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TERMS:

Sibling-Children born of the same parents.

Spouse-Husband or wife any of the two married partners.

Niece -Daughter of your brother or daughter of your sister.

Nephew-Son of your brother or son of your sister.

Maternal- Relation from mothers side.

Paternal- Relation from fathers side.

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Type of Question:

There are three types of questions in blood relationship.

1. Indicative form also known as Pointing/ introducing form
2. Puzzle form
3. Coded form

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INDICATON BASED BLOOD
RELATION QUESTION

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Question 1 A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her
mother. How is the man, related to the woman ?

A.Nephew
B.Son
C.Cousin
D.Uncle
E. None

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 Q 2. X's mother is the mother-in-law of
the father of Z. Z is the brother of Y
while X is the father of M. How is X
related to Z?

(a) Paternal uncle

(b) Maternal uncle
(c) Cousin
(d) Grandfather
(e) Brother-in-law

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 Q.3 R said to P that P’s mother was
the mother-in-law of R’s mother.
How is R’s mother related to P’s
mother?

(a) Daughter-in-law
(b) Mother-in-law
(c) Sister
(d) Aunt
(e) Sister-in-law

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Q4. Pointing to harish , seema says, “
he is the paternal grandfather of
my eldest son Mahesh.” how is
harish related to seema?

a) Father -in law

b) uncle
c) Brother-in-law
d) data inadequate
e) None of the above

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 Q5. A retiring President was asked
who would succeed him as head
of the firm , and he replied ,"The
father of my successor is my
father's son, but I have no
brothers or sons."Who will
succeed him ?

(a) Himself
(b) His nephew
(c) His Daughter
(d) His sister
(e) None of these

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 Q6. Pointing towards Sarika,
Naveen says She is the wife of
only nephew of the brother of my
mother” My mother has only one
brother. How Sarika is related to
Naveen?

(a) Daughter
(b) Son
(c) Wife
(d) Sister
(e) None of the above

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PUZZLE BASED BLOOD
RELATION QUESTIONS

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Q1.A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are
two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is
grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is
a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one
housewife and two students in the family.

Q1.Who is the husband of P ?

A. R
B. U
C. Q
D. S
E. T

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Q2.K is sister of S. S is married to M. M is father of R. Q is son of P. S
is mother-in-law of P. M has only one son and no daughter. K is
married to T. N is daughter of K.

Q2.How is P related to M ?
a) Uncle
b) Son
c) Daughter in law
d) Grandson
e) None of these.

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Q(3-5). Study the following information and answer the given question.
A is the sister of D.
D is married to C.
C is the son of M.
A is the mother of F.
P is the father of U.
P has only one son and only one daughter.
U is the daughter of A.
Q is the son of D.

Q3. How is P related to D ?

(a) Brother
(b) cannot be determined
(c) Brother-in-law
(d) Cousin brother
(e) Uncle 12.

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 Q(3-5). Study the following information and answer the given
question.
A is the sister of D.
D is married to C.
C is the son of M.
A is the mother of F.
P is the father of U.
P has only one son and only one daughter.
U is the daughter of A.
Q is the son of D.

Q4. How is Q related to P ?

(a) Son
(b) Niece
(c) Son-in-law
(d) Nephew
(e) Daughter
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 Q(3-5). Study the following information and answer the given question.
A is the sister of D.
D is married to C.
C is the son of M.
A is the mother of F.
P is the father of U.
P has only one son and only one daughter.
U is the daughter of A.
Q is the son of D.

Q5. How is Q related to M ?

(a) Grandson
(b) Niece
(c) Son-in-law
(d) Nephew
(e) Daughter

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 Q(6-7)Study the following information
carefully to answer the given questions:
Shanu is sister of Ramesh. Arjun is
brother of Gaurav. Arjun has only one son.
Meghna is the wife of Arjun. Meghna is
the daughter of Shanu. Ramesh is
brother-in-law of Vivek. Raghav is the
husband of Kriti and son of Meghna.
Ramesh is unmarried

Q6. How is Vivek related to Raghav?

(a) Grandmother
(b) Father
(c) Mother
(d) Uncle
(e) Grandfather

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 Q(6-7)Study the following information
carefully to answer the given questions:
Shanu is sister of Ramesh. Arjun is brother
of Gaurav. Arjun has only one son. Meghna
is the wife of Arjun. Meghna is the daughter
of Shanu. Ramesh is brother-in-law of
Vivek. Raghav is the husband of Kriti and
son of Meghna. Ramesh is unmarried

Q7.How is Gaurav related to Megha?

(a) Brother-in-law
(b) Sister-in-law
(c) Brother
(d) Cannot determined
(e) Sister

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Coded Blood Relation

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Directions (Q.1-3): Read the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
P $ Q means P is mother of Q
P # Q means P is father of Q
P@Q means P is husband of Q
P%Q means P is daughter of Q

1. P @ Q $ M # T indicates what relation of

P with T?
a. Paternal grandmother
b. Maternal grandmother
c. Paternal grandfather
d. Maternal grandfather
e. None of these

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Directions (Q.1-3): Read the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
P $ Q means P is mother of Q
P # Q means P is father of Q
P@Q means P is husband of Q
P%Q means P is daughter of Q

2. If F @ D % K # H, then how is F
related H?
a. Brother- in- law
b. Sister
c. Sister- in- law
d. Cannot be determined
e. None of these

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Directions (Q.1-3): Read the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
P $ Q means P is mother of Q
P # Q means P is father of Q
P@Q means P is husband of Q
P%Q means P is daughter of Q

3. If G $ M @ K, then how is K related to

G?
a. Daughter- in- law
b. Daughter
c. Mother- in- law
d. Aunt
e. None of these

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Previous year questions

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DIRECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE
QUESTION(CSAT 2011)

A,B,C,D and E are members of the same

family.There are two fathers,two sons,two
wives,three males and two females. The teacher
was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a
doctor.E is not a male, neither also a wife of a
professional.C is the youngest person in the family
and D is the eldest. B is a male.

Q.1 how is D related to E?

a.Husband b.Son
c.father d.wife
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Q.2 Who are the females in the group?
a.C and E b.C and D
c.E and A d.D and E

Q.3 Whose wife is the teacher?

a.C b.D
c.A d.B

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GIVEN:(CSAT 2012)

1.A is the brother of B

2.C is the father of A
3.D is the brother of E
4.E is the daughter of B

Then the uncle of D is-

a.A
b.B
c.C
d.E
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 DIRECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE
QUESTION(CSAT 2014)

A,B,C,D,E,F are members of a family. They are

engineer, stenographer,doctor,draughtsman,lawyer
and judge not particularly in the same order.A, the
engineer is married to the lady stenographer.The
judge is married to the lawyer.F, the draughtsman
is the son of B and brother of E.C, the lawyer is the
daughter-in-law of D.E is the unmarried doctor.D is
the grandmother of F.There are two married
couples in the family.

Q.What is the profession of B?

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Q.Which of the following is couple ?
a. AD
b.BC
c. Both AD and BC
d. Both AC and BD

Q.What is the profession of D?

a. Judge
b. Stenographer.
c. Doctor
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Q.CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION(CSAT 2017)

A+B means A is the son of B.

A-B means A is the wife of B.

What does the expression P+R-Q mean ?

A. Q is the son of P
B. Q is the wife of P
C. Q is the father of P
D. None of these

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Q.(CSAT 2019)
A joint family consists of seven members
A,B,C,D,E,F and G with three females. G is a widow
and sister-in-law of D’s father F. B and D are
siblings and A is daughter of B. C is cousin of B..

Who is E?
1.Wife of F
2.Grandmother of A
3.Aunt of C

Select the correct answer using the code given

below?
A.1 and 2 only B. 2 and 3 only
C.1 and 3 only D.1,2 and 3 S I A S
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