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Pointing to a man, Sanjay says, "His sister is the only daughter of my mother's mother." Sanjay's mother has no sister. How is the man related to Sanjay?

The man is Sanjay's maternal uncle. The only daughter of Sanjay's maternal grandmother is Sanjay's mother, so the man, being her brother, is Sanjay's mother's brother, which is a maternal uncle.

  1. AMaternal uncleCorrect
  2. BFather
  3. CMaternal grandfather
  4. DBrother

Explanation

The only daughter of Sanjay's mother's mother is Sanjay's own mother, since she has no sister. So the man's sister is Sanjay's mother, making the man her brother. The brother of Sanjay's mother is Sanjay's maternal uncle.

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