Blood Relation Statements


 
 
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Blood Relation Statements

Blood Relation Statements: In this type of questions, mutual blood relations of more than two persons are mentioned. You are required to analyse the given information, work out a family chart and then answer the given questions. Study the given examples:

Illustration: A family has a man, his wife, their four sons and their wives. The family of every son also has 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male members in the whole family.   

A. 4         B. 8         C. 12         D. 17

Answer: D

Solution: The male members in the family are:

(i) the man himself,         (ii) his four sons, and    (iii) his ( 3 large times 4 ) = 12 grandsons.

Hence, total number of male members = ( 1 + 4 + 12 ) = 17.  So, the Correct Option Is D.

Illustration:  A and B are brothers. C and D are sisters. A's son is D's brother. How is B related to C ?

A. Father           B. Brother               C. Grandfather        D. Uncle               E.None of these

Answer: D.

Solution: Clearly, B is the brother of A, A's son is D's brother. This means D is the daughter of A. SInce C and D are sisters, C is also the daughter of A.

So, B is the uncle of C.  Hence, the correct Option is D.

Illustration: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

 Ravi is son of Aman's father's sister. Sahil is son of Divya who is mother of Gaurav and grandmother of Aman. Ashok is father of Tanya and grandfather of Ravi. Divya is wife of Ashok.

How is Ravi related to Divya?

A. Nephew       B. Grandson        C. Son         D. Data inadequate    E. None of these

Answer: B

Solution:  Divya is wife of Ashok, and Ashok is grandfather of Ravi. So, Ravi is Divya,s grandson. Hence, the correct option is B.

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Question : 1

In a family, N is the wife of R, T is the father of N, M is the mother of T.

How M is related to N?
 

 

Right Option : B
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Question : 2

Prashant Arora has three children : Sangeeta, Vimal and Ashish. Ashish married Monika, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy. The Roy's marriede their youngest daughter to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma, and  they had two children named Amit and Shashi. The Roys have two more children, Roshan and Vandana, both elder to Veena. Sameer and Ajay are sons of Ashish and Monika . Rashmi is the daughter of Amit.

What is the surname of Sameer? 

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

A family has a man, his wife, their two sons and one of them is married. The family of the married son has 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male members in the whole family.   

Right Option : C
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