Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Ability

Topic

Analogy

Question:

Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below.

(The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word)

Lend : Borrow

Options:

Happy : Joyous

Stern : Strict

Exciting : Boring

Sharp : Edged

Correct Answer:

Exciting : Boring

Explanation:

Lend : Borrow

The logic followed here is :

Both words are opposite to each other

As

Lend word is used  while giving someone  to  something which will be returned after use and the word Borrow is used when someone is using something from another person , and it ha to be returned after a particular period of time

Similarly

Exciting : Boring

The word Exciting means causing great enthusiasm and eagerness and the word boring means not interested in anything