Question

Each question consists of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed by four pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the same/similar relationship.
GRAIN : SALT

• A. shard : pottery
• B. shred : wood
• C. blades : grass
• D. chip : glass

Hint:

In analogy questions, focus on the type of relationship between the two words and look for similar patterns in the options.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

GRAIN is to SALT as a small, characteristic unit is to its material.
Shard : pottery and shred : wood both describe fragments from breaking or tearing, a slightly different idea from a naturally fine unit like a grain.
Blades : grass describes individual plants, not a small unit within a mass material.
Chip : glass keeps the same "small piece of a brittle material" pattern as grain and salt.
So the correct answer is chip : glass.

Answer 2

Another way to test this analogy is to check whether each pair belongs to the same broad category of "small piece produced by breaking a brittle material," since that is the precise category GRAIN : SALT belongs to.

1. Shard : Pottery: Pottery is brittle and a shard is indeed produced by breaking it, which is close, but "shard" more commonly implies a jagged fragment from something already broken or shattered rather than the standard small unit of the material.
2. Shred : Wood: Wood is not brittle in the same sense as salt; a shred results from tearing a fibrous material, which is a different physical process from the fine granulation that produces a grain of salt.
3. Blades : Grass: Grass is not brittle at all, and a blade is a whole, complete plant part rather than a broken fragment, so the category does not match.
4. Chip : Glass: Glass is brittle, exactly like salt crystals, and a chip is the standard term for a small broken piece of it, placing this pair in the same category as GRAIN : SALT.

Checking the category of "brittle material broken into a small piece" rules out three pairs and confirms chip and glass as the match.

Therefore, the correct answer is chip : glass.