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In this type of questions, two words are given. These words are related to each other in some way. Another word is also given. The candidate is required to find out the relationship between the first two words and choose the word from the given alternatives, which bears the same relationship to the third word, as the first two bear.

1)

Hour : Second :: Tertiary : ?


A) Intermediary

B) Primary

C) Ordinary

D) Secondary

Answer:

Option B

Explanation:

Seconds, minutes and hours are the three units of time -

Seconds is the smallest unit and hours is the third unit in succession.

Similarly, primary represents initial stage and tertiary represents the third stage in a process.

Hence the answer is (b).