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20 Blood Relations
20 Blood Relations
Concept
Uncle: Brother of Parent or Husband of an aunt
Aunt: Sister of parent or Wife of an uncle
Spouse: Husband or Wife
Sibling: 'Real' Sister/Brother
Son-in-law: Daughter's Husband
Daughter-in-law: Son's Wife
Sister-in-law: Spouse's Sister or Brother's Wife
Brother-in-law: Spouse's Brother or Sister's Husband
Father-in-law: Spouse's Father
Mother-in-law: Spouse's Mother
Cousin Brother / Sister except the 'Real' One
Nephew a son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Niece a daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Statement based questions
In a family of 3 generations, there are two couples and two pairs of brothers and sisters. We also know
that,
- Rajinder and Surinder are the sons of Mrs. and Mr. Maudgil.
- Seeta is the sister of Surinder.
- Renu, Raja and Sunil are children of Mrs. and Mr. Bhaskar.
- Sunil and Seeta are married and Ashok and Sanjay are their children.
- Geeta and Rakesh are children of Mrs. and Mr. Jain.
- Geeta is married to Surinder and has three children named Rita, Sonu and Raju.
Pointing to a person based questions
On seeing a photograph of a boy, a man said, “He is the son of the only son of my mother.” How is the
man related to that boy?
A) Brother
B) Uncle
C) Cousin
D) Father
Introducing a man, a woman said, ‘He is the only son of my mother’s mother. How is the woman related to the man?
1) Mother
2) Aunt
3) Sister
4) Niece
Coding based questions
1) Uncle
2) Brother
3) Brother-in-law
4) Nephew
Directions (Set of 2 Questions): Kindly study the following information carefully and answer the question that follows:
In a family of Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F there are two married couples. B is Grandmother of A and
mother of D, C is wife of D and mother of F. F is the Granddaughter of E.
A) Nephew
B) Uncle
C) Grandfather
D) Grandson
E) None of the above
There is a family party consisting of two fathers, two mothers, two sons, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, one
daughter-in-law, one grandfather, one grandmother and one grandson. What is the minimum number of persons required
so that this is possible?
1) 4
2) 8
3) 7
4) 5