BLOOD RELATIONS

1. Anil, introducing a girl in a party, said, she is the

wife of the X, grandson of my mother. How is

Anil related to the girl?

(a) Father (b) Grandfather

(c) Husband (d) Father-in-law

2. A man said to a woman, ―Your mother‘s

husband‘s sister is my aunt.‖ How is the woman

related to the man?

(a) Granddaughter (b) Daughter

(c) Sister (d) Aunt

3. Introducing Rajesh, Neha said, ―His brother‘s

father is the only son of my grandfather‖. How

Neha is related to Rajesh?

(a) Sister (b) Daughter

(c) Mother (d) Niece

4. Vinod is the brother of Bhaskar. Manohar is the

sister of Vinod. Biswal is the brother of Preetam

and Preetam is the daughter of Bhaskar. Who is

the uncle of Biswal?

(a) Bhaskar (b) Manohar

(c) Vinod (d) Insufficient data

5. A man said to a woman, ―Your brother‘s only

sister is my mother.‖ What is the relation of the

woman with the maternal grandmother of that

man?

(a) Mother (b) Sister

(c) Niece (d) Daughter

6. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, ―I have no

brother or sister but that man‘s father is my

father‘s son.‖ Whose photograph was it?

(a) His own (b) His son‘s

(c) His father's (d) His nephew‘s

7. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, ―I

am the only daughter of this lady and her son is

your maternal uncle,‖ How is the speaker related

to Pramod‘s father?

(a) Sister-in-law (b) Wife

(c) Neither (a) nor (b) (d) Aunt

8. Introducing a man, a woman said, ―His wife is

the only daughter of my mother.‖ How is the

woman related to that man?

(a) Aunt (b) Wife

(c) Mother-in-law (d) Maternal Aunt

9. Deepak said to Nitin, ―That boy playing with the

football is the younger of the two brothers of the

daughter of my father‘s wife.‖ How is the boy

playing football related to Deepak?

(a) Son (b) Brother

(c) Causin (d) Nephew

10. A is the mother of B, C is the father of B and C

has 3 children. On the basis of this information,

find out which of the following relations is

correct:

(a) C has three daughters. (b) C has three sons.

(c) B is the son. (d) None of these.

11. A man pointing to a photograph says, ―The lady

in the photograph is my nephew‘s maternal

grandmother.‖ How is the lady in the

photograph related to the man‘s sister who has

no other sister?

(a) Cousin (b) Sister-in-law

(c) Mother (d) Mother-in-law

12. A is the brother of B. A is the brother of C. To

find what is the relation between B and C. What

minimum information from the following is

necessary?

(i) Gender of C

(ii) Gender of B

(a) Only (i) (b) Only(ii)

(c) Either (i) or (ii) (d) both (i) and (ii)

13. Mohan is son of Arun‘s father‘s sister. Prakash

is son of Reva, who is mother of Vikash and

grandmother of Arun Pranab is father of Neela

and grandfather of Mohan. Reva is wife of

Pranab.

How is Vikash‘s wife related to Neela?

(a) Sister (b) Niece

(c) Sister-in-law (d) Data in adaequate

14. There is a family of 6 persons A, B, C, D, E and

F. There are two married couples in the family.

The family members are lawyer, teacher,

salesman, engineer, accountant and doctor. D,

the salesman is married to the lady teacher. The

doctor is married to the lawyer. F, the

accountant is the son of B and brother of E. C,

the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the

unmarried engineer. A is the grandmother of F.

How is E related to F?

(a) Brother

(b) Sister

(c) Father

(d) Cannot be established (cannot be

determined)

15. Pointing to a girl, Abhishek said, ―She is

daughter of the only child of my father.‖ How is

Abhishek‘s wife related to that girl?

(a) Daughter (b) Mother

(c) Aunt (d) Sister

16. Introducing Sarita, Meena said, ―She is the only

daughter of my father‘s only daughter.‖ How is

Meena related to Sarita?

(a) Niece (b) Cousin

(c) Aunt (d) None of these

17. A and B are married couple. X and Y are

brothers. X is the brother of A. How is Y related

to B?
(a) Brother-in-law (b) Brother

(c) Son-in-law (d) Cousin

18. A is the son of C; C and Q are sisters; Z is the

mother of Q and P is the son of Z. Which of the

following statements is true?

(a) P and A are cousins

(b) P is the maternal uncle of A

(c) Q is the maternal grandfather of A

(d) C and P are sisters

19. Pointing out to a photograph, a man tells his

friend," she is the daughter of the only son of my

father's wife. How is the girl related to the man

in the photograph?

(a) Daughter (b) Cousin

(c) Mother (d) Sister

20. Pointing to a boy, Meena says, ―He is the son of

my grandfather‘s only son.‖ How is the boy‘s

mother Telated to Meena?

(a) Mother (b) Aunt

(c) Sister (d) Data inadequate

21. Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Shaloo

said, "Her son‘s father is the son-in-law of my

mother". How is Shaloo related to the lady?

(a) Aunt (b) Sister

(b) Cousin (d) Mother

22. Pointing to Kapil, Shilpa said, ―His mother‘s

brother is the father of my son Ashish‘‘. How is

Kapil related to Shilpa's Husband?

(a) Sister-in-law (b) Nephew

(c) Aunt (d) Niece

23. A man said to lady, ―Your mother‘s husband‘s

sister is my aunt." How is the lady related to the

man?

(a) Daughter (b) Grand daughter

(c) Mother (d) Sister

24. A family has a man, his wife, their four sons and

their wives. The family of every son also have 3

sons and one daughter. Find out the total number

of male members in the family.

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 17

25. A is B‘s sister. C is B‘s mother. D is C‘s father.

E is D‘s mother. Then, how is A related to D?

(a) Grandmother (b) Grandfather

(c) Daughter (d) Granddaughter

26. In a joint family, there are father, mother, 3

married sons and one unmarried daughter. Of

the sons, two have 2 daughters each and one has

a son. How many females members are there in

the family?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 9

27. A, B and C are sisters. D is the brother of E and

E is the daughter of B. How is A related to D?

(a) Sister (b) Cousin

(c) Niece (d) Aunt

28. F is the brother of A. C is the daughter of A. K is

the sister of F. G is the brother of C. Who is the

uncle of G?

(a) A (b) C (c) F (d) K

29. P is the brother of Q and R. S is the R‘s mother.

T is P‘s father. Which of the following

statements cannot be definitely true?

(a) T is Q‘s father (b) S is P‘s mother

(c) T is S‘s husband (d) S is T‘s son

30. A party consisted of a man, his wife, his three

sons and their wives and three children in each

son's family. How many were there in the party?

(a) 24 (b) 22 (c) 13 (d) 17

31. Nithya is Sam‘s Sister. Mogan is Sam‘s Father.

Selvan is Rajan‘s Son. Rajan is Mogan‘s

Brother. How is Nithya related to Selvan?

(a) Daughter (b) Sister

(c) Cousin (d) Wife

32. X‘ is the wife of ′Y′ and ‗Y‘ and ‗Y‘ is the

brother of ‗Z‘, ‗Z‘ is the son of ‗P‘. How is ‘P‘

related to ‗X‘ ?

(a) Sister (b) Aunt

(c) Brother (d) Data inadequate

33. Suket has three daughters and each daughter has

a brother. How many male members are there in

the family.

(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1

34. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family

consisting of 4 adults and 3 children, two of

whom, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers

and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to

one of the brothers and has two children. B is

married to D and G is their child. Who is C?

(a) G‘s brother (b) F‘s father

(c) E‘s father (d) A‘s son

35. Examine the following relationships among

members of a family of six persons A, B, C, D,

E and F.

1. The number of males equals that of females

2. A and E are sons of F.

3. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl

4. B is the son of A

5. There is only one married couple in the family

at present which one of the following inferences

can be drawn from the above?

(a) A, B and C are all females

(b) A is the husband of D

(c) E and Fare children of D

(d) D is the grand daughter of F

36. Introducing a man, a woman said, ―He is the

only son of my mother‘s mother.‘‘ How is the

woman related to the man?

(a) Mother (b) Cousin

(c) Niece (d) Aunt

37. Pointing to a man in the park, Naman said, ―His

son is my son‘s uncle.‖ How is the man related

to Naman?

(a) Brother (b) Father

(c) Uncle (d) Grandfather

38. Following are some information about a family

consisting of 4 members P, Q, R and S.

P is an adult male and has 2 children. Q is the

son-in-law of P. R is Q's brother-in-law. There

is just one couple in the family.

Who is the daughter of P?

(a) P (b) R (c) Q (d) S

39. In a family of 5, P is the father of R. S is Q‘s

son. S has R as sister. Therefore, if U has P as

brother, then the relationship between Q and

U is as follows.

(a) Q is U‘s daughter

(b) U is Q‘s wife

(c) Q is the sister-in-law of U

(d) Q is U‘s brother-in-law

40. Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said, "His

mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers

and sisters I have none. "At whose portrait was

Harsh looking?

(a) His son (b) His cousin

(c) His uncle (d) His nephew

ANSWERS

1 (d) 6 (b) 11 (c) 16 (d) 21 (b) 26 (d) 31 (c) 36 (c) 41 (b) 2 (c) 7 (b) 12 (d) 17 (a)
22 (b) 27 (d) 32 (d) 37 (b) 42 (b) 3 (a) 8 (b) 13 (d) 18 (b) 23 (d) 28 (c) 33 (b) 38
(d) 43 (a) 4 (c) 9 (b) 14 (d) 19 (a) 24 (d) 29 (d) 34 (d) 39 (c) 5 (d) 10 (d) 15 (b) 20
(a) 25 (d) 30 (d) 35 (b) 40 (a)