Question

    Answer the questions based on the information given below : P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has a relationship with P. V is sitting second to the left of father of P. U is immediate neighbor of P. S, mother of P is sitting opposite to the sister of P. Q is sitting to the immediate right of wife of P. T is sitting to the immediate left of sister of P. T who is a male is sitting second to the right of mother of R. Brother of P is sitting third to right of Q. Daughter of P is sitting to third to right of sister of P. P is sitting second to the right of daughter of T. V has two children in different genders.

    How is S related to R?

    A sister Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Aunt Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Mother Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Mother-in-law Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Grandmother Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    S, mother of P is sitting opposite to the sister of P. 2. Daughter of P is sitting to third to right of sister of P. 3. T is sitting to the immediate left of sister of P. 4. Q is sitting to the immediate right of wife of P. Brother of P is sitting third to right of Q. Case-1 Next we have only 1 position left for placing P in all 3 arrangements as Case-1 P is sitting second to the right of daughter of T. T who is a male is sitting second to the right of mother of R.  V is sitting second to the left of father of P. U is immediate neighbor of P.  V has two children in different genders. So final arrangement Case-2 & 3 gets rejected as these both cases were not satisfied with 8th statement (as we know P is a male member) In case-1, P’s sister, P’s brother and P’s daughter were seated apart from Q. This implies Q must be son of P and the blood relation is shown below,

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