BLOOD RELATIONS

Questions:
1. Pointing to a lady Ravi said,” She is the only 1. Who is the brother in law of R?
daughter of the father of my sister’s brother”. How is A. Q B. R C. Z D. P
she related to Ravi?
A. Sister B. Wife 2. How many female members are there in the
C. Mother D. Daughter family?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4
2. Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman, "His
mother is the only daughter of your father." How was 3. How is Q related to X?
the woman related to the person? A. Brother B. Father
A. Aunt B. Mother C. Uncle D. Son
C. Wife D. Daughter
4. How is Y related to P?
3. John introduces Mary as the daughter of the only A. Brother in law B. Father
son of my father’s wife. How is Mary related to john? C. Uncle D. Cousin
A. Aunt B. Mother
C. Wife D. Daughter 9. Directions:
Read the following information carefully and answer
4. Pointing to a man in the photograph, a Woman the questions given below:
says,” His mother’s only daughter is my mother”. All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F
How is man related to woman? are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not
A. Uncle B. Son the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is
C. Cousin D. Father the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the
brother of B.
5. Introducing Suresh, Kalpana said," His brother’s
father is the only son of my grandfather”. How is 1. How many male members are there in family?
Kalpana related to Suresh? A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4 E. 5
A. Niece B. Mother
C. Sister D. Daughter 2. Who is the mother of B?
A. D B. F C. E D. A E. None of these
6. Tinku, introducing a person to Rinku, said "He is
the father of your sister's son and he is also my 3. How many children does A have?
mother's husband". How is Tinku's father related to A. One B. Two C. Three
Rinku's mother? D. Four E. None of these
A. Nephew B. Uncle
C. Son-in-law D. Father 4. Who is the wife of E?
A. A B. F C. B
7. A and B are brothers and C and D are sisters. A’s D. Can’t be determined E. None of these
son is D’s brother. How is B related to C?
A. Nephew B. Uncle 5. Which of the following is a pair of females?
C. Son-in-law D. Father A. AE B.BD C. DF D. AD E. None of these

8. Read the information carefully and answer the 6. How is E related to D?

question given below it. A. Father B. Brother C. Uncle
i. A family consists of 6 members P, Q, R, X, Y, and D. Can’t be determined E. None of these
Z.
ii. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. 10. Directions (Q.1 to 4): Read the following
ii. P and R are married couple. information carefully and answer the questions that
iv. Y is the brother of R, X is the daughter of P. follow:
v. Z is the brother of P. In a family, there are six members – A, B, C, D, E
and F. A and B are a married couple, A being the
male member. D is the only son of C, who is the C. P + B x R –Q D. P x B - R + Q
brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is the daughter- E. None of these
in-law of F, whose husband has died.
1. How s EF related to A? 16. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A % B
A. Mother B. Sister-in-law C. Sister means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the
D. Mother-in-law E. None of these sister of B. Which of the following means M is the
uncle of P?
2. How is E related to C? A. M % N x P B.N x P % M
A. Sister B. daughter C. M + S % R % P D.M + K % T x P
C. Cousin D. Aunt E. Mother
Additional Problems:
3. Who is the C to B? 1. Read the following statements and answer the
A. Brother B. Brother-in-law questions that follow: (CQ)
C. Son-in-law D. Nephew a) Seeta, Rajinder and Surinder are children of Mr.
E. None of these and Mrs. Maudgil
b) Renu, Raja and Sunil are children of Mr. and Mrs.
4. How many male members are there in the family? Bhaskar
A. Two B. Three c) Sunil and Seeta are married and Ashok and Sanjay
C. Four D. Five E. One are their children
d) Geeta and Rakesh are children of Mr. and Mrs.
11. If P+Q means P is husband of Q, P/Q means P is Jain
the sister of Q, P*Q means P is the son of Q. how is e) Geeta is married to Surinder and has three children
D related to A in D*B+C/A? named Rita, Sonu and Raju.
A. Nephew B. Brother How is Rajinder related to Raju?
C. Cousin D. None A. Brother B. Uncle
C. brother in law D. cousin
12. 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 2. Pointing to a photograph a man said, “I have no
Q. Which of the following means M is the maternal brother or sister but that man's father is my father's
uncle of R? son.” Whose photograph was it? (CQ)
A. M + K + R B. M - R + K A. Cousin B. Uncle
C. M + K – R D. None of these C. Himself D. Father

13. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A / B 3. A and B are children of D. Who is the father of A?
means A is the father of B and A * B means A is the To answer this question which of the statements (1)
sister of B, which of the following means M is the and (2) is necessary?
uncle of P? 1. C is the brother of A and the son of E.
A. N * P / M B. M + S / R / P 2. F is the mother B.
C. M / N * P D. M + K/ T * P A. Only (1) B. Only (2)
C. Either (1) or (2) D. (1) and (2) both
14. P x Q means P is the sister of Q; P + Q means P
is the father of Q; P - Q means P is the mother of Q. 4. If A is the brother of B; B is the sister of C; and C
Which of the following means S is the aunt of T? is the father of D, how D is related to A?
A. T x M + S B. S + T x M A. Brother B. Sister
C. S x M + T D. S x M + R – T C. Nephew D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these
5. If D is the brother of B, how B is related to C? To
15. If A + B means A is the son of B ; A - B means A answer this question which of the statements is/are
is the husband of B ; A x B means A is the sister of necessary?
B, then which of the following shows the relation Q 1. The son of D is the grandson of C.
is the maternal uncle of P ? 2. B is the sister of D.
A. P + B - R x Q B. P - B + R x Q A. Only 1 B. Only 2
C. Either 1 or 2 D.1 and 2 both are required

6. Veena who is the sister-in-law of Ashok, is the

daughter-in-law of Kalyani. Dheeraj is the father of
Sudeep who is the only brother of Ashok. How
Kalyani is related to Ashok?
A. Mother-in-law B. Aunt
C. Wife D. None of these

7. Rahul told Anand, "Yesterday I defeated the only

brother of the daughter of my grandmother." Whom
did Rahul defeat?
A. Son B. Father
C. Brother D. Father-in-law

8. Read the following information carefully answer

the questions given below:
(i) In a joint family of seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F
and G two are married couples.
(ii) 'G' is a housewife and her husband is a lawyer.
'C" is wife of 'B', 'A' is an engineer and is grandfather
of 'G'. 'D' is father-in-law of 'C', a doctor, and father
of 'E', a Professor. 'F' is 'A' is brother and B's son.
How is B related to E?
A. Sister B. Uncle
C. Cousin D. None of these

9. A3P means A is the mother of P A4P means A is

the brother of P A9P means A is the husband of P
A5P means A is the daughter of P
Which of the following means that K is the mother-
in- law of M?
A.M9N3K4J B.M9N5K3J
C.K5J9M3N D.K3J9N4M

10. A family of eight persons has three married

couples. Amelie is the grandmother of Charles and is
the mother- in-law of Flody. Helen is the daughter of
Bob, who is the brother of George. Diana is the only
child of George and is the mother of Charles. Emma
is the wife of Bob.
How is George related to Helen?
A. Uncle B. Father
C. Brother D. Cousin

11. If A + B means A is the mother of B ; A / B

means A is the brother of B ; A x B means A is the
son of B and A - B means A is the daughter of B,
which of the following means C is the niece of D ?
A. D – C B. D x P – C
C. C - P / D D. P + D / C
DIRECTION SENSE A. P B. Q
C. R D. T
1. After walking 6 km, I turned to the right and then
walked 2 km. After then I turned to the left and 7. Which of the following combination get south
walked 10 km. In the end, I was moving towards the facing flats?
North. From which direction did I start my journey? A.QTS B. UPT
A. North B. South C. URP D. Inadequate Data
C. East D. West
8. The flats of which of the other pair than SU, is
2. Ravi left home and cycled 10 km towards South, diagonally opposite to each other?
then turned right and cycled 5 km and then again A. QP B. QR
turned right and cycled 10 km. After this he turned C. PT D. TS
left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he
have to cycle to reach his home straight? 9. Whose flat is between Q and S?
A.10 km B.15 km A. T B. U
C.20 km D.25 km C. R D. P

3. Reena walked from A to B in the East 10 feet. 10. The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6
Then she turned to the right and walked 3 feet. Again m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls
she turned to the right and walked 14 feet. How far is and finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How
she from A? much total distance is covered by the cat?
A.4 feet B.5 feet A. 10 B. 14
C.24 feet D.27 feet C. 38 D. 48

4. One morning after sunrise Nivedita and Niharika Each of the following questions is based on the
were talking to each other face to face at Dalphin following information: (Question from 11-13)
crossing. If Niharika's shadow was exactly to the 8-trees →mango, guava, papaya, pomegranate,
right of Nivedita, Which direction Niharika was lemon, banana, raspberry and apple are in two rows 4
facing? (CQ) in each facing North and South.
A. North B. South Lemon is between mango and apple but just opposite
C. East D. Inadequate Data to guava.
Banana is at one end of a line and is just next in the
5. If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B right of guava or either banana tree is just after guava
means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is to tree.
the east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then Raspberry tree which at one end of a line, is just
in P % Q + R - S, S is in which direction with respect diagonally opposite to mango tree.
to Q?
A. South-West B. South-East 11. Which of the following statements is definitely
C. North-East D. North- West true?
A. Papaya tree is just near to apple tree.
Each of the following questions is based on the B. Apple tree is just next to lemon tree.
following information: (Question from 6-9) C. Raspberry tree is either left to Pomegranate or
Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and after.
South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U. D. Pomegranate tree is diagonally opposite to banana
Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. S and tree.
U get diagonally opposite flats.
R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets north 12. Which tree is just opposite to raspberry tree?
facing flat. A. Papaya
B. Pomegranate
6. If the flats of P and T are interchanged then who’s C. Papaya or Pomegranate
flat will be next to that of U? D. Data is inadequate
13. Which tree is just opposite to banana tree? 20. Four friends A, B, C and D live in a same
A Mango B. Pomegranate locality. The house of B is in the east of A's house
C. Papaya D. Inadequate Data but in the north of C's house. The house of C is in the
west of D's house. D's house is in which direction of
14. Amit started walking positioning his back A's house?
towards the sun. After some time, he turned left, then A. South-East B. North-East
turned right and towards the left again. In which C. East D. Inadequate Data
direction is he going now?
A. North or South B. East or West 21. Umesh directly went from P, to Q which is 9 feet
C. North or West D. South or West distant. Then he turns to the right and walked 4 feet.
After this he turned to the right and walked a distance
15. Rohit walked 25 m towards south. Then he turned which is equal from P to Q. Finally he turned to the
to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his left right and walked 3 feet. How far is he now from P?
and walked 25 m. He again turned to his right and A. 6 feet B. 5 feet
walked 15m. At what distance is he from the starting C. 1 feet D. 0 feet
point and in which direction?
A. 35 m East B. 35 m North 22. Some boys are sitting in three rows all facing
C. 30 m West D. 45 m East north such that A is in the middle row. P is just to the
right of A but in the same row. Q is just behind of P
16. Village Q is to the North of the village P. The while R is in the North of A. In which direction of R
village R is in the East of Village Q. The village S is is Q?
to the left of the village P. In which direction is the A. South B. South-West
village S with respect to village R? C. North-East D. South-East
A. West B. South-West
C. South D. North-West 23. Village Q is to the North of the village P. The
village R is in the East of Village Q. The village S is
17. Radha moves towards South-East a distance of 7 to the left of the village P. In which direction is the
km, then she moves towards West and travels a village S with respect to village R?
distance of 14 km. From here she moves towards A. West B. South-West
North-West a distance of 7 km and finally she moves C. South D. North-West
a distance of 4 km towards east. How far is she now
from the starting point? 24. The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6m
A. 3 km B. 4 km respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and
C. 10 km D. 11 km finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How
much total distance is covered by the cat?
18. Sundar runs 20 m towards East and turns to right A. 10 B. 14
and runs 10 m. Then he turns to the right and runs 9 C. 38 D. 48
m. Again he turns to right and runs 5 m. After this he
turns to left and runs 12 m and finally he turns to 25. A dog runs 20 metre towards East and turns
right and 6m. Now to which direction is Sundar Right, runs 10 metre and turns to right, runs 9 metre
facing? and again turns to left, runs 5 metre and then turns to
A. East B. West left, runs 12 metre and finally turns to left and runs 6
C. North D. South metre. Now which direction dog is facing?
A. East B. North
19. A child went 90 m in the East to look for his C. West D. South
father, then he turned right and went 20 m. After this
he turned right and after going 30 m he reached to his
uncle's house. His father was not there. From there he
went 100 m to his north and met his father. How far
did he meet his father from the starting point?
A. 80 m B. 100 m
C. 140 m D. 260 m