Posted on October 17, 2011
Find below two family relationship puzzles. To answer these questions, one needs to understand the way words are used or rather twisted in the given questions.
A man on a park bench is looking at a small portrait. You ask him, Who is that in the picture?
The man says, Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father, is my father's son.
Can you tell what person is in the picture?
A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother. How could this be?
Leave your answers below as comments. If you have more such puzzles based on family relationships, post them as comments below.
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March 22nd, 2012 - 13:31
Please provide the detailed explanation….plzccccc
March 22nd, 2012 - 13:31
Please provide the detailed explanation….plz
February 27th, 2012 - 22:45
i have a question to share with u all………
There are 10 cigar packets,each containing 10 cigars.Out of them 9 cigar packets weigh 10 grams each(each cigar in them is 1 gram).But the 10th cigar packet weighs 11 grams (each cigar is 1.1 gram).You can use the weighing scale only once and find out the odd cigar packet {NOTE:the mass of cigar boxes is 0}
[I DO KNOW THE ANSWER]
August 24th, 2012 - 21:06
Mark the cigar pkts 1 to 10 and take one cigar from pkt no.1 ,2 from pkt no2, 3 from pkt no 3 and so on till 10 cigars from pkt no 10. Weigh all the cigars now the as many gram excess weight from the number of cigar will tell the perticular no. of the odd pkt. Say if we get 7 gram more then No. 7 Pkt is odd
February 27th, 2012 - 22:37
his own son
February 27th, 2012 - 22:36
the beggar is a woman.
January 8th, 2012 - 03:22
1. Hi son….
2. He had a sister
December 2nd, 2011 - 17:35
A MILKMAN MAKES A PROFIT OF 20 % ON THE SALE OF MILK . IF HE WERE TO ADD 20 % WATER TO MILK , BY WHAT % WOULD HIS PROFIT WILL INCREASE ?
December 2nd, 2011 - 20:08
Assuming water comes for free, the milkman will gain 44% by selling the mixture of milk and water.
February 27th, 2012 - 23:11
is it not 20%?
suppose the actual cost of 100 litres of milk is 100 rs. but the person sells 100 ls for 120 rs .for the sale of 100 lr milk ,he gets 20 rs profit .Now suppose he sells only 80 ltrs of milk (20 ls is water),he must get a profit of only 16 rs but he gets profit of 20 rs for adding 20 ltrs of water.so the %increase in profit must be (20-16)/20 *100? . Did I go wrong anywhere?
February 27th, 2012 - 23:19
does 20 %of water imply 20%of amount of milk taken?
February 27th, 2012 - 23:19
does 20 %of water imply 20%of amount of milk taken?
if so i have another answer
July 13th, 2012 - 13:50
%Increase in profit+ %water added+(%incerese in profit*%addition of water/
100)
20+20+(20*20/1
00)
44%………
November 14th, 2011 - 12:27
1-His son’s portrait
November 10th, 2011 - 21:48
1. his own potrait
2. the beggar was female
November 6th, 2011 - 16:24
1. Portrait was of the man’s son.
2. Beggar was a woman
October 27th, 2011 - 20:30
his own portrait
the beggar was a female
October 27th, 2011 - 20:29
his own portrait
the beggar had died or the beggar was a female
July 12th, 2012 - 21:30
I thought the same
October 27th, 2011 - 16:32
1. His son or daughter
2. The Beggar is a female.
October 26th, 2011 - 22:16
his own son is in the picture
and
the bugger is a female
October 21st, 2011 - 15:35
1. His son
2. The Beggar is a female.
October 18th, 2011 - 23:15
the man is the son
the begger is the sister of the man’s son
October 18th, 2011 - 21:57
1. his son
2. begar is a girl
October 18th, 2011 - 20:25
That is his own Son’s portrait
October 18th, 2011 - 18:16
1) the portrait is of his own son
2) the beggar must be a girl.
October 18th, 2011 - 14:28
The portrait is his own
The begger was a woman.
October 18th, 2011 - 10:45
1. His own Son
2. The beggar is a lady
March 26th, 2010 - 23:38
YES, SHALIN U R CORRECT
ANS. IS HIS SON.
March 15th, 2010 - 03:24
neice n nephew
March 11th, 2010 - 23:02
his own son
October 8th, 2009 - 17:18
his own portrait
October 7th, 2009 - 22:40
His own son and daughter