Directions for the following 5 (five) items: Consider the following information and answer the five items that follow:
There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.
Who is the spouse of R?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) T
T is married to a group member. P and S are unmarried, and Q (P's brother) is a man like T, so T's spouse can only be R.
- T is married to someone in the group.
- P and S are unmarried, so T's spouse is Q or R.
- Q is P's brother, a man; T is also a man. The puzzle treats marriage as between a man and a woman, so T's spouse is R.
Remember · In relation puzzles, list who is ruled out — unmarried, same family, same sex — and the spouse is whoever remains.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·