Know more relations
Mother’s or father’s son – Brother
Mother’s or father’s daughter – Sister
Mother’s or father’s brother – Uncle
Mother’s or father’s sister – Aunt
Mother’s or father’s father – Grandfather
Mother’s or father’smother -Grandmother
Son’s wife -Daughter-in-Law
Daughter’s husband – Son-in-Law
Husband’s or wife’s sister – Sister-in-Law
Husband’s or wife’s brother – Brother-in-Law
Brother’s son -Nephew
Brother’s daughter -Niece
Uncle or aunt’s son or daughter – Cousin
Sister’s husband – Brother-in-Law
Brother’s wife – Sister-in-Law
Grandson’s or Grand daughter’s daughter – Great grand daughter
Family Tree:
To solve these problems, drawing family tree is helpful. Use the following symbols for some relations. For Father/Mother relation for Brother/ Sister Relation for Husband/ Wife relation ( ) can be used for male and ( ) can be used for female
BLOOD RELATIONS
Example – 01:
Pointing to a photograph, Kumar said, “She is the daughter ofmy grandfather’s only son.”How is Kumar related to the girl in the photograph?
- Father
- Brother
- Cousin
- Uncle
- Grandson
Solution:
My grandfather’s only son—My father. So, the girl is the daughter of Kumar’s father
i.e., Kumar is girl‘s brother.
answer is option (2)
Example – 02:
If Sita says, “Geetha`s father Mohan is the only son of my father-in-law Revanth”, then how is Indira,who is the sister of Geetha, related to Revanth?
- Niece
- Daughter
- Wife
- Daughter-in-law
- None of these
Solution:
Only son of Sita’s father-in-law Revanth— Sita’s husband. So,Mohan is Sita’s husband and Geetha and Indira are his daughters. Thus, Indira is the grand daughter of Revanth.
answer is option (5)
Example – 03:
Looking at a portrait of a man, Suresh said, “His mother is the wife of my father’s son. Brothers and sisters I have none.” At whose portrait was Suresh looking?
- His son
- His cousin
- His Uncle
- His nephew
- None of these
Solution:
Since Suresh has no brother or sister, so he is his father’s only son. Now, wife of my father’s son—my wife. So, Suresh’s wife is the man’s mother or the man is Suresh’s son. 4″ answer is option (1)
Example – 04:
P is father of R and S is son of Q. T is brother of P. If R is sister of S, how is Q related to T ?
- Daughter
- Brother-in-Law
- Husband
- Sister-in-Law
- None of these
Solution:
P is father of R and R is sister of S. So, P is father of S. But S is son of T. So, Q is the mother of S and wife of P. Also, T is the brother of P. So, Q is the sister-in-law of T.
answer is option (4)
Example – 05:
M is sister of D. R is brother of D. F is father of M and T is mother of R. How is D related to T ?
- Brother
- Son
- Daughter
- Data inadequate
- None of these
Solution:
D’s Sex is not clear.Answer is data inadequate
answer is option (4)
