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.
Fruit : Banana : : mammal : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Cow
The relation is class : a member of that class. A banana is a fruit; a cow is a mammal. A snake is a reptile, a sparrow a bird, and a fish belongs to none of these.
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Porcupine : Rodent : : Mildew :?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Fungus
The relation is organism : the group it belongs to. A porcupine is a rodent; mildew is a fungus - the powdery growth that appears on damp cloth and leaves. It is not an insect, and “germ” and “pathogen” describe what an organism does rather than what it is.
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Reading : Knowledge : : Work:?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Experience
The relation is activity : what it yields. Reading yields knowledge; work yields experience. Employment is the arrangement under which one works, not what the working produces.
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Scrap : Food : : Lees : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Wine
The relation is residue : what it is left from. Scraps are what remains of food; lees are the sediment left at the bottom of a cask of wine. The word belongs specifically to wine-making.
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Conscience : Wrong : : Police : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Crime
The relation is restraining agency : what it restrains. Conscience checks wrongdoing from within; the police check crime from without. A thief is the person, and law and discipline are the instruments rather than the thing restrained.
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Cricket : Bat : : Hockey : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Stick
The relation is game : the implement used to strike the ball. Cricket is played with a bat; hockey with a stick. The field, the ball and the player are the setting and participants, not the implement.
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Tile : Mosaic : : Knot : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Macrame
The relation is unit : the craft built from it. Tiles make up a mosaic; knots make up macramé, the craft of knotting cord into patterns. Embroidery is made with stitches, and an abacus and an easel are not made of knots.
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Import : Export : : Expenditure : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Revenue
The relation is outward flow : inward flow. Import is the opposite of export; expenditure - money going out - is the opposite of revenue, money coming in. A deficit is what remains when expenditure exceeds revenue, not the opposite term.
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Hill : Mountain : : Stream : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: River
The relation is smaller feature : its larger counterpart. A hill is a small mountain; a stream is a small river. A canal is man-made, and a glacier is ice rather than flowing water.
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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, appointed to that office as the President holds his. The Chief Minister heads the elected government, which is the counterpart of the Prime Minister.
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