Atul and Deepak — Blood Relations Aptitude Question
Atul and Deepak: Deepak is the brother of Ravi, Rekha is the sister of Atul, and Ravi is the son of Rekha. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Blood Relations
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time target: 60 seconds
Question
Deepak is the brother of Ravi, Rekha is the sister of Atul, and Ravi is the son of Rekha. How is Atul related to Deepak?
Options
- Father
- Brother
- Maternal uncle
- Cousin
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: C. Maternal uncle
Worked solution
- Deepak is Rekha's son (as Ravi's brother).
- Atul is Rekha's brother.
- So Atul is Deepak's mother's brother — his maternal uncle.
Answer: Maternal uncle.
The idea
A mother's brother is the maternal uncle; a father's brother is the paternal uncle. Papers often distinguish the two.
Shortcut. Deepak's mother is Rekha and Atul is her brother; a mother's brother is by definition the maternal uncle.
Common trap. "Brother" — copying 'Rekha is the sister of Atul' and giving Atul's relation to Rekha instead of to her son Deepak.