Reasoning Practice test - 6 for Clerk exam

1. Introducing a girl, Santhosh said, “Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law”. How is Santhosh related to the girl?
(1) Uncle (2) Husband (3) Brother
(4) Father (5) None of these


2. Pointing to a lady a man said, “the son of her only brother is the brother of my wife”. How is the lady
related to the man?
(1) Mother’s sister (2) Grandmother
(3) Mother-in-law (4) Sister of the Man’s father-in-law
(5) None of these


3. Pointing to an old man, Kailas said, “his son is my son’s uncle”. How is the old man related to Kailas?
(1) Brother (2) Uncle (3) Father
(4) Grandfather (5) None of these


4. When Manoj saw Ashok, he recalled, he is the son of the father of the mother of his daughter. What is Ashok to Manoj?
(1) Brother-in-law (2) Brother (3) Cousin
(4) Uncle (5) Nephew


5. Pointing to a lady on the platform Geetha said, “she is the sister of the father of my mother’s son”. What is the lady to Geetha?
(1) Mother (2) Sister (3) Aunt
(4) Niece (5) None of these


6. Pointing to a lady a girl said, “she is the only daughterin- law of the grandmother of my father’s son”. How is the lady related to the girl?
(1) Sister-in-law (2) Mother (3) Niece
(4) Mother-in-law (5) Cousin


7. Showing a lady in the park, Balu said, “she is the daughter of my grandmother’s only son”. How is Balu related to that lady?
(1) Brother (2) Cousin (3) Father
(4) Uncle (5) None of these


8. Lakshmi and Girija are Gopal’s wives. Shalini is Girija’s step-daughter. How is Lakshmi related to Shalini?
(1) Sister (2) Mother-in-law(3) Mother
(4) Step-mother (5) None of these


9. Showing the man receiving the prize Seema said, “he is the brother of my uncle’s daughter”. What is the man to Seema?
(1) Son (2) Brother-in-law
(3) Nephew (4) Uncle (5) Cousin


10. Introducing a man a woman said, “he is the only son of my mother’s mother”. How is the woman related to the man?
(1) Mother (2) Aunt (3) Sister
(4) Niece (5) None of these


Directions (Qs. 11-13): Read the following information and answer the questions given below:
A + B means A is the daughter of B
A × B means A is the son of B
A - B means A is the wife of B

11. If P × Q - S, which of the following is true?
(1) S is the wife of Q (2) S is father of P
(2) P is daughter of Q (4) Q is father of P
(5) None of these


12. If T - S × B -M, which of the following is not true?
(1) B is mother of S (2) M is husband of B
(2) S is daughter of B (4) T is wife of S
(5) None of these


13. If Z × T - S × U + P, what is U to Z?
(1) Mother (2) Grandmother
(3) Father (4) Can’t be determined
(5) None of these


14. If AB means A is the sister of B, A B means A is the father of B, A B means A is the brother of B,
which of the following means X is the aunt of Y?
(1) XD Y (2) A D Y (3) X  DY
(4) X D Y (5) None of these


15. If A + B means A is the sister of B, A - B means A is the brother of B, A × B means A is the daughter of B, which of the following shows the relation that E is the maternal uncle of D?
(1) D + F × C (2) D - F × E (3) D × F + E
(4) D × F - E (5) None of these


Directions (Qs. 16-20): Read the following information and answer the questions that follows: A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is the grandfather of R and is a contractor S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family.
16. Who is the husband of P?
(1) R (2) U (3) Q
(4) S (5) T


17. Who is the sister of T?
(1) R (2) U (3) T
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these


18. What is the profession of P?
(1) Doctor (2) Nurse
(3) Doctor-or nurse (4) House wife
(5) None of these


19. Which of the following are two married couples?
(1) US, QT (2) US, QP (3) TS,RU
(4) US, RP (5) None of these


20. Which of the following is definitely a group of male members?
(1) QU (2) QUT (3) QUP
(4) UT (5) None of these



ANSWERS FOR MOBILE USERS
1. (4) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (1) 8. (3) 9. (5) 10. (4)
11. (2) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (3) 16. (3) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (1)

Explanatory Answers :
1. (4) Only daughter of mother-in-law  wife i.e. girl’s mother is Santhosh’s wife. Santhosh is the father of the girl.
2. (4) Brother of wife  brother-in-law. Son of lady’s brother is his brother-in-law. So the lady’s brother is man’s father-in-law i.e. the lady is the sister of
man’s father-in-law.
3. (3) Old man’s son is Kailas brother. So old man is Kailas father.
4. (1) Mother of my daughter  my wife. Son of father of wife  brother of wife i.e. brother-in-law. i.e. Ashok is the brother-in-law of Manoj.
5. (3) Mother’s son  brother My brother’s father  my father My father’s sister  my aunt So the lady is Geetha’s aunt.
6. (2) My father’s son  my brother Grandmother of my brother  my grandmother Only daughter-in-law of my grandmother means my mother. So the lady is the girl’s mother.
7. (1) Grandfather’s only son  father Daughter of father  sister So Balu is lady’s brother
8. (3) Girija’s step-daughter means Lakshmi’s daughter. So Lakshmi is the mother of Shalini.
9. (5) Brother of uncle’s daughter  uncle’s son  cousin i.e. Man is Seema’s cousin.
10. (4) My mother’s mother  my grandmother; my grandmother’s only son  my maternal uncle. So the woman is the Man’s niece.