Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers
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.
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?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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
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 ?
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.
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 ?
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 ?
Since, the mother-in-law of the man is the mother of the lady, therefore, the lady is the daughter of the man.
