Analogies Questions and Answers Part-18

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:
Scrap : Food :: Lees : ?
a) Bread
b) Tea
c) Wine
d) Rice

Answer: c
Explanation: First is the left over of the 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:
Air : Atmosphere :: Water : ?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Ecosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Stratosphere

Answer: a
Explanation: First constitutes the second.

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:
Blind : Visual :: Deaf : ?
a) Sound
b) Auditory
c) Hearing
d) Listening

Answer: b
Explanation: Blind possesses visual defects. Similarly, a deaf has auditory defects.

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:
Malaria : Disease :: Spear : ?
a) Wound
b) Sword
c) Weapon
d) War

Answer: c
Explanation: Second denotes the class to which the first belongs.

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:
Doctor : Patient :: Politician : ?
a) Masses
b) Voter
c) Power
d) Chair

Answer: a
Explanation: First works for the second.

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:
Nurture : Neglect :: Denigrate : ?
a) Reveal
b) Extol
c) Recognize
d) Calumniate

Answer: b
Explanation: The words in each pair are antonyms of each other.

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:
Sorrow : Death :: Happiness : ?
a) Love
b) Dance
c) Cry
d) Birth

Answer: d
Explanation: First is the feeling associated with 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:
Rat : Cat :: Worm : ?
a) Fishing
b) Earth
c) Bird
d) Silk

Answer: c
Explanation: Second feeds on 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:
Quack : Duck :: Bellows : ?
a) Cat
b) Frog
c) Bull
d) Fox

Answer: c
Explanation: First is the sound produced by the second.

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:
Market : Demand :: Farming : ?
a) Farmer
b) Monsoons
c) Foodgrain
d) Supply

Answer: b
Explanation: First depends on the second for results.