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50 questions on relation terms, chains of relations, pointing and introducing, and coded relations.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Maths and IQ · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
What is your mother's brother called in Nepali?
- A) Kaka
- B) Mama ✔
- C) Phupu
- D) Thulobua
Why: Mother's brother is Mama (maternal uncle). Kaka and Thulobua are father's brothers; Phupu is father's sister.
What is your father's sister called in Nepali?
- A) Phupu ✔
- B) Sanima
- C) Maiju
- D) Kaki
Why: Father's sister is Phupu. Sanima is mother's younger sister and Maiju is Mama's wife.
What is your brother's son called?
- A) Cousin
- B) Grandson
- C) Nephew (Bhatija) ✔
- D) Brother-in-law
Why: A brother's son is a nephew, called Bhatija in Nepali.
Your son's wife is your:
- A) Sister-in-law
- B) Niece
- C) Cousin
- D) Daughter-in-law ✔
Why: A son's wife is a daughter-in-law (Buhari).
Who is your father's father's only son?
- A) Your father ✔
- B) Your uncle
- C) Your brother
- D) Your grandfather
Why: Your father's father is your grandfather; his only son is your father.
A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. How is A related to D?
- A) Daughter
- B) Granddaughter ✔
- C) Niece
- D) Sister
Why: A is C's daughter, and C is D's child, so A is D's granddaughter.
Pointing to a man, Ram said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the man related to Ram?
- A) Brother
- B) Cousin
- C) Nephew ✔
- D) Son
Why: The only daughter of Ram's mother is Ram's sister. The man is her son, so he is Ram's nephew (bhanja).
Introducing a woman, Hari said, "She is the wife of the only son of my father." How is the woman related to Hari?
- A) Sister
- B) Sister-in-law
- C) Mother
- D) Wife ✔
Why: The only son of Hari's father is Hari himself, so the woman is his wife.
P is the father of Q. R is the brother of P. How is R related to Q?
- A) Uncle ✔
- B) Brother
- C) Grandfather
- D) Cousin
Why: R is the brother of Q's father, so R is Q's paternal uncle (kaka or thulobua).
X is the brother of Y. Z is the father of X. W is the sister of Z. How is Y related to W?
- A) Son
- B) Brother
- C) Nephew or niece ✔
- D) Cousin
Why: Y is Z's child and W is Z's sister. Y's gender is not given, so Y is W's nephew or niece.
If A + B means A is the father of B and A × B means A is the brother of B, what does M + N × O tell us about M and O?
- A) M is O's brother
- B) M is O's father ✔
- C) M is O's uncle
- D) M is O's grandfather
Why: M is N's father and N is O's brother, so O is also M's child.
If A − B means A is the wife of B and A + B means A is the father of B, what is P in P − Q + R?
- A) R's sister
- B) R's mother ✔
- C) R's grandmother
- D) R's aunt
Why: P is Q's wife and Q is R's father, so P is R's mother.
Pointing to a girl, Sita said, "She is the daughter of my father's only son." How is the girl related to Sita?
- A) Daughter
- B) Sister
- C) Niece ✔
- D) Cousin
Why: Sita is a woman, so her father's only son is her brother. The girl is her brother's daughter, her niece (bhatiji).
Your mother's sister's son is your:
- A) Brother
- B) Nephew
- C) Uncle
- D) Cousin ✔
Why: The child of any aunt or uncle is a cousin.
A woman's husband's sister is her:
- A) Sister-in-law ✔
- B) Niece
- C) Aunt
- D) Cousin
Why: A husband's sister is a sister-in-law.
A is the wife of B, and B is the son of C. How is A related to C?
- A) Daughter
- B) Sister
- C) Daughter-in-law ✔
- D) Niece
Why: A is married to C's son, so A is C's daughter-in-law.
In Nepali, Kaka is your:
- A) Mother's brother
- B) Father's younger brother ✔
- C) Father's elder brother
- D) Sister's husband
Why: Kaka is the father's younger brother. The father's elder brother is Thulobua.
For a man, his sister's daughter is called:
- A) Bhatiji
- B) Buhari
- C) Bhanji ✔
- D) Phupu
Why: A sister's daughter is Bhanji. A brother's daughter is Bhatiji.
A and B are brothers. C is A's father. D is C's brother. E is D's son. How is B related to E?
- A) Brother
- B) Nephew
- C) Uncle
- D) Cousin ✔
Why: B's father C and E's father D are brothers, so B and E are cousins.
Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "Her father is the only son of my mother." Who is in the photograph?
- A) His daughter ✔
- B) His sister
- C) His niece
- D) His mother
Why: The only son of the man's mother is the man himself, so the girl's father is the man: she is his daughter.
Your mother's younger sister is called in Nepali:
- A) Sani Aama ✔
- B) Phupu
- C) Maiju
- D) Bhauju
Why: Sani Aama.
Your father's elder brother is called in Nepali:
- A) Thulo Buwa ✔
- B) Mama
- C) Phupaju
- D) Sasura
Why: Thulo Buwa.
Your elder brother's wife is called in Nepali:
- A) Bhauju ✔
- B) Buhari
- C) Sali
- D) Nanda
Why: Bhauju.
A husband's younger brother is called in Nepali:
- A) Dewar ✔
- B) Jethaju
- C) Sala
- D) Bhinaju
Why: Dewar.
Your mother's brother's wife is called in Nepali:
- A) Maiju ✔
- B) Phupu
- C) Kaki
- D) Sani Aama
Why: Maiju.
Your father's sister's husband is called in Nepali:
- A) Phupaju ✔
- B) Mama
- C) Kaka
- D) Sasura
Why: Phupaju.
Your sister's husband is your:
- A) Brother-in-law ✔
- B) Cousin
- C) Nephew
- D) Uncle
Why: Bhinaju.
Your father's brother's son is your:
- A) Cousin ✔
- B) Nephew
- C) Uncle
- D) Brother-in-law
Why: Cousin.
Your brother's daughter is your:
- A) Niece ✔
- B) Nephew
- C) Cousin
- D) Sister-in-law
Why: Niece.
Your daughter's husband is your:
- A) Son-in-law ✔
- B) Brother-in-law
- C) Nephew
- D) Grandson
Why: Juwai.
Your son's son is your:
- A) Grandson ✔
- B) Nephew
- C) Son-in-law
- D) Cousin
Why: Grandson.
A man's father's only son's son is the man's:
- A) Son ✔
- B) Nephew
- C) Brother
- D) Cousin
Why: Father's only son = the man.
A is the brother of B. B is the daughter of C. How is A related to C?
- A) Son ✔
- B) Brother
- C) Father
- D) Nephew
Why: A is C's son.
A is the mother of B. B is the sister of C. C is the son of D. How is D related to A?
- A) Husband ✔
- B) Brother
- C) Son
- D) Father
Why: D is the father of A's children.
Pointing to a boy, Meena said, "He is the son of my mother's only son." The boy is Meena's:
- A) Nephew ✔
- B) Brother
- C) Son
- D) Cousin
Why: Her brother's son.
Pointing to a girl, Ravi said, "Her father is the only son of my father." The girl is Ravi's:
- A) Daughter ✔
- B) Sister
- C) Niece
- D) Cousin
Why: Her father is Ravi.
Pointing to a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." The man is the woman's:
- A) Son ✔
- B) Brother
- C) Nephew
- D) Husband
Why: She is his mother.
X is the father of Y. Y is the father of Z. X is Z's:
- A) Grandfather ✔
- B) Father
- C) Uncle
- D) Brother
Why: Two generations.
P is Q's brother. Q is R's sister. How is P related to R?
- A) Brother ✔
- B) Sister
- C) Cousin
- D) Father
Why: Siblings.
If A + B means A is the father of B and A × B means A is the brother of B, then P + Q × R means P is R's:
- A) Father ✔
- B) Uncle
- C) Brother
- D) Grandfather
Why: Q and R are siblings.
If A $ B means A is the mother of B and A # B means A is the sister of B, then X $ Y # Z means X is Z's:
- A) Mother ✔
- B) Aunt
- C) Sister
- D) Grandmother
Why: Y and Z are siblings.
A man said, "This woman is the wife of my father's only son." She is his:
- A) Wife ✔
- B) Mother
- C) Sister
- D) Sister-in-law
Why: His father's only son is himself.
Raju's mother is the sister of Sita's father. Sita is Raju's:
- A) Cousin ✔
- B) Sister
- C) Niece
- D) Aunt
Why: Children of siblings.
A is B's husband. C is A's father. How is C related to B?
- A) Father-in-law ✔
- B) Father
- C) Brother-in-law
- D) Uncle
Why: Husband's father.
Grandfather, father and son together form how many generations?
- A) Three ✔
- B) Two
- C) Four
- D) One
Why: Three.
Your mother's father is your:
- A) Maternal grandfather ✔
- B) Paternal grandfather
- C) Uncle
- D) Father-in-law
Why: Maternal.
Your husband's sister is called in Nepali:
- A) Nanda ✔
- B) Sali
- C) Bhauju
- D) Buhari
Why: Nanda.
Your wife's sister is called in Nepali:
- A) Sali ✔
- B) Nanda
- C) Bhauju
- D) Didi
Why: Sali.
Your son's daughter is your:
- A) Granddaughter ✔
- B) Niece
- C) Daughter-in-law
- D) Cousin
Why: Granddaughter.
A is the only son of B. C is B's wife. D is A's wife. How is D related to C?
- A) Daughter-in-law ✔
- B) Daughter
- C) Sister
- D) Mother
Why: Son's wife.