100+ Blood Relation Questions for Competitive Exams - 1

Question: 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 nephew's

(B) His father's

(C) His own

(D) His son's

Ans: D

Since the narrator has no brother, his father's son is he himself. So, the man who is talking is the father of the man in the photograph or the man in the photograph in his son.

Question: 2

Tharik 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 Tharik?

(A) Nephew

(B) Cousin

(C) Son

(D) Brother

Ans: D

Father's wife - Mother, Mother's daughter - Sister;
Sister's younger brother - My younger brother.
So, the boy is Tharik's brother.

Question: 3

If Senthil says, 'Ravi's mother is the only daughter of my mother', how is Senthil related to Ravi?

(A) Brother

(B) Father

(C) Grandfather

(D) None of these

Ans: D

Only daughter of Senthil's mother - Senthil's sister.
So, Ravi's mother is Senthil's sister or Senthil is the brother of Ravi's mother i.e., Ravi's maternal uncle.
Daughter of grandmother - Aunt;
Aunt's only brother - Father.

Question: 4

Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said, 'His mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers and Sisters I have none'. At whose portrait was Harsh looking?

(A) His nephew

(B) His uncle

(C) His cousin

(D) His son

Ans: D

Since Harsh has no brother or sister, so he is his father's only son.
Now, wife of my father's son - my wife.
So, Harsh's wife is the man's mother or the man is Harsh's son.

Question: 5

Pointing to an old man, Kailash said, 'His son is my son's uncle'. How is the old man related to Kailash?

(A) Grandfather

(B) Father

(C) Uncle

(D) Brother

Ans: B

Kailash's son's uncle - Kailash's brother.
So, the old man's son is Kailash's brother i.e., the old man is Kailash's father.

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