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111. Correspondent : News : Newspaper
A. Farmer : Crops : Food
B. Mason : Cement : Construction
C. Cloud : Water : Ponds
D. Road : Vehicle : Destination
E.
Explanation: ANSWER : Cloud : Water : Ponds EXPLANATION : Correspondent gives `News’ for the `Newspaper’. Similarly, `Cloud’ gives `Water’ for the `Ponds’.
112. Good : Bad :: Virtue : ?
A. Blame
B. Sin
C. Despair
D. Vice
E. None of these
Explanation: ANSWER : Vice EXPLANATION : Both the words are opposite in meaning to each other.
113. Frankness : Blunt
A. Rise : Awake
B. Weep : Laugh
C. Sickness : Death
D. Rest : Activity
E. None of these
Explanation: ANSWER : Rise : Awake EXPLANATION : `Frankness’ and `Blunt’ are synonyms and so are `Rise’ and `Awake’.
114. Road : Bus : Driver
A. Track : Train : Passenger
B. Watch : Ship : Diver
C. Sky : Aeroplane : Pilot
D. Paper : Letters : Reader
E. Watch : Ship : Diver
Explanation: ANSWER : Sky : Aeroplane : Pilot EXPLANATION : `Bus’ plies on `Road’ and is driven by `Driver’. Likewise Aeroplane flies in the Sky and driven by `Pilot’.
115. `Skirmish’ is related to `War’ in the same way as `Disease’ is related to
A. Infection
B. Epidemic
C. Patient
D. Medicine
E. Death
Explanation: ANSWER : Epidemic EXPLANATION : `Skirmish’, if uncontrolled gives rise to `War’. In the same way, `Disease’, if uncontrolled gives rise to `Epidemic’.