SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 16 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 12 of 100

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Choose the correct option to complete the series. Needle : Sew :: Keyboard : ?

(a)Draw
(b)Type
(c)Write
(d)Print

Answer

Why

Correct — B.
Rule: tool : the action it is used for.

A needle is used to sew.
A keyboard is used to type.

Keyboard : Type repeats Needle : Sew → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Draw — Draw is the action of a pencil or brush. A keyboard is not a drawing tool, so Keyboard : Draw breaks the tool : action pair.
(c)
Write — Write is what you do with a pen. A keyboard produces text by typing, the action tied to that tool, as sewing is tied to a needle.
(d)
Print — Print is the job of a printer. A keyboard sends keystrokes and puts nothing on paper, so the tool doing the action has changed.

Concept

A word analogy asks you to name the relation in the first pair and repeat it. Say it as a sentence: a needle is used to sew.

Then put the second tool into the same sentence: a keyboard is used to type. Every option is an action, so the sentence test is what separates them. Draw, write and print each belong to a different tool.

Write is the closest miss, since typed text is writing in a loose sense. The analogy asks for the action specific to the tool, and a keyboard's is typing.

Key facts

Tool : action pairs: needle : sew, keyboard : type, pen : write, printer : print.
State the relation as a sentence, then test each option in it.

Study next

Instrument : what it measures analogies, such as Thermometer : TemperatureTool : material analogies, such as Axe : WoodWorker : tool analogies

Common traps

Choosing Write because typing produces written text
Choosing Print because a keyboard and a printer both connect to a computer

Instrument analogies change the relation. At 14 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.1, Clock : Time :: Thermometer : ? is keyed Temperature, a tool and what it measures.

At 24 Sep 2024, 12:30, Reasoning Q.16, Scissors : Paper is keyed to Axe : Wood, a tool and the material it cuts.

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