Word Analogy Test

The former encloses the latter.

A bullet is a component or item stored within a gun, just as books are items stored within a school-bag. The other options do not follow this containment relationship.

Clouds are the source or precursor of rain, just as wind is the precursor or driving force of a hurricane. This represents a cause-and-effect relationship.

Sorrow is a negative emotion associated with death, while happiness is a positive emotion associated with birth. This is an analogy of contrasting emotional states linked to life events.

Drug can be helpful in reducing pain. Similarly, diet can be helpful in increasing or reducing weight.

The latter is the young one of the former.

Discipline is maintained in the school. In the same way, conformity of rules is maintained in the society.

Electron revolves around nucleus as Earth revolves around Sun.

A girl is a young female who grows into a woman, just as an infant is a young human who grows into a child. This represents a developmental stage relationship.

A shoe is made of leather, which is its primary material. A car is made of parts, but the relationship 'Car : Engine' is a whole-to-part relationship, which is the closest fit among the options provided.

A pedal is the mechanism used to operate a bicycle, just as winding is the mechanism used to operate a clock. Both represent an action required to activate a device.

 The aftermath of an explosion is debris; the aftermath of a collision is injuries.

War can result in defeat, just as a contest can result in victory. These are outcomes of specific competitive events.

 A clerk keeps the record of correspondence; an archivist keeps the record of archives.

To blow a horn is to perform an action on an object to produce a result. Similarly, to solve a problem is to perform an action on a challenge to reach a conclusion.

A child is a member of a family, just as a tentacle is a part of an octopus. This represents a part-to-whole relationship.

To interrupt is to interfere with the act of speaking, just as to intrude is to interfere with the act of entering. Both involve unauthorized interference.

 A room is part of a house. True, but a roof is part of a building, but this is in reference to a building, which a house is. The room is a non-specific part and house is a specific building. When we look at wheel : chair, the two make up a whole 'wheelchair'. The wheel is part of the wheelchair and the chair is the specific thing it is (a chair with wheels).

Cutting hair is an action performed on a subject. Throwing a fall is not a standard idiom, but among the choices, it represents an action-object pair.

A tadpole is the immature form of a frog, just as a caterpillar is the immature form of a butterfly. This is a life-cycle stage relationship.

Bacteria cause illness. Similarly, a bomb causes explosion.

Building the bridge between the given pair, we may say:
Clothes are kept in a Closet.
Ink is present in a pen.

Large and enormous are synonyms where the second is an intensifier of the first. Plump and fat share this same relationship.

Coolness is a characteristic associated with the night, just as warmth is a characteristic associated with the day. These are natural environmental pairings.

We determine the quality of cloth by its texture. Similarly, the quality of a book is judged by its text.