A shirt is a type of garment. In the same category based analogy, a potato belongs to which of the following broader categories?

Introduction / Context:
This analogy question tests your understanding of classification and category relationships. The pair Shirt : Garment shows that a shirt is one example within the broader category of garments or clothing. You must now identify the category to which a potato belongs, in the same way that a shirt belongs to the class of garments. This is a simple general knowledge and vocabulary exercise focusing on everyday objects and their groups.

Given Data / Assumptions:

Shirt is an item of clothing worn on the upper body.
Garment is a general term for any item of clothing, so Shirt is a kind of Garment.
Potato is a common food item and a type of plant produce.
Options given are Juice, Onion, Vegetable and Fruit.
We assume ordinary dietary classifications used in basic science and daily life.

Concept / Approach:
The pattern in the base pair is “specific item : general category of that item”. A shirt is a particular type of garment. For the second pair, potato is the specific item and we need the general food category under which it falls. Potatoes are commonly classified as vegetables, more specifically root or tuber vegetables. Juice is a drink obtained from fruits or vegetables, Onion is another specific vegetable and Fruit is a separate category of plant produce. Therefore, the only term that gives a correct category relation with potato, parallel to garment with shirt, is Vegetable.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Express the first pair in words. Shirt is a type of garment. Step 2: Identify the pattern as “example : category”. Step 3: Consider the object potato. It is a plant product commonly eaten as food, often cooked in many dishes. Step 4: Classify potato in dietary terms. Potatoes are vegetables, specifically tuberous root vegetables. Step 5: Review the answer choices: Juice is a drink, Onion is another specific vegetable, Vegetable is a category and Fruit is a different category. Step 6: Apply the pattern: potato must relate to a category, not to another example or to a different type of food. Vegetable is that category. Step 7: Conclude that Potato : Vegetable mirrors Shirt : Garment correctly.

Verification / Alternative check:
To verify, look at other sample pairs of this type. For example, Mango : Fruit, Carrot : Vegetable, Jeans : Garment and Sedan : Car all show the relationship “item : category”. Potato : Vegetable fits cleanly into this pattern. Potato : Onion would represent “item : item” rather than “item : class”, and Juice is a product made from fruits or vegetables rather than a class containing potato. Fruit is the wrong class, since potato is not considered a fruit in common classification. This reinforces that Vegetable is the only correct categorical match.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Juice is a liquid food product and can be made from many fruits or vegetables, but potato itself is not a juice and the relationship would be reversed in nature. Onion is another specific vegetable, so pairing Potato : Onion does not show a category relation. Fruit is a plant product type distinct from vegetables and does not include potato in common usage. None of these alternatives preserve the structure “specific example : general category” in the way that Shirt : Garment does.

Common Pitfalls:
Some learners may consider Onion because both potato and onion are common ingredients and often bought together, but similarity does not mean category. Others may misclassify potato as a fruit due to confusion with botanical definitions, but in reasoning questions the focus is on everyday categories. To avoid such confusion, always ask whether the second term truly functions as a group label that the first term belongs to, as Garment clearly does for Shirt and Vegetable does for Potato.

Final Answer:
A shirt is a type of garment, and in the same way a potato is a type of vegetable, so Vegetable is the correct answer.