Blood Relations

Family Tree from A’s Point of view:

Maternal Maternal Paternal Paternal

Grandma Grandpa Grandma Grandpa

Aunt Uncle Mother Father Uncle Aunt

Cousin
Mother-in-law

Sister-in-law/
wife A Brother/Sister
Brother-in-law
Father-in-law

Nephew/Niece
Son Daughter-in-law

Grandson/Grand
daughter

Symbols and its definitions:

 Square : Male
 Circle : Female
 Equal : Husband/Wife
 Hyphen : Brother/Sister
 Down arrow: Son/Daughter
 Up arrow : Mother/Father
 P C F

M A B
c
K U

O N S T Z

1. A to S =Son/Daughter
2. N to M =Aunt
3. F to N =Grandson
4. C to S = Grandson/Grand daughter
5. K to A =Brother-in-law
6. B to M =Sister-in-law
7. A to K =Sister-in law,Brother in law
8. A to F =Father-in-law
9. A to O = Niece
10. N to P =Grand aunt
1. A is B’s sister. C is B’s mother. D is C’s father. E is D’s mother. Then, how is A related to D?

A) Grandfather
B) Grandmother
C) Daughter
D) Granddaughter

Ans: Grandaughter

2. P is the sister of Q. R is the father of S, who is the brother of Q. R married to T. How is Q related to T?

a) Son
b) Daughter
c) Either son or daughter
d) Date inadequate
e) None of these

Ans: Either son/Daughter

3. G is the father of K, who is the brother of B. K married to U. B is the daughter of C. D is the father of U
and M is the only son of D. How is U related to C?

a) Daughter
b) Daughter-in-law
c) Granddaughter
 d) Son-in-law
e) None of these

Ans:

4.Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
P+Q means P is mother of Q
P- Q means P is mother of Q
P/ Q means P is sister of Q
P*Q means P is wife of Q
P%Q means P is son of Q

1). If ‘M+S+N%P’, then how is M related to N?

a) Grandson
b) Maternal grandmother
c) Paternal grandmother
d) Granddaughter
e) None of these

2). If ‘P%T- Q/ U%R, then how is U related to T?

a) Father
b) Mother
c) Son
d) Daughter
e) None of these

Ans:
5. Pointing to a photograph Lata says, "He is the son of the only son of my grandfather." How is
the man in the photograph related to Lata?

A. Brother
B. Uncle
C. Cousin
D. Data is inadequate

Ans:

6. A man pointing to a photo says "The lady in the photograph is my nephew’s maternal
grandmother". How is the lady in the photograph related to the man’s sister who has no other
sister ?

A. Cousin

B. Sister-in-law

C. Mother

D. Mother-in-law

Ans:
7. A woman going with a boy is asked by another person about the relationship between them.
The woman replied ,"My maternal uncle and the uncle of his maternal uncle is the same". How
are the woman and the boy related?

A. Grandmother and Grandson

B. Mother and son

C. Aunt and Nephew

D. None of these

Ans:

8. •A family consists of six members Priya, Qyra, Ronak, Xolo, Yatif, and Zen.
•Qyra is the son of PRiya, but Ronak is not the mother of Qyra.
•Priya and Ronak are a married couple.
•Yatif is the brother of Ronak, Xolo is the daughter of Priya.
•Zen is the brother of Priya.

Question:

A. Who is the brother in law of PRiya?- Yatif

B. How many female members are there in the family?-2(Riya and zolo)

C. How is Qyra related to Xolo?-Brother

D. How is Yatif related to Priya?-Brother-in-law

Ans:
9. A*B means A is sister of B, A+B means A is the mother of B, A/B means A is father of B,
A-B means A is brother of B

If P*Q/R-S+T, then P is T's

A. Brother

B. Mother

C. Uncle

D. Grand Aunt

E. Cousin

Ans:

10. There are eight family members B, D, H, K, N, P, Q and R. N is uncle of Q, who is daughter of

R. There are two married couples in the family and two grandchildren in the family. H has one

daughter and one son. B is granddaughter of P and sister of D. P is sister-in-law of N. H is not a

male. Q has only one brother.

1). How is R related to K?

a) Mother

b) Father

c) Brother

d) Can’t be determined

e) None of these

2). How is D related to Q?

a) Son

b) Daughter

c) Niece

d) Nephew

e) None of these

3). Who among the following is mother of B?

a) Q

b) K

c) H

d) P

e) None of these
11. A is mother of B. B is sister of C. D is son of C. E is brother of D. F is mother of E. G is granddaughter
of A. H has only two children B and C.

1). How is F related to H?

a) Son-in-law
b) Daughter-in-law
c) Father-in-law
d) Granddaughter
e) Niece

2). How is C related to E?

a) Father
b) Son
c) Mother
d) Cousin
e) Grandfather

12. Salesman, Engineer and Accountant. There are two married couples in the family. D, the Salesman is
married to the Lady Teacher. The Doctor is married to the Lawyer. F, the Accountant is the son of B and
brother of E. C, the Lawyer is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the unmarried Engineer. A is the grandmother
of F.What is the profession of B ? Doctor