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Blood Relations — Verbal Reasoning Questions & Practice

Practise 51 Blood Relations questions from Verbal Reasoning for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Blood Relations — with answers

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1. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, 'She is the daughter of my grandfather's only son.' How is the woman related to the man?

  1. ASon
  2. BSister
  3. CMother
  4. D16
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Answer: B

The man's grandfather's only son is the man's father. So the woman is the man's father's daughter, i.e., his sister.

2. Pointing to a photograph of a man, Renu said, 'His mother's only son is my father.' How is Renu related to the man in the photograph?

  1. ADaughter
  2. BSister
  3. CMother
  4. DNiece
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Answer: A

Explanation: 'His mother's only son' means the man himself. Since he is Renu's father, Renu is his daughter.

3. Pointing to a lady, a man said, 'She is the daughter of the only child of my grandmother.' How is the lady related to the man?

  1. ASister
  2. BMother
  3. CAunt
  4. DCousin
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Answer: A

Explanation: 'Only child of my grandmother' means the man's father/mother. Daughter of that only child means his sister.

4. A is the brother of B. C is the father of A. D is the brother of E. E is the daughter of B. Who is the uncle of D?

  1. AA
  2. BC
  3. CB
  4. DE
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Answer: A

Explanation: B is parent of E and D. A is the brother of B. Thus, A is the paternal/maternal uncle of D.

5. If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother of B; A % B means A is the father of B and A * B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?

  1. AP - M + Q
  2. BP + M - Q
  3. CP % M * Q
  4. DP * M + Q
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Answer: A

Explanation: P - M means P is brother of M. M + Q means M is mother of Q. Brother of Q's mother is Q's maternal uncle (P - M + Q).

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