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)

Pointing to a lady, a man said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife." How is the lady related to the man ?


A) Mother's Sister

B) Grandmother

C) Mother-in-law

D) Sister of Father-in-law

E) Maternal aunt

Answer:

Option D

Explanation:

Wife's brother - Brother-in-law. Son of lady's brother is the brother-in-law of the man. So, lady's brother is man's father-in-law i.e. the lady is the sister of man's father-in-law.