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
