From the given pair of words, choose the pair which carries the same relation as:
Light : Blind
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Speech : Dumb
Given pair: Light : Blind → a thing : the condition of a person who cannot receive or produce it. A person who is blind is unable to see, so light, which the eyes take in, means nothing to him.
| Pair | Relationship |
|---|---|
| (1) Language : Deaf | not the same relation (deaf means unable to hear, and what a deaf person lacks is sound or hearing, not language – deaf people use sign language) |
| (2) Speech : Dumb (answer) | the same relationship as Light : Blind (a person who is dumb – an old word for mute – is unable to speak, that is, lacks speech) |
| (3) Tongue : Sound | an organ and what it produces, not a lack (the tongue is an organ that helps make sounds) |
| (4) Voice : Vibration | a thing and its cause, not a lack (voice is produced by vibration of the vocal cords) |