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A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. D is the father of A. Based on these statements, which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
A is the brother of B and B is the brother of C. So, C may be the brother or sister of A.
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P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ?
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Answer: Option E
Solution:
P, Q, R are children of same parents. So, S, who is R's mother and T, who is P's father will be mother and father of all three. However, it is not mentioned whether Q is male or female. So,(5) cannot be definitely true.
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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting of four adults and three children, two of whom, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Who is C ?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
E is married to A or D. But, S is married to D. Thus, E is married to A. Thus, A, B, D, E are the four adults and C, F, G are the three children in the family. B and D have a child G. A and E have two children---C and F. Now, only F and G are girls. So, C is a boy. Thus, C is A's or E's son.
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Shobha is the niece of Ashish. Ashish's mother is Priya. Kamla is Priya's mother. Kamla's husband is Hari. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Hari. How is Shobha related to Hari ?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Shobha is the niece of Ashish means Ashish is the uncle of Shobha. Now, Priya is Ashish's mother. So, Priya is the grand mother of Shobha. Hari is Priya's father. So, Shobha is the greatgrand daughter of Hari.
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Examine the following relationship among members of a family of six person---A, B, C, D, E and F.
1.The number of males equals that of females.
12.A and E are sons of F.
3.D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
4.B is the son of A.
5.There is one married couple in the family at present.
Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Clearly, there are three males and three females. Now, A, E and B are sons and hence male. So, C, D and F are females.
D has one male and one female child. Clearly, A and D form a couple having two children, namely B and C. Hence, A is the husband of D.
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K is the brother of N and X. Y is the mother of N and Z is the father of K. Which of the following statements is not definitely true?
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Answer: Option E
Solution:
K is the brother of N and X. So, Y, who is the mother of N and Z, who is the father of K, will be mother and father of N, K and X of whom K is a male. Thus,K is the son of Y and Z, and Y is the wife of Z. But, N is either brother or sister of X.
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Kalyani is mother-in-law of Veena who is sister-in-law of Ashok. Dheeraj is father of Sudeep, the only brother of Ashok. How is Kalyani related to Ashok?
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Answer: Option E
Solution:
Veena is siter-in-law of Ashok means Ashok is the brother of Veena's husband. But Ashok has only one brother,Sudeep. So, Sudeep is Veena's husband.
Kalyani is mother-in-law of Veena means Kalyani is the mother-in-law of Veena's husband i.e., sudeep.
Since, Ashok is Sudeep's brother, so Kalyani is Ashok's mother.