Exercise: Analogy

Questions for: Time

BEGINNING : END :: DAWN : ?

A: Night
B: Dusk
C: Noon
D: Morning
Answer: B

✅ The relationship between BEGINNING and END is one of direct temporal opposition, representing the start and conclusion of a period or process.

✅ DAWN signifies the very beginning of the day, specifically the first light or sunrise.

✅ To complete the analogy, we need the direct temporal opposite or the end of the day's light period.

✅ Dusk is the period of fading light after sunset, marking the end of daylight before nightfall, making it the perfect counterpart to Dawn.

❌ A) Night is the period after dusk, not its direct opposite in the same way BEGINNING is to END.

❌ C) Noon represents the middle of the day, not the end.

❌ D) Morning is the period following dawn but precedes the middle and end of the day.

Day : Week :: Month : ?

A: Year
B: Season
C: Calendar
D: Decade
Answer: A

✅ The first pair, Day : Week, establishes a relationship where a smaller unit of time (Day) is a constituent part of a larger, commonly recognized sequential period of time (Week).

✅ Following this same part-to-whole relationship, a Month is a constituent unit that makes up a Year.

❌ Option B, Season, is a period within a year but not a direct numerical aggregation of months in the same way a week is of days or a year is of months.

❌ Option C, Calendar, is a system or tool for organizing time, not a unit of time itself.

❌ Option D, Decade, is a period of ten years; while composed of months, it is not the primary or immediate larger unit that a month directly aggregates into, unlike the relationship between day and week, or month and year.

RIDDLE : ANSWER :: QUESTION : ?

A:

Query

B:

Response

C:

Inquiry

D:

Sentence

Answer: B

Explanation: A riddle expects an answer; a question expects a response. Prompt → expected reply.

FIRE : WARMTH :: RAIN : ?

A:

Cloud

B:

Flood

C:

Thirst

D:

Growth

Answer: D

Explanation: Fire produces warmth as one of its effects; rain produces (promotes) growth — cause → typical effect.

HOSPITAL : DOCTOR :: COURT : ?

A:

Jury

B:

Lawyer

C:

Prison

D:

Verdict

Answer: B

Explanation: A hospital is the workplace/profession domain for doctors; a court is the workplace/profession domain for lawyers (profession to primary workplace/role).

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