General Awareness

Blood relation

1. A is B’s brother, C is A’s mother, D is C’s father, B is D’s grand-daughter. How is B related to F who is A’s son?
(a) Aunt. (b) Cousin. (c) Niece. (d) Grandaunt.

2. A and B are brother and sister respectively. C is A's father. D is C's sister and E is D's mother. how is B related to
E?
(a) Grand-daughter (b) Great-grand-daughter
(c) Aunt (d) Daughter
3. A is the son of B , while B and C are sisters to one another. E is the mother of C. If D is the son of E, which of the
following statements is correct?
(a) D is the maternal uncle of A.
(c) D is the cousin of A.
(b) E is the brother of B.
(d) B and D are brothers.

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Looking at a photograph a person said “I have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son”. At
whose photograph was the person looking at?

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(a)His sons. (b) His nephew. (c) His father.

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P is the father of T. T is the daughter of M. M is the daughter of K. What is P to K?

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(a) Father.

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(b) Father-in-law. (c) Brother. (d) Son-in-law.

If A is the mother of D, B is not the son of C, C is the father of D, D is the sister of B, then how is A related to B?
(c) Son (d) Sister

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Sheela is Ravi’s sister-in-law. Ram is Ravi’s brother. Ram’s wife is Sheela. Deepa is Ravi’s sister. Deepa’s mother
is Shanti. How is Sheela related to Shanti?

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(a) Mother-in-law

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Tarun is the father of Rohit. Rohit is the brother of Kala. Kala is the wife of Dilip. How is Dilip related to Rohit?
(a) Brother in law. (b) Father in law. (c) Son.

A is B’s daughter. B is C’s mother. D is C’s brother. How is D related to A?

(d) Uncle.

(a) Father. (b) Grandfather. (c) Brother. (d) Son.

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11. Based on the statements, given below, find out who is the uncle of ‘P’?
K is the brother of J. M is the sister of K.
P is the brother of N. N is the daughter of J
(a) K. (b) J. (c) N. (d) M.
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12. A and B are sisters. A is mother of D. B has a daughter C who is married to F. G is the husband of A. How is C
related to D?
(a) Cousin. (b) Niece. (c) Aunt. (d) Sister-in-law.

13. A and B are brothers. E is the daughter of F. F is the wife of B. What is the relation of E to A ?
(a) sister. (b) daugther.
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14. M and F are a married couple. A and B are sisters. A is the sister of F. how is B related to M?
(a) Sister. (b) Sister-in-law . (c) Niece. (d) Daughter.

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15. A and B are brother and sister respectively. C is A’s father, D is C’s sister and E is D’s mother. How is B related
to E ?
(a) Grand-daughter . (b) Great-grand-daughter.
(c) Aunt. (d) Daughter.

16. Q is the son of P, X is the daughter of Q, R is the aunty (Bhua) of X and L is the son of R, then how L is related to
P?
(a) Grandson. (b) Granddaughter. (c) Daughter. (d) Nephew.

17. If x + y means x is daughter of y,

x - y means x is husband of y,
x × y means x is brother of y.
What does the relation p × q - r show?
(a) p is son-in-law of r (b) p is brother of r (c) r is wife of p (d) r is wife of q

18. Which of the following statement does not hold?

(a) a + b × e (b) a - b × c (c) a + b + c (d) a + b – c

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(a) b is the brother of a
(c) d is brother of e
(b) c is the brother of a
(d) a, b, c are male

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Pointing to a man in the photograph a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather”.
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 Answer key & Explanation

1. (a)

A is clearly the mother of B and D.

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Hence B is F’s aunt.

2. (a)
Shanti is mother of Ravi, Ram and
Deepa.Sheela is the wife of Ram.Therefore,

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Sheela is the daughter-in-law of Shanti.

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As B is mother of A, C is daughter of E, so D is
brother of B and C, hence D is maternal uncle
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10. (b)
As A is daughter of B and B is the mother of A
and C. D is brother of A and C.

4. (a) Son of one’s father means the person himself

and he looked his son's photo.
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We know that, D is father of B and C. A is
brother of D. Therefore. C is niece of A.

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From the relations, M and P are husband and

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Since, B is aunt of D and mother of C. So, C is

cousin sister of D.

13. (c) As, E is daughter of B and A and B are brothers.

Therefore. E is niece of A.

14. (b) As L is son of R and R is daughter of P.

Therefore. L is grandson of P
17. (d) p × q - r can be read as p is the brother of q and
q is the husband of r. Thus p must be the
brother-in-law of r. Hence, option (d) is correct.
18. (b) Option (b) says: a - b c; this does not hold since

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and b is the brother of c (which cannot happen).

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20. (c) Only son of my grand father is my father. His

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woman’s father is the man’s father. Thus
woman is the sister of the man in the
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B. Therefore. B is the granddaughter of E.

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