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Read the question statement and select the correct option from the given alternatives.

MATHEMATICS is related to NUMEROLOGY in the same way as ASTRONOMY is related to

  1. A.

    Science

  2. B.

    Astrology

  3. C.

    Philosophy

  4. D.

    Planets

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Correct answer: B

This analogy follows the science-to-pseudoscience pattern: a genuine science studies a subject matter using observation, measurement, and testable methods, while its pseudoscientific counterpart claims to interpret the same subject matter to predict human affairs, personality, or destiny, without following the scientific method.

Mathematics studies numbers and their properties through logic and proof, while Numerology claims to read hidden meaning into numbers to predict a person's character or future - making Numerology the pseudoscientific counterpart of Mathematics. Applying the same relation, Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial bodies and their motion, so its pseudoscientific counterpart - the practice that claims to read the positions of celestial bodies to predict human affairs and personality - is Astrology.

  • Science names the general category Astronomy itself belongs to; it does not name a distinct pseudoscientific practice, so it cannot complete a science-to-pseudoscience pairing.

  • Philosophy is a field of reasoned inquiry into existence and knowledge; it has no established pseudoscientific link to reading celestial-body positions, so it does not parallel Numerology's role.

  • Planets are the celestial bodies Astronomy studies, not a discipline of practice in their own right; the blank needs a field that mirrors Numerology, not an object of study.

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