causes it. Annihilation may come by fire; a cataclysm - in its oldest sense, an overwhelming deluge - comes by flood. The word itself derives from the Greek for washing down.
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Lemur : Monkey : : Rook : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Crow
The relation is animal : the family it belongs to. A lemur is a primate akin to the monkey; a rook is a bird of the crow family, distinguished by the bare grey skin at the base of its bill.
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Vestry : Church : : Dispensary : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Hospital
The relation is room : the institution it belongs to. The vestry is the room in a church where vestments are kept; the dispensary is the room in a hospital where medicines are made up and issued.
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