Olympiad Verbal - Blood Relations
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Sruti is Akshay's daughter. Sweta is Akshay's sister. Sweta's daughter is called Sowmya and son is called Smit. Mounika is Sowmya's maternal Aunt. What is the relation between Akshay and Sowmya?
- (a)
Niece
From the given diagram it is clear that Sowmya is the daugher of Akshay's sister.
\(\therefore\)Sowmya is Akshay's Niece.
If A + B means A is the mother of B; A x B means A is the father of B; A $ B means A is the brother of B and A @ B means A is the sister of B then which of the following means that P is the son of Q?
- (a)
Q + R @ P @ N
- (b)
Q + R * P @ N
- (c)
Q x R $ P @ N
- (d)
Q x R $ P $ N
Q x R= Q is the father of R.
R$ P = R is the brother of P.
P $ N = P is the brother of N.
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
A's son is brother of C and D.
\(\Rightarrow\)B is the uncle to C.
A boy goes to see a movie and sees a man sitting to his left. He found that the man was his relative. The man is the husband of the sister of his mother. How is the man related to the boy?
- (a)
Uncle
- (b)
Nephew
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Father
Aunt's husband is uncle to the boy.
Introducing a girl, Govinda said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law." How is Govinda related to that girl?
- (a)
Uncle
- (b)
Father
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Husband
The only daughter of Govinda's mother-in-law is the wife of Govinda. Therefore, the statement, in other words implies that "Her mother is my wife." Hence, it is clear that Govinda is the Husband to that girl.
'X' is the wife of 'V' and Y' is the brother of 'Z', 'Z' is the son of 'P'. How is 'P' related to 'X'?
- (a)
Sister
- (b)
Aunt
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Father-in-law
The relationship chart, based on the given problem can be worked out as given below
'Y' is the brother of 'Z' who is son of "P" So. Y is also the son of 'P'. When 'P' is the father of 'Y' and 'X' is the wife of 'Y' then 'P' is the father-in-law of 'X'.
What will my father's father's daughter-in-laws's son's wife be to me if both my father and his father have only one child each?
- (a)
Mother
- (b)
Cousin
- (c)
Sister-in-law
- (d)
None of these
His own wife
A man said to a lady, "Your mother's husband's sister is my aunt."How is that lady related to that man?
- (a)
Daughter
- (b)
Sister
- (c)
Grand-daughter
- (d)
Mother
Clearly, the man is the cousin of that woman.
If X says that his mother is the only daughter of Y's mother, then how is X related to Y?
- (a)
Son
- (b)
Uncle
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Nephew
As the given information in the question, X's mother is the only daughter of Y's mother. In other words X is the son of Y's sister. So X is the nephew of Y.
Amar goes to the house of his sister Sita who is the neighbour of Geeta. Geeta has a daughter Meera. Meera studies in the first year of college. Ashish is the father of Amar and is married to Anjali and has a sister who is Geeta.
How is Meera related to Amar?
- (a)
Niece
- (b)
Cousin
- (c)
Uncle
- (d)
Brother
Amar goes to the house of his sister Sita who is the neighbour of Geeta. Geeta has a daughter Meera. Meera studies in the first year of college. Ashish is the father of Amar and is married to Anjali and has a sister who is Geeta.
How is Geeta related to Amar?
- (a)
Aunty
- (b)
Sister
- (c)
Cousin
- (d)
Mother
Sand Rare brothers. T is daughter of S.U is the spouse of Rand mother of Q. Pis the daughter of V, who is the spouse of T.
Who is the cousin of Q?
- (a)
T
- (b)
V
- (c)
R
- (d)
P
R and S are brothers and Q is the child of Rand T is the child of S. So, cousin of Q is T.
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)
Grandmother
- (b)
Grandfather
- (c)
Daughter
- (d)
Granddaughter
A man pointing to a photograph 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
Clearly, the lady is the grandmother of man's sister's son i.e, the mother of the mother of man's sister's son i.e, the mother of man's sister
The son of M is the father of N and grand-father (Mother's father) of R. S is the daughter of N and sister of B. On the basis of this information, how is M related to B?
- (a)
Grandfather
- (b)
Grand father's mother
- (c)
Data inadequate
- (d)
Grandmother's mother
From the information given in the question, we cannot determine if M is a male or a female. Hence, none of the options is a definite answer.
Pointing to a man in the photograph a lady said, "The father of his brother is the only son of my mother." how is that man related to that lady?
- (a)
Nephew
- (b)
Son
- (c)
Cousin
- (d)
Grandson
The father of his brother means "his father". Is the only son of my mother means "my brother". That means the statement delivered by lady can be read as his father is my brother or in other words lady is the father's sister of that man's father.
A is the uncle of B,.who is the daughter of Cand Cis the daughter in- law of P. How is A related is to P?
- (a)
Brother
- (b)
Son
- (c)
Son-in-law
- (d)
Data inadequate
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 B's father. Thus, A is the son of P.
A man said to a woman, "The only sister of your brother is my mother." How is that man related to that woman?
- (a)
Father
- (b)
Son
- (c)
Husband
- (d)
Brother
The information given in the question can be used as "The only sister of your brother (you) is my mother". Hence, man is related as son to that woman.
E is the son of A.D is the son of B. E is married to C. C is B's daughter. How is D related to E?
- (a)
Brother
- (b)
Uncle
- (c)
Father-in-law
- (d)
Brother-in-law
C is B's daughter and D is B's son. So, D is the brother of C.E is a male married to C so, E is the husband of C, whose brother is D. Thus, D is the brother-in-law of E.
Pointing to a man, a woman said "The daughter of his father is the only daughter of my mother." How is the husband of that woman related to that man?
- (a)
Brother-in-law
- (b)
Father
- (c)
Son-in-law
- (d)
Son
Sister's husband.
Madhu, Who is Ram's daughter, says to Preeti, "Your mother Shyamla, is the youngest sister of my father, who is third child of Prabhat." How is Prabhat related to Preeti?
- (a)
Uncle
- (b)
Father
- (c)
Grandfather
- (d)
Father-in-law
Grand father.
Pointing towards a man in the photograph, Priya said, "He is the son of the only son of my grandmother". "How is man related to Priya?
- (a)
Cousin
- (b)
Nephew
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Son
Only son of Priya grandfather means Archana father & his son is Priya brother
A and B are sisters. Rand S are brothers. A's daughter is R's sister. What is B's relation to S?
- (a)
Mother
- (b)
Grandmother
- (c)
Sister
- (d)
Aunt
A's daughter is the sister of Rand S.
B is the sister of A. Thus B, is the aunt of S.
Pointing to a photograph, Hari tells his friend, "She is the granddaughter of the elder brother of my father." How is that girl in the photograph related to Hari?
- (a)
Niece
- (b)
Aunt
- (c)
Sister
- (d)
Sister-in-law
Girl in the photograph is niece to Hari
There are six women, Shalini, Divya, Ritu, Rashmi, Nisha and Renu in a family of twelve members. There are few married couples in the family and none of the grandchildren are married. Sunil is married in to the family. Rohan, Mahesh, and Jatin have a nephew Dipesh who is the only son of Rashmi. Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Nisha. Ritu is the daughter-in-law of Divya. Dipesh's only unmarried maternal uncle, Jatin is the brother-in-law of Sunil. Rohan is the paternal uncle of the Nisha. Ritu has two daughters one of whom is Nisha.
Which one of the following is a married couple?
- (a)
Rohan and Ritu
- (b)
Shalini and Mahesh
- (c)
Renu and Sunil
- (d)
Mahesh and Ritu
Mahesh and Ritu is the married couple
There are six women, Shalini, Divya, Ritu, Rashmi, Nisha and Renu in a family of twelve members. There are few married couples in the family and none of the grandchildren are married. Sunil is married in to the family. Rohan, Mahesh, and Jatin have a nephew Dipesh who is the only son of Rashmi. Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Nisha. Ritu is the daughter-in-law of Divya. Dipesh's only unmarried maternal uncle, Jatin is the brother-in-law of Sunil. Rohan is the paternal uncle of the Nisha. Ritu has two daughters one of whom is Nisha.
Dipesh is____________
- (a)
Mahesh's son
- (b)
Ravi's grandson
- (c)
Rohan's son
- (d)
Sunil's nephew
Dipesh is Ravi's grandson.
There are six women, Shalini, Divya, Ritu, Rashmi, Nisha and Renu in a family of twelve members. There are few married couples in the family and none of the grandchildren are married. Sunil is married in to the family. Rohan, Mahesh, and Jatin have a nephew Dipesh who is the only son of Rashmi. Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Nisha. Ritu is the daughter-in-law of Divya. Dipesh's only unmarried maternal uncle, Jatin is the brother-in-law of Sunil. Rohan is the paternal uncle of the Nisha. Ritu has two daughters one of whom is Nisha.
Nisha is _______
- (a)
Rohan's daughter
- (b)
Jatin's mother
- (c)
Renu's cousin
- (d)
None of these
There are six women, Shalini, Divya, Ritu, Rashmi, Nisha and Renu in a family of twelve members. There are few married couples in the family and none of the grandchildren are married. Sunil is married in to the family. Rohan, Mahesh, and Jatin have a nephew Dipesh who is the only son of Rashmi. Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Nisha. Ritu is the daughter-in-law of Divya. Dipesh's only unmarried maternal uncle, Jatin is the brother-in-law of Sunil. Rohan is the paternal uncle of the Nisha. Ritu has two daughters one of whom is Nisha.
Which of the following is true?
- (a)
Dipesh is Mahesh's son
- (b)
Ravi has only two married children
- (c)
Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Renu.
- (d)
None
Ravi is the paternal grandfather of Renu.
P x Q means P is the father of Q.
P * Q means P is the sister of Q.
P + Q means P is the brother of Q.
P - Q means P is the mother of Q.
P\(\div\)Q means P is the son of Q.
P = Q means P is the daughter of Q.
Which of the following means X is a grandfather of Y?
- (a)
X x Z x Y
- (b)
Y x Z \(\div\)X
- (c)
Z * X=Y
- (d)
X + Y \(\div\)Z
P x Q means P is the father of Q.
P * Q means P is the sister of Q.
P + Q means P is the brother of Q.
P - Q means P is the mother of Q.
P\(\div\)Q means P is the son of Q.
P = Q means P is the daughter of Q.
Which of the following means Z is a grandson of Y?
- (a)
Z - X \(\div\)Y
- (b)
Z - X - Y
- (c)
Y + X - Z
- (d)
Z.\(\div\)X = Y