A woman and a photograph — Blood Relations Aptitude Question
A woman and a photograph: A woman says, 'That girl is the daughter of the only daughter of my mother.' How is the… Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Blood Relations
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time target: 50 seconds
Question
A woman says, 'That girl is the daughter of the only daughter of my mother.' How is the girl related to the woman?
Options
- Niece
- Daughter
- Cousin
- Sister
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Daughter
Worked solution
- 'The only daughter of my mother' is the speaker herself.
- So the girl is the speaker's daughter.
Answer: Daughter.
The idea
The word 'only' is the hinge in these questions: it forces the phrase to point back at the speaker.
Shortcut. Swap 'the only daughter of my mother' for 'me': the girl is 'my daughter'.
Common trap. "Niece" — reading 'daughter of my mother' as a sister and her child as a niece; 'only' means the speaker has no sister.