How To Solve Blood Relationship Questions For MBA Entrance Examinations

Blood relation questions depict the relations among several members of a family. Based on the given information, the candidates will have to find out the relation between particular members as required. Around three to four blood relation questions are...

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Blood relation questions depict the relations among several members of a family. Based on the given information, the candidates will have to find out the relation between particular members as required.

Around three to four blood relation questions are asked in most MBA entrance examinations including the GMAT, and scoring marks is comparatively easier than many other topics included in the reasoning section.

In this post, we will take a closer look at the different ways of solving blood relation questions with relative ease and precision. Have a look.

Relationships to Know

Steps To Find The Relationship Between Two Members Of The Family

Step 1: First choose the two persons between whom the relationship has to be established.

Step 2: Once your choice is made, pin-point the intermediate relationship between the two persons i.e. the ones through which the long drawn relationship can be logically established.

Step 3: Finally, conclude the relationship between the 2 required persons.

Diagrammatic Representation

Note:

You must never assume the gender of the person(s) from the name(s) given in the problem.

Practice Problems and Solutions

Q1. Pointing to a girl in a photograph, Sam said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the girl's mother related to Sam ?

A) Mother

B) Sister

C) Aunt

D) Grandmother

E) None of these

Solution:

Only son of Sam's mother's father = Sam's maternal uncle.

So, the girl's maternal uncle is Sam's maternal uncle.

Thus, the girl's mother is Sam's aunt.

Answer: Option C

Q2. Pointing towards a person in a photograph, she said, "He is the only son of the father of my sister's brother." How is that person related to her?

A) Father

B) Mother

C) Brother

D) Maternal Uncle

Solution:

Relationship given in the question may be analyzed in the following way:

Sister's brother - brother;

Brother's father - father;

Father's son - brother;

So he is her Brother.

Answer: Option C

Q3. Rahman introduces Basir as the son of the only brother of his mother’s husband. How is Basir related to Rahman?

A) Brother

B) Father

C) Cousin

D) Sister

Solution:

“Only brother of his Mother’s husband” is his father’s bother. So the son of his father’s brother is Cousin.

Answer: Option C

Q4. A-B means A is the brother of B. A*B means A is the sister of B. A+B means A is the mother of B. A/B means A is father of B

If M+N/O-P, then M is P’s __________?

A) Mother

B) Grandfather

C) Grandmother

D) Father

Solution:

M is the mother of N. N is the father of O.O is the brother of P. Hence, M is P’s grandmother.

Answer: Option C

Q5. A + B means A is the brother of B. A × B means A is the father of B. A ÷ B means A is the mother of B. Which of the following would mean "G is the son of H"?

A) H × I × G

B) H + G × I

C) H ÷ G ÷ I

D) H × G + I

Solution:

In order to solve this problem, we will have to go by options. Based on the fourth option, our diagram would be like:

Since we’re unaware of the gender of I, we’ll not put any symbol. Thus, H × G + I becomes your answer.

Answer: Option D

 

So this is where we will sign off finally for the day. Hope you had a great read.

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