Analogy — Scale of conflict/illness: Skirmish : War :: Disease : ____
Verbal Reasoning
Analogy
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
Answer
Correct Answer: Epidemic
Explanation
Introduction / Context:A skirmish is a small conflict; war is a large-scale conflict. Likewise, an epidemic is disease on a large/population scale. The mapping is “small-scale instance → large-scale version”.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
- Medicine/Patient — agent or experiencer, not scale.
- Infection — often the base condition, not necessarily the scaled-up phenomenon.
Final Answer:Epidemic