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Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Cockroach : Nymph
Sheep : Fawn
Bear : Foal
Swan : Cygnet
Horse : Chick
Swan : Cygnet
Identify the relationship: 'Adult organism : Young (offspring/nymph)'. This is a biological classification relationship.
Identify the relationship: 'Adult organism : Young (offspring/nymph)'. This is a biological classification relationship.
Analyze the primary pair
A Nymph is the juvenile or immature form of a cockroach, representing the biological offspring or developmental stage of the adult.
Evaluate options against the identified relationship
We need an adult organism followed by its young/offspring. Comparing: Swan is an adult, and Cygnet is its young offspring.
A: Sheep's young is a lamb, not a fawn (fawn is young deer). B: Bear's young is a cub, not a foal (foal is young horse). D: Horse's young is a foal, not a chick (chick is young chicken).
C is correct because the pair Swan : Cygnet follows the same relationship of an adult animal and its young, just as Cockroach : Nymph does.
For biology-based analogies, always ensure the order is correct (Adult:Young or Young:Adult) as exam setters often invert the order to create traps.