Question

PROGRESS : PROGRESSIVE — Choose the pair that does not exhibit the same relationship:

• A. terror : terrorist
• B. sympathy : sympathizer
• C. revolution : revolutionary
• D. reform : reformist

Hint:

Watch for part-of-speech changes — adjective-derivation analogies are different from noun-to-person analogies.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The relationship between PROGRESS and PROGRESSIVE is that the second word is an adjective form derived from the first (noun).
Option (A) — terror : terrorist — is noun to noun (person associated with the concept), not noun to adjective.
Option (B) — sympathy : sympathizer — is also noun to noun, meaning a person who feels or expresses sympathy. This does not match the noun-to-adjective pattern.
Option (C) — revolution : revolutionary — matches the pattern: “revolutionary” can be an adjective describing something related to revolution.
Option (D) — reform : reformist — is similar; “reformist” can be an adjective describing reform-related ideas.
Thus, (B) is the one that does not fit the adjective-derivation relationship.