Verbal Analogies

The analogy refers to Indian films inspired by Hollywood movies. Ghajini (2008) was inspired by Memento (2000). Similarly, Kante (2002) was inspired by Reservoir Dogs (1992). Both involve similar themes of crime and revenge.

Oil provides energy - it's the resource/function relationship. Similarly, a library provides information. Books are physical objects in a library, not what it 'provides' in the abstract sense.

The relationship is 'Cause : Negative Consequence'. Just as smoke causes pollution, war causes death. This analogy follows a cause-and-effect pattern where the first word leads to an undesirable outcome. Other options like 'VICTORY' (positive outcome) or 'ENEMY' and 'ARMY' (participants in war) don't represent the negative consequence that war inherently brings.

A guide performs the action of directing (showing the way), just as the verb 'reduce' means to decrease (make smaller). The relationship is 'noun to its defining verb' - guide directs, reduce decreases.

A director provides creative leadership and guides the making of a movie. Similarly, a manager provides strategic leadership and guides the operations of a business. Both pairs represent a leader-entity relationship where one person directs and coordinates the collective effort.

The relationship is substance:storage facility (water stored in reservoir). Note: 'reservour' is a typo for 'reservoir'. Similarly, money is stored in a bank. Option A shows substance:use. Option C shows body:body relationship. Option D shows part:group relationship. Only B correctly matches substance:storage, despite the typo in the question.

A concert is performed for an audience (event:witnesses). Similarly, a game is watched by spectators. Option A shows venue:staff (waiters work at restaurant, not witnesses). Option B shows performers:performers (orchestra consists of musicians, not event:audience). Option D shows institution:participants (cheerleaders perform at school, not spectators). Only C correctly captures event:witnesses relationship.

An actor is a person who performs in a play. Similarly, a musician is a person who performs in a concert. The relationship is 'performer : performance setting.' The other options are incorrect because: symphony is what musicians play (not the performer), piano is an instrument used by musicians, and percussion is a type of instrument or instrument section.

The relationship is synonymy. 'Guide' is a synonym for 'direct', just as 'reduce' is a synonym for 'decrease'. 'Increase' is an antonym, while 'maintain' and 'preserve' imply keeping something the same.

Prescient means having knowledge of events before they take place, characterized by insight. Erudite means having or showing great knowledge or learning, characterized by wisdom. Both pairs represent an adjective and the quality it possesses.

Entomology is the study of insects, so the parallel branch of zoology that studies birds is ornithology. Oology is specifically the study of eggs (not the birds themselves), while zoology is too broad (covers all animals) and botany is the wrong kingdom entirely.

Oslo is the odd one out as it is in Norway, while Aarhus, Odense, and Aalborg are all Danish cities.

The analogy "Bark : Tree :: Scales : ?" is a part-to-whole analogy. In other words, it is comparing a part of something to the whole thing that it is a part of.

• Bark is a part of a tree.
• Scales are a part of a fish.

Therefore, the answer to the analogy is fish. This is because scales are a characteristic of fish, just as bark is a characteristic of trees.

The other options are incorrect because they are not parts of fish. Gills are used for breathing, elephants do not have scales, and dogs have fur.

Therefore, the correct answer is A.

Here is a table that summarizes the analogy:

The roman numeral for 951 is CMLI (951 = 900 + 50 + 1 = CM + L + I). Checking each option, 'Chlamydia' contains the letters C, L, M, and I - all the letters from CMLI. Gonorrhea lacks C, M, and L; Syphilis lacks C and M; Hepatitis lacks C, M, and L.

The relationship is 'number: counting system based on that number of digits.' Decimal is base-10 (ten digits: 0-9), and binary is base-2 (two digits: 0-1). A septet means a group of seven, not a base-7 number system. Quartet means a group of four. Quince means fifteen in Spanish, not a number system.