EXERCISE 5B

there are father, mother, 3 married 8ons and one unrmarried

1. In ajoint family,
Of the sons,two have 2 daughters each, and one has ason. How many female
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are there in the family ?
(a). 2
2. If X is brother of son
(6) 3
of Y's son,
(6) Cousin
then
(c) 6
how is X related to Y ?
(c) Grandson
(d) 9

(d) Son
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(a) Brother
3. Given that of A;
2. Cis the son
1. A is the mother of B;
4. E is the daughter of B.
3. D is the brother of E;
The grandmother of D is (c) C (d) E
(a) A (b) B
4. A, Band Care sisters. Dis the brother of Eand Eis the daughter of B. How is Arelated
to D?
(a) Sister (6) Cousin (c) Niece (d) Aunt
5. Aand Bare married couple. Xand Y are brothers. Xis the brother of A. How is Yrelated
(S.S.C.2003,
to B?
(d)
(R.R.B. 2004
(a) Brother-in-law (6) Brother
(c) Cousin None of these
6. Deepak has a brother Anil. Deepak is the
son of Prem. Bimal is Prenm's father. In to
of relationship, what is Anil of Bimal ? (c) Brother (d) Grandfather
(a) Son (6) Grandson
is wife of D and mother-in-law et
7. B is the husband of P. Q is the only grandson of E, who (Bank P.0. 2004)
P. How is B related to D ?
(6) Cousin (c) Son-in-law (d) Son
(a) Nephew
I Fis the brother of A, II. C is the daughter of A,
8.
III. K is the sister of F, IV. G is the brother of C.
Who is the uncle of G? (S.S.C. 2005)
(6) C (c) F (d) K
(a) A
daughter-in-aw of P. How is A
9. A is the uncle of B, who is the daughter of Cand C is the (R.B.I. 2005)
related to P?
(6) Son (c) Son-in-law
(a) Brother
(d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
10. P's father is Q's son. M is the paternal uncle of P and N is the brother of Q. How is N
(Bank P.0. 2005)
related to M?
(a) Brother (6) Nephew (c) Cousin
(d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
Directions (Questions ll to 13) : Read the following information and answer the
questions given below :
A is the son of B. C, B's sister, has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle ot D
11. How is A related to D?
(6) Nephew (c) Uncle (d) Brother
(a) Cousin
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12. How is E related to F?

(a) Sister (6) Daughter (c) Niece (d) Wife
13. How many nephews does F have?
(a) Nil (6) One (c) Two (d) Three
14. If () Mis brother of N;( )B is brother of N, and (i)M in brother of D, then which of the
following statements is definitely true ?
(b) N is brother of D. (c) M is brother of B.
(a) N is brother of B.
(d) D is brother of M. (e) None of these
15. Deepak is brother of Ravi. Reena is sister of Atul. Ravi is son of Reena. How is Deepak
(C.B.I. 2003)
related to Reena ?
(a) Son (b) Brother (c) Nephew (d) Father

16. Q is the brother of R, P is the sister of Q, T is the brother of S, S is the daughter of R.

Whoare the cousins of Q?
(a) R and P (6) Pand T (c) Q and T
(d) S and T (e) None of these
How is Drelated
17. E is the son of A. D is the son of B. E is married to C. C is B's daughter. (R.R.B. 2004)
to E?
(c) Father-in-law
(a) Brother (6) Uncle
(d) Brother-in-law (e) None of these
sister of D, how is B related
18. A is father of C andD is son of B. E is brother of A. If Cis
to E?
(6) Brother-in-law (c) Husband (d) Sister-in-law
(a) Daughter
daughter of P and sister of T. How is M
19. Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is
related to T?
(6) Father (c) Grandfather
(a) Grandmother
(d) Grandfather or Grandmother (e) None of these
is the brother of C. How isA related
20. D, the son-in-law of B, is the brother-in-law of Awho (Bank P.0. 2004)
to B?
(b) Son (c) Father
(a) Brother
(e) None of these
(d) Data inadequate
answer the questions
Dírections (Questions 21-22): Read the following information and
given belowit :
Ais the 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.
21. Who is the grandmother of D? (d) H
(b) C (c) F
(a) A
22. Who is the son of F?
(c) D (d) E
(a) B (6) C
the brother of C. How is D related toC?
23. C is A's father's nephew. D is A's cousin but not (d) Aunt
(6) Sister (c) Mother
(a) Father
(M.B.A. 2002)
sisters to one another. T is the mother of R. IfS
24. P isg the son of Q while Q and R are the correct ?
statements is
is the son of T, which of the following
(a) T is the brother of Q. (6) S is the cousin of P.
(d) S is the maternal uncle of P
(c) Q and S are sisters.
(e) R is the grandfather of P.
 25. Ais the brother of B. Bis the brother of C. Dis the father of A.
statements, which of the following statements cannot be definitelyBased
Verbal Reasoning
true 2on
(a) B is the brother of A.
(c) A is the brother of C.
(b) Bis the son of D.
(d) Cis the brother of A.
these three
(e) A, B and C are D's children.
26. Ais father of X, Bis nmother of Y. The sister of X and Z is Y. Which
statements is definitely not true ? Lhe 2004
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(a) Bis the mother of Z.
(c) Y is the son of A.
(e) B is the wife of A.
(b) X is the sister of Z.
(d) B has one daughter.
fol owing
27. P's father Q is B's paternal uncle and A's
related to B? husband M is P's paternal uncle. How :
(a) Cousin
(d) Data inadequate
(6) Aunt (Bank P.0. 2004)
(c) Mother
(e) None of these
28. Shobha is the niece of Ashish.
Ashish's mother is Priya. Kamla is Priya's mother. Karsl.:
husband is Hari. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Hari. How is Shobha related to Ha
ía) Daughter (b) Great grand daughter
(c) Grand niece
(d) Great grandson's daughter
29. Kalyani is mother-in-law of Veena who is
(C.P.0.2005)
sister-in-law of Ashok. Dheeraj is father
Sudeep, the only brother of Ashok. How is Kalyani related to Ashok?
(a) Cousin
(6) Wife (c) Mother-in-law
() Aunt (e) None of these
30. Examine the following relationships among (Bank P.0. 1999)
C, D, E and F. members of a family of six persons - A, B.
1. The number of males equals that of females. (Civil Services,2000)
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 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. (6) Ais the husband ofD.
(c) D is the grand daughter of F. (d) E and F are children of D.
31. P is the brother of Q and R.S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the
following
statements cannot be definitely true ?
(a) T is Q's father. (6) S is P's mother. (c) P is S's son.
(d) T is S's husband. (e) Q is Ts son.
32. K is the brother of N and X. Y is the mother of N and Z is the father of K. Which of the
following statements is not definitely true?
la) K is the son of Z. (b) Y is the wife of Z. (c) K is the son ofY
(d) Z is the father of X. (e) N is the brother of X.
Dírections (Questions 33 to 36) : Read the informnation given below and an swer the
questions that follow : (M.A.T. 2005)
(i) In afamily of six persons A, B, C, D E and F, there are two married couples.
(ii) D is grandmother of A and mother of B.
(iü) Cis wife ofB and mother of E
(iv) F is the grand daughter of E.
33. What is C to A?
(a) Daughter (b) Grandmother (c) Mother
(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
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34,
How many male members are there in the family ?
(a) Two (6) Three (c) Four
id) Cannot be determined. (e) None of these
35.
Which offthe following is true ?
(a) A is brother ofE (6) Ais sister of F
c) D has two grandsons. (d) B has tvo daughtera.
(e) None of these
A Who among the following is one of the couples ?
(a)CD (6) DE (c) EB
id) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
nirections (Questions it:
37 to 42) :Study the following information and answer the
questions giren below
the six members of afamily A, B, C, D, Eand F are travelling together. Bis the son of C
t Cis not the mother of B. Aand Care a married couple. E is the brother of C. Dis the
daughter of A. F is the brother of B.
97. How many male members are there in the family?
(a) 1 (6) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
38, Who is the mother ofB?
(a) D (6) F (c) E (d) A

$9. How many children does A have?

(a) One (6) Two (c) Three () Four
40. Who is the wife of E?
(a) A (6) F (c) B (d) Can:not be determined
41. Which of the following is a pair of females ?
(a) AE (6) BD (c) DF (d) AD
42. How is E related to D ?
(a) Father (b) Brother
(c) Uncle (d) Cannot be determined
Directions (Questions 43 to 47) : Read the information given below and answer the
questions that follow:
IA, B, C, D, E and F are six members of afamily.
II One couple has parents and their children in the family.
III A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A.
IV. D is the daughter of F who is the mother of E.
43. Who are the male members in the family ?
(a) A and C (6) C and F (c) A, B and D
(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
44. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the children ?
(a) BC (6) CF (c) BF
(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
45. Which of the following pairs is the parents of the couple?
(6) BC (c) AF
(a) AB
(d) CF (e) None of these
46. How many female members are there in the family ? (c) Four
(a) Two (b) Three
(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
47. What relationship do D and E bear to each other ?
(a) Sister and Brother (6) Mother and son
(d) Sister (e) None of these
c) Grandmother and Grand daughter
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members of a family consisting of four adults and
,48. A, B, C, D, E, F and Gare a
Aand Dare brothers and Ais doctor. E is an
three
two of whom, F and Gare girls. two children. Bis married to D and hGisildreChn et
married to one of the brothers and has
child. Who is C?
(a) A's son (b) E's daughter (c) F's father
engji
(d) G' brother
ner
information given below to uns
Directions (Questions 49 to 51) : Read the wer
questions:
Rani and Shreshtha are a married couple
having two daughters, Medha and
Nidhi is the daughter of
(M.AT.De2etph0eti 4
Deepti.
married to Anurag who is the son of Garima andandTarun.
has two sons, Aman and Prem. Anurag. Koma
Anurag's sister, is married to Harshit
who is
grandson of Garima and Tarun.
Prem is the
Nidhi?
49. What is the relaionship between Aman and Father-Daughter
(b) Husband-Wife (c) (d)
(a) Cousins
50. How is Komal related to Deepti ?
(c) Sister (d)
Uncle-Niece
(a) Aunt (6) Sister-in-law None of these
51. Which of the following is true?
(6) Aman is the son of Medha.
(a) Tarun is Deepti's maternal uncle.
(c) Garima is Harshit's mother-in-law. (d) Nidhi is the cousin of Komal.
Directions (Questions 52 to 56): Read the following information carefully and an
the questions given below it:
In a family, there are six members A, B, C, D, E andF.A andB are a married couple. Aht
P
the male member. D is the only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister ofD
daughter-in-law ofF, whose husband has died.
52. How is F related to A ?
(a) Mother (b) Sister-in-law (c) Sister
(d) Mother-in-law (e) None of these
53. How is E related to C?
(a) Sister (b) Daughter (c) Cousin (d) Aunt (e) Mother
54. Who is C to B?
(a) Brother (6) Brother-in-law (e) Nephew
(d) Son-in-law (e) None of these
55. How many male members are there in the family ?
(a) One (6) Two (c) Three (d) Four (e) Five
56. How is F related to C ?
(a) Mother-in-law (6) Sister-in-law (c) Mother
(d) Aunt (e) Sister
Directions (Questions 57 to 61): Study the following information carefully and ansu
the questions given below it : (M.A.T. 2005)
There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. C is the sister of F. B is the brother of E's husband.
Dis the father of A and grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother
in the group.
57. Who is the mother ?
(a) A (6) B (c) D (d) E
58, Who is E's husband ?
(a) B (6) C (c) A (d) F
59. How many male members are there in the group ?
(a) One (6) Two (c) Three (d) Four
60. How is F related to E?
(a) Uncle (6) Husband (c) Son (d) Daughter
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e1. Which of the following is a group of brothers ?
(a) ABF (b) ABD (c) BFC
nirections (Questions 62 to 65) : Study the information given below (d) BDF
to an swer these
guestions :
the father of two children B and D, who are of (M.A.T. 2003)
Cis B's spouse.
different sexes.
is of the same sex as D.
2 and C have two children:F, who is of the AAme sex as B,
and G, who is of the same sex as C.
Ee mother H, who is married to L, is the sister of D's
and E's spouse I, have two children J and K, who
mother, M.
are of the samne sex as I.
No person has married more than once and no children have been born out
of wedlock.
Theonly restrictions on marriage are that marriage to a sibling, to a direct
more than one person at the same time are forbidden. descendant, or to
62. Accordang to the rules, D can marry
(a) Fonly (6) Gonly (c) J only (d) F, J or K
63. If the generation of F and K's parents and their siblings contains more females than
males, then which of the following must be true ?
(a) K and G are of the same sex. (b) Ais of the same sex as D.
(c) J is a male. (d) There are more females than males in F and K's generation
64. F is
(a) G's sister (6) D's niece or nephew
(c) G's brother (d) B's daughter
65. If L and H divorced, then H could marry
I. D only II. F III. D or G
(a) Ionly (6) II only
(c) IIl only (d) II or III, but not both
Directions (Questions 66 to 68) : Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions that follow: (M.A.T. 2005)
In a village of Bastar district in Madhya Pradesh, only two types of people live who belong to
a tribal class. The first type is known as class A, while the other is known as class B. In that
village, there is no other type of person except these two. The activities of both types of people
are governed by perfectly patterned norms of social behaviour. Each person of the tribe has to
obey the norms. They are rigid about this.
As far as marriage is concerned, the following norms are to be followed:
(A) The people of class Acannot marry any other member of their own class, though they can
marry members of class B.
(B) After being married, each male member ceases to be a member of that class in which he
was born but automatically, he becomes the member of the other class to which his wife
belongs.
(C) As far as fermales are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being
married.
D) On his birth, the child automatically becomes the member of his mother's class.
(E) When any male member betomes widower or divorcee, then he again belongs to the group
in which he was born.
(F) Nobody can marry more than one person according to social laws.
66. Any class B female can have
(P) Grandfather born in class A
(Q) Grandmother born in class A
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(a) Only (P)

can be true (d) Neither (P) nor (Q) can be true
(Q) can be true
(c) Either (P) or can be true
67. (e)OneBoh
boy, (P)
whoand
was(Q)born in clnss B(boy and his wife both can have married and unmarrne

brothers),
daughter inclass B
la) can have hisson-in-law born in class A
(b) can have a
from any class
(c) can have his uncle in class B
divorced son
(d) can have a
daughter-in law born in class A
(e) can have a not permissible according to the BOcial lawa?
following marriages is
68. Which of the marries his mother's brother.
(a) Any girl of class B
Any widower marries his
wife's aister.
(b)
Any boy of class B marrieA
his father's sister.
(c) marries his brother's widow,
Any widower born in class A
()
marries the former divorced husband of her daughter.
(e) Any widow
ANSWERS (EXERCISE 5B)
female members in the family are mother, wives of 3 married sons, unre
1. (d) : The two sons.
daughter and 2 daughters of each of the
3+1+2 x 2) = 9.
.: Number of female members = (1 +
2. (c): Brother of son is also a son.
grandson.
So, X is son of Y's son i.e. X is Y's
3. (a): D is the brother of E and E is the daughter of B. This means that D is the 8On of B
D.
Also, Ais the mother of B. So, A is the grandmother of
is the son of B. Also, Ais the
4. (d) :E is the daughter ofB and Dis the brother of E. Su, D
sister of B. Thus, A is D's aunt.
Y are brothers and X is the brother ofA
5. a):Aand B are husband and wife. Since X andbrother-in-law
Yis also the brother of A. Thus, Y is the of B.
son of Prem. So, Anil is the son of
6. (6): Anil is the brother of Deepak and Deepak is theAnil
Prem. Now, Bimal is the father of Prem. Thus, is the grandson of Bimal.
E. Also, Eis
7. (d) :B is the husband ofP and E is mother-in-law of P. So, B is the son of
wife of D. Thus, B is the son of D.
8. (c):G is the brother of C and C is the daughter of A. So, G is the son of A. Also, F is the
brother of A. So, F is the uncle of G.
9. (b) :B is the daughter of C and C is the daughter-in-law of P. So, P is the grandfather of
B. Also, A is uncle of B i.e. A is the brother of Bs father. Thus, A is the son of P
10. (e): Ps father is Q's son. So, Q is P's grandfather. M is the paternal uncle of P. So, Mis
the brother of P's father. This means that Mis also Q's son. N is the brother of
Thus, N is the paternal uncle of P.
11. (a) : Ais the son of B and Dis the son of the sister of B. So, Ais the cousin of D.
12. (c) :Eis the daugh ter of Cand Dis the son of C. So, F, who is the maternal unde of D.
is also the maternal uncle of E. Thus, E is the niece of F.
13. (c) : Clearly, Fis the maternaluncle of Dmeans Fis the brother of D'smother ie Fis the
brother ofC. Cis the sister of B. So, F is the brother of Bwho is A's mother Thus, !
is the maternal uncle of A. So, Aand Dare the nephews of F ie., F has two nephews
14, (c): Mis the brother of Nand B is the brother of N. So, M is the brother of B.
16. (a): Deepak is the brother of Ravi, who is the son of Reena. Thus, Deepak is the son d
Reena.