Reasoning and General Intelligence - Blood Relation Reasoning

It is a Blood Relation Reasoning and General Intelligence.

Reasoning and General Intelligence – BLOOD RELATION

Keep in mind that although a wife and spouse are biologically connected, they are also the parents of their own offspring. In the same way, our brothers and sisters, as well as our paternal grandpa and grandmother, maternal grandfather and grandmother, as well as our grandchild and granddaughter, niece and cousins, are all members of our immediate family.

TYPES OF BLOOD RELATIONS

There are mainly two types of blood relatives:
Blood relation from Parental side and Maternal side

Blood relation is well understood if we know well relationship between generations like:
Our generation include: You, brothers, sisters, cousins.
Son or Daughter's generation: son, daughter, nephew, niece
Parents' generation
Father, Mother, Uncle, Aunt
Grand Parents:
Grand Father, Grand Mother etc


NOTE:
1. Most of the time blood relation with our mother's side are usually written with the word 'maternal' like maternal uncle, maternal aunt, maternal grand father, maternal grand mother etc.
2. But our father side are may or may not be written with the word 'paternal' i.e. 'paternal uncle' or just 'uncle' are same in our father's side.

In the examinations, the questions are usually in a complicated way but with good reasoning based on their relationship, it is easy and able to find out.



For this kind of relations is denoted with symbols as given below:

‘⇔’ is used for husband & wife.
‘__’ is used for same generation
‘ | ’ is used for higher or lower generation relation (eg. parents and children, or parents and grand parents).
‘-’ sign is used for female
‘+’ sign is used for male.

Questions & Answers with Explaination




Anil, introducing a girl in a party, said, she is the wife of the grandson of my mother. How is Anil related to the girl? (A) Father (B) Grandfather (C) Husband (D) Father-in-law The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Father-in-law

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Sister

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 The right option is A Explaination → Right answer is Sister

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Vinod

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Daughter

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is His son‘s

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) (b) (c) (d) Aunt (A) Sister-in-law (B) Wife (C) Neither (a) nor (b) (D) Aunt The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Wife

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Wife

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 (A) Son (B) Brother (C) Causin (D) Nephew The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Brother Father's wife means mother. Thus, the daughter of the mother means sister and sister's younger brother means brother. Hence, the boy is the brother of Deepak.

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is None of these No gender is mentioned about their children

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Mother

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) The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is both (i) and (ii) Both gender of B and C are required

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Sister-in-law

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) The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Cannot be established (cannot be determined) Gender of E is not known.

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Mother The speaker Abishek himself is the only child

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is None of these Speaker (Meena) herself is the only daughter, who is mother of Sarita. i.e. Since there is no option for Mother, So, the right answer is Non of these

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 (A) Brother-in-law (B) Brother (C) Son-in-law (D) Cousin The right option is A Explaination → Right answer is Brother-in-law Y is brother's of B's spouses.

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is P is the maternal uncle of A

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 The right option is A Explaination → Right answer is Daughter The speaker is the only son, who is the father of the lady in the photograph.

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 The right option is A Explaination → Right answer is Mother The speaker "MEENA" is sister of the boy itself.

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 (C) Cousin (D) Mother The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Sister The speaker "SALOO" and the lady on the photograph are sisters.

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Nephew The speaker "Shilpa's" husband is the brother of Kapil's mother.

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Sister The speaker "MAN" and the lady are brother and sister.

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is 17 Father + four sons + each 3sons of these four sons = 17 Therefore, there are 17 males in the big family

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Granddaughter

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is 9

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is Aunt

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is F

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is S is T‘s son

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 (A) 24 (B) 22 (C) 13 (D) 17 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is 17

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Cousin

'X' is the wife of 'Y', 'Y' is the brother of 'Z' and 'Z' is the son of 'P'. How is 'P' related to 'X'? (A) Sister (B) Aunt (C) Brother (D) None of these The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is None of these The right answer is Father-in-law which is not among the answer option.

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 (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is 2 The father Suket + one brother of each daughters = 2

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 (A) G‘s brother (B) F‘s father (C) E‘s father (D) A‘s son The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is A‘s son E is married to A or D. But B is married to D. Thus, E is married to A. Thus, A, B, D, E are the four adults and C, F, G are the three children in the family. B and D have a child G. A and E have two children. They are C and F. Now, only F and G are girls. So, C is a boy. Thus, C is A's or E's son

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is A is the husband of D

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Niece

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 The right option is B Explaination → Right answer is Father

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 The right option is D Explaination → Right answer is S

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 The right option is C Explaination → Right answer is Q is the sister-in-law of U

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 The right option is A Explaination → Right answer is His Son The man's mother is the wife of speaker's (Harsh's) father's only son. i.e. Harsh's himself So, The man is His(Harsh) son