Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman related to the man in the photograph ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Sister
His brother’s father is the man’s own father, and the only son of my grandfather is the woman’s father. The two share a father, so the woman is his sister.
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Pointing to a woman, Abhijit said, "Her granddaughter is the only daughter of my brother." How is the woman related to Abhijit?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Mother
The woman’s granddaughter is the daughter of Abhijit’s brother, so Abhijit’s brother is the woman’s son - which makes the woman Abhijit’s mother. She cannot be his mother-in-law: a mother-in-law’s granddaughter through him would be Abhijit’s own daughter, not his brother’s.
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Showing the man receiving the priza, Saroj said, "He is the brother of my uncle's daughter."
Who is the man to Saroj ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Cousin
My uncle’s daughter is Saroj’s cousin, and her brother is a child of the same uncle, so he too is Saroj’s cousin.
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Amit said - "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother". How is Amit related to the girl? |
Answer: D
The girl is the wife of grandson of Amit's mother i.e., the girl is the wife of son of Amit. Hence, Amit is the father-in-law of the girl.
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Looking at the portrait of a man, Ashok said, ‘His mother is the wife of my father’s son. Brothers and sisters I have none’. At whose portrait was Ashok looking?
Answer: D
Correct answer: His son
Ashok has no brothers, so my father’s son can only be Ashok himself. The man’s mother is therefore Ashok’s wife, and the portrait is of his son.
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Rahul said to Nitin, "That boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife." How is the boy playing football related to Rahul?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Brother
My father’s wife is Rahul’s mother, so her daughter is his sister. The two brothers of that girl are Rahul and one other, and the younger of them is playing - so the boy is Rahul’s brother.
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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 is it ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: His son’s
Since the speaker has no brother, “my father’s son” must be the speaker himself. So the man in the photograph has the speaker as his father, which makes the photograph that of his son.
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Pointing to a photograph Smita 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: C
Correct answer: Grandson
This man’s son’s sister is simply the man’s daughter, and she is Smita’s mother-in-law - her husband’s mother. The man is therefore her husband’s maternal grandfather, so the husband is the man’s grandson.
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A man said to a lady, "Your mother's husband's sister is my aunt? How is the lady related to the man ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Sister
Your mother’s husband is the lady’s father, and his sister is her aunt. That same woman is the speaker’s aunt too, so the two have the same father - the lady is his sister.
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Pointing to a lady, a man said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife." How is the lady related to the man ?
Answer: D
Brother of my wife - My brother.in-law; Son of lady's brother is the brother-in-law of the man.
So lady's brother is man's father-in-law
i.e., the lady is the sister of man's father-in-law.
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