Clock is to time — Aptitude Question
Clock is to time: Clock : Time :: Thermometer : ? Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Analogies & Classification
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 40 seconds
Question
Clock : Time :: Thermometer : ?
Options
- Heat
- Temperature
- Mercury
- Weather
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Temperature
Worked solution
- The relation is instrument to what it measures.
- A thermometer measures temperature.
- Mercury is what it contains and heat is a related but distinct quantity.
Answer: Temperature.
The idea
Instrument-to-quantity pairs are common: barometer and pressure, speedometer and speed, seismograph and earthquakes. Precision of the quantity matters — heat is not temperature.
Shortcut. Time is what a clock's face reads out, so choose what a thermometer's scale reads: 'Temperature', in degrees.
Common trap. "Heat" — closely linked, but heat is energy, whereas a thermometer reads temperature.
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