Six members, Princess, Queen, Raj, Subash, Tarik and Umra, are related as follows: Tarik is the brother of Princess's husband. Um…

Question

Six members, Princess, Queen, Raj, Subash, Tarik and Umra, are related as follows: Tarik is the brother of Princess's husband. Umra is the mother of Tarik. Queen is the daughter of Subash and Princess, and the granddaughter of Raj.

On the basis of the above information, how is Raj related to Tarik?

1. A. Father (Correct answer)
2. B. Son
3. C. Brother
4. D. Uncle

Correct Answer

Option A — Father

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Father.

Key Points

• *Queen is the daughter of Subash and Princess*, so Subash is Princess's husband.
• *Tarik is the brother of Princess's husband*, so Tarik is Subash's brother. (Umra, being Tarik's mother, is therefore Subash's mother too.)
• *Queen is the granddaughter of Raj*, so Raj is a parent of Subash or of Princess. Since Umra is the mother in Subash's family, Raj is the father of Subash — and hence of Tarik as well.
• Raj is therefore Tarik's father.

Additional Information

• The decisive link is that Subash and Tarik are brothers, so any parent of one is a parent of the other.
• Drawing a two-level family tree — grandparents on top, then the married pair, then the child — resolves this class of question far faster than reasoning in prose.

*Ministry of Papers worked solution. The Commission has not yet published the official key for this paper; this answer will be reconciled with it on release.*