Reasoning: Blood Relations Set 2

Directions (1-3): Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow:
A is father of B and C is mother of A. E is sister of F whose daughter is G. S, the husband of C is the grandfather of G. P is father of E and brother of R. S has only two children, both of opposite sex.

  1. What is the relation between F and S?
    A) F is daughter of S
    B) F is sister of S
    C) F is son of S
    D) F is daughter in law of S
    E) Either A option or D option
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    Option D
    Explanation:

    C and S have 2 children, one is A who is male (A is father of B). since C is the grandfather of G so F should be wife of A to have the relation C is the grandfather of G.
    If F was daughter of C and s, so C would have been maternal grandfather of her daughter G.
  2. What is the relation between E and B?
    A) E is sister of B
    B) E is brother of B
    C) E is aunt of B
    D) E is maternal grandmother of B
    E) None of these
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    Option C
    Explanation:

    E is sister of F and B is child of F
  3. What is the relation between B and G?
    A) B is sister of G
    B) B is brother of G
    C) B is aunt of G
    D) There is no relation
    E) None of these
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    Option E
    Explanation:

    Since gender of B is not known, either sister or brother of G

Directions (4-6):
A is mother of D who is father of G. B is grandfather of E and husband of A. D who has only two children is brother of C. A has two children both of same gender. J is aunt of H who is sister of G.

  1. What is the relation between J and D?
    A) J is sister of D
    B) J is mother of D
    C) J is aunt of D
    D) Cannot be determined
    E) None of these
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    Option E
    Explanation:

    H is sister of G and G is child of D. so H and G children of D. J is aunt of H. so J can be wife of D’s brother C or J can be sister of D’s wife. In both cases J will be sister in law of D.
  2. What is the relation between C and E?
    A) C is brother of E
    B) C is father of E
    C) C is uncle of E
    D) Cannot be determined
    E) None of these
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    Option B
    Explanation:

    B and A are husband wife, who have 2 children of same sex. A is mother of D who is father of G. this means both children are males. D is brother of C, so C and D both are sons of A and B.
    D also has two children – G and H. if B is grandfather of E then C must be father of E.
  3. At least how many male members can be predicted by the given relations?
    A) 2
    B) 3
    C) 4
    D) 5
    E) None of these
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    Option B
    Explanation:

    B, C, and D are certainly males
    H and J are females. Gender of E and G not known.

Directions (7-8):
A has two sons. E is the daughter of G and B is the mother of C. F, the brother of E is the son of C who is the son of A. A is grandfather of J who is not a sibling of E. B has a child named D.

  1. What is the relationship between D and J?
    A) D is father of J
    B) D is uncle of J
    C) J is son of D
    D) Cannot be determined
    E) None of these
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    Option D
    Explanation:

    A has two sons, but it is not mentioned that A has only 2 sons. So A and B can have daughters also
    Also it is not known that D is son of A or daughter of A, so J can be child of D or D can be uncle/aunt of J.
  2. What is the ratio of males to females in the family?
    A) 1 : 1
    B) 1 : 3
    C) 5 : 3
    D) 3 : 5
    E) Cannot be determined
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    Option E
    Explanation:

    J’s and D’s gender not known.
  3. If ‘P # Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’, ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the wife of Q’, ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is the son of Q’, and ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’, then what will come in the place of question mark, if it is provided that ‘D is the daughter-in-law of T’ in the expression ‘D $ R ? L @ T’?
    A) +
    B) #
    C) $
    D) @
    E) + or @
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    Option D
    Explanation:

    L is son of T, D is mother of R, so R should be child of D and L, for D to be daughter in law of T.
  4. F is the Father of D, who is the father of S. M is the grandmother of R, who is the son of O.N is paternal uncle of R, who is brother of S. What is the relationship between O and R?
    A) Mother and son
    B) uncle and nephew
    C) Father and son
    D) No relation
    E) Cannot be determined
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    Option A
    Explanation:

    R is brother of S means D is father of R. R is son of O also, so O is mother of R.

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6 Thoughts to “Reasoning: Blood Relations Set 2”

  1. Priyanka N Nithin

    in 7 th question,” A HAS TWO SONS” is the statement has given… so we know that D is A’s son.. but in answer it is showing that we don’t know the gender.. pls explain anyone

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