Blood
Relationships
While
attempting questions on blood relations, one should be clear of all the
relating patterns that can exist between any two individuals. These type of
questions are given mainly to test one's relationship ability.
Very well known relations are:
Mother Grandmother Father Grand father
Son Grandson
Daughter Granddaughter
Brother Brother-in
–Law Sister Sister-in-Law
Niece Father
–in-Law Nephew Mother-in –Law
Uncle Son-in-Law Aunt Daughter-in-Law
Husband Cousin
wife
The pattern of some
relationships which help in solving questions in these tests are:
Father's or Mother's Father – Grand
father (Paternal of Maternal)
Father's or Mother – Grandmother (Paternal or Maternal)
Father's of Mother's son – Brother
Father's of Mother's Daughter – Sister
Father's Brother – Paternal Uncle
Father's Sister – Paternal Aunt
Mother's Brother – Maternal Uncle
Mother's Sister – Maternal Aunt
Uncle or Aunt's son or Daughter – Cousin
Son's Wife – Daughter-in – Law
Daughter's Husband – Son – in-Law
Husband's or Wife's Brother – Brother-in-Law
Husband's of Wife's Sister – Sister
- in - Law
Sister's Husband – Brother-in-Law
Brother's Son – Nephew
Brother's Daughter – Niece
In each
of the following questions keenly study the relationship mentioned between
the persons, and then from the given
options select the right relationship as the answer.
1. 'A' is
the father of 'B' and 'C', 'B' is the son of 'A' but 'C' is not the of 'A'
what is 'C' s relation with 'A'?
(a) Daughter (b)
Son (c)
Niece (d)
Nephew (e)
None of these
2. A lady
said, "The person standing there is my grandfather's only son's
daughter". How is the lady related to the standing person?
(a) Sister (b)
Mother (c)
Aunt (d)
Cousin (e)
None of these
3. Ravi is
the brother of Amit's son' son. What is Amit's relation to Ravi?
(a) Cousin (b) Father (c) Grand gather (d)
son (e) None of these
4. Mayank
said, "My mother is the sister of
Rajat's brother. " What is Rajat's relation with Mayank?
(a) Cousin (b) Maternal uncle (c) Uncle
(d) Brother-in-Law (e) None of these
5. Introducing
Lily. Raghav said, "Her father is my mother's only son." How is Lily
related to Raghav?
(a) Aunt (b)
Daughter (c) Mother (d)
Sister (e)
None of these
6. Ajay is
the brother of Vijay. Mili is the Sister of Ajay. Sanjay is the brother of
Rahul and Mehul is the daughter of Vijay. Who is Sanjay's Uncle?
(a) Rahul (b) Ajay (c) Mehul (d)
Data inadequate
(e) None of these
7. Adity is
Bhavi's brother, Bharat is Jayant's
father. Ella is Bhavi's mother. Aditya and Jayant are brothers. What is
Ella's relationship with Bharat?
(a) Sister (b) Mother (c) Daughter (d)
wife (e) None of these
8. A man
introduced the boy coming with him as "He is son of the father of my
wife's daughter". What relation did the boy bear to the man?
(a) Son-in-Law (b) Son (c) Brother (d) Father (e)
None of these
9. A and B
are two brothers. C is sister of B, D is sister of E. E son of A. Who is D's
uncle?
(a) D (b) E (c)
B (d) C
(e) None above
10. Varun
said pointing towards Arun, "He is my sister's only brother's son".
How is Arun related Varun?
(a) son (b) Bother (c)
Nephew (d) Data insufficient
(e) None of these
Answer
with Explanation
|
1. (a) |
 'C' is not the son of 'A' but.
'A' is the father of 'C', so, 'C' is the daughter of 'A', |
2.(a) |
 Lady's grandfather's son is lady's father and father's daughter will
only be lady's sister. |
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3.(c) |
 Amit's son's is Anit's grandson. Ravi is the brother of Amit's son.
so, Amit is also the grandfather of Ravi. |
4.(b) |
 Mayank's mother is the sister of Rajat's brother. So Rajat also the
brother of Mayank's mother. Relation lof the brother with his sister's
child's maternal. So Rajat is Mayank's
maternal uncle. |
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5.(b) |
The relation is : Mother Son) Raghav (Father) Lily (Daughter) My mother's only son' means Raghav himself 'Her father means Lily's
father; i.e. Raghav and so, Lily is Raghav's daughter. |
6. (d) |
1. 2. Sanjay There are two sets of relationship Information can given is
incomplete and relation can be established between the two sets. |
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7.(d) |
The relationship chart based on problem is:  Jayant and Adity are brothers. If Aditya is Bhavi's brother. If
Bharat is Jayant's Father then Jayant is also father, then he is also the
father of Aditya and Bhavi. If Ella is Bhavi's mother, then she is also
mother of Aditya and Jayant. This means Bharat and Ella are husband and wife
and the parents of three. |
8. (b) |
The relationship chart based on problem is:  Father of the man's wife's daughter is the man himself and the boy in
question is the man's son. |
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9. (c) |
The relationship chart based on the problem is:  When D is sister of E, who is son of A then D is daughter of A.
Brother of A is B and so, B is D's uncle. |
10. (a) |
 Varun's sister's only brother is Varum himself and Arun is his
son. |