Blood

Relations

Relations:

Relations on the mothers side is called

maternal while on fathers side is called

Family Tree
Different generations are placed at different
levels
Eg: Father / Mother & Son / Daughter
Male Square; Female Circle
Marriage Double Line
Multiple lines from double lines to indicate
children
Single line to represent siblings
Only use the details provided in the question to
form the tree. DO NOT assume values on your
own unless specifically provided or logically
concluded.

2. Pointing to a lady, a man said,

The son of her only brother is the
brother of my wife. How is the
lady
related to the
(a) Mother-in-law
(b) man?
Mother
(c)

Grandmother

(d)

Sister of Father-in-law

Sol. (d) Sister of Father-in-law

3. Akriti, who is Pradeepss daughter,

says to Deepa, Your mother Reena is
the younger sister of my father, who is
the third child of Ram. How is Ram
related to Deepa?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather (d) Father-in-law

Sol. (c) Grandfather

4. Introducing a girl, Vijay said, Her

mother is the only daughter of my
mother-in-law. How is vijay related
to the girl?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Husband

Sol. (b);
The only daughter of Vijays
mother-in-law is the wife of Vijay.
Therefore, the statement, in other
words implies that Her mother is
my wife. It is, hence clear that
Vijay is the father of that girl.

5. Pointing to a photograph, a person

says to his friend, She is the
granddaughter of the elder brother of
my father. How is the girl in the
photograph
related
the man?
(a) Niece
(b)to Sister
(c) Aunt

(d)

Sister-in-law

Sol. (a);
Granddaughter of ones uncle is
related as niece to the person.

6. A party consists of grandmother,

father, mother, four sons with their
wives and one son and two daughters
to each of the sons. How many
(a) 10 are
(b)there
12 (c)
14 (d) 16
females
in all?

Sol. (c) 14

7. On Holi, a whole family decided to meet.

The gathering consisted of one grandfather,
one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers,
four children, three grandchildren, one brother,
two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one
father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one
daughter-in-law.
They were
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) altogether
5
(d)seven.
2
How many male members in the family?

Sol. (a); They are Grandfather,

Grandmother, their son with his wife,
1 grandson & 2 granddaughters.
There are three male members in the
family.

+
+

Directions for Qs. 8 10: Refer to the

following information for the following
questions

In a family, there are 6 members,

A, B, C, D, E and F. A is married to
lady B. 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.

Directions for Qs. 8 10: Refer to

the following information for
the following solutions.
F

+
C
+
D

A
E

8. How is F
related
to
A?
(a) Mother (b) Sister-in-law
(c) Sister (d) Mother-in-law

Sol. (a) Mother

9. How is E related to
(a) Sister
C?
(b)
(c)
(d)

Daughter
Cousin
Aunt

Sol. (b) Daughter

10.

Who is C to B?

(a) Brother
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Son-in-law
(d) Nephew

Sol. (b) Brother-in-law

11. C is the brother of A; B

is the daughter of A; E is
the sister of C; and D is
the brother of B. Who is
the uncle of D?

(a) A
(c) C

(b)B
(d)D

Sol. (c)

Directions for Qs. 12 16: Refer

to the following information for
the following questions

There is a family of six people A, B, C, D,

E and F. They are Chemist, Musician,
Poet, Bank P.O., Engineer and Sales
Executive.

1. There are two married couples in

the family.
2. 'D' the Musician is married to the
lady Poet.
3. 'F' the Sales Executive is the son
of 'B' and brother of 'E'.
4. 'C' the Chemist is the daughter-inlaw of 'A.
5. The Bank P.O. is married to the
Chemist.
6. 'E' is an unmarried Engineer.
7. 'A' is the grandmother of 'F'.

Directions for Qs. 12 16:

The given information can be
represented as per below:
Poet

A
PO

Executive

Musician

Chemist

C
Engineer

12.
'F'?

How is 'E' related to

(a) Brother
(b)Sister
(c) Cousin Brother
(d)Either Brother or Sister

Sol. (d) Either Brother or

Sister.

13. Which of the

following is the
profession of 'B'?
(a) Poet
(b) Chemist
(c) Bank P.O.
(d) None of these

Sol. (c) Bank P.O.

14. Which of the

following is the
profession
of 'A'?
(a) Poet
(b) Chemist
(c) Bank P.O.
(d) None of these

Sol. (a) Poet

15. Which of the

following is one of the
(a) FD
couples?
(b) DB
(c) EA
(d) None of these

Sol. (d)

16. How is 'D' related

to
'F'?
(a) Father
(b)
(d)

Grandfather (c) Uncle

Grandmother

Sol. (b) Grandfather

Directions for Qs. 17 19: Refer

to the following information for
the following questions
X
X
X
X

+ Y means X is the father of Y;

Y means X is the wife of Y;
x Y means X is the brother of Y;
Y means X is the daughter of Y.

17. If a + b c, which
of the following is true?
(a) a
(b)a
(c) a
(d)a

is
is
is
is

the
the
the
the

brother of c
son of c
husband of c
father of c

Sol. (c)
a is the husband of c.
a + b / c means a is the
father of b who is the
daughter of c i.e. a is the
father of b and c is the
mother of b i.e. the
husband of c.

Directions for Qs. 20 & 21: Read the

following information to answer these
questions.

(a) X x Y means X is the brother of Y;

(b) X + Y means X is the mother of Y;
(c) X Y means X is the husband of Y;
(d) X Y means X is the son of Y.

20. Which of the

following would mean M
is the father of N?
(a) M
(b) M
(c) M
(d) M

N+O
xON
+ON
O+N

Sol. (d);
M O = M is the husband of
O.
O + N = O is the mother of N.
From these two, we conclude
that M is the father of N.

Directions for Qs. 22 25: Refer to the information

given below and answer the questions that follow.

In a family of 8 people, R is married to M. M is a

brother of K who is Zs mother. R has 3 children, 1
son & 2 daughters with one daughter married. B is
the sister-in-law to D. A is a brother of C.

Directions for Qs. 22 25:

The given information can be
represented as per below:

22. How is A related

to Z?
(a) Cousin
(b)Aunt
(c) Uncle
(d)None of these

Sol. (a)

23. How is C related

to D?
(a) Wife
(b)Husband
(c) Sister
(d)Either (a) or (c)

Sol. (a)

24. K is Bs
(a) Mother
(b)Brother
(c) Aunt
(d)Uncle

Sol. (c)

25. How is R related to

Z?
(a) Mother
(b)Brother
(c) Uncle
(d)Aunt

Sol. (d)

Thank You