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.
Noise : Din : : Quiet : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Hush
The relation is word : its intenser synonym. Noise at its loudest is a din; quiet at its deepest is a hush. Dumb and gag concern the inability or prevention of speech rather than the quality of silence.
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Touch : Feel : : Greet : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Acknowledge
The relation is action : what it amounts to. To touch is to feel; to greet is to acknowledge another’s presence. A smile is one way of greeting rather than what greeting means.
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Sword : Slaughter : : Scalpel : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Surgery
The relation is blade : the purpose it is used for. The sword is the instrument of slaughter; the scalpel is the instrument of surgery. Both cut, but one to destroy and one to heal.
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Life : Autobiography : : Witness : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Documents
The relation is subject : the record that attests it. A life is attested by an autobiography; a witness’s account is attested by the documents put in evidence with it. Truth is what both are meant to establish.
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Chef : Restaurant : : Druggist : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Pharmacy
The relation is tradesman : where he practises. A chef works in a restaurant; a druggist works in a pharmacy. Medicine is what he dispenses, and chemist is another name for the man rather than the place.
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Dancer : Stage : : Minister : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Pulpit
The relation is speaker : the raised place he performs from. A dancer performs on a stage; a minister of religion speaks from a pulpit. An assembly and a parliament are gatherings rather than the place he stands.
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Ecology : environment : : Histology : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Tissues
The relation is science : what it studies. Ecology studies organisms in their environment; histology studies the tissues of the body under the microscope. Fossils belong to palaeontology and hormones to endocrinology.
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Wine : Grapes : : Perry : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Pears
The relation is drink : the fruit it is fermented from. Wine is made from grapes; perry is made from pears, as cider is made from apples.
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Jungle : Zoo : : Sea : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Aquarium
The relation is natural habitat : the artificial one that imitates it. Animals of the jungle are kept in a zoo; creatures of the sea are kept in an aquarium. A harbour and a fishery serve human purposes rather than displaying the animals.
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Primo : Music : : Suburb : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: City
The relation is part : the whole it belongs to. A primo is the leading part in a piece of music; a suburb is an outlying part of a city.
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