Ocean is to water — Aptitude Question
Ocean is to water: Ocean : Water :: Desert : ? Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Analogies & Classification
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 35 seconds
Question
Ocean : Water :: Desert : ?
Options
- Camel
- Heat
- Sand
- Dry
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: C. Sand
Worked solution
- The relation is place to the substance it consists of.
- A desert consists of sand.
- Camel lives there and heat is a condition, not the substance.
Answer: Sand.
The idea
Keep the relation identical on both sides. Anything merely associated with a desert will not match 'is made of'.
Shortcut. Water is the substance an ocean consists of; 'Sand' is the only substance among the options — camel is an animal, heat a condition, dry an adjective.
Common trap. "Heat" — the desert's defining condition, but the pair is place to what it consists of, and a desert consists of sand.
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