Select the word that fits the analogy: Build : Building :: Grow : ________ A. Grown B. Grew C. Growth D. Growed

GATE 2020 · General Aptitude · Word Pairs · medium

Answer: C. Growth

1. Identify the relationship in the given pair: Build (verb) -> Building (noun meaning the act/result of building). The relationship is: verb transforms into a derived noun.
2. Apply the relationship to 'Grow': Grown (past participle, not a noun), Grew (past tense), Growed (incorrect form), Growth (noun, the process/result of growing). The noun derived from 'grow' is 'Growth'.