English Questions : Word Analogy For IB ACIO Set – 8

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1. Parsing : grammar
   1) running : health
   2) praying : god
   3) paratrooping : air force
   4) cleaning : house
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: first is an essential part of the second.
   
   
2. Emollient : soothe
   1) dynamo : generate
   2) elevation : level
   3) hurricane : track
   4) precipitation : fail
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Emollient is used to soothe the skin.similarly, a dynamo serves to generate electricity.
   
   
3. Lamb : frisk
   1) deer : swoop
   2) cat : steal
   3) bear : leap
   4) lion : stride
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Second denotes the walking of the first.
   
   
4. Prologue : play
   1) epilogue : quration
   2) intermezzo : symphony
   3) overture : opera
   4) chapter : novel
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3) 
   Explanation: Prologue is a preliminary speech given at the beginning of a play. similarly, overture is an orchestral composition forming the introduction to an opera.
   
   
5. Jute : sack
   1) shoe : sock
   2) wool : sweater
   3) cotton : fiber
   4) mill : cloth
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: First is used to make the second.
   
   
6. Square : cube
   1) triangle : prism
   2) circle : sphere
   3) line : cylinder
   4) sphere : earth
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Each face of a cube is a square and each face of a prism is triangle.
   
   
7. Fond : doting
   1) solicitous : concern
   2) verbose : wordiness
   3) flurry : blizzard
   4) magnificent : grandiose
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: first is the less intense than second.
   
   
8. Indigent : wealth
   1) smug : complacency
   2) contented : happiness
   3) aristocratic : stature
   4) emaciated : nourishment
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: First needs the second.
   
   
9. Presumption : certainty
   1) falsehood : truth
   2) hearsay : authenticity
   3) theorem : proof
   4) hunch : guess
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: the relationship is that of possibility based on assumption or partial information,and certainty.
   
   
10. Braggart : modesty
    1) gambler : risk
    2) impostor : identification
    3) blackguard : strength
    4) buffoon : dignity
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Second is a quality quite opposite to that of the first.