Question

CUP : LIP :: BIRD : ?

• A. BUSH
• B. GRASS
• C. FOREST
• D. BEAK

Hint:

In analogy questions, look for relationships where one item is a part or characteristic of the other. Here, the beak is a part of the bird, just as the lip is a part of the cup.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

CUP and LIP are related as object and its functional part, the lip is the edge of the cup through which liquid is poured or drunk.
BUSH, GRASS and FOREST are all places or things linked to a bird's environment, not a physical part of the bird, so they break the "object and its own part" pattern.
BEAK is a part of the bird's own body, used the way a cup's lip is used, so it keeps the same object-to-part relationship.
Therefore, the correct answer is BEAK.

Answer 2

Another way to solve this is to ask what function the second word serves for the first word, then find the option that serves the same function for BIRD.

1. BUSH: A bush does not perform any function for a bird in the way a lip does for a cup; it is simply a place a bird may sit in, so it fails the functional test.
2. GRASS: Grass may be food for some birds, but food is not the same relationship as a lip is to a cup, so this does not fit.
3. FOREST: A forest is a broad habitat and shares no functional link with the bird's body, so it is ruled out.
4. BEAK: The beak is the functional part of the bird used for eating and drinking, the direct counterpart to how the lip of a cup is the part through which the cup is used. This matches the analogy exactly.

Only BEAK performs the equivalent function for BIRD that LIP performs for CUP.

Therefore, the correct answer is BEAK.