Related Pair of Words Mcqs - Set 1

1)   LIQUID: HYDRAULICS::

a. motion: dynamics
b. water: hydroponics
c. data: statistics
d. music: eurythmics
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: motion: dynamics

Explanation:
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2)   CIRCUITOUS : ROUTER ::

a. problematic : solution
b. devious : argument
c. elliptical : brevity
d. judicious : selection
e. profound : depth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: devious : argument

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3)   HOPE : ASPIRES ::

a. love: elevates
b. film: flam
c. fib: lie
d. fake: ordinary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: fib: lie

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4)   CORPOREAL: SPIRITUAL ::

a. mesa: plateau
b. moron: savant
c. foreigner: immigrant
d. pedagogue: teacher
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: moron: savant

Explanation:
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5)   SYMPHONY: COMPOSER ::

a. Leonardo: music
b. Fresco: painter
c. Colours: pallet
d. Art: appreciation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fresco: painter

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6)   GRAIN: SALT ::

a. shard: pottery
b. shred: wood
c. blades: grass
d. chip: glass
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: chip: glass

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7)   DIVA: OPERA ::

a. producer: theatre
b. director: drama
c. conductor: bus
d. thespian: play
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: thespian: play

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8)   PAIN: SEDATIVE ::

a. comfort: stimulant
b. grief: consolation
c. trance: narcotic
d. ache: extraction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: grief: consolation

Explanation:
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9)   LIGHT: BLIND ::

a. speech: dumb
b. language: deaf
c. tongue: sound
d. voice: vibration
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: speech: dumb

Explanation:
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10)   CRUMB : BREAD ::

a. Candle : Light
b. Fire : Spark
c. Hillock : Mountain
d. splinter : Wood
e. Milk : Butter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: splinter : Wood

Explanation:
First find the relationship between the given pair of words, and then look for the pair of words among the answers that has the same relationship.

A CRUMB is a very small piece that falls from or breaks off from a piece of BREAD. In choice (D), splinter is a very small piece that breaks off or splits away from a piece of wood. None of the relationships between the two words in the other choices is similar to the relationship between CRUMB and BREAD, for example,

Candle emits light; it is not a small piece of a candle.
Spark can cause fire. Fire is not a piece of spark.
Hillock and mountain has a relationship of small and large.
Milk is what butter is made from, but butter is not a small piece of Milk.