GATE 2010 CS (CS1) – Question 5

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Choose the closest analogy to Unemployed : Worker.

fallow : land
unaware : sleeper
wit : jester
renovated : house

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Correct answer: (A) fallow : land

Explanation

An unemployed worker has productive capacity that is presently unused. Fallow land likewise has agricultural capacity but is currently left uncultivated. This shared unused-capacity relationship makes A the closest analogy.

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