Reasoning Quiz - April, 2015 - Set 3 - Coding & Decoding

(i) ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is mother of B’.;

(ii) ‘A # B’ means ‘A is father of B’;

(iii) ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is husband of B’;

(iv) ‘A % B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’;

1. P @ Q $ M # T indicates what relationship of P with T?

(a) Paternal grandmother

(b) Maternal grandmother

(c) Paternal grandfather

(d) Maternal grandfather

(e) None of these

2. Which of the following expressions indicates ‘R is the sister of H’?

(a) H $ D @ F # R

(b) R % D @ F $ H

(c) R $ D @ F # H

(d) H % D @ F $ R

(e) None of these

3. If F @ D % K # H, then how is F related to H?

(a) Brother-in-law

(b) Sister

(c) Sister-in-law

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

4. Which of the following expressions indicates ‘H is the brother of N’?

(a) H # R $ D $ N

(b) N % F @ D $ H # R

(c) N % F @ D $ H

(d) N % F @ D % H

(e) None of these

5. If G $ M @ K, how is K related to G?

(a) Daughter-in-law

(b) Mother-in-law

(c) Daughter

(d) Aunt

(e) None of these

Solutions:

1. (c) P @ Q $ M # T means P is the husband of Q who is the mother of M who is the father of T i.e., P is the father of T’s father i.e., P is T’s paternal grandfather.

2. (b) R is the sister of H means R is the daughter of the father of H i.e., R is the daughter of the husband (say D) of the mother (say F) of H i.e., R % D @ F $ H.

3. (a) F @ D % K # H means F is the husband of D who is the daughter of K who is the father of H i.e., F is the husband of D who is the sister of H i.e., F is H’s brother-in-law.

4. (b) H is the brother of N means N is the daughter of H’s father and H is a male i.e., N is the daughter of the husband (say F) of the father (say D) of H and H is the father or husband of some other person (say R) i.e., N % F @ D $ H # R or N % F @ D $ H @ R.

5. (a) G $ M @ K means G is the mother of M who is the husband of K i.e., K is the wife of G’s son i.e., K is G’s daughter-in-law.