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A said said to B that B’s mother mother was the mother-in-law mother-in-law of A’s mother. mother. How is A’s A’s mother mother related to B’s B’s mother? 1) Daughter-in-law 2) Mother-in-law 3) Sister 4) Aunt 5) Sister-in-law Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says: says: “she is the only daughter daughter of my only son’s son’s mother-in-law mother-in-law.” .” How is the woman related to the man? 1) daughter 2) wife 3) daughter-in-law 4) mother 5) mother-in-law Pointing to a woman in in a photograph photograph a man man says, “She is the only daughter of my father’s father’s only daughter-in-law daughter-in-law.” .” How is the woman related to the man? 1) wife 2) daughter 3) daughter-in-law 4) sister 5) sister-in-law Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says: says: “He is the father of my only only daughter-in-law’ daughter-in-law’ss father-in-law”. father-in-law”. What What is the man to the woman? 1) Father 2) Brother 3) Husband 4) Brother-in-law 5) Father-in-law Pointing Pointing to a woman in a photograph photograph a man says: says: “She is the only only daughter daughter of my wife’s wife’s mother-in-l mother-in-law”. aw”. How is the woman related to the man? 1) Daughter 2) Wife 3) Sister 4) Sister-in-law 5) Mother-in-law Pointing Pointing to a woman in a photograp photograph h a man says: “She is the the only daughter daughter of my father’ father’ss mother-in mother-in-law” -law”.. How is the woman related to the man? 1) daughter 2) mother 3) daughter-in-law 4) mother-in-law 5) None of these Pointing Pointing to a photograp photograph h a woman says: says: “He is the brother brother of the daughter daughter of my mother mother-in-l -in-law’ aw’ss only son”. son”. How is the man related to the woman? 1) Son 2) Brother 3) Brother-in-law 4) Nephew 5) Can’t be exactly determined Pointing Pointing to a photograp photograph h a woman says: says: “He is the son son of the wife wife of my husband’ husband’ss father”. father”. How is the man man related related to the woman? 1) son 2) son-in-law 3) brother-in-law 4) brother 5) None of these Pointing Pointing to a man in a photograp photograph h a woman says: says: “He is the fatherfather-in-la in-law w of the wife of the only only grandson grandson of my own father-in-law”. How is the man related to the woman? 1) son 2) husband 3) cousin 4) nephew 5) son-in-law Pointing Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says “She is the mother-in-l mother-in-law aw of the wife of the father of my only son”. How is the woman related to the man? 1) daughter 2) wife 3) daughter-in-law 4) sister-in-law 5) None of these Pointing to a woman in a photograph photograph a man says: “She is is the grandmother of tthe he son of my daughter-in-law’ daughter-in-law’ss mother-inmother-inlaw.” How is the woman related to the man? 1) mother 2) mother-in-law 3) sister 4) wife 5) sister-in-law Pointing to a woman in the photograph photograph a man says. “This woman is is the wife of the father of my my brother-in-law.” brother-in-law.” How is the woman related to the man? 1) mother 2) mother-in-law 3) sister 4) sister-in-law 5) daughter Pointing to a woman a man says, says, “She is the sister-in-law sister-in-law of the only daughter of my my mother-in-law’s mother-in-law’s husband”. How is the woman related to the man? 1) daughter 2) mother 3) sister-in-law 4) daughter-in-law 5) 5) sister Pointing to a man in in the photograph a woman says: says: “He is the son of my sister’s mother’s husband.” husband.” How is the man related to the woman? 1) Brother 2) Father 3) Uncle 4) Brother-in-law 5) Father-in-law Pointing to a man in the photograph photograph a woman says: “He is the father of my daughter-in-law’ daughter-in-law’ss brother-in-law brother-in-law.” .” How is the man related to the woman? 1) husband 2) brother 3) brother-in-law 4) father 5) father-in-law Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, says, “She is the mother of my daughter-in-law’ daughter-in-law’ss husband’s only sister.” sister.” How is the woman related to the man? 1) wife 2) mother 3) sister 4) daughter 5) sister-in-law Pointing to a man in a photograph, photograph, a woman said, “His sister’s sister’s father is the only son of my mother’s mother’s father-in-law father-in-law.” .” How is the woman related to the man in the photograph? 1) sister-in-law 2) wife 3) mother 4) sister 5) granddaughter
18. 18. Pointing to a woman standing standing at the bus stop stop a man says, “She is the sister-in-law sister-in-law of the son of my my grandfather’s daughter-in-law.” daughter-in-law.” How is the woman related to the man? 1) daughter-in-law 2) wife 3) wife or sister-in-law 4) sister-in-law 5) sister 19. 19. Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man man says, “She is the mother of the father father of my wife’s wife’s only son.” How is the woman related to the man in the question? 1) mother 2) wife 3) daughter-in-law 4) mother-in-law 5) Can’t say 20. 20. Pointing to a man in a photograph, photograph, a woman says, “He is the only only son of the only daughter-in-law daughter-in-law of my only son’s son’s father.” father.” How is the man related to the woman? 1) Son 2) Father 3) Son-in-law 4) Grandson 5) Can’t say 21. 21. Pointing to a man, a woman woman says: “He is the brot brother-in-law her-in-law of the the only son-in-law of my my mother’s husband.” How is is the man related to the woman? 1) brother 2) husband 3) brother-in-law 4) son 5) son-in-law 22. 22. Pointing to a person a man said; said; “This man is the son of my brother-in-law’ brother-in-law’ss father’s only daughter.” daughter.” How is the man related to the speaker? 1) Son 2) Father 3) Brother 4) Brother-in-law 5) None of these 23. 23. While going to his office P meets meets a man Q who is related to P, P, because P has R, a son, who is married to T. T is is the daughter of Q. T has daughter A. How is P related to A? 1) Grandfather 2) Grandmother 3) Uncle 4) Father-in-law 5) None of these 24. 24. Showing a photograph Rajeev Rajeev told Shweta. “His mother mother is the only daughter of your your father.” father.” How was Shweta related to the man in the photograph? 1) Aunt 2) Mother 3) Wife 4) Daughter 5) None of these 25. 25. Pointing to a photograph, photograph, a man said, “She is the daughter of my grandfather’s only only son.” How is the woman related related to the man? 1) Mother 2) Daughter 3) Sister 4) Sister-in-law 5) None of these 26. 26. Ramesh says that “Rekha is the sister-in-l sister-in-law aw of the only daughter of my mother-in-law’ mother-in-law’ss husband.” How is Rekha related to Ramesh? 1) Sister-in-law 2) Mother 3) Daughter-in-law 4) Sister 5) Daughter 27. 27. Pointing to a woman, a man says: “She is the mother mother of my son-in-law’s son-in-law’s brother’s only only sister-in-law sister-in-law.” .” How is the woman related to the man? 1) mother 2) wife 3) sister 4) mother-in-law 5) sister-in-law 28. 28. Pointing to a gentleman, gentleman, Deepak said, “His only brother brother is the father of my daughter’s father.” How is is the gentleman related to Deepak? 1) Father 2) Grandfather 3) Uncle 4) Brother-in-law 5) None of these 29. 29. A is the brother brother of B. C is married to D. If C is the nephew of B, how is A related related to D? 1) father-in-law 2) mother-in-law 3) son-in-law 4) daughter-in-law 5) brother-in-law 30. 30. A boy introduced introduced a girl as the daughter of the son of the father of of his uncle. The girl is the boy’s boy’s 1) nephew 2) cousin 3) sister 4) aunt 5) granddaughter 31. 31. Pointing to a lady a man said, her mother’s husband’s sister sister in my aunt. How is the lady lady related to the man? man? 1) Mother 2) Sister 3) Aunt 4) Daughter 5) Granddaughter 32. 32. Pointing to Rekha, Anuj said, “She is the daughter of my grandfather’s grandfather’s son.” How is Rekha Rekha related to Anuj? 1) Aunt 2) Sister 3) Niece 4) Mother 5) Sister-in-law 33. 33. Pointing to a photograph, Ranjit Ranjit said, “She is the daughter of the son of my grandfather’s grandfather’s only brother.” brother.” How is the lady related to Ranjit? 1) Sister 2) Niece 3) Cousin 4) Can’t say 5) None of these 34. 34. Pointing Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Dev Anand Anand said, “This woman is my sister’s sister’s father’s son-in-law’ son-in-law’ss wife”. How is Dev Anand related to the woman? 1) Mother 2) Sister 3) Can’t be determined 4) Wife 5) None of these 35. 35. Pointing to a photograph Monica Monica said, “He is the brother brother of the son of my grandfather’s grandfather’s only daughter. daughter. “How is the man related to Monica? 1) brother 2) cousin 3) nephew 4) Can’t say 5) None of these 36. 36. Pointing to a joker, joker, Madhu says, “He is the son of my father’s brother’s brother’s only sister-in-law sister-in-law.” .” How is the joker related to Madhu? 1) Son 2) Brother 3) Cousin 4) Uncle 5) None of these 37. 37. Pointing to a photograph Arun said, “She is the mother of my brother’s son’s son’s wife’s daughter”. daughter”. How is Arun related to
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the lady? 1) cousin 2) aunt 3) daughter-in-law 4) uncle 5) None of these Pointing to a gentleman, gentleman, Ganga says, ‘He is is the son of the daughter daughter of the father father of my father’. father’. How is the person rel related ated to Ganga? 1) cousin 2) nephew 3) uncle 4) brother 5) brother-in-law Pointing to a man, Rohit recalled, recalled, ‘He is the son of the mother mother of the father of my daughter.’ daughter.’ How is Rohit related to the man? 1) cousin 2) brother 3) nephew 4) uncle 5) son Pointing to a person Rohit said ‘He is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter daughter of my father’s father’s wife’. How is the person related to Rohit? 1) nephew 2) son 3) uncle 4) brother 5) father Pointing to a woman, Anil Anil said, ‘She is the daughter of my grandfather’s grandfather’s only son’s son’s wife.’ How is Anil related to that girl? 1) Brother 2) cousin 3) Father 4) Uncle 5) Husband Pointing to a boy in a photograph, photograph, Akhil says, says, “He is the son of my mother’s mother’s only son.” How is Akhil Akhil related to that boy? 1) Uncle 2) Brother 3) Father 4) Cousin 5) None of these
43. 43. Pointing to a boy, boy, Meena says, “He is the son of my grandfather’s grandfather’s only son.” How is the boy’s boy’s mother related to to Meena? 1) Mother 2) Aunt 3) Sister 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 44. 44. Introducing Introducing Sarita, Meena said, “She is the only daughter of my father’s father’s only daughter.” daughter.” How is Meena related to Sarita? 1) Niece 2) Cousin 3) Aunt 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Directions (Q. 45-46): Study the information given below and answer the questions following it: Mohan is son of Arun’s father’s sister. Prakash is son of Reva, w ho is mother of Vikash and grandmother of Arun. Pran ab is father of Neela and grandfather of Mohan. Reva is wife of Pranab. 45. How is is Mohan Mohan related related to Reva? Reva? 1) Grandson 2) Son 3) Nephew 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 46. 46. How is Vikash’s Vikash’s wife related related to to Neela? 1) Sister 2) Niece 3) Sister-in-law 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 47. 47. Pointing to Kedar, Veena Veena said, ‘His mother’s brother is the father of my son Nitin.’ How is Kedar related to Veena? 1) Niece 2) Aunt 3) Nephew 4) Sister-in-law 5) None of these 48. 48. Pointing to a boy, boy, Namrata says, “He is the the son of my grandfather’s grandfather’s only child.” child.” How is the boy related related to Namrata? 1) Brother 2) Cousin 3) Uncle 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 49. 49. Kalyani is mother-in-law mother-in-law of Veena Veena who is Sister-in-law Sister-in-law of Ashok. Dheeraj is father of Sudeep, the only brother of Ashok. How is Kalyani related to Ashok? 1) Mother-in-law 2) Aunt 3) Wife 4) Cousin 5) None of these 50. 50. Pointing to a girl, Abhishek said, “She is daughter of the only child of my father.” father.” How is Abhishek’s Abhishek’s wife related to that girl? 1) Daughter 2) Mother 3) Aunt 4) Sister 5) None of these
1. 1; If B’s mother is mother-in-law moth er-in-law of A’s A’s mother, so, A’s A’s mother is i s daughter-in-law daughte r-in-law of B’s B ’s mother. 2. 3 3. 2; Father’s daughter-in-law = wife daughter of wife = daughter 4. 5; daughter-in-law’s daughter-in-law’s father-in-law father-in-law = husband husband’s father = father-in-law 5. 3; wife’s mother-in-law = mother daughter of mother = sister 6. 2; father’s mother-in-law = grandmother daughter of grandmother = mother 7. 1; Mother-in-law’s Mother-in-law’s only son = husband. Daughter of husband = daughter. Brother of daughter = son. 8. 5; Husband’s Husband’s father = father-in-law wife of father-in-law = mother-in-law son of mother-in-law = husband. 9. 2; “Only grandson of my father-in-law” = “husband”. “Wife of my son” = “my daughter-in-law”. “Father-in-law of my daughter-in-law” = “husband”. 10. 5; She is the mother. mot her. 11. 1; daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law = wife. Son of wife = son. Grand mother of son = mother. 12. 2; Father of my brother-in-law = My father-in-law. Wife of my father-in-law = My mother-in-law. 13. 5; My mother-in-law’s mother-in-law ’s husband = My father-in-law. Only daughter of my father-in-law fathe r-in-law = Wife. Sister-in-law of wife = Sister. 14. 1; mother’s husband = father, sister’s mother’s husband = sister’s father = father, son of father = brother. brother. 15. 1; Daughter-in-law’s brother-in-law = son. Father of son = husband. 16. 1; Husband’ H usband’ss only sister = sister in law, daughter-in-law’s daughter-in-law’s sister in law = daughter, mother of daughter = wife 17. 4 18. 3 19. 1; My wife’s only son = my son. Father of my son = myself. Mother of myself = my mother. mo ther. 20. 4; my only son’s father = my husband. daughter-in-law daughter-in-law of husband = daughter-in-law. daughter-in-law. only son of daughter-in-law = grandson. 21. 1; Mother’s husband = father. Only son-in-law of father = husband Brother-in-law of husband = brother. brother. 22. 1; Father’s only daughter = only sister. Brother-in-law’s only sister = wife Son of wife = son. 23. 1; P Q Son ↓ ↓ Daughter R ⇔T \ A / Daughter Thus P is the grandfather of A. 24. 2; Only daughter of your (Shweta’s) father ⇒ Shweta herself. Thus Shweta is the mother of the man in the photograph. 25. 3; Grandfather’s only son
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26. 4; Mother-in-law’s husband ⇒ Father-in-law. Father-in-law’s only daughter wife. Wife’s sister-in-law sister. 27. 2; A’s A’s brother’s brothe r’s only sister-in-law si ster-in-law = A’s A’s wife. Son-in-law’s brother’s only sister-in-law = son-in-law’s wife = daughter. mother of daughter = wife. 28. 3; 29. 1; A — B (+) (+) | C D (+) (–) 30. 3 31. 2; Lady’s mother’s husband = lady’s father, lady’s father’s sister = lady’s aunt. As is given, lady’s aunt is man’s aunt, therefore, lady is man’s sister. 32. 2; Anuj’s grandfathers only son = Anuj’s father Now, Anuj’s father’s daughter = Anuj’s sister = Rekha. 33. 3; Grandfather’s brother | —
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Ganga’s Father’s sister or Ganga’s Aunt | Ganga —— Ganga’s Cousin —— Her offspring 39. 2; Rohit’s daughter’s daughter’s father Rohit. Mother of Rohit’s daughter’s father Rohit’s mother. Son other than Rohit of Rohit’s mother Rohit’s brother 40. 4; My father’s wife my mother Daughter of my mother my sister. Brother of my sister myself or my brother 41. 1; Anil’s grandfather’s only son’s wife = Anil’s mother, Anil’s mother’s daughter is his sister. Therefore Anil is the girl’s brother. 42. 3; Photograph is the son of Akhil’s Akhil’s mother’s only son. or, Photograph is the son of Akhil. or, Akhil is the father of the boy. 43. 1; One’s grandfather’s only son one’s father. And the son of one’s father One’s brother or oneself. Hence, the mother of the boy is Meena’s mother. 44. 5
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Hence, Kedar is Veena’s nephew. 48. 1; Son of Namrata’s grandfather’s grandfather’s only child is Namrata’s Namrata’s brother 49. 5; Kalyani (-) ←→ Dheeraj (+) (+) Ashok Sudeep (+) Veena (-) Clearly, Kalyani is mother of Ashok. 50. 2; Girl G irl is daughter of the only child of Abhishek’s father or, Girl is daughter of Abhishek Hence girl is daughter of Abhisek’s Abhisek’s wife.
