NIMCET 2012
Pointing towards a man in a photograph, a lady said, “The father of his brother is the only son of my mother.” How is the man related to the lady?
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Answer: Option D — Nephew
Detailed Solution
“The only son of my mother” is the lady's brother.
“The father of his brother” is the man's own father. So the lady's brother is the man's father.
The man is the son of the lady's brother, i.e. her nephew.
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Read it the other way: the lady is the sister of the man's father, i.e. his paternal aunt, so he is her nephew.⚠ Common trap
(A) Brother stops at “only son of my mother” and forgets that this person is the man's father.Diagram: P = the lady's mother, L = the lady, X = her brother, M = the man, Y = his brother. In blood-relation diagrams, a square with '+' is male (blue), a circle with '−' is female (pink), and a grey triangle means the gender is not given.
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Only son of my mother = her brother = the man's father, so the man is her nephew
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Blood Relations — Preparation
This question tests your understanding of Blood Relations, a key topic in the Logical Reasoning section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
Blood relation questions describe family relationships and ask you to work out how two people are related. This topic covers direct statements ("A is the brother of B"), puzzle-style family descriptions, pointing-to-a-photograph questions, and coded relations where symbols stand for relationships (for example, A + B means A is the father of B). The most reliable method is to draw a family tree. Use a square for males, a circle for females, horizontal lines for the same generation and vertical lines for parent and child. Never assume a person's gender from their name, and only use what the question states. Drawing the tree step by step prevents most errors, especially in questions involving three or more generations. Practise the blood relation questions below. Each solution includes a family tree diagram.