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A. Base Level Exercise

1. Pointing to a man on the stage, Rita said, 5. Pointing to a woman in the photograph,
jjHe is the brother of the daughter of the Rajesh said, "The only daughter of her
wife of my husband." How is the man on grandfather is my wife" . How is Rajesh
the stage related to Rita? [MAT 20131 related to that woman? [CLAT 2013]

(a) Son (b) Husband (a) Uncle

(c) Cousin (d) Nephew (b) Father
(c) Maternal Uncle
2. Pointing towards a boy Veena said, jjHe
(d) Brother
is the son of only son of my grandfather."
How is that boy related to Veena? · 6. Pointing towards a girl, Anurag says,
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T~is girl is the daughter of the only
(a) Uncle (b) Brother child of my father" . What is the relation
(c) Cousin (d) Nephew
of Anurag's wife with the girl?
3. Ramesh is the brother of Amit. Sushma is [CG PSC 20131
the sister of Satish. Amit is the son of (a) Sister
Sushma. How is Ramesh related to (b) Aunt
Sushma? [SSC (FCI) 2012] (c) Daughter
(a) Father- (b) Brother (d) Mother ·
(c) Son (d) Nephew (e) None of these

4. A woman introduces a man as the son of 7. Dis B's Father B · ·c, . .

the brother of her mother. •How is the A's daught H. is . s s1ster-1n-law and
er. ow is A related to D1
man related to the woman? [MAT 20131
(a) Wife . [SSC (CPO) 20131
(a) Nephew (b) Son
(c) Father (b) Mother
(c) Cousin (d) Uncle (d) Husband
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Answer with Explanations
A. Base Levet Exercise \
1. (a) Brother of daughter means son . Wife of my 6. (cf) The daughter of only child of Anurag's father Will \
husband means herself. $0, the man is son of be daughter of Anurag . Thus, Anurag's witewi\l
Rita. be the mother of this girl .
2. (b) The only son of Veena's grandfather is her father 7. (a) According to the question, D is the father of B
and the son of her father is her brother. and Bis the daughter of A. Thus . A is wife of D. 1

3. (c) Sushma 8• (cf) Gentleman 1-+------1

o - - - - Satish X
0_,.,/"'< l Brother Brother ~ - - - '
0 Father
., .,;'/ Son

Ramesh a:/ o Amit Uncle ------1 Deepak

Brother
So, Ramesh is son of Sushma. Daughter Father
4. (c) Brother
X - - - - - Woman's mother y

lson 1 9. (a)
Hence, gentleman is Deepak's uncle.
Man's father ·
Man Woman
So, from ~bove, man is cousin of woman .
Soni
I

Man
5. (b) Woman 's grandfather
Soni
Rajesh Wife
. l X
Daughter
_
Man's son (Photograph)
By diagram, it is clear th t .

Daug~ l Woman
son. a the Photo is of hi

So, Rajesh is father of that woman . Subscribe Youtube DEAR SIR

 ~xercise -----:>< 11. V
(a) Cousin (b) Son (c) Brother-in-law
1. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, "Her mother is the only h (e) Uncle
(d) Nep ew iO·
daug~ter of !l}Y mother-in-law." How ·is Vipin related to
lo . Po niting to a person, Rohit said to Neha, "His moth• .
that girl? f h "H . N ,t ~
(a) Uncle (b) Father (c) Brother the only daughter of your at . er. ow is eha related t~
(d) Husband (e) None of these that person?
(a) Aunt (b) Mother (c) Daughter
2. Showing th_e lady in the park, Vineet said, "She is the
daughter of my grandfather's only son." How is Vineet (d) Wife (e) None of these
related to that lady? 11. Poniting to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "\\~1
(a) Brother (p) Cousin (c) Father brother's father is the only son of_my grandfather." Ho11 \
(d) Uncle (e) None of these is the woman related to that man m the photograph?
3. A man said to a lady, ''Your mother's husband's sister is (a) Mother (b) Sister (c) Aunt
my aunt." How is that lady related to that man? (d) Daughter (e) Grandmother
(a) Daughter (b) Sister (c) Grand-daughter
(d) Mother (e) Aunt 12. lntroduding a girl, Amit said, "This girl is the wife of the
grandson of my mother." How is Amit related to that
4. Introducing a man, a woman said, "His wife is the only 1

daughter of my father." How is that man related to the girl?

woman? (a) Father (b) Father-in-law (c) Grandfather
(a) Husband · (b) Brother (c) Father-in-law (d) Husband (e) None of these
(d) Maternal-uncle (e) None of these 13. Pointing to a man in a photograph, Reena said, "His
5. P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. mother's only daughter is my mother." How is Reena
Which of the following statements cannot be definitely related to that man?
true? (a) Nephew (b) Sister (c) Niece
(a) Q is T's son (b) Tis Q's father, (d) Wife (e) Grand-daughter
(c) S is P's mother (d) Pis S's son
14. Pointing to a man in the park, Naman said. "His son is my
(e) Tis S's husband .
son's uncle." How is the man related to Naman?
6. Introducing a man, a woman said, "He is the only son of (a) Brother (b) Father (c) Uncle
my mother's mother." How is the woman related to that
(d) Grandfather (e) None of these
man?
(a) Mother (b) Cousin (c) Niece 15. A told B, "Yesterday I met the only brother of the
(d) Aunt (e) None of these daughter of my grand mother" Wh
. d.d A
· ?
.9m 1 meet.
7. Pointing to a lady, a man said. "The son of her only (a) Cousm (b) Brother (c) Ne hew
(d) Son (e) Father p
brother is the brother of my wife." How is the lady
related to that man? 16. Neelam, who is Rohit's daughter ,y r
. , says to Indu, ' ou
(a) Mother's sister (b) Grandmother mother Reeta 1s the younger sister of f .
. . my ather, who 1s
(c) Sister of father-in-law (d) Mother-in-law the third child of Sohanji." How is s h .. d
? . o anJ1 relate to
· (e) Maternal-aunt Inu.
d
8. If B says that his mother is the only daughter of A's (a) Maternal-uncle (b) Father
mother, how is A related to B? (c) Grandfather (d) Father-in-law
(a) Son (b) Father (c) Brother (e) None of these
(d) Grandfather (e) Uncle 17. A woman introduces a man as the son of th b h f
e rot er o
9. Pointing to a man, a woman said. "He is the brother of her mother. How is that man related to the worn ?
an.
my uncle's daughter." How is that man related to (a) Nephew (b) Son (c) Cousin
woman? (d) Uncle (d) Grandson
 ~ xplanations
~ercise 11.1
1 (b) The only daughter of Vipin's mother-in-law is the wife
of Vipin. Therefore, the statement, in other words
implies that "Her mother is my wife." Hence, it is clear
that Vipin is the father of that girl.
2 (a) The only son of Vineet's grandfather is the father of
Vineet and daughter of Vineet's father is the sister of
Vineet. Hence, Vineet is the brother of that lady.
3 (b) Mother's husband's sister means that sister of father.
Hence, lady is the sister of that man.
4 {a) The only daughter of the woman's father is she herself.
Hence, the woman and the man has a wife-husband
relationship.
5 (a) On the basis of the information given in the question, it
is confirmed that S is the mother and T is the father of
p Q and R. Out of them P is male and the sex of Q and
R is not determined. Hence, it cannot be definitely said
that Q is T's son because the sex of Q is not known as a
result Q maybe daughter ofT.
6 (c) Son of woman's mother's mother means the brother of
mother. And brother of mother is maternal-uncle.
Hence, woman is related as niece to that man.
7 (c) The statement in other words implies her nephew is my
son-in-law. Therefore, it is clear that the lady is sister of
man's wife or in other words is the sister of
father-in-law.
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8 (e) 'I . . the question, B's mother 1s·
As the given information in d B · th
, h
the only daughter of As mot e ·r In otherwor
. th e
s, 1 1s f B
grandson of A's moth er. H enee , A 1s e unc e o
(Assuming A being male) .
9 (a) Clearly, the man is the cousin of that woman.
10 Cb) Only daughter of Neha's father ~s ~eha herself.
Therefore, statement in other words 1mphes that Neha
is the mother of that man.
11 (b) The only son of woman's grandfather is father of the
woman. Therefore, the information in the question
reads as "His brother's father (his father) is my father."
Hence, woman is related as sister to that man.
12 (b) Grandson of Amit's mother is the son of Amit and son's
wife is Amit's daughter-in-law. Hence, Amit is related as
father-in-law of that girl.
13 (c) As given information in the question, "His mother's only
daughter (His sister) is my mother." Therefore, the man
in the photograph is the brother of Reena's mother, as a
result Reena is related as niece to that man.
14 (b) Uncle of Naman's son is the brother of Naman. Hence,
as given information, the son of man is brother of
Naman. Therefore, the man (in the park) is related as
father to Naman.
15 (e) The daughter of A's grandmother is the sister of A's
· father and the only brother of A's father is A's father
himself. Hence, A met his father.
16 (c) From the information given in the question, it is
concluded that Sohanji is the father of Rohit, and
brother of Reeta, who is the mother of Indu. Therefore,
Sohanji is the grandfather of Indu.
17 (c) Brother of woman's mother is the maternal uncle of the
woman and the son of maternal uncle is related as
cousin to the woman.