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711. Aeroplane : Cockpit : : Train : __________?

  • A. Wagon
  • B. Coach
  • C. Compartment
  • D. Engine

Explanation: A cockpit is the operating area from which an aeroplane is controlled, and among the given choices the engine is the train's principal driving unit. Coach and compartment are passenger sections, although “driver's cab” would have been a more exact counterpart to cockpit.

Correct answer: Engine

712. Igloo : Ice : : Marquee : __________?

  • A. Canvas
  • B. Silk
  • C. Buckram
  • D. Sateen

Explanation: An igloo is made from ice, while a marquee is a large tent traditionally made from canvas. The other fabrics are not the standard material associated with a marquee.

Correct answer: Canvas

713. Victory : Encouragement : : Failure : _____________?

  • A. Sadness
  • B. Defeat
  • C. Anger
  • D. Frustration

Explanation: Victory commonly produces encouragement, while failure commonly produces frustration. Sadness and anger may result from failure, but frustration is the closest parallel emotional effect.

Correct answer: Frustration

714. 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

715. 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

716. 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

717. 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

718. 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

719. 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

720. 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