Passage

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.
QUESTION

CSAT

Medium

Reasoning

Prelims 2014

Which of the following is/are couple/couples?

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Explanation

  1. The judge is married to the lawyer. Since C is the lawyer, the judge must be B.
  2. F is the draughtsman, son of B and brother of E.
  3. C is the lawyer and daughter-in-law of D, meaning D is married to the judge (B).

Thus:

  • AA and DD are a couple (A is the engineer and D is the grandmother of F).
  • BB and CC are a couple (B is the judge and C is the lawyer).

So, both ADAD and BCBC are couples.

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