Pointing to a man in the market, Chintu said, "His son's father is the…
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Pointing to a man in the market, Chintu said, "His son's father is the son-in-law of my father." How is the man related to Chintu?
- A.
Cousin
- B.
Uncle
- C.
Brother
- D.
Brother-in-law
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In blood-relation puzzles, a self-referential phrase like "X's son's father" always points back to X (a person is inherently the father of his own son). Separately, "son-in-law of A" always means "the husband of A's daughter" - a relationship formed by marriage, not blood.
"His son's father" refers back to the man himself, since he is the father of his own son.
So Chintu's statement reduces to: "The man is the son-in-law of my father."
"Son-in-law of Chintu's father" means the man is married to a daughter of Chintu's father.
That daughter (other than Chintu) is Chintu's sister.
The husband of one's sister is one's brother-in-law - so the man is Chintu's brother-in-law.
Cross-check with a family tree: Chintu's father has a daughter, Chintu's sister, who is married to the man - making the man the father's son-in-law exactly as stated. This marriage-based link rules out cousin, uncle, and brother, which are all blood relationships, not marriage relationships.