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Blood Relations

The document defines various blood and familial relationships. It provides definitions for direct relationships like mother, father, brother, and sister as well as more extended relationships like uncle, aunt, cousin, grandparent, and in-laws. Examples of relationship representations using lines and symbols are also given. The document seeks to clearly explain how different individuals can be related through family and marriage.

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Blood Relations

The document defines various blood and familial relationships. It provides definitions for direct relationships like mother, father, brother, and sister as well as more extended relationships like uncle, aunt, cousin, grandparent, and in-laws. Examples of relationship representations using lines and symbols are also given. The document seeks to clearly explain how different individuals can be related through family and marriage.

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Blood Relations

Some Important Relations


Mother : Father’s Wife
Father : Mother’s Husband
Brother : Father’s or Mother’s Son
Sister : Father’s or Mother’s Daughter
Uncle : Father’s or Mother’s Brother
Aunt : Father’s or Mother’s Sister
Cousin : Uncle’s or Aunt’s Son or Daughter
Father – in – law : Wife’s or Husband’s Father
Mother – in – law : Wife’s or Husband’s Mother
Grand Father : Father’s or Mother’s Father
Grand Mother : Father’s or Mother’s Mother
Grand Uncle : Grand Father’s or Grand Mother’s Brother
Grand Aunt : Grand Father’s or Grand Mother’s Sister
Great Grand Father : Grand Father’s or Grand Mother’s Father
Great Grand Mother : Grand Father’s or Grand Mother’s Mother
Grand Children : Children’s Children
Brother – in – law : Wife’s or Husband’s Brother/
Sister’s Husband
Sister – in – law : Wife’s or Husband’s Sister/
Brother’s Wife
Son – in – law : Daughter’s Husband
Daughter – in law : Son’s Wife
Nephew : Brother’s or Sister’s son
Niece : Brother’s or Sister’s Daughter
Siblings : Children of same parents
Three Important Points

1) If A and B are siblings , then it is represented as dotted line .


A --------- B
2) If A is the parent of B , then it’s represented as follows .
A

B
3 ) If A and B are couple , then it’s represented as
A B
1) How is Anil's mother's husband's mother 's granddaughter
related to Anil ?
1) Daughter 2) Aunt 3) Sister 4) Mother
5) Cannot be determined
Sol : ( -)

(- ) ( + ) ----- ( )

Anil -------- ( - ) (-)


2) How is my mother's mother in law's only son related to
me?
1) Father 2)Uncle 3) Grand Father 4) Brother 5) None of
these
Sol : (-)

(-) ( +)

(My)
3) How is my father's brother's only sibling related to me?
1) Brother 2) Sister 3) Father 4) Mother 5) Cousin
Sol :

(+) ------- (+)

(My)
4) How is my mother's mother’s daughter in law's daughter
related to me ?
1) sister 2) Mother 3) cousin 4) aunt 5) Niece
Sol :

(-)

(-) --------- (+) (-)

(My) (-)
5) How is my brother's grandfather's only son's only child
related to me ?
1) Brother 2) Sister 3) Nephew 4) Mother 5) Cousin
Sol : (+)

( - )----- (+)

(My) -------- (+) (+/-)


6) Prasanna goes to visit his sister who has a daughter Neela .
Neela was playing chess with Krishna . How is Prasanna
related to the Krishna ?
1) Brother 2) Cousin 3) Uncle 4)Nephew
5) cannot be determined
7) Mrs. X meets a man at a party who is the brother of sister of
her husband. How is the man related to X?
1) Brother- in- law 2) Husband 3) Cousin 4) Father 5) Can’t
be determined
Sol :

(X- ) (+) ------ (-) ----- ( +)


(Man) (Man)
8) A man goes to a park and sees a girl who he recognized to
be his relative. The girl was the daughter of his sister's
husband's wife. How is the girl related to the man ?
1) Sister 2) Niece 3) Aunt 4) Sister in law 5) Wife
Sol :

(Man) ------- (-) (+)

(-)
9) B is the only son of A who is the only daughter of C. E is
the mother of F and daughter-in-law of A. How is F related to
A?
1) Granddaughter 2) Grandson 3) Daughter 4)Grand uncle
5) Cannot be determined (C)

(A-)

(B+) (E-)

(F)
10) A is the husband of B. E is the daughter of C. A is the
father of C. How is B related to E.
1) Mother 2) Grandmother 3) Aunt 4)cousin 5)sister in law
Sol :
(A+) (B-)

(C)

(E-)
Use the relations defined below to solve these questions 11
& 12.
A) S * T means S is the sister of T
B) S + T means S is the brother of T.
C) S - T means S is the son of T.
D) S / T means S is the daughter of T.
E) S = T means S is the father of T.
F) S x T means S is the mother of T.
11) Which of the following means A is the uncle of B ?
1) B + D x A 2) A + C = B 3) B + D / A 4) A + D /
B 5) A / D + B
Sol : Uncle is derived as (Father’s or Mother’s brother)
Father’s Symbol = = (A+) -------- (C+)
Mother’s Symbol = X
Brother’s Symbol = + (B)
So , our option should contain
either = or X along with + .
Let’s check the 2nd option .
12) Which of the following means P is mother of Q and R ?
1) Q * R / P 2) Q / P x R 3) Q + P = R 4) P = R + Q
5) None of these.
Sol : x represents mother. In this question P is the mother.
So , P should be suffixed by the symbol x . Only 2nd option
contains this type of arrangement. So, let’s check the 2nd
option .
(P-)

(Q-) (R)
Based on this description, answer questions 14 to 18
A family consists of eight persons which has three married couples. L
is the grandfather of D . C is the mother of D and sister-in-law of B . Y is
the cousin of D. A is the mother of M and grandmother of Y who is the
niece of C and X is the son-in-law of L. All the relationships given here
pertaining to A, B, C, D, L, M, X and Y .
Sol : (L+) (A-)

(B) (M)-------(C-) (X+)

(Y-) (D)
14) Who is the mother of Y ?
1) M 2) C 3) X 4) B 5) Cannot be determined.

15) what is D to A ?
1) Grandson 2) son 3) son in law 4)
Daughter 5) grandchild

16) who is the wife of L?


1) M 2) A 3) X 4) B 5) C
17) What is Y to L?
1) Daughter 2) Son 3) Grandson 4)Grand daughter
5) None of these

18) Who is the spouse of B?


1) M 2) C 3) X 4) A 5) L
19) Looking at a photograph, Suneel , the brother of Rani ‘s
father says to Rani " This person is the daughter of your
father's mother and is my sister". How is Suneel and the
person in the photograph related to Rani ?
1) Brother , Aunt 2) Uncle, Aunt 3) Uncle, Grandmother
4) Brother , Sister 5) none of these
Sol : (-)

(Suneel+) ----- (+) ------- (Photo -)

Rani
20) Shilpa's sister- in - law is the daughter of Rahul. If Shilpa is
the only child of her parents then how is Shilpa's husband
related to Rahul ?
1) son 2) Father 3) uncle 4) Father-in-law
5) Brother
Sol : () () Rahul

(Shilpa-) (+) ------- (-)

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