Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way…
2022
Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster.
RIDE : YDGD :: HELP : ?
- A.
OZNO
- B.
OAOM
- C.
OZON
- D.
OZOO
Attempted by 69 students.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Each letter of the first cluster in this kind of analogy is moved a fixed number of places along the alphabet — forward for a positive shift, backward for a negative one, wrapping from Z back to A — to give the matching letter of the second cluster. Reading those four position-wise shifts off the given pair and applying the very same shifts, in the same order, to the third cluster produces the answer.
Reading the shifts from RIDE : YDGD, position by position:
R moves forward to Y — a shift of +7.
I moves backward to D — a shift of −5.
D moves forward to G — a shift of +3.
E moves backward to D — a shift of −1.
Applying these same four shifts, in the same order, to H, E, L, P:
H shifted +7 gives O.
E shifted −5 wraps past A and gives Z.
L shifted +3 gives O.
P shifted −1 gives O.
So HELP relates to the same shift pattern by becoming OZOO.
Cross-check: repeating the same four shifts using the alphabet numbered from A = 0 instead of A = 1 gives the identical letters at every position, confirming the pattern and the result.