Family relations — interpret the description and identify the relation to Deepak Deepak said to Nitin: “That boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife.” How is the boy who is playing football related to Deepak?

Introduction / Context:
This verbal reasoning item tests careful parsing of layered kinship phrases (father's wife, daughter, brothers) and translating them into a clear family relationship with respect to the speaker, Deepak.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Speaker: Deepak.
• Phrase: “my father's wife.”
• The daughter of that woman has “two brothers,” and the boy in question is the younger of those two brothers.
• Standard assumption in such problems: “my father's wife” is Deepak’s mother (no step-relations implied unless stated).

Concept / Approach:
Break the sentence into atomic relations and substitute step by step. In kinship puzzles, nested noun phrases often point back to the speaker’s immediate family unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Step-by-Step Solution:
1) “My father's wife” ⇒ Deepak’s mother.2) “The daughter of my father's wife” ⇒ the daughter of Deepak’s mother ⇒ Deepak’s sister.3) “Two brothers of the daughter” ⇒ the brothers of Deepak’s sister. Siblings of Deepak’s sister are the speaker (Deepak) and any of his brothers.4) “The younger of the two brothers” ⇒ among the two male siblings in that sibling-set, pick the younger male child. That person is one of Deepak’s brothers (it could be Deepak himself if he is younger than his other brother, or it could be the other brother if Deepak is older). In either case, the relation to Deepak is still “brother.”

Verification / Alternative check:
Construct a minimal family: Parents (Father–Mother), children: Sister S, and two sons B1 and B2. From S’s perspective, her “two brothers” are {B1, B2}. The referenced boy is the younger among {B1, B2}. Relative to Deepak (who is one of B1/B2), the referenced boy is necessarily his brother.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
“Son”: would require Deepak to be the boy’s parent, not supported by the wording. “Cousin”: would require switching to an aunt/uncle branch; the sentence stays within the nuclear family. “Nephew”: would require the boy to be a child of Deepak’s sibling; the text states the boy himself is among the daughter’s (sister’s) brothers, i.e., a sibling.

Common Pitfalls:
Confusing “my father's wife” with a step-mother (not indicated), or misreading “brothers of the daughter” as “sons of the daughter.” Also, some solvers try to deduce which specific brother it is (younger vs older). That detail is unnecessary for the asked relation; either way, the relation to Deepak remains “brother.”

Final Answer:
Brother