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.
Man : Biography : : Nation : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: History
The relation is subject : the account of its past. The record of a man’s life is his biography; the record of a nation’s is its history. Geography describes a nation’s land rather than its past.
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Doctor : Diagnosis : : Judge : ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Judgement
The relation is professional : the finding he delivers. A doctor examines and delivers a diagnosis; a judge hears the case and delivers a judgement. Punishment follows the judgement, and the lawyer and the court are the people and place involved.
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Horse : Jockey : : Car : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Chauffeur
The relation is conveyance : the one who drives it. A horse is ridden by a jockey; a car is driven by a chauffeur. Steering and brakes are parts of the car, and a mechanic repairs it rather than driving it.
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Fog : Visibility : : AIDS : ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Resistance
The relation is affliction : what it reduces. Fog reduces visibility; AIDS reduces the body’s resistance to infection by destroying the immune cells. Death may follow from that loss, but it is the consequence rather than what the disease diminishes.
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Ocean : Deserts : : Waves : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Sand dunes
The relation is expanse : the ridges formed on its surface. The ocean’s surface is shaped into waves; the desert’s into sand dunes, raised by the wind exactly as waves are raised on water. Ripples are smaller waves rather than the desert’s counterpart.
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Pork : Pig : : Beef : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Cow
The relation is meat : the animal it comes from. Pork comes from the pig; beef from cattle. Lamb is the meat of the sheep, and a farmer and a herd are not the source animal.
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Illiteracy : Education : : Flood : ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Dam
The relation is evil : what checks it. Illiteracy is checked by education; a flood is checked by a dam, which holds back the water and releases it in a controlled way. Rain and the river are the flood’s source, not its remedy.
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Appraiser : Building : : Critic : ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Book
The relation is assessor : what he assesses. An appraiser values a building; a critic judges a book - or a play or a film. A masterpiece is a verdict rather than the object, and a judge assesses a case.
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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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