Practice · check as you go
Lesson 1 practice: Read the clue, build the family
Practice for lesson 1: turn each clue into one link, count the generations and find the side.
Pick an option and press “Check”: the right answer and why show at once. Your score comes at the end, and the clock only counts the time you take.
- Right answer +1. A wrong answer costs nothing.
- Questions come in Hindi and English. Switch any question with “Language”; questions in English only cannot switch.
Sample questions with solutions
A few questions like the ones in this test, with the right answer and why.
- Question 1Tarun is the son of Megha's mother's brother. How is Tarun related to Megha?
- Maternal uncle
- Cousin (mother's brother's son)Right answer
- Brother
- Cousin (father's brother's son)
ExplanationStart at Megha: her mother, then the mother's brother (मामा), then his son Tarun. Up one, across, down one: the same generation as Megha, with different parents. He is her cousin on the mother's side, ममेरा भाई.
- Question 2Kavita is Nikhil's maternal aunt. Nikhil is a boy. How is Nikhil related to Kavita?
- Nephew (brother's son)
- Nephew (sister's son)Right answer
- Maternal aunt
- Son
ExplanationKavita is the sister of Nikhil's mother. Walk back from Kavita: her sister is Nikhil's mother, and Nikhil is her son. A sister's son is a nephew; in Hindi भांजा.
- Question 3Manoj is Kiran's paternal uncle. No word gives Kiran's gender. How is Kiran related to Manoj?
- Niece (brother's daughter)
- Brother's childRight answer
- Paternal uncle
- Cannot be determined
ExplanationManoj is the brother of Kiran's father. Walk back from Manoj: his brother is Kiran's father, and Kiran is that brother's child. "Brother's child" is certain; भतीजा or भतीजी would need Kiran's gender.
- Question 4Pankaj is the brother of Rina's father's father. How is Pankaj related to Rina?
- Paternal grandfather
- Paternal grandfather's brotherRight answer
- Paternal uncle
- Maternal grandfather's brother
ExplanationStart at Rina: her father, then his father (her paternal grandfather, दादा), then his brother Pankaj. Two generations up on the father's side, beside the grandfather: Pankaj is Rina's paternal grandfather's brother (दादा के भाई).
- Question 5Arvind is Bela's father. Chitra is Bela's sister. Which statement is certain?
- Arvind is Chitra's fatherRight answer
- Bela is Chitra's sister
- Chitra is Arvind's son
- Arvind is Bela's grandfather
ExplanationSisters share parents, so Bela's father Arvind is Chitra's father too. That is certain.
The word "sister" describes Chitra; Bela's own gender is not given.