Which of the following shows the same relationship as that of ‘animals and horses’ ?
Fruits and mangoes
In an analogy we first identify the exact relationship between the given pair and then look for a pair that has the same relationship in the same order. Here the pair is animals and horses. Animals is a broad class, and horses are one particular kind of animal, so the relationship is class followed by a member or sub-type of that class (genus and species).
Fruits and mangoes follows the same pattern: fruits is the broad class and mangoes are one particular kind of fruit. Every horse is an animal and every mango is a fruit, but not every animal is a horse and not every fruit is a mango. The order is also the same, with the general class written first and the specific member second, exactly as in animals and horses.
Doors and windows are both parts of a building, so they are co-ordinate items, neither being a type of the other. Children and parents show a family relationship of offspring and parent, not class and member. Rivers and mountains are two separate landforms of nature, again with no class and member link. None of these pairs reproduces the whole-class to sub-type relation.
Hence, Fruits and mangoes.
Important Questions from Analogy
Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
Day: Night :: Morning : ?Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
India : Country :: Delhi : ..........Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
MATE: NATE :: FATE: ?Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
13 : 196 :: 9 : .......
Select the related word pair from the given alternatives. Afghanistan : Kabul :: ....... : .........
