Blood relation questions are a very important topic from the Logical Reasoning and Analytical section of many entrance examinations like CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT and CMAT. In these types of questions, one needs to find the relation between family members using the family tree. Hence, this topic tests the analytical skills of the students and their approach towards solving questions with diagrams instead of calculations. This topic is relatively on the easy side and the frequency of the questions coming in CAT exam is very less. However, we cannot completely ignore this topic as there is no definite syllabus for CAT Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.
Below you will find certain blood relations question and answers for your understanding:
OPTIONS:
I. Father
II. Cousin
III. Grandson
IV. Brother
V. Uncle
VI. Sister [NMAT 2020]
1. Answer:
sister (option vi)
2. Pointing to a boy, Meena said “He is the only grandson of my grandfather”. How is the boy related to Meena?
a) Brother
b) Cousin
c) Uncle
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these [NMAT 2020]
2. Answer:
D) Data Inadequate
The boy is only grandson of Meena’s grandfather. Thus, the boy can be either Meena’s brother or cousin, hence data is inadequate.
3. 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 P is the son of Q?
I. Q + R @ P @ N
II. Q + R $ P @ N
III. Q x R $ P @ N
IV. Q x R $ P $ N [SNAP 2019]
3. Answer:
Option IV, since only this option shows p is brother n which shows p is male and hence son of q.
4. If A is the brother of B; B is the sister of C; and C is the father of D, how D is related to A?
I. Brother
II. Sister
III. Nephew
IV. Cannot be determined [SNAP 2018]
4. Answer:
Option IV, since the gender of d is not known the answer cannot be determined.
XAT :
Relationship | |||
Year | No of Questions | Good attempt | Difficulty |
2020 | 2 | 1 | Moderate |
2018 | 1 | 0-1 | Moderate-Difficult |
NMAT :
Relationship | |||
Year | No of Questions | Good attempt | Difficulty |
2020 | 3-4 | All* | Easy |
2019 | 5-7 | All* | Easy |
2018 | 2-4 | All* | Moderate |
* Since there is no negative marking in NMAT all questions should be attempted from relations questions.
SNAP :
Relationship | |||
Year | No of Questions | Good attempt | Difficulty |
2020 | 1 | 1 | Moderate |
2019 | 1 | 1 | Easy |
2018 | 2 | 1 | Moderate |
Following blood relations tricks in reasoning need to be followed to solve these questions:
Below is the blood relations list to keep in mind.
Mother’s sister (younger or elder) | Aunt |
Son’s wife | Daughter-in-law |
Daughter’s husband | Son-in-law |
Sister’s husband | Brother-in-law |
Husband’s brother or wife’s brother | Brother-in-law |
Brother’s wife | Sister-in-law |
Husband’s sister or wife’s sister | Sister-in-law |
Husband’s father or wife’s father | Father-in-law |
Husband’s mother or wife’s mother | Mother-in-law |
Brother’s son or sister’s son | Nephew |
Brother’s daughter or sister’s daughter | Niece |
Uncle’s daughter or aunt’s daughter | Cousin |
Uncle’s son or aunt’s son | Cousin |
Father’s father or mother’s father | Grandfather |
Children of same parents | Siblings |
Father’s/Mother’s only son/daughter | Oneself |
Son of father or mother | Brother |
Granddaughter of father/mother | Daughter or Niece |
Husband of daughter | Son-in-law |
Wife of brother/brother-in-law | Sister-in-law |
Wife of son | Daughter-in-law |
Son of son/Daughter | Grand |
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