Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
LOVE : KMSA :: HATE : ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → GYQA
Compare each letter of LOVE with the letter in the same place of KMSA, using places in the alphabet; going back past A, the count continues from Z.
L (12) to K (11) is 1 place back, O (15) to M (13) is 2 back, V (22) to S (19) is 3 back, E (5) to A (1) is 4 back, so the shifts are −1, −2, −3, −4
H (8) moves to \(8-1=7\), G
A (1): 2 places back are Z, Y, so A moves to Y
T (20) moves to \(20-3=17\), Q
E (5) moves to \(5-4=1\), A
So the code is GYQA. GXQA moves A back 3 places instead of 2.