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If Ocean : Waves, then Desert : ____

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When the first pair shows a characteristic phenomenon (not merely material or part), pick the second pair’s signature phenomenon—not just a generic component.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Water
  • Sand
  • Brave
  • Sand dunes
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

Step 1: Look at what "Waves" represents for "Ocean", not the substance (water) but a moving, defining feature created by a natural force acting on that substance.

Step 2: Rule out options that don't match this role: "Water" is the substance itself and "Brave" has no connection to deserts, so both fail immediately; "Sand" is only the base material, the same category error "Water" made for the ocean pair.

Step 3: Apply the same "wind-shaped, defining feature" role to a desert; sand blown by wind forms large ridges known as sand dunes, which are to a desert what waves are to an ocean.

Step 4: The completed analogy is Ocean : Waves :: Desert : Sand dunes.
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Approach Solution -2

Beyond meaning, this analogy can also be checked using plain grammar. "Waves" is a plural, countable noun, it names individual repeatable units (you can count "three waves"), and it refers to a natural formation, not the substance of the ocean itself. Testing each option on this same countable-natural-formation footing:

  1. Water: Water is an uncountable mass noun, you cannot say "three waters" to mean units of water the way you count waves, so it does not match the grammatical role "Waves" plays here.
  2. Sand: Sand is also an uncountable mass noun (you would not say "three sands"), placing it in the same mismatched category as Water rather than matching a countable formation like Waves.
  3. Brave: Brave is an adjective, not a noun at all, so it cannot occupy the same grammatical slot as "Waves" under any interpretation.
  4. Sand dunes: Sand dunes is a plural, countable noun phrase, you can count "three sand dunes" just as you can count "three waves", and like waves, each dune is an individual natural formation rather than a raw substance.

Only "Sand dunes" matches "Waves" both in meaning (a natural formation) and in grammatical form (a countable plural noun), while the other three options fail on one or both counts.

Therefore, the correct answer is Sand dunes.

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