Analogies Questions and Answers Part-16

1.The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Bread : Yeast :: Curd : ?
a) Fungi
b) Bacteria
c) Germs
d) Virus

Answer: b
Explanation: First is produced by the action of second.

2. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Court : Justice :: School : ?
a) Teacher
b) Student
c) Ignorance
d) Education

Answer: d
Explanation: First is the place where the second is imparted.

3.The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Roster : Duty :: Inventory : ?
a) Furnace
b) Exports
c) Goods
d) Produce

Answer: c
Explanation: Roster is a list of duties and inventory is a list of goods.

4. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Mother : Child :: Cloud : ?
a) Weather
b) Rain
c) Thunder
d) Water

Answer: b
Explanation: First gives birth to the second.

5. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
South : North-West :: West : ?
a) South-west
b) North-East
c) East
d) South

Answer: b
Explanation: The direction indicated by the second word in each pair lies 135° clockwise to that indicated by the first word.

6. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Electricity : Wire :: Water : ?
a) Pipe
b) River
c) Jug
d) Bottle

Answer: a
Explanation: Second is used to transmit the first.

7. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Coal : Heat :: Wax : ?
a) Energy
b) Candle
c) Light
d) Bee

Answer: c
Explanation: First is burnt for producing the second.

8. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Energy : Joule :: Volume : ?
a) Solid
b) Capacity
c) Kilogram
d) Litre

Answer: d
Explanation: Second is a unit to measure the first.

9. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Steel : Alloy :: Zinc : ?
a) Metal
b) Non-metal
c) Salt
d) Halogen

Answer: a
Explanation: Steel is an alloy, and Zinc is a metal.

10. The following question, consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Lakshadweep : Kavaratti :: Andaman and Nicobar : ?
a) Port Blair
b) Daman
c) Pondicherry
d) Silvassa

Answer: a
Explanation: Second is the capital of the first.