Blood Relation Questions for Bank PO 2020 PDF

Blood Relation related questions are one of the sure-shot questions in the Reasoning part. Every banking related exams and other government competitive exams include this topic. Usually, we can expect 1-5 questions from this topic. These analytical questions without any mathematical operations to check the understanding of various blood relations. So, keeping all these in mind, we are providing the PDF questions for Blood Relation topics, along with some solved examples.

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Blood Relation

Check the basic concepts, question types, and some tips to solve the questions. Generally, we can find three types of questions-pointed/dialogue type, short puzzles, and symbolically coded questions.

Pointed or dialogue type question, candidates have to find the relation of persons in the question, from the relationships between other persons given in the question.
Puzzles may be twisting and a little bit confusing, or sometimes easy ones connecting a large number of people. Candidates can draw relations and easily find the answer.
Symbolically coded blood relation questions will have certain codes for each relation. Firstly, we have to find relations, then make a diagram and answer the question.

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Representation of Relations-Family Tree Method

Hierarchy based on seven generations in blood relations questions is:

Generation	Male	Female
Three generations above↑↑↑	Great grandfather Maternal great grandfather Great grandfather-in-law	Great grandmother Maternal great grandmother Great grandmother-in-law
Two generations above ↑↑	Grandfather Maternal grandfather Grandfather-in-law	Grandmother Maternal grandmother Grandmother-in-law
One generation above ↑	Father, Uncle, Maternal uncle, Father-in-law	Mother, Aunt Maternal aunt, Mother-in-law
The current generation (Self) →	Husband, Brother Cousin, Brother-in-law	Wife, Sister Cousin, Sister-in-law
One generation below ↓	Son Nephew Son-in-law	Daughter Niece Daughter-in-law
Two generations below ↓↓	Grandson Grandson-in-law	Granddaughter Grand daughter-in-law
Three generations below ↓↓↓	Great-grandson Great grandson-in-law	Great-granddaughter Great granddaughter-in-law

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Family Tree

It is easier to analyze the question if represented the given data as a tree. Candidate should know relations clearly.

Relation	Person	Relation	Person
Father of grandfather or grandmother	Great grandfather	Daughter of father or mother	Sister
Mother of grandfather or grandmother	Great grandmother	Son of the second wife of the father	Stepbrother
Father of father or mother	Grandfather	Daughter of the second wife of the father	Stepsister
Mother of father or mother	Grandmother	Son/daughter of uncle/aunt	Cousin
Wife of grandfather	Grandmother	Brother of husband or wife	Brother-in-law
Husband of grandmother	Grandfather	Sister of husband or wife	Sister-in-law
Father-in-law of father/mother	Grandfather	Husband of sister/sister-in-law	Brother-in-law
Mother-in-law of father/mother	Grandmother	Son of father	Oneself/Brother
Father’s father/mother only	Father	Mother of son/daughter	Oneself/Wife
Only daughter-in-law of father’s father/father’s mother	Mother	Father of daughter/son	Oneself/husband
Husband of mother	Father	Son of the son of grandmother/grandfather	Brother/Oneself /Cousin
Wife of father	Mother	Daughter of the son of grandmother/grandfather	Cousin/Oneself /Sister
Second wife of the father	Stepmother	Son of brother or sister	Nephew
Brother of father	Uncle	Daughter of brother/sister	Niece
Brother of mother	Maternal Uncle	Grandson of father/mother	Son/Nephew
Sister of father	Aunt	Granddaughter of father/mother	Daughter or Niece
Sister of mother	Maternal Aunt	Husband of daughter	Son-in-law
Husband of aunt	Uncle	Wife of brother/brother-in-law	Sister-in-law
Wife of uncle	Aunt	Wife of son	Daughter-in-law
Son of grandfather/grandmother	Father/Uncle	Son of Son/Daughter	Grandson
Daughter of father-in-law/mother-in-law of father	Mother/Aunt	Daughter of son/Daughter	Granddaughter
Father of wife/husband	Father-in-law	Son’s/Daughter’s grandson	Great Grandson
Mother of wife/husband	Mother-in-law	Son’s/Daughter’s granddaughter	Great-granddaughter
Children of the same parents	Siblings	Father’s/Mother’s only son/daughter	Oneself
Son of father or mother	Brother

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Worked out Examples:

Dialogue or pointed:

1. If P’s the father is Q, R is the father of Q and S is P’s mother, how is R related to S?

Solution: Father-in-law.

We can represent males by + and females by -, siblings by —, and married relations by =, next-generation by a |. Also don’t guess the gender, if it is not specified in the question, leave it for cannot be determined.

2. Pointing to a photograph of a person, Mr.Akhil said, “He is the son of the only son of my mother.” How is Mr. Akhil related to that person?

Solution: Father. This is again a pointing type question. Let us check,

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Coded Pattern.

3. If P+Q means P is the daughter of Q; P-Q means P is the husband of Q; P*Q means P is the brother of Q.

If A+B-C, which of the following is true?

a) C is the mother of A

b) C is the sister in law of A

c) Cannot be determined

d) C is the aunt of A

Solution: (a).

Puzzle Type

4. A is the father of B. B is the only son of C. C is the daughter of D. C is the mother of E. E is the sister of F. Then how is F related to A?

a) Daughter

b) Father

c) Mother

d) Cannot be determined

e) Son

Solution: Daughter.

Even though the gender of F is not specified, it is given that B is the “only son” of C. So, F will be the daughter of A.

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