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361. Choose analogous pair: Humanitarian : Altruistic

  • A. Host : Hospitable
  • B. Artist : Imitative
  • C. Idealist : Cynical
  • D. Guest : Rude

Explanation: A humanitarian is characteristically altruistic, just as a good host is characteristically hospitable. The other pairs either contradict each other or use an unsuitable quality.

Correct answer: Host : Hospitable

362. Choose analogous pair: Restaurant : Menu

  • A. Library : Catalogue
  • B. Journal : Newspaper
  • C. Book : Encyclopaedia
  • D. College : Account

Explanation: A menu lists the items available in a restaurant, while a catalogue lists the items held by a library. The remaining pairs are not object-to-list relationships.

Correct answer: Library : Catalogue

363. Choose analogous pair: Calligraphy : Writing

  • A. Music : Song
  • B. Lyric : Poem
  • C. Drama : Prose
  • D. Chapter : Stanza

Explanation: Calligraphy is a specialised form or style of writing, just as a lyric is a type of poem. Music and song are closely related, but they do not show this precise category relationship.

Correct answer: Lyric : Poem

364. Choose analogous pair: Dubious : Indisputable

  • A. Slander : Libel
  • B. Painful : Tormenting
  • C. Avaricious : Generous
  • D. Perspicacious : Tenacity

Explanation: Dubious means uncertain or questionable, making it an opposite of indisputable; avaricious, meaning greedy, is likewise opposite to generous. The first pair in option a consists of near-synonyms, not antonyms.

Correct answer: Avaricious : Generous

365. Choose analogous pair: Chocolate : Sugar

  • A. Egg : Yolk
  • B. Road : Traffic
  • C. Building : Cement
  • D. Milk : Cream

Explanation: Sugar is a principal ingredient of chocolate, just as cement is a principal construction material in a building. Yolk and cream are parts or components of an egg and milk, but the relationship is less exact here.

Correct answer: Building : Cement

366. Choose analogous pair: Sound : Muffled

  • A. Moisture : Humid
  • B. Colour : Faded
  • C. Despair : Anger
  • D. Odour : Pungent

Explanation: Muffled describes sound that has been softened or obscured, while faded describes colour that has lost intensity. Both are altered forms or qualities of the thing named first.

Correct answer: Colour : Faded

367. Choose analogous pair: Traitor : Disloyalty

  • A. Executioner : Reliability
  • B. Rebel : Defiance
  • C. Manager : Administration
  • D. Hope : Pessimism

Explanation: A traitor is marked by disloyalty, while a rebel is marked by defiance or resistance to authority. Manager and administration are related by role, not by a person and characteristic trait.

Correct answer: Rebel : Defiance

368. Choose analogous pair: Symphony : Music

  • A. Mural : Painting
  • B. Ode : Prose
  • C. Preface : Book
  • D. Editorial : Journal

Explanation: A symphony is a form of music, just as a mural is a form of painting. An editorial and a journal are related publications, but neither is a type of the other.

Correct answer: Mural : Painting

369. Choose analogous pair: Low : Cattle

  • A. Sheep : Beef
  • B. Gaggle : Chicken
  • C. Grunt : Hogs
  • D. Flock : Goat

Explanation: Low is the characteristic sound made by cattle, while a grunt is a sound made by hogs. The other options pair animals with meat or use incorrect collective nouns.

Correct answer: Grunt : Hogs

370. Choose analogous pair: Arrows : Quiver

  • A. Fear : Tremble
  • B. Money : Bank
  • C. Sound : Music
  • D. Coin : Mint

Explanation: A quiver is a container for arrows, just as a bank is a place where money is kept. A mint produces coins, so it is not primarily a container for them.

Correct answer: Money : Bank