Question

Ritu, Deep, Lakshya, Krish, Suja, Adi and Anu are seven friends and belong to the same family. Ritu has a son and a daughter. Krish and Deep are males. Suja and Lakshya are females. What is the relationship between Suja and Adi?
Statement 1: Ritu has a grandson and a granddaughter and Anu is krish’s niece
Statement 2: Suja is Lakshya’s sister-in-law and Deep has two children Adi and Anu
Directions: This question has a problem and two statements numbered (1) and (2) giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements is sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer

• A. statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• B. statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• C. both the statements together are needed to answer the question
• D. either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• E. neither statement (1) nor statement (2) suffices to answer the question

Answer 1

Answer: (E)

To determine the relationship between Suja and Adi, let's analyze the information given in both statements:

Statement 1: Ritu has a grandson and a granddaughter, and Anu is Krish’s niece.

• This means that Ritu, having a grandson and a granddaughter, must have at least one child who is a parent of these grandchildren.
• Anu being Krish’s niece implies that Anu is the daughter of Krish’s sibling. However, without knowing who Krish’s sibling is, we can't identify who Anu's parents are just from this statement.
• There is no information provided about Suja or Adi's relation to each other in this statement.

Statement 2: Suja is Lakshya’s sister-in-law, and Deep has two children: Adi and Anu.

• Since Suja is Lakshya's sister-in-law, Suja could either be Lakshya's brother’s wife or Lakshya's husband's sister, but it’s not specified which one in the statement.
• Deep having two children, Adi and Anu, identifies Deep as their parent but doesn't directly establish any connection with Suja.
• The specific role of Suja (whether as a wife or as a sister of a certain family member) is not clarified enough to determine her relation to Adi.

Since neither statement gives a clear direct relationship between Suja and Adi individually and combining them still doesn't provide this inference without further assumptions, the answer is:

Correct Answer: neither statement (1) nor statement (2) suffices to answer the question.