Blood Relation Tips and Tricks for Government Exams

Introduction

In Blood Relations, certain information is given about the members of the family in the question, Based on that information we need to find out the relationship between a particular member of the family. Generally, the question deals with a hierarchical structure which is based on seven generation three above & three below like this:

Important Blood Relations

Representation through diagram

Types

• Based on Dialogue or Conversation
• Based on Puzzles
• Based on Symbolically Coded

Conversation or Dialogue

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

Example 1: Madhu said, pointing to Shreya, " His mother is my mother's only daughter". How Madhu is related to Shreya?
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Grandson
(d) Mother
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)
Solution:

Example 2: Pointing to a man in a photograph, a man said to a woman, "His mother is the only daughter of your father". How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?
(a) Sister
(b) Mother
(c) Wife
(d) Daughter
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)
Solution:

Based on Puzzles

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

Example 3: Direction: 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. G is the granddaughter of A. H has only two children B and C.

(i) How F related to H?
(a) Son-in-law
(b) Daughter-in-law
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Granddaughter
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans: (b)
Solution: From the above diagram it is clear that F is daughter-in-law of H.

(ii) How is C related to E?
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Mother
(d) Cousin brother
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans: (a)
Solution: From the above diagram.It is clear that C is father of E.

(iii) Who is the mother of G?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) F
(d) Either B or F
(e) Either C or F
Ans: (b)
Solution: From the above diagram it is clear that B is mother of G.

Symbols

In this type of question information are coded in the form of ∆#$%&*÷+ etc,..

Example 4: 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

(ii) Which of the following means L is paternal grandfather of O?
(a) L*R$M#K#O
(b)R*L∆P#K$O
(c) L*M∆R*K#O
(d) L*R#M*K#O
(e) None of these
Ans: (c)
Solution: