Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below…
2023
Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it :-
In a family there are six members A,B,C,D,E and F. A and B are married couple, A being the male member. D is the only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is daughter-in-law of F, whose husband has died.
How is E related to C?
- A.
Sister
- B.
Daughter
- C.
Cousin
- D.
Aunt
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Correct answer: B
Concept: In blood-relation puzzles, decode each clue into a family-tree edge one at a time — a person described as the "brother/sister of X" shares X's own parents (same generation as X), while being the "son/daughter of Y" (or a sibling of that child) places them as Y's own child, one full generation below Y.
Application:
A and B are a married couple with A the male member, so A is the husband and B is the wife.
C is described as the brother of A, so C shares A's parents and stands in the same generation as A.
D is the only son of C, so D is C's own child, one generation below C.
E is the sister of D; since D's parent is C, E shares that same parent, so E is also C's own child.
B is the daughter-in-law of F, whose husband has died, so F is the widowed parent of B's husband A (and hence also the mother of C).
Cross-check: Testing each option against the derived tree — a sister of C would need to share C's own parents, but E's parent is C himself, so that is ruled out; a cousin would need E's parent to be a sibling of C, but E's parent is C directly; an aunt would need E to sit one generation above C, a sibling of C's parent, but E sits one generation below C. Only one relationship fits a same-generation-below child of C.
Result: E is the daughter of C.