SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 18 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 3 of 100

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A is the wife of B. B is the son of C. D is the daughter of A. How is D related to C?

(a)Granddaughter
(b)Daughter
(c)Sister
(d)Niece

Answer

Why

Correct — A.
Rule: fix the generations, then read the relation across them.

C → B: B is C's son.
A is B's wife, so D, the daughter of A, is the couple's daughter.
C → B → D: D is the daughter of C's son.

That makes D C's granddaughter → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Daughter — Daughter skips a generation. D is the daughter of B, and B is C's son, so D sits two generations below C, not one.
(c)
Sister — Sister would put D in C's own generation. D is the daughter of C's son, two generations below C.
(d)
Niece — Niece is a sibling's daughter. D is the daughter of C's own son, not of C's brother or sister, so she is a granddaughter.

Concept

Blood-relation chains are solved by drawing generations: C at the top, B one level down as C's son, and A beside B as his wife. D, the daughter of A, goes one level below the couple.

A child of your child is a grandchild, and a female grandchild is a granddaughter. C's gender is never given, and it does not matter: D is C's granddaughter either way.

The stem calls D the daughter of A, not of B. The standard reading takes her as the couple's child, which places her in B's line and makes the answer granddaughter.

Key facts

A son's daughter or a daughter's daughter is a granddaughter.
A niece is the daughter of one's brother or sister.
Granddaughter names D's side of the relation, so C's gender does not change the answer.

Study next

Coded blood relations, where symbols stand for 'son of', 'wife of' and so onRelations through a spouse, such as a son's wife (daughter-in-law)Generation-tree questions with four or more people

Common traps

Stopping one generation short and answering Daughter
Reading the question backwards as C's relation to D and looking for Grandfather or Grandmother

16 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.14 runs the same chain from the other end: A is the daughter of B, B is the son of C, D is the wife of C, and D is keyed Grandmother of A.

21 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.11 uses a wife to join two parents: A is the son of B, C is the wife of B, D is the son of C, keyed Brother.

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