Question

CAR : ROAD
Choose the pair of words that best expresses the relationship similar to the one above:

• A. electricity : cable
• B. ink : pencil
• C. bomb : missile
• D. fly : bird

Hint:

In analogy questions, identify the core relationship — here it was “object moves through medium” — and match it exactly.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The relationship between CAR and ROAD is that a car moves or travels along a road.
We need to find a similar relationship where the first item travels or is transmitted through the second.
Option (A) — electricity moves through a cable — perfectly mirrors this relationship: just as a car uses a road as its path, electricity uses a cable as its medium of travel.
Option (B) — ink is contained in a pencil — is not about movement or travel, so it does not fit.
Option (C) — a bomb is not something that travels through a missile; in fact, a missile carries an explosive, but the relationship is not parallel.
Option (D) — fly : bird — reverses the direction; a bird flies, but “fly” is an action and not a container or medium.
Thus, (A) is the best analogy because both describe an object moving within or along a medium.