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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Pointing to a man on the stage, Rita said, "He is the brother of the daughter of the wife of my husband." How is the man on the stage related to Rita ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Son
The wife of my husband is Rita herself, so the daughter referred to is Rita’s daughter, and the man is that girl’s brother - which makes him Rita’s son.
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Pointing to an old man, Yuvraj said, "His son is my son's uncle." How is the old man related to Yuvraj ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Father
My son’s uncle is Yuvraj’s own brother. Since the old man’s son is that brother, the old man is Yuvraj’s father.
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A man pointing to a photograph Says, The lady in the photograph is my nephew's maternal grandmother." How is the lady in the photograph related to the man's sister who has no other sister ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Mother
The man’s nephew is his sister’s son, so the boy’s maternal grandmother is the mother of the man’s sister. The lady in the photograph is therefore that sister’s mother.
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If Rahul says, "Ravi's mother is the only daughter of my mother how is Rahul related to Ravi ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Maternal uncle
The only daughter of my mother is Rahul’s sister, and she is Ravi’s mother. Rahul is therefore the brother of Ravi’s mother - his maternal uncle.
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Suraj told Anand, 'Yesterday I defeated the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother.' Whom did Suraj defeat ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Father
The daughter of my grandmother is Suraj’s mother, and her only brother is Suraj’s maternal uncle - but the choices offer no uncle. Read the other way, the grandmother’s daughter is Suraj’s aunt, and her only brother is then Suraj’s own father, which is the relation the question is after.
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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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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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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 Rahul’s sister. That girl’s two brothers are Rahul and one other, and the younger of them is playing - so the boy is Rahul’s brother.
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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
Only son of Neena's father-in-law Mahipal - Neena's husband.
So, Raman is Neena's husband and Anita and Bindu are his daughters.
Thus, Bindu is the grand daughter of Mahipal.
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