Blood Relations: Guidance Programme For SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2012

Guidance Programme for SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2012
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Blood Relations
CHAPTER 5
Blood Relations
What is Blood Relat ions ?

Blood relation logical problems mainly deal with the hierarchical structure of a family i.e., grand-parents,
parents and children etc. Different relationships between the family members of different generations will be
given. To solve the questions related to blood relations, the entire family tree has to be drawn by putting the
various relationships.
In such problems, the aptitude of candidate is shown by the knowledge of the various blood relations. The
typical relationships that are commonly used in blood relation problems are summarized as follows
v Fathers or Mothers son = Brother
v Fathers or Mothers daughter = Sister
v Fathers or Mothers brother = Uncle
v Fathers or Mothers sister = Aunt
v Fathers or Mothers father = Grandfather
v Fathers or Mothers mother = Grandmother
v Brothers or Sisters Son = Nephew
v Brothers or Sisters Daughter = Niece
v Uncles or Aunts son or daughter = Cousin
v Sisters Husband = Brother-in-law
v Brothers wife = Sister-in-law
v Sons wife = Daughter-in-law
v Daughters Husband = Son-in-law
v Husbands or wifes sister = Sister-in-law
v Husbands or wifes Brother = Brother-in-law
To develop a blood relation tree, some standard symbols are used in this chapter to indicate the relationships
among the family members. It is not compulsory to follow them, You can design your own symbols to draw the
family tree quickly and accurately.
v
v
v
v
v
P is male = P
P is female = P
Gender of P is not known = P
P and Q are married to each other P Q
P and Q are sibling = P Q
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v P and Q are Rs children = R

R
v P is the Uncle/Aunt of Q =
Q
v P is the only child of q =
Q
P
To draw a family tree, first of all identify the males and the females and then try to put each member at the
appropriate position in the tree.
Example 1: Pointing to Lalit in the photograph, Rajan said, His mother has only one grandchild whose
mother is my sister.How is Rajan related to Lalit ?
(a) Brother
Solution: (b)
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Data inadequate
Sister
Mother
Brother-in-law
Rajan
wife
Lalit
Mother
Grandchild
Example 2: Deepak said to Nitin, The boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the
daughter of my fathers wife. How is the boy playing football related to Deepak?
(a) Cousin
Solution: (b)
(b) Brother
(c) Son
=
Father
th
ro
(d) Brother-in-law
Wife
Daughter
er
Deepak
Nitin
Example 3: B is the brother of A, S is the sister of B, E is the brother of D, D is the daughter of A, F is the
father of S. Then, the uncle of E is
(a) A
Solution: (b)
(b) B
(c) F
(d) D
Father
Sister
Brother
Uncle
A
Daughter
Brother
E
E and D are children of A and B is the brother of A.

So, B is the uncle of E.
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Example 4: Pointing to a man. On the stage Rita said He is the brother of daughter of the wife of my
husband. How is the man of stage related to Rita?
(a) Son
(c) Cousin
Solution: (a)
(b) Husband
(d) Nephew
Wife
Husband
Rita
Daughter
Brother
So, that person is the son of Rita.

Example 5: If P * Q indicates P is the father of Q; P Q indicates `P is the sister of Q; P o Q indicates
P is the brother of Q; P Q indicates P is the mother of Q; which of the following would represent P is brotherin-law of Q ?
(a) PoRQ
(b) P *RQ
(c) PRQ
(d) None of these
Solution. (d) In order to represent the relationship of, brother-in-law, we need the symbol for either
husband or wife, which is not given in the question. Hence, the required relationship cannot be represented by
any of the combinations given. So, the answer is (d).
Example 6: Introducing a boy, a girl said, He is the only son of my mothers mother. How is the girl related
to that boy ?
(a) Aunt
(c) Sister
Solution: (b)
(b) Niece
(d) Mother
Mother
O
nl
y
Mother
so
n
Niece
Boy
Girl
Directions (Q. Nos. 7 to 8) Read the following inforamation and answer the questions given below. P +
Q mean P is the daughter of Q, P Q means P is the son of Q and P Q means P is the wife of Q.
Example 7: If A B D, which of the following is true ?
(a) D is wife of B
(c) B is father of A
Solution: (d)
(b) A is daughter of B
(d) D is father of A
D
Son
Example 8: If C D P O, which of the following is not true?

(a) P is mother of D
(c) C is wife of D
(b) D is daughter of P
(d) 0 is husband of P
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Solution: (b)
O
Son
Example 9: R is the brother of G. Q is the sister of R. 0 is the brother of N. N is the daughter of G. L is the
father of Q, who is the uncle of O ?
(a) R
(b) L
(c) G
(d) Q
Solution. (a) O is the brother of N who is the daughter of G. So, 0 is the son of G. R is the brother of G. So,
R is the uncle of O. Hence, the answer is (a) R.
L
(Brother) R
Q (Sister or R)
(Brother) O
N (Sister)
Example 10: If R * S means R is the wife of S, RT S means R is the father of S, R # S means R is the daughter
of S and R -S means R is the brother of S, if P 0 # H # D Q, then how is D related to P?
(a) Father
(b) Brother
(c) Mother-in-law
(d) Father-in-law
Solution. (d) P 0 # H # D Q means, P is the father of 0, 0 is the daughter of H, that means H is the
mother of 0. (So P is the husband of H) and H is the daughter of D and D is the brother of Q, this means D is the
father of H. So, D is the father-in-law of P.
Example 11: If Y says that his mother is the only daughter of Xs mother, How is X related to Y?
(a) Uncle
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Maternal uncle
Solution. (d) Assume Ys mother be S, and Xs mother be T, As S is the only daughter of T. So, X is the son
of T. The family tree can be draw as following.
T
Brother
S
Mother
Y
Un
c le
So, X is maternal uncle of Y.

Example 12: Pointing to Sagar in a photograph, Manjula said, His brothers father is the only son of my
grandfather. How is Manjula related to Sagar ?
(a) Aunt
(b) Sister
(c) Mother
(d) None of these
Solution. (b) Only son of Manjulas grandfather. Manjulas father and Sagars brothers father-Sagars
father. So, Manjula is Sagars sister.
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Grandfather
Father
Majula
Saga
Brother of Sagar
Hence, the answer is (b) Sister.

Example 13: Sia introduced Raghav as the son of the only daughter of the father of her uncle. How is
Raghav related to Sia ?
(a) Brother
(b) Cousin
(c) Nephew
(d) Cant be determined
Solution. (d) Only daughter of uncles father-uncles sister. But it is not clear that uncles sister is Sias
mother.
Father
(Son) Uccle
Sia
Only Daughter
Son (Raghav)
Hence, the answer is (d) cannot be determined.

Example 14: If P @ Q means P is the brother of Q, P Q means P is the mother of Q and P Q means P is
the sister of Q, then which of the following would mean A is the uncle of B.
(a) AP@B
(b) AB@P
(c) A@PB
(d) APB
Solution. (c) A is the uncle of B means A is the brother of the mother of B. According to the given expressions.
It must be A @PAB, so the answer is (c).
Example 15: Introducing a woman, Nisha said, She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my
fathers only son. How is the woman related to Nisha ?
(a) Grandmother
(b) Sister-in-law
(c) Sister
(d) Mother
Solution. (d) My fathers only son-my brother, grandmother of my brother-my grandmother and daughterin-law of my grandmother-my mother.
Grand mother
Father
Woman
(Daughter-in-law)
Nisha
Son
Hence, Nisha is the daughter of the woman. So, the answer is (d) Mother.
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v P and Q are Rs children = R

v P is the only child of q =

(d) Data inadequate

E and D are children of A and B is the brother of A.

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So, that person is the son of Rita.

Example 8: If C D P O, which of the following is not true?

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So, X is maternal uncle of Y.

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Hence, the answer is (b) Sister.

Hence, the answer is (d) cannot be determined.

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