Carpenter is to wood — Aptitude Question
Carpenter is to wood: Carpenter : Wood :: Blacksmith : ? Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Analogies & Classification
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 40 seconds
Question
Carpenter : Wood :: Blacksmith : ?
Options
- Fire
- Iron
- Hammer
- Anvil
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Iron
Worked solution
- The relation is worker to the material worked.
- A blacksmith works with iron.
- Hammer and anvil are his tools, not his material.
Answer: Iron.
The idea
Be precise about which relation is at play: worker-to-material, not worker-to-tool. Both appear among the options here.
Shortcut. Wood is a raw material, so the answer must be a material: 'Iron'. 'Hammer' and 'Anvil' are tools, and 'Fire' only heats the work.
Common trap. "Hammer" — the blacksmith's signature tool; but wood is what a carpenter shapes, not what he shapes it with.
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