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a) While atte pti g Blood Relatio uestio s, fi st e should ead the Di e tio s gi e a efull
b) Then pin-point the two persons between whom the relationship is to be established
d) While determining the relationships between two persons one should be careful about the sexes of the persons
involved
e) Sometimes it is not possible to define relationships between two persons without knowing their sex
Child e of u le Cousi
Wife of u le Au t
Child e of au t Cousi
Hus a d of au t U le
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1. Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle." How is the boy related
to the girl?
Solution:
The father of the boy's uncle => the grandfather of the boy and daughter of the grandfather => sister of father
2. Pointing to a photograph, Vipul said, "She is the daughter of my grandfather's only son." How is Vipul related to
the girl in the photograph?
Solution:
So, the girl is the daughter of Vipul's father i.e., Vipul is the girl`s brother.
3. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl`s
Solution:
Directions for questions (4 - 5): Answer the questions based on the following information given below:
I. A $ B means A is mother of B.
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Solution:
P @ Q $ M # T means
P is the hus a d of Q a d Q is the othe of M a d M is the fathe of T. so, lea l P is T s pate al g a dfathe .
5. If G $ M @ K, how is K related to G?
Solution:
G $ M @ K means
a) L + M N O
b) L M O P
c) N M L O
d) M + L O N
Solution:
M+LO
Solution:
Directions (8 - 10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
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In a family, there are six members A, B, C, D, E and F. A and B are a 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.
Explanation:
8. How is F related to A?
Solution:
F is Mother of A
9. How is T related to K?
Statements:
I. R's sister J has married Ts brother L, who is the only son of his parents.
Solution:
From I, we know that L is T's brother and J's husband. Since L is the only son of his parents, T is L's sister.
Thus, from I and II, we conclude that T is the sister of K's father i.e. T is K's aunt.
Statements:
Solution:
From I, we conclude that H is the only daughter of M. But this does not indicate that M has no son. The information
given in II is immaterial.
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SOLVED PROBLEMS:
Directions (1 3): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Ra i dra is so of Ashor s father s sister. Sahil is so of Di a. Who is the other of Gaura a d gra d other of
Ashok. Ankit is the father of Tanya and grandfather of Ravindra. Divya is wife of Ankit.
. Poi ti g to a girl i the photograph, Balu said, Her other`s rother is the o l so of other s father.
How is the girl`s mother related to Balu ?
5. A is the son of B. C, B`s sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. How is A related to F ?
6. If A + B means A is the brother of B, A x B means A is the wife of B and A % B means A is the daughter of B then
which of the following means S is the uncle of P?
a) P % Q x R + S b) P x Q + R % S c) P % Q + R x S d) P + Q % R + S e) None of these
Directions (7 9): In a family of six persons L, M, N, O, P and Q, there are two married couples. O is grandmother
of L and mother of M. N is wife of M and mother of Q. Q is the granddaughter of P.
7. How O related to Q?
. A s so B is arried ith C hose sister D is arried to E the rother of B. B is the father of F. Ho A is related
to F?
11. P is the brother of Q. Q is the brother of R. S is the father of P. Based on these three statements, which of the
following statements cannot be definitely true ?
a) P is the brother of R b) Q is the son of S c) Q is the brother of P d) R is the brother of P e) None of these
12. A is the son of B.C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E.F is the maternal uncle of D. How is E related to F ?
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13. Daya has a brother Anil, Daya is the son of Chandra. Bimal is Chandra's father. What is Anil of Bimal ?
14. Rahul says that father of Ram father is my father, then how is Rahul related to Ram ?
15. Looking at the portrait of a man, Harsh said, "His mother is the wife of my father's son. I have no brothers or
sisters." At whose portrait was Harsh was looking?
a) His Child b) His Father c) His Grandson d) His Nephew e) None of these
16. Amit said to Mohan, That boy in red shirt is younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father s
wife . How is the boy in red shirt related to Amit?
17. Gopal said, pointing to Govind, His father is my father s only son . How is Gopal related to Govind?
19. Rajesh is the brother of Ankit. Shano is the sister of Shubham. Ankit is the son of Shano. How is Rajesh related
to Shano?
Directions (20 25): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
VIII. C is A s brother
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22. Who is C to B?
a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2 e) None of these
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 2 e) None of these
Directions (26 30) : Read the following information carefully to answer the questions given below.
V. A is the son of C.
VI. The family consists of one couple who has their parents and their children
a) Mother and son b) Sister and brother c) Sisters d) Grandmother and granddaughter e) None of
these
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) None of these e) 1
a) CF b) AF c) BC d) AB e) None of these
Directions (31 35): Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow.
I. Ruchi and Suresh are married couple having two children, Manisha and Divya
II. Divya is married to Amit who is the son of Gauri and Tarun
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31. What is the difference between the number of females and the number of males in the second generation?
a) 5 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) None of these
a) Ta u is Di a s ate al uncle b) Vijay is the son of Manisha ) Gau i is Ha ish s othe in - law
a) M + L N b) M / L + N c) L N / M d) N L / M e) None of these
Directions (37 38): Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow.
I. A+B ea s A is the so of B .
. What does P R / Q ea s ?
a) P is the nephew of Q b) P is the uncle of Q c) P is the brother of Q d) P is the father of Q e) None of these
. What does P = R / Q ea s ?
Directions (39 40) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
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e) None of these
e) None of these
Directions (41 43): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
I. PQ ea s P is the fathe of Q .
Directions (44 45): Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow.
a) H + J + T b) T K + H c) H + J T d) H J + T e) None of these
a) M / K T b) M K T c) M K + T d) M / K + T e) None of these
Directions (46 49): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are six children playing football, namely P, Q, R, S, T and U. P and T are brothers, U is the sister of T. R is the
o l so of P s u le, Q a d S are the daughters of the o l rother of R s father.
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Directions (50 52) Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow.
A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not the mother of Q. P and R are
married couple. Y is the brother of R. X is the daughter of P and Z is the brother of P.
a) P b) Z c) Y d) X e) Q
Directions (53 56) Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow.
There are six children taking part in an essay competition, namely A, B, C, D, E and F. A and E are brothers. F and D
are the sister of E. C is the o l so of A s u le. B a d D are the daughters of the rother of C s father.
a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 d) 3 e) 2
a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2 e) 1
57. If P + Q means P is the mother of Q; P Q means P is the brother Q; P % Q means P is the father of Q and P x Q
means P is the sister of Q, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
a) Q N + M x P b) P + S x N Q c) P M + N x Q d) Q S % P e) None of these
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Directions (62 63): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below
i) PQ ea s P is siste of Q
i ) P Q ea s P is othe of Q
a) M T R b) R T M c) R T + M J d) R T M J e) None of these
Directions (64 65): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a family there are 7 persons and there are 2 married couples in this family. A is the father of B. E is the daughter
of D and grand Daughter of C. E is the sister of F, who is brother of B.
a) D b) G c) C d) B e) C
Directions (66 68): Read the following information to answer these questions.
AB means B is brother of A
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Directions (69 73): These questions are based on the following information:
PQ ea s Q is the othe of P
PQ ea s P is the so of Q
69. Which of the following can be a correct conclusion drawn from the e pressio QN@SM=P ?
a) S is the brother of P b) N has two sons and two daughters. c) S is the sister of Q d) P is the sister of Q
e) None of these
a) V is the husband of P b) R is the son of V c) R is the daughter of V d) V is the wife of P e) None of these
. Whi h of the follo i g a e the orre t o lusio dra fro the e pressio L=M#NPQ?
a) Q is the grandson of M b) L is the uncle of N. c) N is the uncle of Q d) Q is the niece of N e) None of these
Directions (74 75): Study the information given below and answer the questions following it:
Solutions:
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(1 3):
1. B)
2. B)
3. C)
5. A)
6. C)
(7 9):
7. A)
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8. D)
9. D)
10. D)
12. D)
13. C)
14. C)
His wife is mother of the person whose portrait is. So portrait is of his child.
16. C) Following family diagram can be drawn from the given information.
Now, it is clear that the boy in red shirt is the brother of Amit.
Clearly, the only son of Gopal s father is Gopal himself. This means Gopal is the father of Govind
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18. A) Let us draw a family diagram from the given information, as follows
19. C) Let us draw a family diagram from the given information, as follows
20. B) F is C s mother
21. D) E is C s daughter
22. C) C is B s brother-in-law
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(31 35):
31. B) Number of females in the 2nd generation = 3(Karuna, Divya and Manisha)
Required difference = 3 2 = 1
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Now, by applying above decoding method, we can check all the options for the required relationship.
(a) (M + L N) = Rejected
(b) (M / L + N) = Rejected
(c) (L N / M) = Rejected
(d) (N L / M) = Selected
Directions (37 38) By decoding given information with symbols of family diagram, we get
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37. B) By applying above decoding method for (P R / Q), we draw the following family diagram
38. A) By applying above decoding method for (P = R / Q), we draw the following family diagram
Directions (39 40) By decoding given information with symbols of family diagram, we get
39. C) From the given information, following family diagram can be drawn
40. C) From the given information, following family diagram can be drawn
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Directions (41 43) By decoding given information with symbols of family diagram, we get
41. C) By applying above method for (B + D M / N), we draw the following family diagram
42. E) By applying above decoding method, we can check all the options for the required relationship.
(a) (M / T R F) = Rejected
(b) (J + R T F) = Rejected
(c) (J / M N F) = Rejected
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43. B) By applying above decoding method, we can check all the options for the required relationship
(a) (M / K T - R) = Rejected
(b) (M J + R - N) = selected
As, we have already obtained the answer, so there is no need to check other options.
Directions (44 45) By decoding given information with symbols of family diagram, we get
44. A) By applying above decoding method, we can check all the options for the required relationship
(a) (H + J + T)
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Hence, there is no need to check other options, as we have already obtained the answer.
45. B) By applying above decoding method, we can check all the options for the required relationship
(a) (M / K - T) = Rejected
(b) (M K - T) = selected
Directions (46 49) Let us draw the family diagram with the help of given information
50. B) Z is brother-in-law of R.
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53. B) D is A s sister.
M + N M is the othe of N
N Q N is the siste of Q
58. D)
59. B) Si e the a ato has o othe , his fathe s so is he hi self. So, the a ho is talki g is the fathe of the
man in the photograph or the man in the photograph is his son.
= Mahesh s daughter/niece
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62. D)
63. E)
(64 65):
64. E)
65. A)
66. B) P is male in option(a), hence can be rejected. In option (c), P is in later generation with respect to T, hence can
be rejected. Now check option b)
67. B) Options (a) and (c) can be rejected because X is in a later generation with respect to Z. Now, check option
(b):
68. E) (a) and (c) are rejected because D comes in a generation later than A. In (b),the sex of A can t be
determined.
69. D)
Since the gender of S is not known, a), b) and c) are not necessarily true. d) is true.
70. A)
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Since the gender of R is not known, b) and c) are not necessarily true. Reject d) because V is a male.
71. C)
71. B) Reject a) and d) because in these expressions Q has been represented as a male. Reject c) because the
gender of Q is not known. Now, check option b)
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72. E)
Reject a) because Q is the cousin of M . Reject b) because L is the child of N. Reject c) because the gender
of N is not known. Reject d) because the gender of Q is not known.
(74 75):
74. A)
75. C)
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