Question

Each pair of capitalized words given is followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that does NOT express a relationship similar to that expressed by the capitalized pair.

KERNEL : SHELL

• A. Caterpillar : Pupa
• B. Larva : Cocoon
• C. Lassitude : Syncope
• D. Passenger : Car

Hint:

In every other pair, both words belong to or arise from the SAME single subject; a passenger and a car are simply two separate, unrelated things.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The cleanest way to see the odd one out here is to ask, for each pair, “are both words parts, stages, or states of one single underlying subject, or are they two separate, unrelated things?”

1. Kernel : Shell: Both belong to the same single seed; the shell is the seed's own outer covering.
2. Caterpillar : Pupa: Both are stages of the same single insect's life cycle.
3. Larva : Cocoon: The cocoon is spun by the larva itself, around itself, so both belong to the same organism.
4. Lassitude : Syncope: Both are physical states that can occur in the same single body.
5. Passenger : Car: A person and a separately manufactured vehicle. The car is not produced by, grown from, or an inherent part of the passenger at all; it is simply something the passenger happens to be inside of.

Every pair except the last describes two aspects of one single underlying subject; passenger and car are two independent things with only an incidental spatial relationship.

So the correct answer is option D, Passenger : Car.