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Logical Reasoning(IBPS RRB PO) Blood Relation

• Blood Relation is a must do part in exam. As it may come for 3 or 5 marks in both prelims and mains exams . As well as you know every mark is very important.

• In Blood Relation question certain information is given about the members of the family. Based on that information you need to find out the relationship between particular member of the family.

Relations can be presented in two ways:

1. Relations of paternal side:

i. Father’s Father – Grandfather

ii. Father’s Mother – Grandmother

iii. Father’s Brother – Uncle

iv. Father’s Sister – Aunt

v. Children of Uncle – cousin

vi. Wife of Uncle – Aunt

vii. Children of Aunt – Cousin

viii. Husband of Aunt – Uncle

2. Relations of maternal side:

i. Mother’s Father – Maternal Grandfather

ii. Mother’s Mother –Maternal Grandmother

iii. Mother’s Brother – Maternal Uncle

iv. Mother’s Sister – Aunt

v. Children of Maternal Uncle – Cousin

vi. Wife of Maternal uncle – Maternal Aunt

• To solve questions of Blood Relations easily, you can take help of “Generation Tree”.

• Different pictorial form which are used to define the relationship among them.

• Now we are providing some dialogue or conversation based relations which will make your concept more clear and you will be able to solve dialogue based questions within second.

1. My mother’s or father’s son is my Brother

2. My mother’s or father’s daughter is my Sister

3. My Mother’s or Father’s father is my Grandfather.

4. My Mother’s or Father’s Sister is my Aunt.

5. My Mother’s or Father’s Brother is my Uncle.

6. My Son’s wife is my daughter-in-law.

7. My daughter’s husband is my Son-in-law.

8. My brother’s son is my Nephew.

9. My brothers daughter is my Niece.

10. My sister’s husband is my brother-in-law.

11. My brother’s wife is my sister-in-law.

12. My husband’s sister is my sister-in-law.

13. My husband’s brother is my brother-in-law.

14. My uncle’s or Aunt’s son or daughter is my cousin.

15. My wife’s mother or husband’s mother is my mother-in-law.

16. My father’s wife is my mother.

17. My mother’s husband is my father.

18. My mother’s husband is my father.

19. My son’s or daughter’s son is my Grandson.

20. My son’s or daughter’s daughter is my Granddaughter.

• Types of questions asked from Blood Relations:

1. Based on Dialogue or Conversation

2. Based on Puzzles

3. Based on Symbolically coded

Based on Conversation or Dialogue-

In this type of questions, the one person talking to or doing chit-chat with other person giving information by pointing to some picture or person.

Example: Pointing to a lady on the stage, Monika said, “She is the sister of the son of the wife of my husband.” How is the lady related to Monika ?

Solution: Find who you can easily relate to and be that person-then go about creating one relation after another.

In this question, be Monika-then start from the end of the sentence.

“My husband” = Monika’s husband

‘Wife of my husband’ = is me = Monika

‘Son of the wife of my husband’ = My Son

‘Sister of the Son of the wife of my Husband’ = My Son’s Sister = My daughter

‘She’ is the sister of the son of the wife of my husband’ = the lady on the stage = the lady being pointed out = my daughter.

So, lady on the stage is Monika’s daughter.

Based on Puzzles:

In this type of question, you have to conclude the relations between two given person based on more than one information given in the question.

Example: A is the mother of B. B is the sister of C. D is the son of C. E is the brother of D. F is the mother of E. H has only two children B and C. How is F related to E ?

Solution: In this question, first we will drew the generations tree

So, F is mother of E.

Based on Symbols:

In this type of question, information are coded in the form of symbols life ?, #, $, % ....... etc.

Example:

Direction: Read the following information carefully and then answer the question given below:

(a) A ? B means A is mother of B.

(b) A $ B means A is sister of B.

(c) A * B means A is father of B.

(d) A # B means A is brother of B.

Question:-Which of the following means R is uncle of T?

(a) R*P #S?Q$T (b) S * P # R * U # T

(c) P*R$Q$S*T (d) P * R $ Q $ S * T

(e) None of these

Solution: From option, C, we will get R is uncle of T.

* We have given our best to make you understand the concept of ‘Blood Relation’. This chapter is a ‘must do’ question. In every exam 3 – 5 questions come from this chapter. So, understand its concept and practice its questions.

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