Blood Relations

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Type of Relationship Term Type of Relationship Term

Mother’s / Father’s son Myself/Brother Husband’s or wife’s sister Sister-in-law
Mother’s / Father’s daughter Myself/Sister Husband’s or wife’s brother Brother-in-law
Mother’s / Father’s brother Uncle Brother’s / Sister’s son Nephew
Mother’s / Father’s sister Aunt Brother’s / Sister’s daughter Niece
Mother’s or Father’s father Grandfather Uncle or aunt’s son or Cousin
daughter
Mother’s or Father’s mother Grandmother Sister’s husband Brother-in-law
Son’s wife Daughter-in-law Brother’s wife Sister-in-law
Daughter’s husband Son-in-law Grandson’s or Great-
Granddaughter’s daughter granddaughter
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Type of Relationship Term

Grandfather’s only son Father
Grandmother’s only son Father
Grandfather’s son Father or Uncle
Grandmother’s son Father or Uncle
Grandfather’s only daughter-in-law Mother
Grandmother’s only daughter-in-law Mother
Grandmother’s / Grandfather’s brother Grand Uncle
Grandmother’s / Grandfather’s sister Grand Aunt
Grandmother’s / Grandfather’s mother Great Grandmother
Grandmother’s / Grandfather’s father Great Grandfather
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Generation Chart
Generation 1 Grandfather, Grandmother (Both Paternal and
Maternal)
Generation 2 Father, Mother, Father-in-law, Mother-in-law,
Uncle, Aunt (Both Paternal and Maternal)
Generation 3 You, Brother, Sister, Cousins, Brother in Law, Sister
in Law
Generation 4 Son, Daughter, Niece, Nephew
Generation 5 Grandson, Granddaughter

Note: First cousins share grandparents, second cousins share great-

grandparents, and third cousins share great-great-grandparents, and so on.
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Paternal Terms: This refers to all the relations of you

father’s side family. It can be paternal aunt / uncle /
grandfather / grandmother etc.

Maternal Terms: This refers to all the relations of you

mother’s side family. It can be maternal aunt / uncle /
grandfather / grandmother etc.
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Gender Determining Terms (Examples):

• His / Her
• Son / Daughter
• Wife / Husband
• Father / Mother
• Grandfather / Grandmother
• Brother / Sister
• Grandson / Granddaughter
• Nephew / Niece
• Father/Mother In Law
• Son / Daughter In Law
• Aunt / Uncle
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Gender Neutral Terms (Examples):

• Spouse (It can be husband or wife)

• Child (It can be son or daughter)
• Parent (It can be father or mother)
• Grandchild (It can be grandson or granddaughter)
• Parent in law (It can be father / mother in law)
• Sibling (It can be brother or sister)
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Common Types of Questions:

• Direct Statement/Information Questions

• Dialogue/Conversation Based

• Based on Puzzles

• Coded Relationships: Forward and Backward

Coding
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Important points:

• Never consider the name of the person for

determining the gender of any person.

• Follow top to down approach while drawing the

family tree i.e. highest generation on top of the
family tree and lowest generation at bottom.

• Consider yourself to be in the place of the person in

question and then try to solve the question.

• Consider all the possible relations. Example, if A is

brother in law of B then either A is married to the
sibling of B or A’s sibling is married to B.
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Common Symbols used in a family tree:

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Process of solving blood relation questions:

Step I: Eliminate options through

a) Apply gender check

b) Apply generation gap check

Step II: Draw family tree for remaining options

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Q.1) C is the brother of B. B is married to A. B’s father S

has only one daughter and only one son. How is A related
to S?

a) Father-in-law
b) Daughter-in-law
c) Father
d) Son-in-law
e) Can’t be determined.
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Answer – Option D
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Q.2) C is the brother of B. C is the brother of D. D is the

daughter of A. X is married to A. How is X related to C?

a) Aunt
b) Mother
c) Father
d) Father-in-law
e) Can’t be determined
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Answer – Option E
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Q.3) P is Q's sister. R is Q's mother. S is R's father. Q is Z’s

sister. Which of the following is true?

I. Z is the daughter of R.
II. S is the grandfather of Z.

a) Only I.
b) Only II.
c) Both I and II.
d) Either I or II.
e) None of these.
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Answer – Option B
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Q.4) Rahul and Lokesh are twins. Lokesh’s sister Pinky is

the only daughter of Lata. Lata’s husband has only one
sister Rama whose has only one son Alok. Radha is the
daughter of Vandana who is the daughter-in-law of Rama.
How is Vandana related to Lokesh?

a) Aunt
b) Sister
c) Cousin
d) Wife
e) None of these
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Answer – Option E
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Q.5) There are 8 members in a family belonging to three

different generations. There are also three couples in the
family. Alex is Martin’s nephew. James is the father of
Maria who has only one child who is male. Martin has
only one daughter Zoey. Rachel is Jesse’s only daughter-
in-law and Matthew’s sister-in-law. Maria is the sister of
Martin. How is Matthew related to Zoey?

a) Uncle
b) Cousin
c) Brother-in-law
d) Brother
e) Nephew
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Answer – Option A
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Q.6) Pointing to a picture, Vivek said “Her son is the

nephew of my son.” How is Vivek related to the lady in
question?

a) Father
b) Brother
c) Father-in-law
d) Brother-in-law
e) Can’t Be Determined
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Answer – Option E
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Q.7) A man was standing next to Rahul. Rahul said “He is

the brother of my maternal grandfather’s only daughter
who is the wife of my father”. How is the man related to
Rahul?

a) Father
b) Uncle
c) Father-in-law
d) Cousin
e) Can’t Be Determined
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Answer – Option B
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Q.8) Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Alex said to his

friend, "She is the only daughter-in-law of the paternal
grandmother of my father's only child." How is the lady in
the photograph related to Alex?

a) Sister
b) Mother
c) Mother-in-law
d) Aunt
e) Can’t Be Determined
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Answer – Option B
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Q.9) Pointing to a person, Arjun said to Sushma (who is a

female), “His mother is the only daughter of your father.”
How is that person related to Sushma?

a) Daughter
b) Niece
c) Nephew
d) Son
e) Can’t Be Determined
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Answer – Option D
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Q.10) Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said

"His brother's father is the only child of my grandfather".
How is the woman related to this man?

a) Sister
b) Aunt
c) Mother
d) Sister-in-law
e) Cannot be Determined
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Answer – Option A
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Q.11) If ‘P $ Q’ means P is the father of Q; ‘P # Q’

means P is the mother of Q and ‘P * Q’ means P is the
sister of Q, then ‘N # L $ P * Q’ shows which of the
relation of N to Q?

a) Grandson
b) Granddaughter
c) Grandfather
d) Grandmother
e) Data Inadequate
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Answer – Option D
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Q.12) If ‘A $ B’ means A is the brother of B; ‘A @ B’

means A is the wife of B; ‘A # B’ means A is the
daughter of B and ‘A * B’ means A is the father of B,
which of the following indicates that U is the father-in-
law of P?

a) P @ Q $ T # U * W
b) P @ W $ Q * T # U
c) P @ Q $ W * T # U
d) P @ Q $ T # W * U
e) None of these.
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Answer – Option A
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Q.13) Study the following information carefully and

answer the questions given below:-
(i) ‘J × K' means J is the brother of K
(ii) ‘J – K' means J is the mother of K
(iii) ‘J + K' means J is the sister of K
(iv) ‘J ÷ K' means J is the father of K

How is P related to Q in the expression P + A ÷ T × Q?

a) Uncle
b) Nephew
c) Niece
d) Aunt
e) Sister-in-law
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Answer – Option D
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Q.14) Study the following information carefully and

answer the questions given below:-
(i) ‘J × K' means J is the brother of K
(ii) ‘J – K' means J is the mother of K
(iii) ‘J + K' means J is the sister of K
(iv) ‘J ÷ K' means J is the father of K

How is Z related to X in the expression Z - Y + W ÷ X?

a) Grandfather
b) Nephew
c) Grandmother
d) Aunt
e) Brother-in-law
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Answer – Option C
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Q.15) If ‘P # Q’ means P is the sister of Q , ‘P + Q’

means P is the wife of Q, ‘P @ Q’ means P is the son of
Q, and ‘P $ Q’ means P is the mother of Q, then what
will come in the place of question mark, if it is
provided that ‘D is the daughter-in-law of T’? The
given expression is ‘D $ R ? L @ T’.

a) +
b) #
c) @
d) $
e) None of these.
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Answer – Option C
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There is family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. Following

information pertains to the members of this family:

• There are two married couples and the family

members belong to three generations.
• Each member has a distinct choice of colour among
green, yellow, black, white, red and blue.
• No lady member likes green or white colour.
• C, who likes black colour is the daughter-in-law of E.
• B is the brother of F and son of D and he likes blue.
• A is grandmother of F and F does not like red.
• There is a man liking green and his wife likes yellow
colour.
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Q.16) How many male members are there in the family?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) Can’t be determined.
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Answer – Option C
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Q.17) Whose favorite color is Red?

a) C
b) D
c) E
d) F
e) A
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Answer – Option B
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Q.18) Which of the following is one of the married

couples?

a) AB
b) CD
c) DA
d) AC
e) none of these
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Answer – Option B
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Q.19) What is F’s favorite color?

a) Green
b) Yellow
c) White
d) Black
e) Can’t be determined.
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Answer – Option C
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A family consisting of 9 members and 3 generations

(A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I) went for a picnic. People of the
same generation are wearing the same item of
clothing (hat, cap or scarf). There are more than 2
married couples in the family and all married couples
have at least one child. C who is the aunt of I is
wearing a hat. G’s mother is the only daughter-in-law
of A who is married to C’s brother. I is married to the
father of E. F’s nephew is the only grandson of H and
wears a cap. D and G are of the same gender. E is the
only unmarried male in the family. There are more
females than males in the family.
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Q.20) Identify the odd pair out.

a) F-D
b) H-A
c) B-C
d) G-E
e) A-C
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Answer – Option C
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Q.21) Which of the following was wearing a scarf?

a) B
b) F
c) I
d) D
e) All of the above
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Answer – Option E
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Q.22) If G was one of the unmarried females in the

group, name the other.

a) A
b) C
c) D
d) I
e) None of these.
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Answer – Option B
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Q.23) How is B related to A in this family?

a) Cousin
b) Son-in-law
c) Brother-in-law
d) Nephew
e) Son.
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Answer – Option B
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There are seven members in a family, P, Q, R, S, T, U and

V. Each of them has taken different sports as profession
– Cricketer, Base ball player, Archer, Lawn tennis player,
Swimmer, Table Tennis player and Badminton player.

• There are three couples in the family, one in first

and other two in second generations.
• The Table tennis player is married to V, whose father
is Cricketer.
• The Lawn Tennis Player is the nephew of R, who is
the daughter of Archery player. The Archery player
U, is Q’s parental Grandmother.
• P and Q are of the same gender.
• S, the brother-in-law of the base ball player, is
married to Badminton Player.
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Q.24) Which sport is S associated with?

a) Cricket
b) Badminton
c) Swimming
d) Archery
e) None of these
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Answer – Option C
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Q.25) How is R related to T?

a) Sister-in-law
b) Wife
c) Mother
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
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Answer – Option A
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Q.26) Who plays baseball in the family?

a) P
b) Q
c) S
d) U
e) V
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Answer – Option E
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Q.27) How many male members are there in the

family?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) 6
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Answer – Option C
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Q.28) Is P the father of B?
(I) C is mother of B and A. C is the sister-in-law of R. R
is unmarried and has only one brother P. F is mother-
in-law of C. F has only two children.
(II) H has only two children. One of them is R. R is
brother of P. H is the father-in-law of C. C is the
mother of A. B is the only brother of A.

[a] If the data in statement I alone are sufficient

[b] If the data in statement II alone are sufficient
[c] If the data either in statement I alone or in
statement II alone are sufficient to answer the
question
[d] If the data given in both statements I and II
together are not sufficient
[e] If the data in both statements I and II together are
necessary to answer the question.
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Answer – Option A
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Q.29) In a family residing in Delhi, there are seven
people namely, X, V, T, S, R, L and M. Is R nephew of T?

I. M is son-in-law of V. L is daughter of X. T is maternal

uncle of L.
II. S is father of T. V is brother-in-law of T. V has two
offspring.

[a] if the data in statement I alone are sufficient

[b] if the data in statement II alone are sufficient
[c] if the data either in statement I alone or in statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
[d] if the data in both statement I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the question.
[e] if the data in both statement I and II together are
necessary to answer the question.
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Answer – Option D
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Q.30) There is a family of eight members, consisting of four
males and four females, each with a unique name. C has two
sons named Jack (Q) and Brian (B), and his wife is Amy (A).
R's mother is Tina (T). The task is to determine the
relationship between R and C.
Additionally, the following information is available:
I. Jack's nephew is Sam (S), and Brian is married to Daisy (D).
II. Daisy is Brian's wife, and Tina is Daisy's sister-in-law.
III. Brian is Jack's only sibling, and R is Brian's niece.
[a] Any two statements together are sufficient.
[b] Either statement (I) and statement (II) together or
statement (II) and statement (III) together is sufficient.
[c] All the statement (I), statement (II) and statement (III)
together are sufficient.
[d] Statement I and Statement II together are sufficient.
[e] Only Statement (III) is sufficient.
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Answer – Option E
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Q.31) There are only six members A, B, C, D, E and F in
three generation family. Only married couples have
children. How B is related to E?

I. D’s only son’s only daughter’s maternal aunt is C. F

is daughter of A.
II. E’s wife’s only son’s only daughter’s mother is B. C
is sister of B and only sister-in-law of A.
III. F’s father’s mother’s only daughter-in-law’s only
sister is C. A is son of E.

[a] data given in all I, II and III together is required

[b] data given in II alone is sufficient
[c] data given in III alone is sufficient
[d] data given in both I and II together is sufficient
[e] data given in both II and III together is sufficient
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Answer – Option B
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Q.32) Is A the father of B?

(I) B is not the son of A.

(II) B is the daughter of C who is the spouse of A.

[a] If the question can be answered using (I) statement

alone.
[b] If the question can be answered using (II) statement
alone.
[c] If the question can be answered using either
statement alone.
[d] If the question can be answered using (I) and (II)
together.
[e] If the question cannot be answered even using (I)
and (II) together.
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Answer – Option E
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Q.33) Six persons A, B, C, D, E, and F are going on a trip.
Among them there are two couples. Is B the husband of D?

(I) E's father's mother's only child's spouse is B.

(II) C is the father of B and they belong to different gender.

[a] If the question can be answered using (I) statement

alone.
[b] If the question can be answered using (II) statement
alone.
[c] If the question can be answered using either statement
alone.
[d] If the question can be answered using (I) and (II)
together.
[e] If the question cannot be answered even using (I) and
(II) together.
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Answer – Option C
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I.34) Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
Y @ Z means Z is son of Y
Y % Z means Y is husband of Z
Y # Z means Z is brother of Y
Y & Z means Y is daughter of Z
Y $ Z means Z is mother of Y

Q.34) Consider the below expression:

‘A @ B # C % D $ E’
How is E related to C in the above expression?
[a] Daughter-in-law
[b] Mother-in-law
[c] Mother
[d] Sister-in-law
[e] Can’t be determined
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Answer – Option B
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I.35) Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
Y @ Z means Z is son of Y
Y % Z means Y is husband of Z
Y # Z means Z is brother of Y
Y & Z means Y is daughter of Z
Y $ Z means Z is mother of Y

Q.35) Which of the following expressions indicates

that ‘T is aunt of P’?
[a] P $ Q & R % S # T
[b] P # Q $ R & S # T
[c] P $ Q & R @ S % T
[d] P @ Q % R & S # T
[e] P % Q # R $ S @ T
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Answer – Option C