Blood Relation – Logical Reasoning – MBA CUET PG – Notes & Practice Questions

Blood relationship means persons connected by relations like father, mother, son-daughter, brother-sister, grand father, grand mother, uncle-aunty, nephew-niece, brother-in-law, sister-in-law etc. The list can go on and on adding members from father’s side and mother’s side etc.

Question in Test of Reasoning on Family/ Blood relationship are about the relationship of a particular person with another person of the family, based on the chain of relationships between other members of that family.

Family/Blood Relation Tests are an exercise to test the candidates ability to comprehend and come to the crux of an issue from complex, lengthy and unclear data.

Relations from Paternal Side

• Father’s Father → Grandfather
• Father’s Sister → Aunt
• Wife of Uncle → Aunt
• Children of Uncle/Aunt → Cousin
• Father’s Mother → Grand Mother
• Father’s Brother → Uncle
• Husband of Aunt→ Uncle

Relations from Maternal Side

• Mother’s father → Maternal grandfather
• Mother’s brother → Maternal Uncle
• Children of maternal Uncle → Cousin
• Mother’s mother → Maternal grand mother
• Mother’s sister → Aunt
• Wife of maternal uncle → Maternal Aunt

Other Relations

• Grand father’s son → Father/Uncle
• Grand mother’s only son → Father
• Father’s son → brother
• Son’s wife → Daughter-in-law
• Brother’s/Sister’s son → Nephew
• Brother’s wife→ Sister-in-law
• Husband’s or wife brother → Brother-in-law
• A Daughter’s husband → Son-in-law
• Grand father’s only son → Father
• Grand father’s (daughter-in-law) → Mother
• Father’s daughter → Sister
• Brother’s/sister’s daughter → Niece
• Sister’s husband- Brother-in-law
• Grandson’s or grand daughter’s daughter→ Great grand daughter.

We can denote male candidates with (+) sign and female candidate with (-) sign.

Some examples are: –

• Father (+) — Son (+)
• Father (+) — Daughter (-)
• Mother (-) — Son (+)
• Mother (-)  — Daughter (-)

Practice Questions

1. Pointing towards Akshat, Deepak said, “he is my mother’s father’s son’s brother son. If Tanya, who is married to Sankalp, is the mother of Deepak, then how is Tanya related to Akshat? (CUET PG 2024)

(a) Mother

(b) Father’s Sister

(c) Grand Father

(d) Brother-in-Law

2. Anil said to Anand, “that boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father’s wife”. How is the boy playing football related to Anil? (CUET PG 2024)

(a) Father

(c) Son-in-law

(b) Brother

(d) Uncle

3. Introducing Reena, Monika said, “She is the only daughter of my father’s only daughter.” How is Monika related to Reena?

(a) Aunt

(b) Niece

(c) Cousin

(d) Data inadequate

4. Pointing to a man a woman said, “His mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the woman related to the mother?

(a) Mother

(b) Daughter

(c) Sister

(d) Grandmother

5. If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son, how is X related to Y?

(a) Son

(b) Brother

(c) Cousin

(d) Grandson