Reasoning

BLOOD RELATIONS
Type of Problems

Mothers or Fathers son

Brother

Mothers or Fathers daughter

Sister

Mothers or Fathers brother

Uncle

Mothers or Fathers sister

Aunt

Mothers or Fathers Father

Grand Father

Mothers or Fathers Mother

Grand Mother

Sons Wife

Daughter-in-law

Daughters Husband

Son-in-law

Husbands or wifes sister

Sister-in-law

Husbands or wifes brother

Brother-in-law

Brothers son

Nephew

Brothers daughter

Niece

Uncle or Aunts son or daughter

Cousin

Brothers wife

Sister-in-law

Sisters husband

Brother-in-law

TYPE I DECIPHERING JUMBLED UP DESCRIPTIONS

Pointing to a photograph, a man said,

I have no brother or sister but that
mans father is my fathers son.
Whose photograph was it?

a) His own
c) His fathers

b) His sons
d) His nephews

Anil introduces Rohit as the son of the

only brother of his fathers wife. How
is Rohit related to Anil?

a) Cousin
c) Uncle
e) Brother

b) Son
c) Son-in-law
d) None

Pointing towards a person in the

photograph, Anjali said, He is the
only son of the father of my sisters
brother. How is that person related
to Anjali?

a) Mother
c) Cousin
d) None of these

b) Father
c) Maternal Uncle

Pointing out to a photograph, a man

said, Shes the daughter of the only
son of my fathers wife. How is the
girl related to that man?

a) Daughter
c) Mother
e) None of these

b) Cousin
d) Sister

X introduces Y saying, Hes the

husband of the grand daughter of the
father of my father. How is Y related
to X?

a) Brother
c) Brother-in-law
e) None of these

b) Son
d) Nephew

Pointing out to a lady, Rajan said,

Shes the daughter of the woman
who is the mother of the husband of
my mother. How is that lady related
to Rajan?

a) Aunt
c) Daughter
e) None of these

b) Grand Daughter
c) Sister

TYPE II RELATION PUZZLE

A and B are brothers. C and D are

sisters. As son is Ds brother. How is
B related to C?

a) Father
c) Grand Father
e) None of these

b) Brother
d) Uncle

Given that
A is mother of B;
C is the son of A;
D is the brother of E;
E is the daughter of B
The grand mother of D is

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

e) E

A and B are married couple. X and Y

are brothers. X is brother of A. How is
Y related to B?

a) Brother-in-law
c) Son-in-law
e) None of these

b) Brother
d) Cousin

Read the following questions carefully and answer the

question given below:

There are six children playing football namely A, B,

C, D, E and F. A and E are brothers. F is sister of E. C
is the only son of As uncle. B and D are the
daughters of the brother of Cs father.
1.How is C related to F?
a) Cousin

b) Brother

c) Son

d) Uncle

e) None of these

2. How many male players are there?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 5

d) 6

e) 4

3. How many female players are there?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 5

d) 1

e) 4

4. How is D related to A?
a) Uncle

b) Sister

c) Niece

d) Cousin e) None of these

TYPE III CODED RELATIONS

If A + B means A is the sister of B; A

B means A is brother of B; A * B
means A is the daughter of B, which
of the following shows the relation
that E is the maternal uncle of D?

a) D + F * E
c) D * F E
d) None of these

b) D F * E
d) D * F + E

Read the following information

carefully and answer the questions
given below:
If A + B means A is the son of B; A
B means A is wife of B; A * B means
A is the brother of B; A / B means A
is the mother of B and A = B means A
is sister of B.

1. What does P+R-Q mean?

a) Q is father of P
b) Q is the son of P
c) Q is uncle of P
d) Q is the brother of P
2. What does P * R / Q mean?
a) P is brother of R
b) P is father of R
c) P is uncle of R
d) P is nephew of R
3. What does P = R + Q?
a) P is aunt of Q
b) P is daughter of Q
c) P is niece of Q
d) P is nephew of Q
4. What does P = R / Q mean?
a) P is aunt of Q
b) P is sister of Q
c) P is niece of Q
d) P is daughter of Q

Pointing to a man on the stage, Rita

said, He is the brother of the
daughter of the wife of my husband.
How is the man related to Ritu?

a) Son
b)Husband
c) Cousin
d) Nephew
e) Brother-in-law

Pointing to a man receiving the prize,

Saroj said, He is the brother of my
Uncles daughter. How is the man
related to Ritu?

a) Son
b) Uncle
c) Cousin
d) Nephew
e) Brother-in-law

Pointing to a man, a woman said, His

mother is the only daughter of my
mother. How is the woman related to
that man?

a) Mother
c) Sister
e) None of these

b) Daughter
d) Grandmother

Pointing to a photograph, a man said,

She is the grand daughter of elder
brother of my father. How is the
woman related to that man?

a) Niece
c) Sister-in-law
e) None of these

b) Sister
d) Aunt

Pointing to a photograph, Vipul said,

She is the daughter of my grand
fathers only son. How is Vipul
related to that girl?

a) Niece
c) Sister-in-law
e) None of these

b) Sister
d) Aunt

A woman introduces a man as the

son of the brother of her mother. How
is the man related to that woman?

a) Nephew
c) Cousin
e) Grandson

b) Son
d) Uncle

Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh

said, His mother is the wife of my
fathers son. Brothers and Sisters I
have none. How is the man related
to that Harsh?

a) Son
c) Uncle
e) None of these

b) Cousin
d) Nephew

A party consists of grandmother,

father, mother, four sons and their
wives and one son and two daughters
to each of the sons. How many
females are there?

a) 14
b) 16
e) None of these

c) 18

d) 24

Laxhmi and Meena are Rohans wives.

Shalini is Meenas step\daughter. How
is Laxhmi related to Shalini?

a) Sister
c) Mother
e) None of these

b) Mother-in-law
d) Step-mother

Given that:
1.
2.
3.
4.

A is brother of B.
C is father of A.
D is brother of E.
E is daughter of B.

Then, Uncle of D is
a) A

b) B

c) C

d) E

Q is the brother of R; P is the sister of

Q; T is the brother of S; S is the
daughter of R. Who are the cousins of
Q?

a) R, P
d) S, T

b) P, T
c) Q, T
e) None of these

Qs mother is the sister of P and

daughter of M. S is daughter of P and
sister of T. How is M related to T?

a) Grandmother
b) Grandfather
c) Grandfather or Grand Mother
d) Father
e) None of these

Read following information carefully and

answer suitably questions given below:
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 father of G.
Who is the Grand Mother of D?
a) A
b) C
c) F
Who is the son of F?
a) B
b) C
c) D

d) H
d) E

1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

All the six members of a family A, B, C,

D, E and F are traveling together. B is
the son of C but C is not mother the
mother of B. A and C are married
couples. E is the brother of C. D is the
daughter of A. F is the brother of B.
How many male members are there in
the family?
Who is mother of B?
How many children does A have?
Who is the wife of E?
How is E related to D

P + Q means P is the brother of Q; P

Q means P is mother of Q and P * Q
means P is the sister of Q. Which of
the following will mean that M is the
maternal Uncle of R?

a) M + K + R
c) M + K * R
d) None of these

b) M R + K
d) M + K R

A + B means A is the brother of B;

A/B means A is father of B and A * B
means A is the sister of B. Which of
the following will mean that M is the
uncle of P?

a) N * P / M
c) M / N * R
d) None of these

b) M + S/R/P
d) M + K/T * R

A + B means A is daughter of B; A * B
means A is the son of B; and A B means
A is the wife of B.

If P * Q S, which of the following is true?

a) S is wife of Q
b) S is father of P
c) P is daughter of Q
d) Q is father of P
e) None of these
If T S * B M, which of the following is not true?
a) B is mother of S
b) M is husband of B
c) S is daughter of B
d) T is wife of S
e) None of these
If Z * T S * U + P, what is U to Z?
a) Mother
b) Grandmother
c) Father
d) Cant be determined
d) None of these

A + B means A is father of B; A B
means A is wife of B; A * B means A is
brother of B; A / B means A is daughter
of B.

1. If P / R + S + Q, which of the following

is true?
a) P is the daughter of Q
c) P is the aunt of Q

b) Q is the aunt of P
d) P is the mother of Q

2. If P R + Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is sister of Q
c) P is the aunt of Q

b) Q is daughter of P
d) P is the mother of Q

3. If P * R / Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is uncle of Q
c) P is the brother of Q

b) P is father of Q
d) P is the son of Q

4. If P * R Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is brother-in-law of Q
c) P is uncle of Q

b) P is brother of Q
d) P is father of Q

5. If P + R / Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is brother of Q
c) P is husband of Q

b) P is the son of Q
d) P is father of Q

6. If P / R + Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is father of Q b) P is brother of P
c) P is mother of Q d) P is sister of Q

6. If P * R + Q, which of the following is

true?
a) P is uncle of Q b) P is brother-in-law of P
c) P is father of Q d) P is grandfather of Q