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.
Oasis : Sand : : Island : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Water
The relation is fertile or raised patch : what surrounds it. An oasis is surrounded by sand; an island is surrounded by water. The sea is one body of water rather than the general condition.
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Lion : Prowl : :Bear : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Lumber
The relation is animal : the way it moves. A lion prowls, moving stealthily in search of prey; a bear lumbers, moving heavily and clumsily. Frisking belongs to a lamb and bounding to a deer.
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Mirror : Reflection : : Water : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Refraction
The relation is surface : the optical effect it produces. A mirror gives reflection, throwing light back; water gives refraction, bending light as it passes from one medium to the other - which is why a stick in water looks broken.
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Firm : Flabby : : Piquant : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Bland
The relation is quality : its opposite. Firm is the opposite of flabby; piquant - sharply and pleasantly flavoured - is the opposite of bland, which has no flavour to speak of.
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Wood : Charcoal : :Coal : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Coke
The relation is fuel : what remains when it is heated without air. Wood so treated leaves charcoal; coal so treated leaves coke, the volatile matter having been driven off in both cases. Ash is what is left after burning with air.
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Drama : Scene : : Book : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Chapter
The relation is work : the division it is built from. A drama is divided into scenes; a book into chapters. A page is a physical sheet rather than a division of the argument.
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Anatomy : Zoology : : Paediatrics : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Medicine
The relation is branch : the discipline it belongs to. Anatomy is a branch of zoology when it deals with animal structure; paediatrics is a branch of medicine, concerned with the diseases of children.
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War : Death : : Smoke : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Pollution
The relation is cause : the harm it brings. War brings death; smoke brings pollution. Fire is what produces smoke rather than what smoke produces.
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Scout : Army : : Clerk : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Office
The relation is worker : where he serves. A scout serves with the army; a clerk serves in an office. Files are what he handles and the officer is who he serves under.
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Winter : Hibernation : : Summer : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Aestivation
The relation is season : the dormancy it induces. Winter brings hibernation; summer brings aestivation - the torpor in which snails, lungfish and some reptiles pass a hot, dry season.
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