Difficulty: Hard
Correct Answer: Son-in-law
Explanation:
Given data (rewrite with labels)
Concept/Approach
Test which interpretation makes the family graph consistent and also fixes the target relation “lady’s husband” ↔ Anupam.
Step-by-step deduction
• If X were LB's brother's wife, then X would be the wife of the lady's husband—contradiction (a man cannot have two wives here). So reject (i). • Therefore, X must be the wife’s sister of LB ⇒ LB is married to Y, where Y is X's sister. • X and Y are daughters of Anupam's wife's brother (maternal uncle's daughters). A common, consistent resolution is that the lady is Anupam's daughter; her brother (LB) married his maternal cousin Y (X's sister). Hence the lady’s husband is Anupam’s son-in-law.
Quick verification
If the lady is Anupam’s daughter, then “the brother of your sister” refers to Anupam’s son (LB). X (maternal-uncle’s daughter) being the sister-in-law of LB is satisfied when LB marries Y (X’s sister). Asked relation then matches: lady’s husband = Anupam’s son-in-law.
Common pitfalls
Confusing “brother of your sister” with the lady's husband; it refers to the lady's brother, not spouse.
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