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671. Ship : Sea : : Camel : ___________?

  • A. Forest
  • B. Land
  • C. Mountain
  • D. Desert

Explanation: A ship is a means of transport associated with the sea, just as a camel is especially associated with the desert. Land is too general, whereas desert identifies the camel's traditional environment.

Correct answer: Desert

672. Imprison : Jail : : Exile : __________?

  • A. Country
  • B. Depart
  • C. Banish
  • D. Punishment

Explanation: To imprison someone is to jail them, and to exile someone is to banish them. Both pairs express closely related verbs rather than a place and an action.

Correct answer: Banish

673. Harp : Drum : : Flute : _________?

  • A. Violin
  • B. Bugle
  • C. Harmonium
  • D. Piano

Explanation: A harp and a drum are musical instruments, and a flute and a bugle are both wind instruments. Bugle is the closest match because it shares the flute's broad instrument family.

Correct answer: Bugle

674. Horse : Neigh : : Jackal : __________?

  • A. Squeak
  • B. Chatter
  • C. Howl
  • D. Bray

Explanation: A horse neighs, while a jackal howls. Bray is the call of a donkey or ass, not a jackal.

Correct answer: Howl

675. Professor : Lecture : : Doctor : ________?

  • A. Hospital
  • B. Disease
  • C. Medicine
  • D. Patient

Explanation: A professor delivers a lecture, while a doctor provides medicine as part of treatment. A patient is treated by the doctor, but is not the doctor's equivalent of a lecture.

Correct answer: Medicine

676. Elegance : Vulgarity : : Graceful : ___________?

  • A. Awkward
  • B. Comely
  • C. Asperity
  • D. Dirty

Explanation: Elegance and vulgarity are opposites, so the opposite of graceful is awkward. Comely is a synonym of attractive or graceful, not its opposite.

Correct answer: Awkward

677. Sorrow : Death : : Happiness : __________?

  • A. Love
  • B. Dance
  • C. Cry
  • D. Birth

Explanation: Death is traditionally associated with sorrow, while birth is associated with happiness. Love and dance may bring happiness but do not form the corresponding life-event relationship.

Correct answer: Birth

678. Tuberculosis : Lungs : : Cataract : __________?

  • A. Ear
  • B. Throat
  • C. Skin
  • D. Eye

Explanation: Tuberculosis commonly affects the lungs, while a cataract affects the eye, specifically the eye's lens. The other options are not the organ affected by a cataract.

Correct answer: Eye

679. Sedative : Pain : : Solace : __________?

  • A. Irritation
  • B. Kill
  • C. Grief
  • D. Hurt

Explanation: A sedative eases pain or discomfort, while solace eases grief or distress. Irritation and hurt are conditions that may require relief, but grief is the direct match for solace.

Correct answer: Grief

680. Man : Machine : : Master : __________?

  • A. Worker
  • B. Manager
  • C. House
  • D. Slave

Explanation: A man may operate or control a machine, just as a master controls a slave in the analogy's traditional wording. Worker and manager do not express the same control relationship.

Correct answer: Slave