Sunita was introduced at the award function by Ankit. He said, “She is the…
2025
Sunita was introduced at the award function by Ankit. He said, “She is the wife of my mother's only son.” How is Sunita related to Ankit?
- A.
Wife
- B.
Sister
- C.
Sister-in-law
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Concept: self-referencing family clues
In blood-relation puzzles, when a speaker who is themself known to be a particular parent's son (or daughter) uses a clue like “my mother's only son,” that clue targets exactly the speaker — because the speaker already fits the description (a son of that mother), and “only” rules out there being any other person left who could also fit it.
Applying it here
Ankit (male) describes Sunita as “the wife of my mother's only son.”
Ankit himself is a son of his mother — so he already fits the description “a son of that mother.”
The clue says “only son,” meaning no second person besides the one already fitting the description exists.
So “my mother's only son” = Ankit himself, and the clue reduces to “Sunita is the wife of Ankit.”
Cross-check
If Ankit had even one brother, “only son” would be false, so the clue forces the description onto Ankit alone — there is no other consistent assignment. The family-tree diagram below confirms this working, marking the arrow from Sunita to Ankit as “Wife.”
