Find the word which bears the same relationship to the third word as the first two bear.
Butterfly : Insect :: Crocodile :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Reptile
The first pair links an animal to the class of animals it belongs to: a butterfly is an insect. In the same way, a crocodile belongs to the class of reptiles, cold-blooded animals with dry, scaly skin that breathe through lungs and mostly lay eggs on land.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) Mammal — Incorrect. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair that feed their young on milk; a crocodile is neither.
Option (2) Frog — Incorrect. A frog is another animal, an amphibian, not the class a crocodile belongs to.
Option (3) Carnivore — Incorrect. Carnivore names what an animal eats (flesh), not its class, so it does not match the pair butterfly : insect.