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The words in the bottom row are related in the same way as the words in the top row. Fill in the blank.
Rose, Flower, Plant
Flat, House, ____

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In analogies with three-word chains, check if they move up (member→class→superclass) or down (class→member→example). Keep the direction consistent in the second chain.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • City
  • Tent
  • Building
  • Village
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The Correct Option is C

Approach Solution - 1

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The first row goes from a specific item, to its immediate group, to a wider category that group belongs to: rose is a flower, and flower is a kind of plant.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Apply the same specific-to-general pattern to flat and house: find what wider category a house falls under, the same way plant is the wider category for flower.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
A flat is one specific type of house, matching how a rose is one specific type of flower.
A house, in turn, is one type of a wider structure category that also includes flats, offices and other constructions, which is building.
Options like city and village are made up of many houses, but they are not a broader class that a single house belongs to, they are just larger settlements.
A tent is a different kind of shelter altogether, sitting next to house rather than above it, so it cannot be the wider category.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The word that completes the pattern is Building.
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Approach Solution -2

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
In the first row, "plant" is a broad category that includes many different things besides flowers, trees, shrubs, herbs, and so on, with flower being just one of them. The blank in the second row should be a similarly broad category that includes many different things besides houses.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
For each option, check whether it is a broad category containing many different kinds of structures, houses among them, the same way plant contains many different kinds of living things, flowers among them.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
City and village are not categories that contain different kinds of structures, they are places made up of many houses together, so they describe a collection of the same kind of thing rather than a broader category of differing kinds.
Tent is simply another specific kind of shelter, sitting next to house rather than including it as one of several types.
Building, however, is a broad category that includes houses, flats, offices, shops and many other kinds of structures, with house being just one type among them, exactly as flower is one type among many within plant.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The word that completes the pattern is Building.
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