High School Placement Test (HSPT) Practice Test

Taste is to tongue as touch is to:

1. finger

2. eye

3. feeling

4. borrow

The correct answer is: finger

The relationship between "taste" and "tongue" is one of a sensory function to its sensory organ; the tongue is the organ responsible for the sense of taste. Similarly, the sense of touch is primarily associated with the fingers, which are equipped with numerous nerve endings and receptors that allow us to perceive tactile sensations. Thus, "finger" is the correct answer because it directly correlates to the sense of touch in the same way the tongue correlates to taste. In terms of other options, "eye" is related to the sense of sight, "feeling" refers to the general experience of sensations (but not a specific organ), and "borrow" does not relate to any sensory function.