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Question

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair: 
water: pipe::

The correct answer is
electricity: wire

Understanding the Core Relationship

The original pair is water: pipe. The relationship here is that a pipe serves as a conduit or channel for water to flow through.

Analyzing Option Relationships

  • cart: road: A cart moves along a road. The road is a surface for travel, not primarily a conduit for the cart's substance.
  • electricity: wire: A wire acts as a conduit for electricity to flow. This mirrors the function of a pipe for water.
  • sea: beach: A beach borders a sea. This is a geographical or boundary relationship.
  • music: instrument: An instrument produces music. This is a source-creation relationship.

Identifying the Best Analogy

The pair electricity: wire shows the same conduit-and-flow relationship as water: pipe. In both cases, the second element provides a pathway for the first element.

Conclusion

Therefore, the pair that best expresses a similar relationship is electricity: wire.

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Important Questions from Sentence Completion

  1. Directions: In a question given below an incomplete sentence that must be filled/completed with one of the sentence /phrases can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the corret option and complete the given sentence.

    The focus has been on finishing the syllabus instead of concentration on whether the student _____________________________.

  2. Directions: In a question given below an incomplete sentence that must be filled/completed with one of the sentence /phrases can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentence.

    Due to the rapid mechanisation of low-skill jobs in the construction and retail sectors, employment prospects________________________________.

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    Anita: What about our plans for the weekend?

    Mehta: Everything set but if Anna comes to know about it, _________

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    See me tomorrow without ___________ 

  5. The sentences (given with blanks) are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

    Radium ___________ rays that blind the eyes.

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