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MCQ on Blood Relation

BLOOD RELATION: Blood relation does mean biological relation. Remember, a wife and husband are biologically related, but they are biological parents of their own children. Similarly, brother, sister, paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, niece, cousin, etc. are our blood relatives.

TYPES OF BLOOD RELATIONS

There are mainly two types of blood relatives:
(i) Blood relation from the paternal side
(ii) Blood relation from the maternal side
Now, we will discuss both kinds of relations one by one.
(i) Blood relation from the paternal side: This type of blood relation can be further subdivided into three types:
(a) Past generations of father: Great grandfather, great grandmother, grandfather, grandmother etc.
(b) Parallel generations of father: Uncles (Brothers of father) aunts (sisters of father) etc.
(c) Future generations of fathers: Sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters etc.
(ii) Blood relation from the maternal side: This type of blood relation can also be subdivided into three types:
(a) Past generations of mother: Maternal great-grandfather, maternal great-grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother etc.
(b) Parallel generations of mother: Maternal uncles, maternal aunts etc.
(c) Future generations of mothers: Sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters etc.

  1. Anil, introducing a girl in a party, said, she is the wife of the 12, grandson of my mother. How is Anil related to the girl?

(a) Father (b) Grandfather (c) Husband (d) Father-in-law


Correct Answer: (d)
The grandson of Anil’s mother is son of Anil and wife of Anil’s son is daughter in-law of Anil. Thus, Anil is the father-in-law of the girl.
  1. A man said to a woman, “Your mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt”. How is the woman related to the man?

(a) Granddaughter (b) Daughter (c) Sister (d) Aunt


Correct Answer: c
Woman’s Mother’s husband -> Woman’s father
Woman’s father’s sister → Woman’s Aunt.
Since, woman’s aunt is man’s aunt
∴ woman is sister of man.
  1. Introducing Rajesh, Neha said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather”. How Neha is related to Rajesh?

(a) Sister (b) Daughter (c) Mother (d) Niece


Correct Answer: A
Father of Rajesh’s brother is the father of Rajesh. Rajesh’s father is the only son of Neha’s grandfather. Hence, Rajesh’s father is Neha’s father. So, Neha is the sister of Rajesh.
  1. A man said to a woman, “Your brother’s only sister is my mother”. What is the relation of the woman with the maternal grandmother of that man?

(a) Mother (b) Sister (c) Niece (d) Daughter


Correct Answer: D
The only sister of the brother of the woman will be the woman herself and she is the mother of that man. Thus, the woman is the daughter of the maternal grandmother of that man.
  1. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, “I have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son”. Whose photograph was it?

(a) His own (b) His son’s (c) His father’s (d) His nephew’s


Correct Answer: b
Since the narrator has no brother, his father’s son is he himself. So, the man who was talking is the father of the man in the photograph, i.e. the man in the photograph is his son.
  1. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, “I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle”, How is the speaker related to Pramod’s father?

(a) Sister-in-law (b) Wife (c) Neither (a) nor (b) (d) Aunt


Correct Answer: b
the speaker’s brother Pramod’s maternal uncle. So, the speaker is Pramod’s mother or his father’s wife.
  1. Introducing a man, a woman said, “His wife is the only daughter of my mother”. How is the woman related to that man?

(a) Aunt (b) Wife (c) Mother-in-law (d) Maternal Aunt


Correct Answer: b
Only daughter of her mother is woman herself. So, that woman to the wife of man.
  1. Deepak said to Nitin, “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 Deepak?

(a) Son (b) Brother (c) Causin (d) Nephew


Correct Answer: b
Father’s wife — Mother; Mother’s daughter — Sister; Sister’s younger brother — His brother. So, the boy is Deepak’s brother.
  1. A is the mother of B, C is the father of B and C has 3 children. On the basis of this information, find out which of the following relations is correct:

(a) C has three daughters. (b) C has three sons. (c) B is the son. (d) None of these.


Correct Answer: d
C has three children but we can’t say that he has three daughters or three sons. So, options (a) and (b) are incorrect.
Also, we don’t know that B is a boy or girl, So, option (c) is also incorrect.
  1. A man pointing to a photograph says, “The lady in the photograph is my nephew’s maternal grandmother”. How is the lady in the photograph related to the man’s sister who has no other sister?

(a) Cousin (b) Sister-in-law (c) Mother (d) Mother-in-law


Correct Answer: c
the lady is the grandmother of man’s sister’s son i.e., the mother of the mother of man’s sister’s i.e., the mother of man’s sister. So, the lady is man’s mother.