The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair.
Unemployed : Worker
A. fallow : land B. unaware : sleeper C. wit : jester D. renovated : house
GATE 2010 · General Aptitude · Word Pairs · medium
Answer: A. fallow : land — just as an unemployed worker is a worker not currently working, fallow land is land not currently being cultivated.
Establish the base relationship: Unemployed : Worker = an X that is not doing what it is meant to do. The adjective 'unemployed' means the worker is temporarily without work. Relationship: [temporarily idle state] : [entity that has a function].
Test each option: A. fallow:land — fallow = land not under cultivation; MATCHES (land's function is to grow crops). B. unaware:sleeper — a sleeping person being unaware is normal/expected, not a state of not fulfilling function. C. wit:jester — wit IS the function of a jester, not absence of it. D. renovated:house — renovated means improved, not idle.