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Choose the correct option from the given choices.

You have to find out the


pair that has the same relationship at the original pair given in the question.

1) Poverty: Prosperity

a) Love: Sorrow

b) Train: Cart

c) Rain: Flood

d) Intelligence: Stupidity

2) Stage: Theatre

a) Bedroom: House b) Car: Road

c) Patient: Hospital d) School: Education

 stage is part of theatre

3) Tree: Sapling

a) Rock: Mountain b) Horse: Foal

c) Giant: Dwarf d) Hut: Mansion

 Second is the young one of the first

4) Monk: Monastery

a) Noble: House

b) Lon: Hole

c) Nun: Convent

d) Peasant: Village

 Second is dwelling place of first

5) Laboratory: Germs

a) School: Students

b) Playground: Games

c) Library: Books

d) Observatory: Planets

 First is the place to study the second


6) Cool: Frigid

a) Livid: Lurid

b) Poll: Placid

c) Tepid: Torrid

d) Lack: Abundant

 Frigid is the extreme of cooling to make things to freeze likewise, tepid


is only lukewarm and torrid is to dry by heating

7) Lamb: Frisk

a) Deer: Swoop

b) Cat: Steal

c) Bear: Leap

d) Lion: Stride

 Seconds denote the manner of walking of the first

8) Cricket: Pitch

a) Ship: Dock b) Boat: Harbour

c) Wrestling: Track d) Boxing: Ring

 Cricket is playing on pitch likewise, boxing is done in ring)

9) Coffee: Beverages

a) Bread: Butter b) Milk: Tea

c) Burger: Snacks d) Grapes: Wine

 Seconds denotes the class to which first belongs

10) Graphite: Lubricant

a) Movement: Friction b) Iron: Steel

c) Wool: Cloth d) Diamond: Abrasive

 Graphite is used as a lubricant and diamond as an abrasive

11) Illiterate: Uneducated

a) Country: State b) City: Village


c) Palace: Hut d) Vision: Sight

 The word in each pair is synonyms

12) Duralumin: Aircraft

a) Brass: Alloy b) Stone: Sculptor

c) Iron: Steel d) Bronze: Statue

 First is an alloy used to make the second

13) Ribs: Lungs

a) Ball: Sphere b) Hand: Fingers

c) Shell: Net d) Coat: Tie

 First encloses the second and protects it


14) Expend: Replenish

a) Exhort: Encourage

b) Formant: Rebellion

c) Defect: Rejoin

d) Encroachment: Occupy
 The words in each pair are antonyms of each other
15) Money: Transaction

a) Life: Death b) Water: Drink

c) Ideas: Exchange d) Language: Conversation

 We transact with money and converse in a language

16) Fare: Absurdity

a) Disease: Medicine

b) Charity: Generosity

c) Tragedy: Comedy

d) Energy: Electricity

 The words in each pair are synonyms

17) Visitor: Welcome

a) Beggar: Hungry
b) Worship: God

c) Criminal: Prosecute

d) Warrior: Conquer

 A visitor is given a welcome and a criminal is prosecuted

18) Garbage: Dustbin

a) Tree: Honey

b) Medicine: Capsule

c) Kitchen: House

d) Bangles: Hand

 Second contains the first

19) Overlook: Aberration

a) Mitigate: Penitence

b) Condone: Offence

c) Error: Omission

d) Conviction: Criminal

 First is the act of neglecting the second

20) Mongoose: Snake

a) Milk: Goat

b) Fish: Crane

c) Whale: Crow

d) Water: Sky

 First is eaten by the second

21) Blister: Skin

a) Sore: Toe b) Sty: Eye

c) Ball: Pitcher d) Wound: Arm

 Blister is an infection of skin. Sty is the affection of eye

22) Horse: Mare


a) Duck: Geese b) Dog: Puppy

c) Donkey: Pony d) Fox: Vixen

 Second is the female of the first

23) Water: Thirst

a) Ripe: Harvest b) Book: Ignorance

c) Needle: Stitch d) Rain: Throat

 Lack of water is thrust and lack of rain is drought

24) Sale: Purchase

a) Give: Receive b) Shop: Market

c) Cash: Credit d) Profit: Loss

 Sale corresponds to giving and purchase corresponds to receiving

25) Read: Legible

a) Hear: Audible b) Qualify: Eligible

c) See: illegible d) Require: Admissible

 Legible means able to read and audible means able to heard

26) Locks: Warble

a) Crows: Cackle b) Tiger: Yelp

c) Owls: Hoot d) Camel: Bleat


 Second is the sound produced by the first

27) Parsing: Grammar

a) Running: Health b) Praying: God

c) Para trooping: Air force d) Cleaning: House

 First is an essential part of second

28) Story: Novel

a) Sea: Ocean b) School: University

c) Book: Dictionary d) Poetry: Drama

 Second is more voluminous form of the first


29) Balled: Song

a) Envelope: Letter b) Prose: Literature

c) Cat: Leopard d) Ode: Poem

 First is a type of second

30) Fish: Mermaid

a) Cat: Lion

b) Horse: Centaur

c) Unicorn: Tapestry

d) Pegasus: Fly

 A mermaid is a fish imaginary creature, similarly a centaur is a horse


like imaginary creature

31) Loath: Coercion

a) Irate: Antagonism b) Irritate: Caressing

c) Reluctant: Persuasion d) Contemplative:


Meditative

 Loath and Reluctant are synonyms and Coercion and Persuasion are
synonyms

32) Iodine: Goitre

a) Insulin: Diabetes b) Mango: Anemia

c) Hormones: Hemophilia d) Fat: Obesity

 Lack of first causes the second

33) Water: Tip

a) Student: Marks b) Worker: Bonus

c) Employee: Wages d) Clerk: Bribe

 Second is the additional money given to the first for good service

34) Executioner: Criminal


a) Florist: Flowers b) Convict: Murderer
c) Butcher: Animals d) Worker: Manager
 First is responsible for the death of the seconds

36) Thermometer: Temperature

a) Length: Breadth b) Millimeter: Scale

c) Cardiograph: Heart rate d) Solar Energy: Sun

 First is the instrument to be measured the second

37) Portfolio: Securities

a) Lecture: Consignment b) Star: Class

c) Trustee: Company d) Panel: Jurors

 A portfolio is the entire group of securities a person holds for


investment, similarly, a panel is a whole group of jurors

38) Biography: Autobiography

a) Memories: History b) Author: Performer

c) Mobile: Automobile d) Testimony: Confession

 A biography is a person’s life story written by someone else. Whereas


autobiography is one’s story written by oneself. Similarly, a testimony
is a solemn declaration of one’s wrong doing by someone while a
confession is a one’s claim of oneself being a wrong doer
39) Kangaroo: Australia

a) Whale: River b) Elephant: Russia

c) Penguin: Antarctica d) India: Peacock


 Kangaroo is the native of Australia likewise, Penguin is the native of
Antarctica

40) Hitler: Germany

a) Shakespeare: England b) Mussolini: Italy

c) Tulsidas: India d) Boris Yeltsin: Russia


 Hitler was a tyrant belonging to Germany, likewise Mussolini was a
tyrant belonging to Italy

41) Sip: Gulp

a) Touch: Push b) Cup: Glass

c) Tent: Hut d) Soup: Water

 Second is the higher intensity than the first

42) Poultry: Farm

a) Rice: Granary

b) Child: Playground

c) Bee: Hive

d) Rubber: Estate

 Poultry is reared in a farm. Similarly, rubber is grown in an estate

43) Artist: Troupe

a) Market: Crowd b) Flowers: Garland

c) Singer: Chorus d) Fishes: Pond

 Second is a collective group of the first

44) Pulp: Paper

a) Rope: Hemp b) Rayon: Cellulose

c) Thread: Needle d) Yarn: Fabric

 First is used to make the second

45) Lok Sabha: Legislature

a) President: Executive b) Minister: Meeting

c) Judge: Court d) People: Election

 First is the part of second

46) Greed: Corruption

a) Insult: Enemy b) Sleep: Dream


c) Goodwill: Friendship d) Knowledge: Book

 First leads to the second

47) Basement: Attic

a) Nadir: Zenith b) Zenith: Apex

c) Zenith: Root d) Apex: Pinnacle

 Nadir (lowest point) and Zenith (highest point) can be compared to


basement and attic respectively)

48) Wan: Colour

a) Enigmatic: Puzzle b) Pallid: Complexion

c) Insipid: Flavour d) Copulent: Weight

 Wan refers to pale colour; likewise pallid refers to pale complexion

49) Hook: Fish

a) Stadium: Games b) Glove: Ball

c) Symphony: Music d) Word: Alphabets

 First is used to help catch the second

50) Moon: Satellite

a) Earth: Planet b) Flowers: Garland

c) Singer: Chorus d) Fishes: Pond

 Moon is a satellite, likewise earth is a planet

51. Which of the given options is correct with respect to the given pair: “Fire:
Death”
A. Hunger: Starvation B. Rain: Snow C. Fire: Extinguisher D. Black: Board E.
Pen: Pencil Answer: The cause is Fire and the effect is death. Similarly, the
cause is hunger and the effect is Starvation

52. Which of the following analogies does not the pattern as for 9:3?

1. 16:4 2. 12:4 3. 121:11 4. 144:12 5. 81:9 Answer: (2) 12:4 Solution: The
pattern followed in 9:3 is that the first number if the square of the second
number 42 = 16 112 = 121 122 = 144 92 = 81 And 4×3 = 12

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