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.
PAIN : SEDATIVE

• A. comfort : stimulant
• B. grief : consolation
• C. trance : narcotic
• D. ache : extraction

Hint:

When dealing with analogies, look for the relationship between the two words and find options that reflect the same type of connection.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

A sedative is a substance whose purpose is tied to managing pain, so the matching pair should also be a substance paired with the state it produces.
Comfort : stimulant reverses the effect, since stimulants excite rather than calm.
Grief : consolation pairs an emotion with an action, not a substance with an effect.
Ache : extraction pairs an effect with a procedure, and the direction is reversed, since extraction can cause an ache rather than relieve it.
Trance : narcotic keeps the same "substance and the state it produces" pattern as pain and sedative.
So the correct answer is trance : narcotic.

Answer 2

Since PAIN comes first and SEDATIVE (the substance addressing it) comes second, checking whether each option keeps a state first, substance/means second is a reliable filter here.

1. Comfort : Stimulant: Comfort is a state and stimulant is a substance, matching the word order, but a stimulant does not produce comfort, it produces alertness, so the underlying relationship fails even though the order looks right.
2. Grief : Consolation: Grief is a state, but consolation is an act of comforting rather than a substance, so this fails the "substance" half of the pattern.
3. Trance : Narcotic: Trance is a state and narcotic is a substance that induces it, keeping both the word order and the actual cause-effect relationship intact, exactly like pain and sedative.
4. Ache : Extraction: Ache is a state, but extraction is a procedure, not a substance, and it more often causes the ache than relieves it, so this fails on both counts.

Checking word order together with the actual cause-and-effect meaning leaves only trance and narcotic as a genuine match.

Therefore, the correct answer is trance : narcotic.