7 Tricks to Master Reasoning!

BLOOD RELATIONS

1. Introducing Alka to guests, Brijesh said, “Her father is the only son of my father”. How is Alka related to Brijesh?

(a) Daughter

(b) Mother

(c) Sister 

(d) Niece

2. Neelam, who is Rohit’s daughter, says to Indu, Your mother Reeta is the younger sister of my father, who is third child of Sohanji”. How is Sohanji related to Indu?

(a) Maternal uncle

(b) Father

(c) Grandfather

(d) Father-in-law

3. C is the mother of A and B. If D is the husband of B, then what is C to D?

(a) Mother

(b) Aunt

(c) Mother-in-law

(d) Sister

4. Pointing towards a woman, Suresh said, “She is the daughter of my father’s sister”. How is the woman related to Suresh?

(a) Brother

(b) Cousin

(c) Uncle

(d) Sister

(e) None of these

9. 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?

(a) His son’s

(b) His nephew’s

(c) His father’s

(d) His own

10. Looking at a woman sitting next to him, Amit said, “She is the sister of the husband of my wife”. How is the woman related to Amit?

(a) Niece

(b) Daughter

(c) Sister

(d) Wife

11. Raghu and Babu are twins. Babu’s sister is Reema. Reema’s husband is Rajan. Raghu’s mother is Lakshmi. Lakshmi’s husband is Rajesh. How is Rajesh related to Rajan?

(a) Uncle

(b) Son-in-law

(c) Father-in-law

(d) Cousin

12. B is the father of Q. B has only two children. Q is the brother of R. R is the daughter of P. A is the granddaughter of P and S is the father of A. How is S related to Q?

(a) Son

(b) Son-in-law

(c) Brother

(d) Brother-in-law

(e) None of these

13. Introducing Asha to guests, Bhaskar said, “Her father is the only son of my father”. How is Asha related to Bhaskar?

(a) Niece

(b) Grand daughter

(c) Mother

(d) Daughter

14. Pointing towards a girl, Mihir said, “She is the only daughter of only child of my grandfather”. How is the girl related to Mihir?

(a) Daughter

(b) Niece

(c) Sister

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

15. Fatima while introducing Mustafa to her husband said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather”. How is Fatima related to Mustafa?

(a) Aunt

(b) Sister

(c) Niece

(d) Mother

16. Pointing to a woman in the photograph, Rajesh said, “The only daughter of her grandfather is my wife”. How Is Rajesh related to that woman?

(a) Uncle

(b) Father

(c) Maternal Uncle

(d) Brother

17. Kusuma is the wife of Ravi. Govind and Prabhu are brothers. Govind is the brother of Ravi. Prabhu is Kusuma’s

(a) Cousin

(b) Brother

(c) Brother-in-law

(d) Uncle

18. In a family of five persons, Dinesh is Jairam’s son and Jayanti’s daughter. If there are no step brothers or half Gopal’s brother while Meeta is Gopal’s mother and brothers in the family, which of the following statements is true?

(a) Jayanti is Dinesh’s mother

(b) Meeta is Dinesh’s mother

(c) Jayanti is Jairam’s grandmother

(d) All of the above

19. Mathew told his friend Sham, pointing to a photograph, “Her father is the only son of my mother.” The photograph is of whom?

(a) Mathew’s niece

(b) Mathew’s mother

(c) Mathew’s daughter

(d) Mathew’s sister

20. D is K’s brother. M is K’s sister. T is R’s father who is M’s brother, F is K’s mother. Atleast how many sons do T and F have?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

21. Pointing towards a photograph, Binod said, “she is the daughter of my wife’s mother’s only daughter”. How is Binod related to the girl in the photograph? [LIC ADO 2011)

(a) Cousin

(b) Uncle

(c) Father

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

22. Pointing towards a girl, Arun said, “she is the only daughter of my grandfather’s son”. How is that girl related to Arun?

(a) Daughter

(b) Sister

(c) Cousin

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

23. Pointing towards a photograph, Ram said, “She is the mother of my brother’s son’s wife’s sister”. How is the lady in the photograph related to Ram’s brother?

(a) Sister

(b) Daughter-in-law

(c) Daughter

(d) None of these

24. Introducing a man, a woman said, “His wife is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the woman related with the man?

(a) Sister-in-Law

(b) Wife

(c) Aunt

(d) Mother-in-law

25. Pointing to a lady Simon said, “She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.” How is lady related to Simon?

(a) Mother

(b) Aunt

(c) Sister

(d) Cousin sister

Directions (Q. Nos. 26-29) Read the following information carefully to answer the qeustions taht follow. 

I. A, B, C, D, E and F are the 6 members of family.

II. F is the granddaughter of E.

III. D is the grandmother of A.

IV. C is mother of F and wife of B.

V. B’s mother is D.

VI. There are two married couples in the family.

26. How many males are there in the family

(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 2

(d) Cannot be dtermined

27. What is C’s relation with A?

(a) Mother

(b) Grandmother

(c) Daughter

(d) Can not be determined

28. Take out the true statement.

(a) A is sister of F

(b) A is F’s brother

(c) D has two grandsons

(d) None of the above

Directions (Q. Nos. 31-33) Read the following information carefully to answer the questions.

Mr and Mrs Sharma has two children Asha and Shashi. Shashi has married to Radha who is daughter of Mr Mahajan who is married to Reeta, Sonu and Rocky are the children of Suresh and Reeta. Uma and Sudha are daughters of Shashi and Radha.

31. What is the surname of Sonu?

(a) Mahajan

(b) Sharma

(c) Shashi

(d) None of the above

32. What is the relation of Suresh ot Sudha?

(a) Brother

(b) Uncle

(c) Maternal grandfather

(d) Nience

33. What is the relations of Sudha to Asha?

(a) Sister

(b) Niece

(c) Aunt

(d) Daughter

Directions (Q. Nos. 34-39) Read the folowing information carefully to answer the qestiosn that follow. 

I. There is a family of six members

II. Members are A, B, C, D, E anand F

III. A and B are married couple,B being the female member

IV. B is the daughter-in-law of F.

V. D is the only son of C.

VI. E is the sister of D.

VII. F’s husband is not alive.

VIII. C is A’s brother.

34. How is F related to C?

(a) Sister

(b) Mother

(c) Aunt

(d) Mother-in-law

35. How is E related to C?

(a) Mother

(b) Aunt

(c) Cousin

(d) Daughter

36. Who is C to B?

(a) Nephew

(b) Brother

(c) Brother-in-law

(d) Son-in-law

37. How is F related to A?

(a) Sister

(b) Sister-in-law

(c) Mother

(d) Mother-in-law

38. How many males are there in family?

(a) 5

(b) 4

(c) 3

(d) 2

39. How many females are there in the family?

(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 5

(d) 2

Answers

1. a

2. c

3. c

4.b

5. b

6.d

7.a

8.b

9.a

10.c

11.c

12.d

13.d

14.c

15.b

16.b

17.c

18.b

19.c

20.a

21.c

22.d

23.d

24.b

25.d

26.d

27.a

28.d

29.b

30.b

31.a

32.c

33.b

34.b

35.d

36.c

37.c

38.c

39.b