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

Step 1: Read the analogy pattern.
The analogy Water : P :: Food : Q asks us to find a word P that relates to Water in the same way that Q relates to Food. So the relation has to work the same way on both sides.

Step 2: Find the relation on the Water side.
When the body lacks water, it produces a signal to drink. That signal is called thirst. So Water and Thirst are linked as a substance and the craving caused by its lack.

Step 3: Apply the same relation to Food.
By the same logic, when the body lacks food, it produces a signal to eat. That signal is called hunger. So Food and Hunger form the exact same kind of pair as Water and Thirst.

Step 4: Rule out the other options.
In option (B), Drink is just another name for a liquid, not a bodily craving, so P = Drink does not match the relation type used for Q = Hunger.
In option (C), Satiated means already full, which is the opposite of a craving, so it cannot pair with Thirst the way Hunger does.
In option (D), Wet is a physical property of something touched by water, and Critic is a person who reviews food, so neither term describes a bodily need, and the two do not even share a common relation with each other.

Final Answer:
Only P = Thirst and Q = Hunger keep the same lack of the substance creates this craving relation on both sides.
\[ \boxed{P = \text{Thirst}, \ Q = \text{Hunger}} \]