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Direction: In these questions, 2 words will be given to you, and these 2 words will have some kind of a relationship which relates them in a particular way. After finding this relationship, you have to pick the right option which has words related in a similar way :

  1. SIMMER : BOIL ::
    1. Glide : drift
    2. Drizzle : downpour
    3. Gambol : play
    4. Stagnate : flow
Correct Option: B

As we know that ,
Simmer is to cook something just below the boiling point. Glide and drift means quick or steady movement. Drizzle is light rain whereas downpour is a sudden heavy rain. Stagnate is to stop something, say the flow of water. Gambol is to jump or run about in a lively way. So the correct relationship is drizzle : downpour, as drizzle precedes downpour as simmer is a situation of cooking just below the boiling point.
Therefore , required answer will be SIMMER : BOIL :: DRIZZLE : DOWNPOUR .



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