ENGLISH GK FOR GOVT EXAMS – 0069

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?

1.  His own
2.  His nephew’s
3.  His father’s
4.  His son’s

Answer : D.

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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A is the mother of B and C. If D is the husband of C. What is A to D.

1.  Mother
2.  Sister
3.  Aunt
4.  Mother-in-law

Answer : D.

A is the mother of C and C is the wife of D.

So, A is the mother-in-law of D, or D is the son-in-law of A.

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There are six persons A, B, C, D , E and F. C is the sister of F. B is the brother of E’s husband. D is the father of A and grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group. Which of the following is a group of brothers ?

1.  ABD
2.  ABF
3.  BFC
4.  BDF

Answer : B.

D is father of A and grandfather of F. So, A is father of F.

Thus, D and A are the two fathers.

C is the sister of F. So, C is the daughter of A.

Since there is only one mother, it is evident that E is the wife of A and hence the mother of C and C and F.

So, B is brother of A.

There are three brothers. So, F is the brother of C.

Hence, B and A are brothers.

F is the brother of C. So, three brothers are A, B, F.

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A man said to a lady, “Your mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt.” How is the lady related to the man?

1.  Sister
2.  Daughter
3.  Mother
4.  Grand daughter

Answer : A.

Lady’s mother husband – Lady’s father;

Lady’s father’s sister – Lady’s aunt.

So, lady’s aunt is man’s aunt and therefore lady is man’s sister.

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A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R are a married couple. Y is the brother of R. X is the daughter of P. Z is the brother of P. Who is the father of Q ?

1.  P
2.  R
3.  X
4.  Z

Answer : B.

Q is the son of R but R is not the mother. So, R is the father of Q.

P is married to R. So, P is the wife of R and the mother of Q.

X is the daughter of P and hence of R and so, she is the sister of Q.

Y is the brother of R and Z is the brother of P.

R is the father of Q.

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A, B, C, D, E and F are members of a club. There are two married couples in the goup. A is the brother of D’s Husband. C is the president of Women’s Association. F is a Sitar Player, and Bachelor. B’s wife is not a member of the Club. Four of them belong to the same family. B and F are colleagues in the club. How is F related to B?

1.  Wife
2.  Husband
3.  Father
4.  It is not possible to determine.

Answer : D.

According to the data there are two female members D and C of the club and data is not sufficient regarding B and F.