Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle." How is the boy related to the girl?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Brother
Unpack from the inside. The father of my 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 Lata says, "He is the son of the only son of my grandfather." How is the man in the photograph related to Lata?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Brother
The only son of my grandfather is Lata’s father, so the man in the photograph is his son - Lata’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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If D is the brother of B, how B is related to C? To answer this question which of the statements is/are necessary?
The son of D is the grandson of C.
B is the sister of D.
Answer: D
Given: D is the brother of B.
From statement 1, we can detect that D is son of C (son of D is the grandson of C).
From statement 2, we can detect that B is 'Female' (sister of D).
Therefore, B is daughter of C.
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If A + B means A is the father of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the wife of B and A x B means A is the mother of B, which of the following shows that M is the maternal grandmother of T?
Answer: A
Correct answer: M x N % S + T
M × N makes M the mother of N; N % S makes N the wife of S; S + T makes S the father of T. N is therefore T’s mother, and M is N’s mother - T’s maternal grandmother.
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Pointing to a photograph. Bajpai said, "He is the son of the only daughter of the father of my brother." How Bajpai is related to the man in the photograph?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Maternal Uncle
The father of my brother is Bajpai’s own father; that man’s only daughter is Bajpai’s sister; and her son is Bajpai’s nephew. Since the link runs through Bajpai’s sister, he is the young man’s maternal uncle.
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Deepak 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 Deepak?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Brother
My father’s wife is Deepak’s mother, so her daughter is his sister. That girl’s two brothers are Deepak and one other, and the younger of them is playing - so the boy is Deepak’s brother.
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Pointing a photograph X said to his friend Y, "She is the only daughter of the father of my mother." How X is related to the person of photograph?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Son
The father of my mother is X’s maternal grandfather, and his only daughter is X’s mother. X is male, so he is her son.
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Veena who is the sister-in-law of Ashok, is the daughter-in-law of Kalyani. Dheeraj is the father of Sudeep who is the only brother of Ashok. How Kalyani is related to Ashok?
Answer: D
Correct answer: None of these
Sudeep is Ashok’s only brother, so Veena - Ashok’s sister-in-law - is Sudeep’s wife. Being Kalyani’s daughter-in-law makes Kalyani Sudeep’s mother, and therefore Ashok’s mother too. Mother is not offered, so the answer is none of these.
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If A + B means A is the sister of B; A x B means A is the wife of B, A % B means A is the father of B and A - B means A is the brother of B. Which of the following means T is the daughter of P?
Answer: B
Correct answer: P x Q % R - T + S
P × Q makes P the wife of Q; Q % R makes Q the father of R; R – T makes R the brother of T, so T is Q’s child; and T + S makes T the sister of S, showing T is female. A daughter of Q is a daughter of his wife P.
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