Reasoning Quiz - May, 2015 - Set 12

P, Q, R, S, T and X are members of a family. There are two married couples. Q is an engineer and is father of T. X is grandfather of R and is a lawyer. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one engineer, one lawyer, one teacher one housewife and two students in the family.

1. Who is the husband of P?

(a) R

(b) X

(c) Q

(d) S

(e) T

2. Which of the following are the two married couples?

(a) XS, QP

(b) XS, QT

(c) XS, RP

(d) TS, RX

(e) None of these

3. Which of the following is definitely a group of male members?

(a) Q, X, T

(b) X, T

(c) Q, X, P

(d) Q, X

(e) None of these

4. Who is the sister of T?

(a) R

(b) S

(c) P

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

5. Which of the following can be P’s profession?

(a) Housewife

(b) Engineer

(c) Teacher

(d) Engineer or Teacher

(e) Housewife or Teacher

S is the grandmother of T and is a housewife. So X who is a lawyer and grandfather of R must be married to S. Thus R and T must be brother or sister and be the two students. Q who is an engineer and father of T will be father of T and R and must be married to P who shall be the only teacher in the family. Thus the questions can be answered as follows.