Hunger is to food — Aptitude Question
Hunger is to food: Hunger : Food :: Thirst : ? Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Analogies & Classification
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 35 seconds
Question
Hunger : Food :: Thirst : ?
Options
- Cup
- Water
- Dry
- Throat
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Water
Worked solution
- The relation is a need to the substance that satisfies it.
- Thirst is satisfied by water.
- A cup only holds it, dry is the condition rather than the cure, and throat is where it is felt.
Answer: Water.
The idea
Match the relation exactly, not the topic: food is the substance that ends hunger, so the answer is the substance that ends thirst — not its container, its cause or its place.
Shortcut. Food is the substance that ends hunger, so take the substance that ends thirst. 'Dry' (an adjective) and 'Throat' (a body part) drop at once, leaving 'Water' as the basic substance.
Common trap. "Cup" — close enough to thirst to tempt, but the analogy pairs a need with the substance that ends it, and a cup is only what the water comes in.
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