GATE 2021 BT – Question 5
_____ is to surgery as writer is to _____. Which pair maintains a similar logical relation?
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Correct answer: (C) Doctor, book
Explanation
**Find the relation.** Surgery is the work performed by a **doctor**. So the first blank is the person who does the activity (the practitioner).
**Apply it to the second pair.** A writer produces a **book**, so the second blank is the work that the person produces.
Check each option for "practitioner : surgery :: writer : work":
- Plan, outline: both are about preparation. ✗
- Hospital, library: both are places. ✗
- **Doctor, book:** a doctor performs surgery, and a writer produces a book. ✓
- Medicine, grammar: both are fields of study. ✗
Answer **Doctor, book** (C).