GATE CS 2026 Set 2 Q.6: Verbal Ability and Grammar

Water : P :: Food : Q

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

P = Thirst; Q = Hunger

P = Drink; Q = Hunger

P = Thirst; Q = Satiated

P = Wet; Q = Critic

Official answer and solution

Official answer: A
From: Official GATE 2026 answer key

Solution

Match the relationship between each noun and the physiological state it relieves.

Water relieves Thirst ( $P = \text{Thirst}$ ) in the exact same way that Food relieves Hunger ( $Q = \text{Hunger}$ ). Both $P$ and $Q$ are nouns naming the respective physiological drives.

Final answer

Option (A)

Common trap

Choosing mismatched parts of speech such as verb/noun in (B) or noun/adjective in (C).

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Paper: GATE 2026 Computer Science and Information Technology - Session 2 (CS2)
Question: 6 of 65
Section: General Aptitude

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