A man, while pointing towards a lady, said, 'Her husband is the only son of my…
2023
A man, while pointing towards a lady, said, 'Her husband is the only son of my mother.' How is the man related to the lady?
Answer: A. Husband — CONCEPTKinship statements are solved by converting each phrase into an identity or relationship and then linking those statements. When a male speaker says…
- A.
Husband
- B.
Son
- C.
Father-in-law
- D.
Brother-in-law
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Correct answer: A
CONCEPT
Kinship statements are solved by converting each phrase into an identity or relationship and then linking those statements.
When a male speaker says “the only son of my mother,” that only son is the speaker himself.
APPLICATION
Let M be the speaker’s mother and let S be her only son.
Because the speaker is a man and calls S “the only son of my mother,” S and the speaker are the same person.
The statement says that the lady’s husband is S.
Therefore, the lady’s husband and the speaker are the same man.
CROSS-CHECK / CONTRAST
A son relationship would require the lady to be the speaker’s mother, which the statement does not say.
A father-in-law relationship would place the speaker one generation above the lady’s husband, whereas the statement identifies him as that husband.
A brother-in-law relationship would require a sibling-and-marriage link through the lady or her husband, but no such link is given.
RESULT
Thus, the man is the lady’s husband.