Dharun has a brother Anand. Dharun is the son of Kumar. Krishnan is Kumar's father. How is Anand related to Krishnan?

Introduction / Context:

This is a short and direct family-relation question involving three generations: grandfather, father and sons. By following the chain from Krishnan down to Kumar, and then from Kumar down to Dharun and Anand, you can easily identify Anand's relationship to Krishnan. Such questions test your ability to work with simple ancestry relationships.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Dharun has a brother named Anand.
• Dharun is the son of Kumar.
• Krishnan is Kumar's father.
• We must find how Anand is related to Krishnan.
• We assume standard family conventions: if two people are brothers, they share the same parents, and a father's father is a grandfather.

Concept / Approach:

The idea is to read the relationships from top to bottom. Krishnan is the father of Kumar, and Kumar is the father of Dharun (and also Anand, because Dharun and Anand are brothers). Therefore, both Dharun and Anand are grandchildren of Krishnan. The specific term for the male grandchild in this context is "grandson".

Step-by-Step Solution:

Step 1: From "Dharun is the son of Kumar", we know that Kumar is the father of Dharun. Step 2: From "Krishnan is Kumar's father", we see that Krishnan is one generation above Kumar, making Krishnan the grandfather of Dharun. Step 3: "Dharun has a brother Anand" means Anand and Dharun share the same parents. So Anand is also a son of Kumar. Step 4: If Anand is a son of Kumar and Krishnan is Kumar's father, then Anand is also Krishnan's grandson. Step 5: The question asks: How is Anand related to Krishnan? The accurate term is "grandson".

Verification / Alternative check:

Write the family tree explicitly:

• Top generation: Krishnan.
• Middle generation: Kumar (Krishnan's son).
• Lower generation: Dharun and Anand (both Kumar's sons).

From this tree, Krishnan is clearly two generations above Anand. The usual word for the relationship from the younger person's perspective is "grandfather", and from the older person's perspective, Anand is his "grandson". Since the question asks how Anand is related to Krishnan, we choose "grandson".

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

Anand is not Krishnan's father; rather, Krishnan is the father of Anand's father (Kumar).

Anand is not Krishnan's grandfather; that reverses the generational direction.

Anand is not Krishnan's son directly; there is a generation in between (Kumar), so the correct term is grandson, not son.

Common Pitfalls:

Some learners mistakenly jump one generation and call Anand the son of Krishnan, ignoring Kumar. Whenever you have a chain like "X is the father of Y; Y is the father of Z", make sure you recognize that X is the grandfather of Z, not the father. Drawing three stacked levels in a diagram (grandparent → parent → children) is a quick way to avoid this error.

Final Answer:

Anand is Krishnan's grandson.