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The document discusses blood relation problems, emphasizing the importance of understanding family hierarchies for aptitude tests. It includes various types of relationship puzzles, coded relations, and family puzzles, providing examples and questions to illustrate how to determine familial connections. The content is structured to aid in solving complex relationship questions commonly found in competitive exams.

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BLOOD RELATION

INTRODUCTION
Blood Relation problems mainly deal with the hierarchical structure
of a family i.e., grand-parents, parents and children etc. Different
relationships between the family members of different generations
are given. To solve such questions, the entire family tree is to be
constructed by plotting out the various relationships.
A blood relation is a very important topic of any Aptitude Test. Such
questions may be asked directly or may be given in the form of
coded blood relations or data sufficiency questions.
TABLE OF CONTENT

RELATION PUZZLE

CODED RELATION

FAMILY PUZZLE
FAMILY TREE
SIGN AND THEIR MEANING

MALE

FEMALE

BROTHER & SISTER

HUSBAND & WIFE

DIFFERENT GENERATION
RELATION PUZZLE
RELATION PUZZLE
Brother’s or Sister’s Son = Nephew
Brother’s or Sister’s Daughter = Niece
Uncle’s or Aunt’s son or daughter = Cousin
Sister’s Husband = Brother-in-law
Brother’s wife = Sister-in-law
Son’s wife = Daughter-in-law
Daughter’s Husband = Son-in-law
Husband’s or wife’s sister = Sister-in-law
Husband’s or wife’s Brother = Brother-in-law

In case of no information : PATERNAL SIDE OF THE FAMILY


Question
Looking at the portrait of a man , Rohit said ," His mother is the
wife of my father’s only son . I have no brothers or sisters." How
is the man in the portrait related to Rohit?
(1) Son (2) Nephew (3) Cousin (4) Uncle
CODED RELATION
Question
In a certain coded language:
(i) A % B means A is the daughter of B.
(ii) A @ B means A is the mother of B.
(iii) A $ B means A is the father of B.
(iv) A * B means A is the son of B.
(v) A © B means A is brother of B.
If the expression ‘D@E*K©L%O’ is true, then which of the
following statement is true?
(1) L is uncle of E (2) D is son-in-law of O
(3) E is granddaughter of O (4) None of the above
FAMILY PUZZLE
Question
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D, and a daughter E. F
is the maternal uncle of D. How is E related to F?
(1) Daughter (2) Sister (3) Wife (4) Niece
OLYMPIADS QUESTION
Question
K is 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?
(A) K is the son of Z (B) Y is the wife of Z
(C) X is the son of Y (D) Z is the father of X
(IMO-2012)
Question
Pointing to a photograph a woman says : "he is the only son of
the wife of my husband's father". how is the man related to the
woman?
(A) Son (B) Son-in-law (C) Brother-in-law (D) Husband
(IMO-2012)
Question
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. Who is the
sister/brother of T?
A. R (IMO-2013)
B. U
C. T
D. Information insufficient
Question
A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X , Y and Z. Q is the
son of R but R is not the mother of Q. P and R is a married
couple. Y is the brother of R, X is the daughter of P. Z is the
brother of P. Which of the following is a pair of brothers?
A. R and Y
B. Q and X (IMO-2016)
C. P and Z
D. P and X
Question
Pointing towards a photograph, Mohit said, 'His sister is the
mother of Vinay, the son of my brother'. How Mohit is related to
Vinay?

(A) Brother (B) Uncle (C) Nephew (D) Brother-in-law


(IMO-2012)
Question
P is the mother of Q and daughter of R. S is the daughter of Q and
sister of T. How is P related to T?

(A) Paternal grandmother (B) Maternal grandmother


(C) Data inadequate (D) None of these
(IMO-2013)
Question
Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says "She is the
grandmother of the son of my daughter-in-law's mother-in-law." How is
the woman related to the man?

(A) Mother (B) Mother-in-law (C) Sister (D) Wife


(IMO-2015)
Question
M is sister of K. D is brother of K. F is mother of M. How is K related to
F?

(A) Son (B) Daughter (C) Son or Daughter (D) None of these
(IMO-2015)
Question
If 'P @ Q' means 'P is brother of Q'. 'P + Q' means 'P is wife of Q'.
'P # Q' means 'P is daughter of Q' and 'P - Q' means 'P is father
of Q', then which of the following expressions indicates that 'D
is father-in-law of A' ?

(A) A +B @E-D # C (B) A+E @B - C #D


(C) A+ B@C# D - E (D) A+B @C #E -D
(IMO-2017)

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