Reasoning - Blood Relations

Question 1:
Pointing to a photograph of a boy Mr.Ram said, “He is the son of the only son of my mother.”
How is Mr Ram related to that boy?
a. Brother
b. Uncle
c. Cousin
d. Father

Question 2:
Rita told Mani, “The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the
brother-in-law of my friend’s mother.” How is the girl related to Rita’s friend?
a. Cousin
b. Daughter
c. Friend
d. Aunt

Question 3:
Ravi is a son of Aman’s father’s sister. Sahil is the son of Divya who is the mother of Gaurav
and grandmother of Aman. Ashok is the father of Tanya and grandfather of Ravi. Divya is the
wife of Ashok.
1. How is Ravi related to Divya?
a. Nephew
b. Son
c. Grandson
d. Data inadequate

2. How is Gaurav’s wife related to Tanya?

a. Niece
b. Sister
c. Sister-in-law
d. Mother

Question 4:
Read the following instructions:
1. A + B indicates A is the brother of B;
 2. A – B indicates A is the sister of B and
3. A x B indicates A is the father of B
Which of the following means that C is the son of M?
a. M – N x C + F
b. F – C + N x M
c. N + M – F x C
d. M x N – C + F

Question 5:
Read the following instructions:
1. P $ Q means P is the brother of Q;
2. P # Q means P is the mother of Q;
3. P * Q means P is the daughter of Q
If the code of family is A # B $ C * D, who is the father in them?
a. D
b. B
c. C
d. A

Question 6:
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside:
The Mishra family went to the photographer for their family photograph. The photographer
arranged them in a straight row facing the North. The family members were Anshu, Rama,
Krishna, Deva and Sonu.
1. Anshu was sitting third to the right of his daughter
2. Rama was sitting on the immediate right of Krishna, whose husband was the brother
of Rama.
3. Anshu and Sonu were immediate neighbours.
4. Deva was not an immediate neighbour of Anshu’s son.
5. Deva was sitting at the left end and the mother of Deva is Krishna, who was the wife
of Anshu.
6. Rama and Anshu were immediate neighbours.
How is Deva related to the person who sits in the middle of the row?
a. Daughter
b. Son
c. Aunt
d. None of these
UPSC Previous Year Questions
Question 1:
Consider the following relationships among members of a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E
and F:
1. The number of males equals that of females.
2. A and E are sons of F.
3. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
4. B is the son of A.
5. There is only one married couple in the family at present. Which one of the following
inferences can be drawn from the above?
(a) A, B and C are all females.
(b) A is the husband of D.
(c) E and F are children of D.
(d) D is the daughter of F.

Question 2:
A family of two generations consisting of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U has three males
and three females.
There are two married couples and two unmarried siblings.
U is P’s daughter and Q is R’s mother-in-law.
T is an unmarried male and S is a male.

Which one of the following is correct?

(a) R is U’s husband.
(b) R is S’s wife.
(c) S is unmarried
(d) None of the above

Question 3:
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. R is the spouse of Q, U is the mother of T
and S is the daughter of U. P's daughter is T and Rs son is P. There are two couples in the
family. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Q is the grandfather of T
(b) Q is the grandmother of T
(c) R is the mother of P.
(d) T is the granddaughter of
Question 4:
Consider the following including the Question and the Statements: There are 5 members A,
B, C, D, E in a family.

Question: What is the relation of E to B ?

Statement-1: A and B are a married couple.
Statement-2: D is the father of C.
Statement-3: E is D's son.
Statement-4: A and C are sisters.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Questions and Statements?
(a) Statement-1, Statement-2 and Statement-3 are sufficient to answer the Question.
(b) Statement-1, Statement-3 and Statement-4 are sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) All four statement together are sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) All four statements are not sufficient to answer the Question.

Question 5:
A, B, C, D, and E are the members of the same family. There are 2 fathers, 2 sons and 2
wives, 3 males and 2 females. The teacher was the wife of the lawyer, who was the son of a
doctor. E is not a male, nor also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the
family and D is the eldest. B is a male.

How is D related to E?

a. Husband
b. Son
c. Father
d. Wife

Question 6:
Given that,
1. A is the brother of B.
2. C is the father of A.
3. D is the brother of E.
4. E is the daughter of B.
Then, the uncle of D is
 a. A
b. B
c. C
d. E

Question 7:
Consider the following:
A+ B means A is the son of B.
A - B means A is the wife of B.

What does the expression P + R – Q mean?

(a) Q is the son of P.
(b) Q is the wife of P.
(c) Q is the father of P.
(d) None of the above

Question 8:
A joint family consists of 7 members, A, B, C, D, E, F and G with 3 females.
G is a widow and sister-in-law of D’s father F.
B and D are siblings and A is the daughter of B.
C is the cousin of B.
Who is E?
1. Wife of F
2. Grandmother of A
3. Aunt of C
Select the correct option using the correct code below.
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3

Practice Questions
Read the following information and answer the 3 items (Question 1 to Question 3) that
follows
M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are family members and there are two married couples in two
generations of people who live in the same house. M is father of spouse of O.
R is the maternal Uncle of S who is not a male. M is brother-in-law of R. P and S are sisters
of each other.
Q is son of N. O is a feminine gender.

1. How is M related to P?
a. Mother
b. Father
c. Uncle
d. Aunt

2. If J is grandchild of M then how is N related to J?

a. Grandmother
b. Grandfather
c. Brother
d. Sister

If L is maternal uncle of S then how is L related to Q?

a. Son
b. Grandson
c. Nephew
d. Uncle

Read the following information and answer the 3 items (Question 4 to Question 6) that
follows
A family has 6 members – Radhey, Krishna, Madhav, Kanha, Gaur and Hari among 3
generations.
Further it is also known that: Radhey is the son-in-law of Krishna.
Gaur who is unmarried, has a sister and Hari has an uncle.
Kanha is the grandmother of Hari.
Both the grandparents and parents of Hari are alive.

4. Which of the following does not belong to the second generation of the family?
a. Madhav
b. Krishna
c. Gaur
d. Radhey
5. How is Radhey related to Hari's uncle?
a. Brother-in-law
b. Sister-in-law
c. Sister
d. Brother

6. If Madhav has a son, then how will he be related to Krishna?

a. Nephew
b. Son
c. Grandson
d. Can't be determined

Read the following information and answer the 2 items (Question 7 and Question 8)
that follows
Madvan, Naasih, Omisha, Parag, Qutub, Rajani, Saharsa and Tanuja are family members.
Rajani is sister of Madvan who is brother-in-law of Naasih.
Tanuja is sister-in-law of Saharsa.
Tanuja is only sister of Naasih.
Parag is husband of Omisha and brother-in-law of Qutub.
Rajani is spouse of Qutub.
Madvan has only one sibling.

7. How is Qutub related to Naasih?

a. Brother in law’s brother in law
b. Sister’s brother in law
c. Brother’s sister in law
d. Brother

8. Find the following relations respectively.

I. In which way Omisha is related to Madvan?
II. How is Madvan related to Naasih?

a. Sister in law & Brother in laws Brother

b. Sister in law & Brother
c. Sister’s sister in law & Brother in law
d. Brother’s sister in law & Brother in law
Read the following information and answer the 2 items (Question 9 and Question 10)
that follows
A family of 10 members over three generations goes for a family get-together.
Adi is the father of Abhi and has only one son.
Ana is the son-in-law of Amy and the father of Anu.
Sonu is the uncle of Auni.
Annie is the aunt of Auro, who is the daughter of Aaru.
Aaru is the daughter in law of Adi.
Sonu is not Ana’s brother in law.
Amy is the mother of Annie who has two children.
Each child has both of its parents alive.

9. Which of the following pairs denotes the relationship of Father-Daughter?

a. Ana - Anu
b. Adi - Abhi
c. Abhi - Auro
d. Annie - Auni

10. If Auni is the sister of Anu, then how many female members are there in the family?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. Can't be determined

Read the following information and answer the 3 items (Question 11 to Question 13)
that follows
Twelve persons consist of a family spanning over three generations.
Also, there are three married couples and all the female members of the family are married.
For every person in the family either both or none of his/her parents are alive.
Kat is mother of Jay and Cal is father of Kat.
Ira is not unmarried person.
Both the daughters of Aby have 2 sons and 2 brothers.
Dep married to Tur, who is aunt of Han.
Sia and Rai are cousins of Jay.
Map and Eva both are uncles of Sia and Han.

11. How is Cal related to Ira?

 a. Uncle
b. Son
c. Daughter in law
d. Father in law

12. How is Sia related to Tur?

a. Brother
b. Daughter
c. Mother
d. Son

13.How many siblings do Eva has?

a. None
b. One
c. Two
d. Three

Read the following information and answer the 3 items (Question 13 to Question 14)
that follows
'A @ B' means 'A is the son of B.'
'A * B' means 'B is the sister of A.'
'A # B' means 'A is the husband of B.'
'A / B' means 'A is the father of B.'
'A $ B' means 'B is the brother of A.

14. Which of the following conclusions cannot be drawn from the expression –
‘R@P$Q/S*T’?

a. R is the nephew of Q.
b. T is the niece of P.
c. S is the sister of T.
d. Only B and C

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the given expression –
'M#S$J@W*P'?
 a. W has two children.
b. P is the aunt of J.
c. W is the father-in-law of M.
d. Both A and B

16. "G is the brother-in-law of Y" can be derived from which of the following expressions?
a. K@G$T#Y*U
b. G/K@T*U$Y
c. T/Y$U#G*K
d. K@G$T/U*Y E. None of these