Question

Pick the pair whose two words share the same relationship as the pair given below.

Homogenous : Kind

• A. Fast : Speed
• B. Diverse : Route
• C. Contemporary : Time
• D. Disparate : Place

Hint:

Homogenous means same in kind; find same along another dimension.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Homogenous means being the same in kind, so the adjective describes sameness measured along the dimension named by the second word, which here is kind. The correct option should be an adjective of sameness paired with the dimension it refers to. Five choices were printed, and the weakest, Suspicious : Origin, which shows no sameness link, was dropped to keep four.

• Contemporary : Time is correct because contemporary means belonging to the same time, matching homogenous meaning the same in kind.
• Fast : Speed is wrong because fast describes a high degree of speed, not sameness along the dimension of speed.
• Diverse : Route is wrong because diverse means varied, the opposite of sameness, and route does not fit as its dimension.
• Disparate : Place is wrong because disparate means markedly different, again the opposite idea, and place is not the axis it works on.

The same in a given dimension link makes Contemporary : Time the answer.