Question

Water : P :: Food : Q
Choose the P and Q combination from the options below to form a meaningful analogy.

• A. P = Thirst; Q = Hunger
• B. P = Drink; Q = Hunger
• C. P = Thirst; Q = Satiated
• D. P = Wet; Q = Critic

Hint:

Think about what feeling arises in the body when water or food is missing; that feeling is the answer for both P and Q.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The question gives an analogy Water : P :: Food : Q and asks which pair of words keeps the same link on both sides. Let's test each option by putting the words into a full sentence.

1. P = Thirst; Q = Hunger: "Not having water leads to thirst" and "not having food leads to hunger." Both sentences follow the exact same pattern: missing the substance creates a specific bodily craving. This fits.
2. P = Drink; Q = Hunger: "Water is a drink" describes what water is, while "not having food leads to hunger" describes a craving. The two sentences use different kinds of relations, so this pair breaks the pattern.
3. P = Thirst; Q = Satiated: "Not having water leads to thirst" fits, but "not having food leads to satiated" makes no sense, since satiated means full, not craving. This pair fails.
4. P = Wet; Q = Critic: "Water makes things wet" is a property relation, and "food needs a critic" is not a bodily craving at all. Neither part matches the required pattern, and the two parts do not even match each other.

Only the first pair keeps the same lack of the substance produces this craving relation running through both halves of the analogy, so P = Thirst and Q = Hunger is correct.

Let's summarize:

• Water is to thirst as food is to hunger, since both thirst and hunger are the cravings caused by not having the substance.
• The wrong options mix up categories (drink), states (satiated), or unrelated ideas (wet, critic) that do not follow the same relation.

So the correct combination is P = Thirst and Q = Hunger.