CUET PG 2023 — Reasoning PYQ

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CUET PG 2023 — Reasoning PYQ

CUET PG | Reasoning | 2023

These are eight members in the family. Bravo and Priya are siblings. Angel is Kajal's grand daughter, Kajal who is Priya's mother-in-law. Ziva is a married woman and is older than Tim. Tim is the son of Sam who is the brother-in-law of Bravo. Smith is the eldest male in the family. Angel is not Ziva's daughter. So how is Bravo related to Ziva?

Choose the correct answer:

Explanation

Understanding the Family Relationships

To figure out how Bravo is related to Ziva, let's break down the clues given about the eight members of the family step by step and build a family structure.

Bravo and Priya are siblings. This places them in the same generation.
Angel is Kajal's granddaughter. Angel is two generations below Kajal.
Kajal is Priya's mother-in-law. This means Kajal is the mother of Priya's husband. Let's say Priya is married to Sam (based on later clues). Then Kajal is Sam's mother.
Tim is the son of Sam. Tim is one generation below Sam.
Sam is the brother-in-law of Bravo. Since Bravo and Priya are siblings, Sam being Bravo's brother-in-law means Sam is married to Bravo's sister, who is Priya. This confirms our assumption above and aligns with Kajal being Priya's mother-in-law (Kajal is Sam's mother).
Smith is the eldest male in the family. Smith is likely in the oldest generation.
Ziva is a married woman and is older than Tim. Ziva is in a generation older than Tim. Since Tim is in the generation below Sam and Priya (and likely Bravo), Ziva is likely in the same generation as Sam, Priya, and Bravo.
Angel is not Ziva's daughter. Angel is a granddaughter of Kajal (Sam's mother), making her a child of Sam and Priya. This confirms Angel is Tim's sibling.

Building the Family Structure

Let's connect the dots based on the clues:

Smith is the eldest male. Kajal is Priya's mother-in-law (mother of Priya's husband, Sam). Smith and Kajal are likely a couple in the oldest generation. So, Smith and Kajal are in the first generation ( $G 1$ ).
Sam is Kajal's son (since Kajal is Sam's mother and Sam is Priya's husband). So, Sam is in the second generation ( $G 2$ ).
Sam is married to Priya. So, Priya is in the second generation ( $G 2$ ).
Bravo is Priya's brother. So, Bravo is also in the second generation ( $G 2$ ).
Tim is Sam's son. Sam is married to Priya. So, Tim is the son of Sam and Priya. Tim is in the third generation ( $G 3$ ).
Angel is Kajal's granddaughter (daughter of Sam and Priya). Angel is also in the third generation ( $G 3$ ).
We have 6 members so far: Smith, Kajal, Sam, Priya, Bravo, Tim, Angel. The family has eight members. We need two more.
The remaining members are Ziva and one more person implicitly defined by relationships. Let's check the remaining clue about Ziva.
Ziva is a married woman, older than Tim ( $G 3$ ). This places Ziva in $G 2$ . She must be married to someone in $G 2$ . Sam and Priya are married to each other. Smith is married to Kajal. The only remaining single person in $G 2$ is Bravo. So, Ziva must be married to Bravo.
This accounts for Ziva. She is in the second generation ( $G 2$ ).
We now have 7 members: Smith, Kajal, Sam, Priya, Bravo, Ziva, Tim, Angel. Still need one more.
Ah, reading the list of names explicitly given in the question, all 8 names are mentioned: Bravo, Priya, Angel, Kajal, Ziva, Tim, Sam, Smith. Let's recount: Smith, Kajal, Sam, Priya, Bravo, Ziva, Tim, Angel. That is exactly 8 members. Our structure includes all of them.

The established family structure is:

Generation 1 ( $G 1$ ): Smith (M) is married to Kajal (F). Smith is the eldest male.
Generation 2 (G₂):
- Sam (M) is the son of Smith and Kajal.
- Sam is married to Priya (F).
- Priya (F) is the sister of Bravo (M).
- Bravo (M) is married to Ziva (F). Ziva is a married woman older than Tim.
Generation 3 (G₃):
- Tim (M) is the son of Sam and Priya.
- Angel (F) is the daughter of Sam and Priya. Angel is Kajal's granddaughter and not Ziva's daughter.

Bravo's Relation to Ziva

From the family structure we built, we found that Bravo is married to Ziva.

Therefore, Bravo is Ziva's husband.