Question

A man and his son met with a car accident. The father dies on the scene , but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,"I can't operate on this boy, he is my son" How can this be.

Answer 1

The surgeon is the boy's mom.

Answer 2

We have to solve the riddle that when the father dies how can the surgeon say that I can't operate on this boy, he is my son.

• A man and his son met with a car accident is given in the question.
• So it is definite that the father dies on the scene.
• The gender of the surgeon is not given
• So as the father has died it is obvious the surgeon is the boy's mother.
• So in this way the given riddle is solved which is "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son"