1. Ali introducing a girl in a party, said, she is the wife of the grandson of my mother. How is Ail related to the girl? (a) Father (b) Grandfather (c) Husband (d) Father-in-law The answer is (d) father-in-law because the girl is married to the grandson of Ali’s mother, which means the girl is Ali’s mother’s granddaughter-in-law and Ali is the father-in-law of the girl. |
2. A man said to a woman, ―Your mother‘s husband‘s sister is my aunt. How is the woman related to the man? (a) Granddaughter (b) Daughter (c) Sister (d) Aunt The answer is (c) sister because the woman’s mother’s husband’s sister is the man’s aunt, which means the woman and the man have the same aunt as their relative, making them siblings. |
3. A man said to a woman, ―Your brother‘s only sister is my mother. What is the relation of the woman with the maternal grandmother of that man? (a) Mother (b) Sister (c) Niece (d) Daughter The answer is (d) daughter because the woman’s brother’s only sister is the woman herself, who is the mother of the man, making the woman the maternal grandmother of the man. |
4. 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 won (b) His Son’s (c) His Father’s (d) His nephew’s The answer is (b) His son’s because the man has no brother or sister, which means the man’s father’s son is the man himself. Therefore, the photograph is that of the man’s son. |
5. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Asif, ―I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle, How is the speaker related to Asif‘s father? (a) Sister-in-law (b) Wife (c) Neither (d) nor (e) Aunt The answer is (b) wife because the lady in the photograph is the mother of the speaker, who is the wife of the maternal uncle of Asif, which means the lady in the photograph is Asif’s mother-in-law and the speaker is Asif’s wife. |
6. Introducing a man, a woman said, ―His wife is the only daughter of my mother. How is the woman related to that man? (a) Aunt (b) Wife (c) Mother-in-law (d) Maternal Aunt The answer is (b) wife because the man’s wife is the only daughter of the woman’s mother, which means the man is married to the woman’s sister. |
7. Saim said to Ali ―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 Saim? (a) Son (b) Brother (c) Cousin (d) Nephew The answer is (b) brother because the boy playing football is the son of the daughter of Saim’s father’s wife, which means the boy is Saim’s half-brother. |
8. A is the mother of B, C is the father of B and C has 3 children. On the basis of this information, find out which of the following relations is correct: (a) C has three daughter (b) C has three son (c) B is the son (d) None of them The answer is (d) None of them because the given information only tells us that A is the mother of B and C is the father of B with no information about the gender or number of their children. |
9. 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 The answer is (c) mother because the lady in the photograph is the maternal grandmother of the man’s nephew, which means the lady is the mother of the man’s sister. |
10. A is the brother of B. A is the brother of C. To find what is the relation between B and C. What minimum information from the following is necessary? (i) Gender of C, (ii) Gender of B
(a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii) (c) Either (i) or (ii) (d) Both (i) and (ii) The answer is (d) both (i) and (ii) because we need to know the gender of both B and C to determine their relationship. If B and C are both males, they are brothers. If B is male and C is female, B is the brother of C. If B is female and C is male, B is the sister of C. If B and C are both females, they are sisters. |