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.
Flower : Butterfly : : Dirt : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Fly
The relation is place : the creature it attracts. A flower attracts the butterfly; dirt attracts the fly. A sweeper removes dirt rather than being drawn to it.
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Malaria : Disease : : Spear : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Weapon
The relation is example : the class it belongs to. Malaria is a disease; a spear is a weapon. A wound and death are what the spear may cause, and a sword is another weapon rather than the class.
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Harp:Drum::Flute:?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Bugle
The relation is instrument : another played the same way. The harp and the drum are both sounded by the hand; the flute and the bugle are both sounded by blowing. The violin is bowed and the piano and harmonium are keyed.
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Imprison:Jail::Exile:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Banish
The relation is punishment : the word for imposing it. To imprison is to confine in jail; to exile is to banish from the country. The country is where one is banished from, and punishment is the general class.
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Victory:Encouragement::Failure:?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Frustration
The relation is outcome : the feeling it produces. Victory brings encouragement; failure brings frustration. Defeat is another word for the failure itself rather than the feeling it leaves.
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Dilatory:Expeditious::Direct:?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Circumlocutory
The relation is word : its opposite. Dilatory - slow and delaying - is the opposite of expeditious; direct is the opposite of circumlocutory, going round about instead of straight to the point. Tortuous describes a winding path rather than winding speech.
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Cunning:Fox::Timid:?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Rabbit
The relation is quality : the animal proverbially associated with it. The fox stands for cunning; the rabbit stands for timidity. The ass is proverbially foolish and the horse strong.
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Matricide : Mother : : Homicide : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Human
The relation is killing : the victim it names. Matricide is the killing of one’s mother; homicide is the killing of a human being. Patricide names the father and infanticide the child.
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Food : Stomach : : Fuel : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Engine
The relation is fuel : where it is consumed. Food is digested in the stomach; fuel is burnt in the engine. A plane, a truck and a car are vehicles the engine is fitted to.
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Quail : Partridges : : Yak : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Oxen
The relation is animal : its plural or group form. A group of quail are partridges’ near kin among the game birds, and yaks belong with the oxen - the bovine family. Deer and antelope are separate families.
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