Example 1 :
Pointing to a girls in the photograph, Amar said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father". How is the girl's mother related to Amar.
(1) Mother (2) Sister (3) Aunt (4) Grandmother (5) None of these
Sol. (3) Only son of Amar's mother's father is Amar's maternal uncle.
So, the girl's maternal uncle is Amar's Maternal uncle.
Thus, the girl's mother is Amar's Aunt.
Example 2 :
A man said to lady, 'your mother's husband's sister is my aunt'? How is the lady related to the man?
(1) Daughter (2) Grand daughter (3) Mother (4) Sister (5) Aunt
Sol. (4) Your mother's husband - your father;
Your father's sister - your aunt.
So, lady's aunt is man's aunt and therefore lady is man's sister.
Example 3 :
Point to a lady, a man said, "the son of her only brother is the brother of my wife". How is the lady related to the man?
(1) Grand Mother (2) Mother's Sister (3) Mother-in-law (4) Sister or Father-in-law (5) Maternal aunt
Sol. (4) Wife's brother - Brother-in-law. Son of lady's brother is the brother-in-law of the
man.
So, lady's brother is man's father-in-law i.e. the lady is the sister of man's father-
in-law.
Example 4 :
A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man related to the woman?
(1) Nephew (2) Son (3) Cousin (4) Uncle (5) Grand Son
Sol. (3) Brother of mother - Uncle;
Uncle's Son - Coursin.
Example 5 :
Sunny said, "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother". Who is Sunny to the girl?
(1) Mother-in-law (2) Sister-in-law (3) Daugher (4) Daughter-in-law (5) None of these
Sol. (4) Mother's Grand Son - Son;
Son's wife - Daughter-in-law.
EXERCISE
Directions (Q. 1-5) : Study the following information and answer the given questions :
• J is the sister of S. S is married to D. D is father of E.
• M is son of H. S is Mother-in-law of H.
• D has only one son and no daughter.
• J is married to B. L is daughter of B.
1. How is S related to L?
(1) Niece (2) Paternal Aunt (3) Mother (4) Maternal Aunt (5) None of these
Ans: 4 (Maternal Aunt)
Explanation: S is maternal aunt to L as L's mother J and S are sisters.
2. How is M related to D?
(1) Grand Father (2) Uncle (3) Grand Mother (4) Grand Son (5) None of these
Ans: 4(Grand Son)
Explanation: M is grandson of D as M is the son of the son of D.
3. How is J related to E?
(1) Maternal Aunt (2) Mother-in-law (3) Mother (4) Sister (5) None of these
Ans: 1(Maternal Aunt )
Explanation: J is maternal aunt to E as E's mother S and J are sisters.
4. What is the relation between L and E?
(1) Both are Brother and Sisters (2) Both are Cousins (3) L is borther of E (4) E is sister of L (5) None of these
Ans: 2(Both are Cousins)
Explanation: L and E both are cousins, they are from same generation from different family.
5. How is D related to H?
(1) Father (2) Mother-in-law (3) Father-in-law (4) Uncle (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Father-in-law )
Explanation: D is father-in-law of H.
Directions (Q. 6-10) : Study the following information and answer the given questions :
A family of eight persons has three married couples. Laxmi is the grandmother of Vignesh and is the mother-in-law of Shiv. Anjali is the daughter of Ram who is the brother of Venkat. Gowri is the only child of Venkat and is the mother of Vignesh. Seetha is the wife of Ram.
6. How is Anjali related to Laxmi?
(1) Daughter (2) Nephew (3) Niece (4) Daughter-in-law (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Niece)
Explanation:
Anjali is Niece to Laxmi
7. Who is the mother of Gowri?
(1) Seetha (2) Anjali (3) Laxmi (4) Can't be determined (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Laxmi)
Explanation:
Laxmi is the mother of Gowri.
8. How is Ram related to Gowri?
(1) Maternal Uncle (2) Father (3) Paternal Uncle (4) Can't be determined (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Paternal Uncle)
Explanation:
Ram is paternal uncle of Gowri.
9. How is Vignesh mother related to Laxmi's Son-in-law?
(1) Husband (2) Wife (3) Cousin (4) Can't be determined (5) None of these
Ans: 2(Wife)
Explanation:
Vignesh mother Gowri is wife to Laxmi's son-in-law Shiv.
10. Which is the correct match of a married couple?
(1) Venkat-Seetha (2) Ram-Laxmi (3) Anjali - Shiv (4) Vignesh-Anjali (5) None of these
Ans: 5(None of these )
Explanation:
None of these.
Directions (Q. 11-15) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follows :
I. A ÷ B means "A is the father of B".
II. A – B means "A is the wife of B".
III. A × B means "A is the brother of B".
IV. A + B means "A is the duaghter of B"
V. A % B means "A is the sister of B".
11. How is B related to K in the given expression?
G ÷ B – C × H × J + K
(1) Daughter (2) Son (3) Daughter-in-law (4) Son-in-law (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Daughter-in-law )
Explanation:
B is daughter-in-law of K.
12. What will come in place of question mark (?) if J is uncle of B.
G ÷ B (?) C (?) H – J × K
(1) +, – (2) +, % (3) –, % (4) ÷, % (5) None of these
Ans: 2(+, % )
Explanation: G ÷ B + C % H – J × K is the correct expression to make the relation that J is uncle of B. J is the brother-in-law of C and B is the daughter of C hence J is the uncle of B.
13. How is Y related to M in the given expression?
K × M ÷ O – P ÷ X % Y
(1) Grand Son (2) Grand Daughter (3) Daugher (4) Son (5) Can't be determined
Ans: 5(Can't be determined )
Explanation:
Y gender not given hence Y to M relationship can't be determined.
14. In which of the following expression "I is sister-in-law of Z"?
(1) H ÷ I – K × O + Z
(2) I % K × Z – O + H
(3) H × I % K – O + Z
(4) Can't be determined
(5) None of these
Ans: 3(H × I % K – O Z)
Explanation:
Can represents the relationship. Then I is sister-in-law of Z.
15. Which of the following symbols will be placed in place of question mark (?) to make the expression "N is niece of W"?
N (?) K % L – W × V ÷ M
(1) – (2) + (3) × (4) % (5) None of these
Ans: 2(+)
Explanation:
Symbol (+) can be placed in the question mark to make the relationship that 'N is Niece to W'.
16. If A + B means "A is the brother of B", A ÷ B means that "A is the father of B" and A × B means "A is the sister of B". M + Q ÷ R × P. What is the relation between M and P?
(1) M is father of P
(2) M is son of P
(3) M is paternal uncle of P
(4) M is Grand father of P
(5) None of these
Ans: 3(M is paternal uncle of P )
Explanation:
First we have to make family tree by using the given information.
From the above family tree, M is paternal uncle of P.
17. If A + B means that 'A is the wife of B', A ÷ B means that 'A is the son of B', and A × B means that 'A is the father of B' and A % B means that 'A is the brother of B' which of the following expression represents as 'P is the sister-in-law of Q'.
(1) P + S ÷ R % M
(2) P + R ÷ S × Q % M
(3) Q + S × M % R + P
(4) M % R ÷ S + Q × P
(5) None of these
Ans: 2(P + R ÷ S × Q % M )
Explanation:
P + R ÷ S × Q % M expression can represents that 'P is the sister-in-law of Q'.
From above family tree, P is sister-in-law of Q as P is wife of Q's brother.
18. A + B means 'A is the son of B', A = B means 'A is the wife of B', A × B means 'A is the brother ofB', A ÷ B means 'A is the mother of B', A – B means 'A is the sister of B. Which of the following expression represents that D is the paternal aunt of A?
(1) A + B = C + D – E
(2) A + B = C × D ÷ E
(3) A = B + C – D × E
(4) A × B + C = D + E
(5) None of these
Ans: 2(A + B = C × D ÷ E )
Explanation:
A + B = C × D ÷ E expression can represents that D is paternal aunt of A.
From above family tree, D is paternal aunt of A as D is the sister of A's father.
19. P = Q means 'P is the father of Q', P * Q means 'P is the sister of Q', P ? Q means 'P is the mother of Q' and P $ Q means 'P is the brother of Q'. Which of the following expression represents 'B is the maternal aunt to D'?
(1) A * B * C $ E ? D
(2) A ? B $ C = E * D
(3) B * C ? A $ E = D
(4) C $ B = E * A ? D
(5) None of these
Ans: 1(A * B * C $ E ? D)
Explanation: A * B * C $ E ? D can give that 'B is maternal aunt to D'.
20. A + B means 'A is mother of B', A ÷ B means 'A is father of B', A × B means 'A is the sister of B', A – B means 'A is brother of B. Which of the following symbol comes in the place of question mark in the given expression to establish that P is paternal grand father of L? P ÷ R × S (?) L – M
(1) – (2) + (3) ÷ (4) Either + or ÷ (5) None of these
Ans: 3(÷)
Explanation: P ÷ R × S (?) L – M in this expression '÷' symbol can give the paternal grandfather relationship between P and L
Directions (Q. 21-26) : These questions are based on the following information. Read the information and answer the questions based on it :
(i) In a family of six persons, there are people from three generations. Each person has a profession i.e. CA, Engineer, Doctor, Teacher, Principal and Lawyer and also they like different colour i.e. Red, Orange, Green, White, Black and Blue but not in the same order.
(ii) Deepak, Mohan, Latha, Shilpa, Ravi and Shruthi are the family members.
(iii) Mohan is a CA and his wife is neither a doctor nor likes green colour.
(iv) Engineer likes red colour and his wife is a teacher.
(v) Latha is Mother-in-law of Shilpa and she likes orange colour.
(vi) Deepak is grand father of Ravi who is a son of lawyer.
(vii) Shruthi is grand dauther of Latha and she likes blue colour. "Shruthi's mother likes white colour"
(viii) Ravi is principal and he likes black colour.
21. Who is the lawyer?
(1) Shipla (2) Latha (3) Ravi (4) Can't be determined (5) None of these
Ans: 1(Shipla)
Explanation:
Shilpa is the lawyer.
22. Which of the following is the correct pair of couple?
(1) Deepak-Shilpa (2) Mohan-Shruthi (3) Mohan-Shilpa (4) Mohan-Latha (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Mohan-Shilpa)
Explanation:
Mohan-Shilpa is the couple.
23. Who is an Engineer?
(1) Latha (2) Shilpa (3) Deepak (4) Ravi (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Deepak)
Explanation:
Deepak is an Engineer.
24. How is Engineer related to Shilpa?
(1) Husband (2) Son (3) Father-in-law (4) Mother-in-law (5) None of these
Ans: 3(Father-in-law)
Explanation:
Engineer (Deepak) is father-in-law to Shilpa.
25. How is Doctor related to Deepak?
(1) Daughter-in-law (2) Son (3) Grand Son (4) Grand Daughter (5) None of these
Ans: 4(Grand Daughter)
Explanation:
Doctor (Shruthi) is Grand daughter of Deepak.
26. Which colour is liked by Mohan?
(1) Black (2) Green (3) Blue (4) Red (5) None of these
Ans: 2(Green)
Explanation:
Mohan likes green colour.
