Blood Relations
Blood Relations
Following are a few relations which are helpful in solving problems from this
lesson.
1. Father's or mother's father = Grandfather.
2. Father's or mother's mother = Grandmother.
3. Father's or mother's brother = Uncle.
4. Father's or mother's sister = Aunt.
5. Father or mother's son = Brother.
6. Father or mother's daughter = Sister.
7. Brothers or sisters (or both) who are children of one's parent are called
"Siblings".
8. Brothers or sisters (or both) who are children of people other than our parents
within our family are called as "Cousins".
9. Uncle or aunt's son or daughter = Cousin.
10. Son's or daughter's son = Grandson
11. Son's or daughter's daughter = Granddaughter.
12. Brother or sister's son = Nephew
13. Brother or sister's daughter = Niece.
14. People who are not born in our family and are not directly related to us by
blood but still are our relatives are called as "In-laws".
15. Husband's or wife's father = Father-in-law.
16. Husband's or wife's brother = Brother-in-law.
17. Husband's or wife's mother = Mother-in-law.
18. Husband's or wife's sister = Sister-in-law.
19. Son's wife = Daughter-in-law.
20. Daughter's husband = Son-in-law.
21. Brother of grandfather / grandmother = Great uncle / Grand uncle
22. Sister of grandfather / grandmother = Great aunt / Grand aunt.
23. People related to us from our father's side of the family are called as paternal.
For e.g. : paternal aunt, paternal grandfather. And people related to us from our
mother's side of the family are called as maternal. For e.g. : maternal aunt, maternal
grandfather.
Practice Exercise
# Directions (1-2) : Read the following information carefully and answer the
questions that follow.
i. If 'A B' means 'A is son of B'
ii. If 'A + B' means 'A is daughter of B'
iii. If 'A B' means 'A is wife of B'
iv. If 'A - B' means 'A is father of B'
1. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) to establish that Q is
mother of N in the expression 'N + O - P ? Q"
a) + b) c) - d) e) either (a) or (b)
2. Which of the following relations are true based upon the relations given in the
equation.
'S T V - W + Y' ?
a) T is brother of Y b) S is daughter-in-law of W c) S is daughter-in-law of Y
d) Y is daughter of V e) None of these
# Directions (3-4) : Read the following information carefully and answer the
questions that follow.
If 'A B' means 'A is the son of B'
If 'A + B' means 'A is the father of B'
If 'A > B' means 'A is the daughter of B'
If 'A < B' means 'A is the wife of B'
3. Which of the following pairs of people represent first cousins with regard to the
relations given in the expression, if it is provided that A is the sister of J :
'L > V < J + P' and 'S A < D + F < E+ K'
a) LP b) SP c) SK d) SF e) Cannot be determined
4. What will come in the place of question mark (?), it is provided that M is the
grandmother of F in the expression. 'F + R < S ? M'
a) > b) < c) + d) e) Cannot be determined
# Directions (5-7) : Read the following information carefully and answer the
question.
A B means A is the father of B
A B means A is the son of B
A + B means A is the daughter of B
A - B means A is the brother of B
5. Which of the following is true if given expression A + B - C D + E F is
true ?
a) A is the grandson of E b) F is the great-grandfather of A
c) D is the grandmother of B d) B & C are the great-grandchildren of F
e) None of these
6. What will come in the place of question mark to establish that 'A & B' are
grandsons of D ?
A-B?CDE
a) + b) c) either + or d) - e) None of these
7. Which of the following implies 'P is the cousin of L' ?
a) M L N - P + R b) N M L + P – R c) L M - N P + R
d) L M - N P – R e) None of these
# Directions (8-12) : Read the following information carefully and answer the
following questions.
'A * Z' means 'A is the wife of Z'
'A Z' means 'A is the husband of Z'
'A + Z' means 'A is the sister of Z'
'A - Z' means 'A is the brother of Z'
'A > Z' means 'A is the son of Z'
'A < Z' means 'A is the daughter of Z'
8. Which of the following relations will not be true if the expression
A < P T + F > L M is definitely true ?
a) A is the daughter of T b) F is the son of M c) P is the son-in-law of L
d) A is the cousin of F e) M is the grandmother of A
9. Which of the following means N is the daughter-in-law of A ?
a) M + N * P > A b) N < M P + A c) M - N P < A d) D < P + N M
e) A < N < P * P
10. How is P related to F is 'Q P < B + F' is true
a) Daughter b) Niece c) Daughter-in-law d) Grand-daughter e) Aunt
11. Which of the following means P is the father of R?
a) R > S < P * J b) J + R - S < P c) R > S * P - J d) S + J R < P e) None of these
12. How is M related to B if 'A * B > Z S + M' is true ?
a) Aunt b) Grandfather c) Uncle d) Cousin e) Cannot be determined
# Directions (13-15) : Read the following information carefully and answer the
questions.
'P + Q' means 'P is sister of Q'
'P - Q' means 'P is father of Q'
'P Q' means 'P is brother of Q'
'P Q' means 'P is the mother of Q'