Blood Relations Questions

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Pointing to a woman, a man said, "Her father is the only son of my father." How is the man related to the woman?

A) Father B) Brother
C) Uncle D) Brother-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brother

Explanation:

The man said, "Her father is the only son of my father."

Then the woman's father and the man's is the same

=> The woman and the man are brother and sisters.

 

Hence, the man is the brother of the woman.

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Rahul's mother is the only daughter of Monika's father. How is Monika's husband related to Rahul ?

A) Uncle B) Father
C) Grandfather D) Brother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Father

Explanation:

 Clearly, the only daughter or Monika's father is Monika herself 

So, Rahul's mother is Monika 

Thus, Monika's husband is the father of Rahul. 

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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 ?  

A) Cousin B) Sister-in-law
C) Mother D) Mother-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mother

Explanation:

Clearly, the lady is the grandmother of man's sister's son i.e.. the mother of the mother of man's sister's son 

i.e., the mother of man's sister. So, the lady is man's mother.  

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Rahul told Anand, 'Yesterday I defeated the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother.' Whom did Rahul defeat 

A) Son B) Father
C) Brother D) Father-in.law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Father

Explanation:

Daughter of grandmother — Aunt: Aunt's only brother — Father. 

 

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If 'A $ B' means 'A is brother of B', 'A @ B'means 'A is wife of B', 'A # B' means 'A is daughter of B' and 'A & B'means 'A is father of B', then which of the following expressions indicates the relationship 'K' is father-in-law of H'? 

 

A) H @ J $ L # P & K B) H @ J $ P & L # K
C) H @ J $ L # K & P D) H @ P $ J & L # K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) H @ J $ L # K & P

Explanation:

K is the father-in-law of H means H is the wife of the brother (say, J) of the daughter (say, L) of K and K is a male (brother or father of some person, say P) i.e H @ J $ L # K $ P or H @ J $ L # K & P.

 

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Introducing a man to her husband , a woman said "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather". How is the woman related to this man?

A) Mother B) Aunt
C) Sister D) Aunt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sister

Explanation:

Only son of woman's grandfather - woman's father;  Man's brother's father - Man's father 

So, man's father is woman's father i.e woman is the man's sister.

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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 ? 

A) Nephew B) Sister
C) Wife D) Niece
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Niece

Explanation:

Asha's mother's mother is man's mother i.e.. A.sha's mother is man's sister or Asita is man's niece. 

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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 was it?

A) His uncle's B) His nephew's
C) His son's D) His Cousin's
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) His son's

Explanation:

Since the narrator has no brother, his father’s son is he himself. So, the man who is talking is the father of the man in the photograph. Thus, the man in the photograph is his son.

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