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BLOOD RELATION

For blood relation we should remember two things:

1) Gender
2) Generation gap

For male we will take +/ and for female we will take -/ .

Married couple will be represented by double bond ( ).
Brother and sister relation will be represented by ( ).

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Relations from mothers side are called maternal and that of fathers side are

called paternal.

Relations from husbands/ wifes side are called in-laws.

Blood relation questions are divided into three forms:

Pointing form Coded form Puzzle form

POINTING FORM
Q.1: Introducing a woman, Ram said, She is the mother of the only daughter of my son.
How is woman related to Ram?
1) Sister-in-law
2) Mother-in-law
3) Daughter-in-law
4) Mother
5) Cant be determined
Ans: Daughter-in-law.
Ram+

Woman - son+

Daughter-

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Quick trick: divide the questions into parts and solve it step by step.
For e.g.: In 1st question given above, only daughter of my son means my
granddaughter and mother of my granddaughter means my daughter-in-law .

Q.2: Pointing to a girl, Sandeep said, She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.
How is Sandeep related to the girl?
1) Brother
2) Sister
3) Mother
Father+ Sister-
4) Cousin
5) None of these
Ans: Cousin Sandeep+
Girl-

Q.3: Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Rahul said, The son of her only brother is the
brother of my wife. How is the lady related to Rahul?
1) Maternal aunt
2) Sister of father-in-law
3) Mother-in-law

4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
Ans : Sister of Father-in-law

Lady- Brother+

Son+ Wife- Rahul +

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Q.4: A man and woman were sitting in a waiting hall, If mans mother-in-law is the
mother of womans mother-in law. How is man related to woman?
1) Father
2) Grand father
3) Father-in-law
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
Ans: Father-in-law

Mans mother-in-law

Mans wife- Man+

Womans husband+ Woman-

Coded form:
A$B means A is the father of B
A#B means A is the sister of B
A*B means A is the daughter of B
A@B means A is the mother of B
Q.1: Which of the following indicates that M is the wife of Q?

1) Q $ R # T @ M
2) Q $ R @ T # M

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3) Q $ R * T # M
4) Q $ R * M @ T
5) None of these
Ans: 4) Q $ R * M @ T

Q+ M-

R- T-/+

Q .2: Which of the following expression shows that M is the wife of P?

1) M@P#Q@N
2) N @ P # Q *M
3) N*P$Q*M
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
Ans: 3) N * P $ Q * M

P+
M-

N- Q-

Q.3: In the given expression, P * Q $ M # N, How is N related to Q ?

1) Son
2) Daughter
3) Son-in-law
4) Either 1 or 2

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5) None of these

Ans: 4) Either 1 or 2

Q+

P- M-
N-/+

PUZZLE FORM
Q.1: A is father of C, but C is not his son.
E is the daughter of C. F is the spouse of A.
B is the brother of C. D is the son of B.
G is the spouse of B. H is the mother of G. Then who is the maternal grandmother
of D?
1) A
2) C
3) H
4) F A+ F- H-
-
5) None of these
Ans: 3) H B+
C- G-

E- D+

Q.2: In a family, there are six members A, B, C, D ,E and F. A and B are married couple.
A being the male member. D is the only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister
of D. B is the daughter-in-law of F, whose husband has died. How is F related to C?

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1) Mother-in-law
2) Sister-in-law
3) Mother
4) Aunt
5) Sister
Ans: 3) B (Mother) F-

C+ A+ B-

D+ E-

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Q.3: There are eleven members A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J and K, in a family with three
generations. A is the spouse of B. E and F are son-in-laws of B. E has two daughters and
one son and F has one son and one daughter. G and H are two daughters of . J is the
cousin brother of I and brother of K.
Then how is B related to D?

1) Mother
2) Father
3) Father-in-law A-/+ B-/+

4) Either 1 or 2
5) None of these
E+ D- F+
C-
Ans: 4) Either 1 or 2.

I+ H- G- J+
K-

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