Discussion Forum



A roundabout description is given in the form of certain small relationships and you are required to analyse the whole chain of relations and decipher the direct relationship between the persons concerned.

1)

A woman going with a boy is asked by another woman about the relationship between them. The woman replied, 'My maternal uncle and the uncle of his maternal uncle is the same.' How is the lady related to that boy ?


A) Grandmother & Grandson

B) Mother & Son

C) Aunt & Nephew

D) None of these

Answer:

Option C

Explanation:

Clearly, the brother of the woman's mother is the same as the brother of the father of boy's maternal uncle. So, the woman's mother's brother is the boy's maternal uncle's father' Thus, the woman's mother's brother's son is boy's maternal uncle, i.e. woman's mother's brother's daughter is boy's mother. so, the woman and boy's mother are cousins. Thus, the woman is the boy's aunt. Hence, the answer is (c).