Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son." Whose photograph was it ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: His son
The speaker has no brothers, so my father’s son can only be the speaker himself. The sentence therefore says that the man in the photograph has the speaker for a father - so the photograph is of his son.
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Which of the following means that N is the maternal uncle of M?
Answer: A
N β P → N is the brother of P
P - L → P is the sister of L
L + E → L is the mother of E
E - M → E is the sister of M.
Hence, L is the mother of M, P is the maternal aunt of M and N is the maternal uncle of M
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Pointing to a man in a photograph. Asha said. "His mother's only daughter is my mother." How is Asha related to that man ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Niece
His mother’s only daughter is the man’s sister, and she is Asha’s mother. The man is therefore Asha’s maternal uncle, and Asha is his niece.
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Pointing to a photograph, a person tells his friend, "She is the grand daughter of the elder brother of my father. How is the girl in the photograph related to this man ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Niece
The elder brother of my father is the speaker’s uncle, so the uncle’s son or daughter is the speaker’s cousin, and the girl - that cousin’s daughter - is the speaker’s niece.
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Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman, "His mother is the only daughter of your father." How was the woman related to the person ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Mother
The only daughter of your father can only be the woman herself. The sentence therefore says that she is the person’s mother - so the woman is his mother.
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Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pardeep, "I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle." How is the speaker related to Pardeep's father ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Wife
The speaker is the lady’s only daughter, and the lady’s son is Pardeep’s maternal uncle - so Pardeep’s mother is that man’s sister, which is the lady’s only daughter, the speaker herself. The speaker is therefore Pardeep’s mother, and so his father’s wife.
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A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl's ,
Answer: A
Correct answer: Brother
The father of her uncle is the girl’s grandfather; his daughter is the girl’s mother; and that woman’s son is the girl’s brother.
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Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, "This man's son's sister is my mother-in- law." How is the woman's husband related to the man in the photograph ?
Answer: A
Man's son sister : Man's daughter
So Man's daughter is the mother of woman's husband. Thus, the woman's husband is the grandson.
So the woman's husband is the grandson of the man in photograph.
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Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, "This man`s son`s sister is my mother-in-law." How is the woman`s husband related to the man in the photograph ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Grandson
This man’s son’s sister is simply the man’s daughter, and she is the speaker’s mother-in-law - that is, her husband’s mother. So the man is her husband’s maternal grandfather, and the husband is the man’s grandson.
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Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother." How is the girl related to Rita's friend ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Cousin
The brother-in-law of the friend’s mother is an uncle of the friend - either her father’s brother or her mother’s sister’s husband. His youngest daughter is therefore the friend’s cousin.
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