Deepak said to Nitin, "That boy playing with the football is the younger of…
2025
Deepak said to Nitin, "That boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife." How is the boy playing football related to Deepak?
- A.
Son
- B.
Brother
- C.
Cousin
- D.
Brother-in-law
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Correct answer: B
In blood-relation puzzles, resolve each kinship phrase one link at a time from the speaker outward: a person's father's wife is that person's mother (unless the puzzle states a step-relation), and any “brother/sister of X” shares X's own parents — so two people who are both siblings of the same third person are themselves siblings.
Deepak's father's wife is Deepak's mother (father's wife = mother).
The daughter of Deepak's mother is Deepak's own sister.
The boy playing football is described as “the younger of the two brothers” of that sister — so he is one of her two brothers.
Since the sister's brothers share the same parents as Deepak, the boy and Deepak are siblings of the same parents.
Cross-check: whichever of the two brothers is older or younger, both must be sons of the same parents as the sister — so the specific ordering (younger vs elder) does not change the relation; the boy is Deepak's brother either way.