Blood Relations Verbal Reasoning Questions

Ans. Jumbled questions – Here , a blood relation between two individuals are highlighted but in a jumble form which needs to be solved / decoded . The final work for you is to identify the relation of the people in a family tree. 

Example :- Clark after indicating in the picture said “ This guy is the son of my mother’s only son”. What is the relation between Clark and the boy? 

 According to the question, Clark is his mother’s only son therefore the picture is of Clark’s son. We can conclude that Clark is the father of the boy and the boy in the picture is the son of Clark. 

Ans. Puzzles – These questions are supposed to have each and every information needed about the family members. However there might be an increased number of family members and might have a union of more than 1 family. 

Example:- Clark is the son of Howard’s father’s sister. On the other hand, Kenny is the son of Nancy. Nancy is the mother of David and also Clark’s grandmother. Shawn is Stacy’s father and Clark’s grandfather. Nancy is the wife of Jacob. Explain the relation between Clark and Nancy. 

Nancy has been shown to be Howard’s grandmother and Howard is Clark’s cousin. Therefore, Clark is Nancy’s grandson.

Coded questions – These are the questions which specifically represent the family relationships using various codes or symbols. These can only be solved by understanding the use of the symbol, its representation and the coded relation’s easy tricks to solve it. 

Ans. Example:-  B +C means B is the daughter of C , B-C means C is the wife of B, B×C means B is C’s brother. 

Therefore, If P + Q means P is the husband of Q; P + Q means P is the sister of Q and P x Q means P is the son of Q, which of the following shows B is the daughter of C?

(A) B ÷ E x C

(B) E x C + D + B

(C) C + D x B

(D) D x C + B

 B is the daughter of C means B is the sister of the son (say E) of B. i.e. B ÷ E x C

Ans. Miscellaneous questions – Directions and Seating arrangement is another part of logical reasoning and for these types of questions it is paired up with blood relations . These questions require understanding of both the topics for it to be solved. 

Example:- During a family photograph seating was arranged in a straight row facing towards the North. Anand, ruhi, Kundan, Devansh and Sahil were the members who were there for the photograph. The seating arrangement was :-

1. Anand sat third towards the right from his daughter. 
2. Anand and Sahil were beside each other . 
3. Ruhi was just beside Kundan on his right side. Ruhi’s brother was Kundan’s husband. 
4. Devanshi was not beside Anand’s son. 
5. Ruhi and Anand sat just beside each other. 
6. Devanshi sat on the left end point and Kundan is Devanshi’s mother and the wife of Anand. 

Find out the relationship between the person sitting in between the row and Devanshi. If the person is Devanshi’s daughter, son, aunt or is it none of these options. 

According to the seating arrangements we can find that Ruhi is Anand’s sibling where Ruhi is the sister and Anand is the brother. Devanshi is Kundan’s daughter and Anand is Devanshi’s father. Ruhi is Kundan’s sister so Sahil is the son .

Therefore the only possible person to sit in the middle is Ruhi. Ruhi is Devanshi’s niece. This means “none of these” was the correct answer.