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Reasoning
DPP: 3
Blood Relation

Q1 Pointing towards Kapil, Aditya said, "His father is related to that man?
the husband of my father's father's daughter". (A) Aunty (B) Sister
How is Aditya's father related to Kapil's mother? (C) Mother (D) Wife
(A) Son (B) Husband
Q7 Pointing to a photo of a boy, Shreya said, “He is
(C) Brother (D) Father
the only son of the man who is the father of my
Q2 Pointing to a woman, Param(a man) said, "She father’s only son’s son”. How that boy is related
is the mother-in-law of the mother-in-law of to Shreya?
the daughter-in-law of my father." How is (A) Brother’s son
Param related to the woman? (B) Brother
(A) Father (B) Brother (C) Son in law
(C) Grandson (D) Son (D) Father

Q3 Pointing to a photograph, Mohan said, "The Q8 Pointing at the family picture, Sneha said, "She
person who is standing with my mother in the is my brother's wife's son's father's mother-in-
photograph is the only son of my father". How is law's only daughter.' How is the girl in the photo
the person related to Mohan? related to Sneha?
(A) Nephew (B) Mohan himself (A) Daughter-in-law
(C) Cousin (D) Father (B) Brother's wife
(C) Mother
Q4 Pointing to a man, Rocky (a man) said, “He is
(D) Sister
the father of the daughter of my daughter-in-
law.” How Rocky is related to that man? Q9 Amil points towards a girl and says she is his
(A) Uncle (B) Son only daughter's father's paternal grandfather's
(C) Father (D) Brother-in-law granddaughter. Amil's father has no siblings.
How is the girl related to Amil?
Q5 Pointing towards a boy, Sarika said, "He is my
(A) Granddaughter
sister's son's father's wife's only sister's son." How
(B) Sister
is Sarika related to the boy?
(C) Patemal grandmother
(A) Sister
(D) Mother
(B) Maternal grandmother
(C) Maternal aunt Q10 Pointing to a lady, Anuj said, "She is the only
(D) Mother daughter of my mother's husband". How is the
lady related to Anuj?
Q6 Pointing towards a man, Ritika said "He is the
(A) Mother (B) Grandmother
son of my grandfather's only son". How is Ritika
(C) Wife (D) Sister

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Answer Key
Q1 (C) Q6 (B)

Q2 (C) Q7 (A)

Q3 (B) Q8 (B)

Q4 (C) Q9 (B)

Q5 (D) Q10 (D)

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Hints & Solutions

Q1 Text Solution:
Here, in this question we have to find the
relation between Aditya’s father and kapil’s
mother using the below family tree.
Given:-
“His father is the husband of my father's father's
daughter".
1. The daughter-in-law of my father is Param's
Below is the family tree drawn according to
wife.
the above information:-
2. The mother-in-law of the daughter-in-law of
my father is Param's mother.

So, the woman being pointed at is Param's

mother. Now, if the woman is Param's mother,
then her mother-in-law would be Param's
grandmother.
+ is for male
Therefore, Param is the grandson of the
- is for female
woman.
vertical line shows generation gap
Hence, "Grandson" is the correct answer.
horizontal line is for same generation
From the above diagram, it is clear that
Q3 Text Solution:
Aditya’s father is the brother of Kapil's mother.
According to the question,
Mohan clearly said that the person standing
Hence, 'Brother' is the correct answer.
with his mother is the only son of his father.
Hence this statement is clearly telling us that
Q2 Text Solution:
Mohan's father has only one son that is Mohan
Here, we have to find the relation between
himself, who is standing with his mother in the
the param and the woman.
photograph.
According to given instruction :

Hence,
"Mohan Himself" is the correct answer.

Q4 Text Solution:
Here we are given a blood relation of a family
and we have to find out the relation of Rocky to
man.
The logic is as follows:
According to the given information, the
blood relationship tree of a family is given

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below;

Thus, it is clear that Rocky is the father of that

man.
Hence, Father is the correct answer.
According to the above family tree, we can
Q5 Text Solution: relate that,
As per the given information: Ritika is the sister of that man.
Sarika says that the boy is her sister's son's Hence, Sister is the correct answer.
father's wife's only sister's son.
So, Sarika’s sister’s son’s father is the Q7 Text Solution:
husband of Sarika’s sister and therefore the As per the given information: Shreya pointed
brother-in-law of Sarika. towards a boy and said that ''he is the only
Now, father’s wife means Sarika’s sister. son of the man who is the father of my
So, the father's wife’s only sister is Sarika only. father’s only son’s son”.
Now, the only sister's son is Sarika’s son.
Therefore, the family tree will be as shown
below:

Clearly, the boy is Shreya's brother’s son.

So, it is clear that Sarika is the mother of the
Hence, the correct answer is 'Brother’s son'.
boy.

Q8 Text Solution:
Hence, the correct answer is ‘Mother’.
We have been given some relation between
the persons in the given question, according to
Q6 Text Solution:
the given question, we have to make a family
Here, we have to find the relation by drawing
tree and find the answer of the given question.
the family diagram by using the given
The family tree is as follow:-
instruction.
Below is the family tree:-

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Clearly shows that the girl is the sister of Amil.

Hence, "Sister" is the correct answer.

Q10 Text Solution:

Here we are given the blood relation of a family
And we have to find out the relation of the lady
related to Anuj.

The logic is as follows-:

Clearly shows that, the woman in the photo is As per the given information, the blood
the sneha's brother's wife. relation tree of a family is given below;
Hence, "Brother's wife" is the correct answer.

Q9 Text Solution:
We have been given some relation between
the persons in the given question, according to
the given question, we have to make a family
tree and find the answer of the given question.
The family tree is as follow:- According to the above family tree, it is clear
that the woman is Anuj's sister.
Hence, Sister is the correct answer.

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