Tool and profession analogy: “Garden is to Trowel as Seamstress is to ______”. Choose the tool that is most closely associated with a seamstress.

Introduction / Context:
This analogy links places or professions with the tools most commonly used in them. A garden is associated with a trowel, a small hand tool used for digging and planting. The question then asks you to select the tool that has a similar professional relationship with a seamstress, who is a person that sews clothes and fabric. Recognising correct tool–profession pairings is essential here.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• First pair: Garden and Trowel. • Second profession: Seamstress. • Options: Scissors, Sneakers, Crowbar, Saw. • We assume familiar understanding of basic tools used in gardening and sewing.

Concept / Approach:
In the given pair, a garden is not a tool but a place or setting where a trowel is used. A trowel is a typical hand tool for a gardener. Thus, the structure of the analogy is “place or worker : typical tool”. For a seamstress, who sews and alters clothes, key tools include needles, thread, and scissors. Among the options, scissors is the only sewing related tool, while sneakers, crowbar, and saw belong to different areas of work.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Clarify “Garden : Trowel”. In a garden, a gardener uses a trowel to scoop soil, plant seeds, and move small plants. So trowel is a tool associated with garden work. Step 2: Consider the work of a seamstress. A seamstress sews garments, alters fit, cuts cloth, and performs other tailoring tasks. Step 3: Look at each option as a possible tool for a seamstress. Scissors are used by a seamstress to cut fabric, thread, and patterns accurately, and they are a core sewing tool. Sneakers are shoes, not a working tool in tailoring. Crowbar is a heavy tool used for prying or demolition, not related to sewing. Saw is a cutting tool for wood or metal in carpentry, not for fabric. Step 4: Only scissors match the professional tool relationship needed in the analogy.

Verification / Alternative check:
We can write both pairs in sentence form: “A trowel is a tool used in a garden; scissors are tools used by a seamstress.” Both connect a working environment or worker with a typical essential tool. None of the other options can form such a reasonable professional sentence with seamstress without sounding absurd. That is a quick reality check of whether the analogy truly fits real world usage.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
• Sneakers: Footwear, not a specialised tool for doing seamstress work. • Crowbar: Tool for prying and demolition in construction work, unrelated to sewing tasks. • Saw: Tool for cutting wood or metal in carpentry, not for cutting fabric.

Common Pitfalls:
Sometimes test takers overthink and look for a very clever association, when the exam setter only wants a simple and realistic profession–tool link. If you consistently imagine what physical tool a worker actually holds in their hand during a typical day, it becomes straightforward: a gardener holds a trowel, a seamstress often holds scissors.

Final Answer:
The tool that correctly completes the analogy is Scissors.