{"id":280697,"date":"2025-08-05T04:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=280697"},"modified":"2025-08-05T04:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:48:13","slug":"complete-the-analogy-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/05\/complete-the-analogy-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete the analogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-461.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280698\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is&nbsp;<strong>promote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question is an analogy, which requires you to identify the relationship between the first pair of words and then find a word that creates the same relationship with the second pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship in the first pair, &#8220;detective is to investigate,&#8221; is that of an agent to its primary function. A detective is a person, which is a noun, and their main job or action is to investigate, which is a verb. The fundamental purpose of a detective is to carry out an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the second part of the analogy, &#8220;advertisement is to,&#8221; we must apply the same agent to function relationship. An advertisement is a thing, a noun, and we need to find a verb that describes its primary purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s analyze the given options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Commercial:<\/strong>\u00a0This word is a noun. A commercial is a specific type of advertisement, particularly one on television or radio. This does not fit the pattern because it is not a verb describing an action. The relationship between advertisement and commercial is one of a category to a specific example, not an object to its function.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slogan:<\/strong>\u00a0This word is also a noun. A slogan is a short, memorable phrase used within an advertisement. It is a component or part of an advertisement, not its overall purpose or action. This relationship is like a whole to its part, which does not match the original pair.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote:<\/strong>\u00a0This word is a verb. The primary function of any advertisement is to promote something, whether it is a product, a service, an idea, or a brand. The goal is to increase public awareness, encourage sales, or build a positive image. This perfectly mirrors the relationship in the first pair. Just as a detective&#8217;s essential function is to investigate, an advertisement&#8217;s essential function is to promote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/learnexams-banner5-283.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280699\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is&nbsp;promote. This question is an analogy, which requires you to identify the relationship between the first pair of words and then find a word that creates the same relationship with the second pair. The relationship in the first pair, &#8220;detective is to investigate,&#8221; is that of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}