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GATE 2020 IN GA Q.3: solution and answer

GATE 2020 · INGA Q.3 · 1 mark · MCQ

Select the word that fits the analogy:

Build : Building :: Grow : ______

  1. (A)

    Grown

  2. (B)

    Grew

  3. (C)

    Growth

  4. (D)

    Growed

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Answer and solution

ANSWER

(C) Growth. Build : Building :: Grow : Growth, because each pair is a verb followed by the noun formed from it.

Official answer: CSource: Official answer key, GATE 2020 IN (IIT Delhi)

  1. Find the relation in the first pair. "Build" is a verb, and "building" is the noun formed from it (the thing that results from building). So the relation is verb : its noun form.

  2. Apply the same relation to "grow". We need the noun formed from the verb "grow".

  3. Check (A) Grown. This is the past participle of "grow" (as in "has grown"). It can also work as an adjective ("a grown man"), but it is never a noun. Reject.

  4. Check (B) Grew. This is the simple past tense of "grow", so it is a verb form. Reject.

  5. Check (D) Growed. This is not a standard English word, because "grow" is an irregular verb (grow, grew, grown). Reject.

  6. Check (C) Growth. This is the noun formed from "grow" (the process or result of growing), so it matches the relation build → building. Accept.

  7. So Build : Building :: Grow : Growth. The answer is (C).

KEY IDEA

Find the grammatical relation in the first pair (verb → the noun formed from that verb), then pick the option with the same relation to "grow". The distractors are all verb forms of "grow" (past tense, past participle) or a non-word.

WATCH OUT FOR

Reading "Building" only as the "-ing" form of "build" and then looking for another inflected verb form of "grow" (Grown or Grew). Other students pick "Growed" because it copies the regular "-ed" pattern. In this analogy "building" works as a noun, so the answer must be the noun "growth".

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