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In this type of questions, some clues are given regarding the relationship among different members of a family together with their professions, qualities, dresses, preferences etc. The candidate is required to analyse the whole information and then answer the given questions accordingly.

1)

(i) In a family of six persons - P, Q, R, S, T and U - there are three gents and three ladies. There are two married -couples and two persons are unmarried. Each one of them reading different newspapers, viz. The Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Business.Herald, Navbharat Times and The Tribune.

(ii) T who reads Indian Express, is the mother-in-law of P who is the wife of R. S is the father of U and he does not read The Times of India or The Tribune. Q reads Navbharat Times and she is the sister of U who reads Hindustan Times. R does not read The Tribune.

Which of the following is one of the married couples?


A) QU

B) TU

C) SQ

D) ST

E) None of these

Answer:

Option D

Explanation:

T is the mother-in-law of P and P is the wife of R. So, R is P's husband and T is mother of R. So, one couple is RP. Since S is the father of U, so S is the husband of T. So, the other couple is ST.

Since Q is the sister of U, so R, U and Q are children of S and T. Since there are 3 gents in all, so U is also a male. Now, Q reads Navbharat Times; U reads Hindustan Times; T reads Indian Express.  Since S does not read. The times of India or The Tribune, so S reads Business Herald. . Since R does not read The Tribune, so R reads The Times of India. Clearly, P reads The Tribune

The two coupl6s are - RP and ST