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Choose the option that relates to the third term in the same way as the second term relates to the first. (Words must be treated as meaningful Hindi words; do not base the relationship on letter/consonant/vowel counts.) Fountain Pen : Waterman :: Telescope : ?
- Galileo
- Macmillan
- Robert Hooke
- Newton
Correct answer: Galileo
Solution
The relationship is 'invention : inventor'. Lewis Waterman invented the modern fountain pen. Similarly, Galileo Galilei is credited with building and using the first practical astronomical telescope (1609). Robert Hooke invented the microscope; Newton made advances in optics but did not invent the telescope; Macmillan invented the bicycle.
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