Directions of the following 3 items (Questions 1-3)
A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons, two wives, three males and two females. The teacher was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E is not a male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.
How is D related to E?
UPSC - 2011
The problem states that five members of a family include two fathers, two sons, two wives, three males and two females, with a teacher married to a lawyer who is the son of a doctor. This means that the family spans three generations, and we must place each person in it to find how D is related to E. We will build the family step by step using the clues.
Build the family structure: The teacher is the wife of a lawyer, who is the son of a doctor. With two fathers, two sons and two wives among five people, the family has three generations:
Place D: D is the eldest person in the family, so D is the doctor, the grandfather.
Place E: E is a female, and E is not the teacher, since the teacher is the lawyer's wife. The only other female is the doctor's wife. So E is the doctor's wife.
Place the others: B is a male and is not the eldest or the youngest, so B is the lawyer. C is the youngest, so C is the lawyer's son. A is the remaining female, the teacher.
Answer the question: D is the doctor and E is the doctor's wife. So D is E's husband.
Correct Option: A) Husband — D is the eldest, the doctor, and E is the doctor's wife, so D is E's husband.
Who are the females in the group?
UPSC - 2011
The problem states that the family has three males and two females, and gives clues about the doctor, the lawyer, the teacher, the eldest and the youngest. This means that we must place each person in the family and then identify the two females. We will build the family step by step using the clues.
Build the family structure: The teacher is the wife of a lawyer, who is the son of a doctor. With two fathers, two sons and two wives, the family has three generations:
The two females are the doctor's wife and the teacher.
Place E: E is not a male, so E is one of the two females. E is not the teacher, the lawyer's wife, so E is the doctor's wife.
Place D, C and B:
Place A: The only person left is A, who must be the teacher, the second female.
Correct Option: C) E and A — E is the doctor's wife and A is the teacher, the lawyer's wife, so they are the two females in the group.
Whose wife is the teacher?
UPSC - 2011
The problem states that the teacher is the wife of a lawyer, who is the son of a doctor. This means that we must place each person in the family to find who the lawyer is, since the teacher is his wife. We will build the family step by step using the clues.
Build the family structure: With two fathers, two sons, two wives, three males and two females, the family has three generations:
Place D and C: D is the eldest, so D is the doctor. C is the youngest, so C is the lawyer's son.
Place E and A: E is a female who is not the teacher, so E is the doctor's wife. A is the remaining female, the teacher.
Place B: B is a male, and the only male role left is the lawyer. So B is the lawyer.
Answer the question: The teacher is the lawyer's wife, and the lawyer is B. So the teacher is B's wife.
Correct Option: D) B — B is the lawyer, the son of the doctor D, and the teacher A is the lawyer's wife, so the teacher is B's wife.
Given that,
1. A is the brother of B.
2. C is the father of A.
3. D is the brother of E.
4. E is the daughter of B.
Then, the uncle of D is
UPSC - 2012
This is a blood relations question. We need to establish the family tree based on the given statements and then determine the relationship between D and the options provided to find D's uncle.
Correct Option: A) A is the brother of B, and B is the parent of D. Therefore, A is the uncle of D.
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. R is the spouse of Q. U is the mother of T and S is the daughter of U. P's daughter is T and R's son is P. There are two couples in the family. Which one of the following is correct?
UPSC - 2022
Q is the grandfather of T
Q is the grandmother of T
R is the mother of P
T is the granddaughter of Q
This is a blood relations problem. We need to construct a family tree based on the given information and then determine the relationships between the members to find the correct statement. We will use symbols to denote gender and relationships: '+' for male, '-' for female, '=' for married couple, and '|' for parent-child relationship.
D) T is the granddaughter of Q
From our family tree, P is the son of Q (and R). T is the daughter of P. Therefore, T is the granddaughter of Q. This statement holds true regardless of whether Q is male or female. If Q is male, he is the grandfather. If Q is female, she is the grandmother. In both cases, T is the granddaughter of Q.
A family of two generations consisting of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U has three males and three females. There are two married couples and two unmarried siblings. U is P's daughter and Q is R's mother-in-law. T is an unmarried male and S is a male. Which one of the following is correct?
UPSC - 2022
R is U's husband.
R is S's wife.
S is unmarried.
None of the above
The problem states that a two-generation family of six has three males, three females, two married couples and two unmarried siblings. This means that the older generation is one married couple, and the younger generation has one married couple and two unmarried siblings. We will place each person using the clues and then check the options.
Set up the structure: With two generations, two married couples and two unmarried siblings, the family must be:
Place P and Q:
Place the males: The three males are P, T and S. T is an unmarried male, so T is one of the unmarried siblings.
Place S and R: S is a male in the younger generation who is not unmarried, so S is the married child of P and Q. Since Q is R's mother-in-law, R is married to Q's child, so R is S's wife. R must be female, which fits the three females: Q, U and R.
Place U: U is P's daughter and is the other unmarried sibling, along with T.
Check the options: R is S's wife, so option B is correct.
Correct Option: B) R is S's wife. — P and Q are the parents, S is their married son, and since Q is R's mother-in-law, R is S's wife.
