Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers

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A man said to a lady, "The son of your only brother is the brother of my wife." What is the lady to the man.

Mother

Sister

Sister of father-in-law

Grandfather

correct answer c

Since, the son of the only brother of the lady is the nephew of the lady, therefore, the wife of the man is the niece of the lady. Hence, the lady is the sister of the father-in-law of the man.

Arun said, "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother." Who is Arun to the girl?

Father

Grandfather

Husband

Father-in-law

correct answer c

Mother's grandson → Son.
Son's wife → Daughter-in-law.

A, B and C are sisters, D is the brother of E and E is the daughter of B. How is A related to D ?

Cousin

Sister

Niece

Aunt

correct answer d

E is the daughter of B and D is the brother of E. So, D is the son of B. Also, A is the sister of B. Thus, A is D's aunt.

P's father is Q's son. M is the paternal uncle of P and N is the Brother of Q. How is N related to M ?

Brother

Cousin

Nephew

Data inadequate

correct answer d

P's father is Q's son. So, Q is P's grandfather. M is the paternal uncle of P. So M is the brother of P's father. This means that M is also Q's son. N is the brother of Q. Thus, N is the paternal uncle of P.

Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: All green are pink. Some pink are black.

Some black are blue. All blue are white.

Conclusions:

I. Some black are white.

II. Some blue are pink.

III. Some pink are green.

IV. No green is white.

None follows

Only I and III follows

Only III follows

Only either I or II follows

correct answer b

Answer: Option (2).

Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: Some soccer are live.

Some cover are plastic. Some plastic are real.

Conclusions:

I. Some plastic are live

II. Some cover are real

if only conclusion I is true.

if only conclusion II is true.

if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.

if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

correct answer d

Answer: Option (4).

A is son of C while C and Q are the sisters to one another. Z is the mother of Q. If P is the son of Z, Which one of the following statements is correct ?

Q is the grandfather of A

P is the maternal uncle of A

P is the cousin of A

Z is the brother of C

correct answer b

Since, C and Q are sisters to one another and A is the son of C. Hence, C is the mother of Q, therefore, Z is maternal grandfather of A. As P is the son of Z. Hence, P is the maternal uncle of A.

Looking at a portrait of a man, Sanjay said, "His mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers and sisters I have none." At whose portrait was Sanjay Looking.

His son

His nephew

His cousin

His uncle

correct answer

Since, Sanjay has neither a sister nor a brother, therefore, Sanjay is the only son of his father. Hence, the mother of the portrait is wife of Sanjay. Therefore, the portrait is the wife of the Sanjay. Therefore, portrait was of Sanjay's son.

If A is the brother of B and K, D is the the mother of B and E is the father of A. Which one of the following statement is not definitely true ?

B is the brother of K

A is the father of K

A is the son of D

D is the wife of E

correct answer b

In the family, E is the father whose wife is D. E has three children A, B and K out of which A is the son. Hence, A cannot be the father of K.

Introducing a lady, a man said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law." What is the man to the lady ?

Son

Father

Uncle

Husband