Each of these questions is based on the following information:
M % N means M is the son of N.
M @ N means M is the sister of N.
M $ N means M is the father of N.
Which of the following shows the relation that C is the granddaughter of E?
Answer: C
Correct answer: C @ B % F % E
C @ B makes C the sister of B, so C is female; B % F makes B the son of F, so C too is F’s child; and F % E makes F the son of E. A daughter of E’s son is E’s granddaughter.
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Which of the following shows the relation that S is the father of Q?
Answer: D
Correct answer: None of these
Taking the options in turn: S @ P $ Q makes S the sister of Q’s father - an aunt. Q @ P % S makes P the son of S, so S is a parent of Q - but nothing says S is male, so “father” is not established. Q $ S @ P makes Q the father of S, the reverse of what is wanted. So the answer is none of these.
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Each of these questions is based on the following information:
A + B means A is the mother of B.
A - B means A is the sister of B.
A * B means A is the father of B.
A β B means A is the brother of B.
Which of the following means Q is the grandfather of P?
Answer: D
Correct answer: None of these
Taking the options in turn: P + N * M * Q makes Q the great-grandchild of P, not the other way about. Q * N * M + P puts three generations between Q and P, making him P’s great-grandfather. Q β M β N * P makes Q the brother of P’s father - an uncle. None gives a grandfather, so the answer is none of these.
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Pointing to a photograph, Amar said, “I have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Whose photograph was it?
Answer: A
Since Amar has no brother or sister so his father’s son is the man himself and so the man who is talking is the father of the man in the photograph i.e. the man in the photograph is his son. Hence, answer is (1) His son’s.
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If Neena says, "Anita's father Raman is the only son of my father-in-law Mahipal, then how is Bindu, who is the sister of Anita, related to Mahipal ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Grand Daughter
Raman is Mahipal’s only son, and Anita is Raman’s daughter. Bindu, being Anita’s sister, is Raman’s daughter too - and therefore Mahipal’s granddaughter.
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Introducing a man, a woman said, "His wife is the only daughter of my father." How is that man related to the woman ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Husband
The only daughter of my father can only be the woman herself. The man’s wife is therefore the woman, which makes him her husband.
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If A $ B means B is the father of A; A # B means B is the mother of A; A * B means B is the sister of A and A @ B means B is the husband of A, which of the following indicates that N is the grandmother of P?
Answer: D
Correct answer: None of these
Taking the options in turn: the first ends with N as the father of P’s mother, so N is a grandfather, not a grandmother; the second makes N the mother of P’s husband’s father, a grandmother-in-law rather than P’s own; and the third again makes N a father. None gives the relation asked for, so the answer is none of these.
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Introducing a woman, Shashank said, "She is the mother of the only daughter of my son." How that woman is related to Shashank?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Daughter-in-law
The only daughter of my son is Shashank’s granddaughter, and the woman is that girl’s mother - that is, the wife of Shashank’s son, his daughter-in-law.
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A is the son of B. C, B`s sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. How is A related to D ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Cousin
A is B’s son and D is the son of C, who is B’s sister. So A’s parent and D’s parent are brother and sister, which makes A and D cousins.
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Pointing to a lady a person said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife." How is the lady related to the person?
Answer: C
Brother of person's wife → brother-in-law of the person. Hence, the son of lady's brother is brother-in-law of the person.
Therefore, the brother of the lady is the father-in-law of the person. Hence, the lady is the sister of the person's father-in-law.
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