Verbal Reasoning - Blood Relations
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
If X is the brother of the son of Y's son, how is X related to Y?
- (a)
Son
- (b)
Brother
- (c)
Cousin
- (d)
Grandson
- (e)
Uncle
When Anuj saw Manish, he recalled,"He is the son of the father of my daughter's mother." Who is Manish to Anuj?
- (a)
Brother-in-law
- (b)
Brother
- (c)
Cousin
- (d)
Uncle
- (e)
Nephew
Showing the man receiving the prize, Saroj said, "He is the brother of my uncle's daughter." Who is the man to Saroj?
- (a)
Son
- (b)
Brother-in-law
- (c)
Nephew
- (d)
Uncle
- (e)
Cousin
If Kamal says,"Ravi 's mother is the only daughter of my mother", how is Kamal related to Ravi ?
- (a)
Grandafather
- (b)
Father
- (c)
Brother
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Pointing to the woman in the picture, Rajiv said, "Her mother has only one grandchild whose mother is my wife." How is the woman in the picture related to Rajiv?
- (a)
Cousin
- (b)
Wife
- (c)
Sister
- (d)
Data inadequate
- (e)
None of these
'A+B' means 'A is the daughter of B';
'A\( \times\) B'means'A is the son of B';
'A-B'means'A is the wife of B'.
If P X Q-S,which of the following is true?
- (a)
S is wife of Q
- (b)
S is father of P
- (c)
P is daughter of Q
- (d)
Q is father of P
- (e)
None of these
'A + B' means 'A is the father of B'; 'A - B' means 'A is the wife of B'; 'A \(\times\) B' means 'A is the brother of B'; ' A \( \div\) B' means 'A is the daughter of B'.
If P \(\times\) R \(\div\) Q, which of the following statements is true?
- (a)
P is the uncle of Q
- (b)
Pis the father of Q
- (c)
P is the brother of Q
- (d)
P is the son of Q
'A + B' means 'A is the daughter of B'; 'A - B' means 'A is the husband of B'; 'A \(\times\) B' means 'A is the brother of B'.
If P \(\times\) Q + R,which of the following is true?
- (a)
P is the brother of R
- (b)
P is the uncle of R
- (c)
P is the son of R
- (d)
P is the father of R
In a joint family, there are father, mother, 3 married sons, and one unmarried daughter. Of the sons, two have 2 daughters each, and one has a son. How many female members are there in the family?
- (a)
2
- (b)
3
- (c)
6
- (d)
9
A and B are married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is the brother of A. How is Y related to B?
- (a)
Brother-in-law
- (b)
Brother
- (c)
Cousin
- (d)
None of these
'P\(\times\)Q'means 'P is the father of Q';
'P-Q'means 'P is the sister of Q';
'P+Q'means 'P is the mother of Q';
'P\(\div\)Q'means 'P is the brother of Q'.
Which of the following represents 'R is the niece of M'?
- (a)
M\(\div\)K\(\times\)T-R
- (b)
M-J+R-N
- (c)
R-M\(\times\)T\(\div\)W
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
(i)'A$B'means 'A is the mother of B';
'(ii)'A#B'means 'A is the father of B';
(iii)'A@B'means 'A is the husband of B';
(iv)'A%B'means 'A is the daughter of B'.
Which of the following expressions indicates 'R is the sister of H'?
- (a)
H$D@F#R
- (b)
R%D@F$H
- (c)
R$D@F#H
- (d)
N%F@D%H
- (e)
None of these
(i)'A$B'means 'A is the mother of B';
'(ii)'A#B'means 'A is the father of B';
(iii)'A@B'means 'A is the husband of B';
(iv)'A%B'means 'A is the daughter of B'.
If F@D%K#H, then how is F related to H?
- (a)
Brother-in-law
- (b)
sister
- (c)
Sister-in-law
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
(i)'A$B'means 'A is the mother of B';
'(ii)'A#B'means 'A is the father of B';
(iii)'A@B'means 'A is the husband of B';
(iv)'A%B'means 'A is the daughter of B'.
Which of the following expressions indicates 'H is the brother of N'?
- (a)
H#R$D$N
- (b)
N%F@D$H#R
- (c)
N%F@D$H
- (d)
N%F@D%H
- (e)
None of these
How is E related to F?
- (a)
Sister
- (b)
Daughter
- (c)
Niece
- (d)
wife
(i) 'P\(\times\)Q 'means 'Q is the mother of P';
(ii) 'P+Q 'means 'P is the brother of Q';
(iii) 'P-Q 'means 'P is the sister of Q';
(iv) 'P\(\div\)Q 'means 'Q is the father of P'.
If 'A $ B' means 'A is brother of B', 'A @ B' means 'A is wife of B', 'A # B' means 'A is daughter of B' and 'A £ B' means 'A is father of B', then which of the following expressions indicates the relationship 'K is father-in-law of H' ?
- (a)
H @ J $ L # P £ K
- (b)
H © J $ P £ L # K
- (c)
H @ J $ L # K £ P
- (d)
H @ P $ J £ L # K
- (e)
None of these
A is father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B related to E ?
- (a)
Daughter
- (b)
Brother-in-law
- (c)
Husband
- (d)
Sister-in-law
P is the son of Q while Q and R are the sisters to one another. T is the mother of R. If S is the son of T, which of the following statements is correct?
- (a)
T is the brother of Q
- (b)
S is the cousin of P
- (c)
Q and S are sisters
- (d)
S is the maternal uncle of P
- (e)
R is the grandfather of P
Shobha is the niece of Ashish. Ashish's mother is priya. Kamla is priya's mother. Kamla's husband is Hari. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Hari. How is shobha related to Hari?
- (a)
Daughter
- (b)
Great grand daughter
- (c)
Grand niece
- (d)
Great grandson's daughter
P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ?
- (a)
T is Q's father
- (b)
S is P's mother.
- (c)
P is S's son
- (d)
T is S's husband
- (e)
Q is T's son
Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow :
(i) In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples.
(ii) D is grandmother of A and mother of B.
(iii) C is wife of B and mother of F,
(iv) F is the grand daughter of E.
How many male members are there in the family ?
- (a)
Two
- (b)
Three
- (c)
Four
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:
All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E, and F are travelling together. B is the son of but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.Which of the following is a pair of females?
Which of the following is a pair of females?
- (a)
AE
- (b)
BD
- (c)
DF
- (d)
AD
Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow :
I. A, B, C, D, E, and F are six members of a family.
II. One couple has parents and their children in the family.
III. A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A.
IV. D is the daughter of F who is the mother of E.
Who are the male members in the family?
- (a)
A and C
- (b)
C and F
- (c)
A, B and D
- (d)
Cannot be determined
- (e)
None of these
A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are members of a family consisting of four adults and three children, two of whom, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Who is C?
- (a)
A's son
- (b)
E's daughter
- (c)
F's father
- (d)
G's brother
Rani and Shreshtha are a married couple having two daughters, Medha and Deepti. Deepti is married to Anurag who is the son of Garima and Tarun. Nidhi is the daughter of Anurag. Komal, who is Anurag's sister, is married to Harshit and has two sons, Aman and Prem. Prem is the grandson of Garima and Tarun.
How is Komal related to Deepti ?
- (a)
Aunt
- (b)
Sister-in-law
- (c)
Sister
- (d)
None of these
Study the information given below to answer these questions :
A is the father of two children B and D, who are of different sexes.
C is B's spouse.
E is of the same sex as D.
B and C have two children : F, who is of the same sex as B, and G, who is of the same sex as C.
E's mother H, who is married to L, is the sister of D's mother, M.
E and E's spouse I, have two children J and K, who are of the same sex as I.
No person has married more than once and no children have been born out of wedlock.
The only restrictions on marriage are that marriage to a sibling, to a direct descendant, or to more than one person at the same time are forbidden.
If L and H divorced, then H could marry
I. D only II. F III. D or G
- (a)
I only
- (b)
II only
- (c)
III only
- (d)
II or III, but not both
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In a village of Bastar district in Madhya Pradesh, only two types of people live who belong to a tribal class. The first type is known as class A, while the other is known as class B. In that village, there is no other type of person except these two. The activities of both types of people are governed by perfectly patterned norms of social behaviour. Each person of the tribe has to obey the norms. They are rigid about this.
As far as marriage is concerned, the following norms are to be followed :
(A) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they can marry members of class B.
(B) After being married, each male member ceases to be a member of that class in which he was born but automatically, he becomes the member of the other class to which his wife belongs.
(C) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being married.
(D) On his birth, the child automatically becomes the member of his mother's class.
(E) When any male member becomes widower of divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was born.
(F) Nobody can marry more than one person according to social laws.
Which of the following marriages is not permissible according to the social laws?
- (a)
Any girl of class B marries his mother's brother.
- (b)
Any widower marries his wife's sister.
- (c)
Any boy of class B marries his father's sister.
- (d)
Any widower born in class A marries his brother's widow.
- (e)
Any widow marries the former divorced husband of her daughter.
'P - Q' means 'P is the mother of Q'; 'P \(\times\)Q' means 'P is the father of Q' and 'P + Q' means 'p is the daughter of Q'. Now if M-N\(\times\)T+Z, then which of the following is not true ?
- (a)
T is N's daughter.
- (b)
N is wife of Z.
- (c)
M is mother-in-law of Z.
- (d)
T is granddaughter of M.
'P = Q' means 'Q is the father of P';
'P \(\bigstar\)Q' means 'P is the sister of Q';
'P ? Q' means 'Q is the mother of P';
'P $ Q' means 'P is the brother of Q';
'P £ Q' means 'Q is the son of P';
'P \(\times\) Q' means 'P is the daughter of Q';
Which of the following is correct?
- (a)
V \(\times\) T \(\bigstar\) P means P is the maternal uncle of V.
- (b)
D ? V \(\times\) T means D is the granddaughter of T.
- (c)
L £ M $ R means R is the paternal uncle of L.
- (d)
M £ R \(\bigstar\) D ? V means M is the son of V.
- (e)
None is correct.
'P = Q' means 'Q is the father of P';
'P \(\bigstar\)Q' means 'P is the sister of Q';
'P ? Q' means 'Q is the mother of P';
'P $ Q' means 'P is the brother of Q';
'P £ Q' means 'Q is the son of P';
'P \(\times\) Q' means 'P is the daughter of Q';
Which of the following indicates 'A is the grandfather of B' ?
- (a)
M \(\times\) A = N = B
- (b)
B $ L \(\times\) Q \(\times\) A
- (c)
B \(\times\) L \(\times\) A
- (d)
L \(\bigstar\) B = S $ Q = A
- (e)
None of these