Verbal Analogies

The relationship is 'entity:essential support system.' An army requires logistics for effective functioning and operations. Similarly, a business requires strategy for successful operation and growth. Strategy to business is what logistics is to an army - the planning and coordination backbone.

Ten relates to decimal because decimal is base-10 number system. Similarly, two relates to binary because binary is base-2 system. Seven:septet refers to a group of seven, not a number system. Four:quartet is about musical groups. Five:quince is a false relationship (quince means fifteen).

Logistics is essential to army operations, providing supply chain and operational support. Similarly, strategy is essential to business operations and planning. Soldier:students and team:individual don't capture the function-support relationship. War:logic is not analogous to the system-support relationship.

ARID lacks MOISTURE (it's characterized by dryness). SILENT lacks SOUND (it's characterized by absence of sound). This is an 'X is defined by lack of Y' analogy. The other pairs don't show this relationship - sandy and water can coexist, verdant needs sunshine, and taps can produce drops.

This analogy measures intensity. "Furious" is an extreme version of being "annoyed." Similarly, "delighted" is an extreme version of being "pleased." "Angry" is a synonym for annoyed, and "skeptical" is unrelated.

To answer this question, the user needs to understand the relationship between the first word and the second word in the given pair, and identify which of the options has a similar relationship between its own pair of words.

The relationship between TANGO and DANCE is that TANGO is a type or category of DANCE. Therefore, the correct answer should have a similar relationship between its own pair of words.

Now, let's go through each option and explain why it is right or wrong:

A. stanza : line - This option is incorrect because stanza and line are not directly related in the same way as TANGO and DANCE. A stanza is a group of lines in poetry, but the relationship between a stanza and line is not one of type/category.

B. tonality : instrumentation - This option is incorrect because tonality and instrumentation are not directly related in the same way as TANGO and DANCE. Tonality refers to the key or mode of a piece of music, whereas instrumentation refers to the instruments used to perform the music.

C. arabesque : theme - This option is incorrect because arabesque and theme are not directly related in the same way as TANGO and DANCE. Arabesque is a type of ballet position or movement, whereas a theme is a recurring idea or subject in a work of art.

D. rhyme : pattern - This option is incorrect because rhyme and pattern are not directly related in the same way as TANGO and DANCE. Rhyme refers to the repetition of sounds at the end of words, whereas pattern refers to a repeated sequence of elements.

E. elegy : poem - This option is correct. An elegy is a type or category of poem that expresses sorrow or grief for someone who has died. Therefore, the relationship between elegy and poem is similar to the relationship between TANGO and DANCE.

The Answer is: E

A swarm is a large group of insects. Similarly, a throng is a large crowd or group of people. The relationship is collective group : individual organism. Option D is parent-offspring, not group-individual. Option A is event-participant.

This is an analogy question testing relationship parallels. A desert contains an oasis (a fertile area within harsh conditions). Similarly, an ocean contains an island (land within water). The relationship is 'harsh environment : refuge/fertile spot within it'. Option B correctly maintains this analogy. Water and sea are components of ocean, not contained features like oasis/island.

Amharic is the official working language of Ethiopia. Kiev and Sofia are European capitals, Dutch is a Germanic language, and Serbian is a Slavic language, none of which have a primary cultural or geographic link to Ethiopia.

Pummel means to hit repeatedly or forcefully, making it a specific form of hitting. Similarly, chant means to recite rhythmically or repetitively, making it a specific form of reciting. The analogy shows the relationship between a general action and a more specific, repetitive version of that action.

The relationship in Unemployed : Worker is that unemployed is a temporary state or condition that a worker can be in. A worker can be employed or unemployed. Similarly, fallow is a temporary state that agricultural land can be in - land can be cultivated or fallow (left unused to recover). Both represent a potential non-active state of a productive entity. Option B: unaware is a state, but sleeper is not a productive entity. Option C: wit is a quality, not a state of jester. Option D: renovated is a past state, not a potential current state like unemployed.

Just as a worker is unemployed a piece of land unused is fallow.

Death: legacy, the bridge that can be built between them is that after a person dies his legacy or will is announced. Similarly, in option (2), trial: verdict, trial implies a formal lawsuit in a court and after a trial ends or finishes, the verdict is announced or given. Therefore, these two pair of words are similar. Hence, option (2) is correct answer.

Curse and malediction are both synonymous words. So, a pair of synonyms is required for us to answer this question correctly. This is available only in option (4) with interdict meaning to forbid with authority and prohibition again refers to the word forbid. Therefore, option (4) is correct answer.

Noble is a man belonging to aristocracy or upper class while Plebian is referred to a commoner or people from lower class. So, these two represent a pair of antonyms. In option (1), fixed represents a person firmly placed or established and vagrant is a wanderer who wanders from place to place and lives a wandering life. Therefore, a pair of antonyms as predicted. Therefore, it can be marked as correct answer.