SSC Selection Post 2025 PYQ — Question 86

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 30th July 2025 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q86

"Oxygen : Respiration" follows the same relation as:

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The answer is Fuel : Combustion.

The given basic pair "Oxygen : Respiration" is related to an essential chemical and biological process:

Oxygen is the essential element without which the biological combustion process of respiration is impossible. Respiration is actually a slow combustion occurring at the cellular level, where glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen and energy is released.

Similarly:

Fuel is the essential element without which the chemical process of combustion is impossible. The presence of fuel is the primary condition for combustion.