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Blood relation questions describe family links in statements or coded form and ask how two people are related. Plutomonk has 1,040 Blood Relations questions in Prelims and Mains sets of 10, each with a worked solution. They are useful for IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, IBPS RRB and RBI Assistant.

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Blood Relations sample questions with answers

These are from the first Prelims and Mains sets. Try each question before you open the solution.

Q1. Meera is the mother of Harsh. Harsh is the husband of Pooja. How is Meera related to Pooja?

  1. mother-in-law
  2. niece
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. uncle
  5. father-in-law
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Answer: A. mother-in-law

Chain: Harsh is Pooja's husband → Meera is Harsh's mother. So Meera is Pooja's mother-in-law.

Q2. Meera is the son of Yash. Yash is the son of Sana. Sana is the father of Harsh. How is Meera related to Harsh?

  1. daughter-in-law
  2. Cannot be determined
  3. mother-in-law
  4. nephew
  5. niece
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Answer: D. nephew

Chain: Sana is Harsh's father → Yash is Sana's son → Meera is Yash's son. So Meera is Harsh's nephew.

Q3. Meera is the mother of Jatin. Jatin is the brother of Yash. Yash is the daughter of Rohit. How is Meera related to Rohit?

  1. grandmother
  2. daughter
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. wife
  5. father-in-law
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Answer: D. wife

Chain: Yash is Rohit's daughter → Jatin is Yash's brother → Meera is Jatin's mother. So Meera is Rohit's wife.

Q4. Farhan is the son of Tarun. Tarun is the husband of Meera. Bhavna is the brother of Farhan. How is Bhavna related to Meera?

  1. grandfather
  2. sister
  3. son
  4. Cannot be determined
  5. mother
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Answer: C. son

Chain: Tarun is Meera's husband → Farhan is Tarun's son → Bhavna is Farhan's brother. So Bhavna is Meera's son.

Q5. Meera is the son of Nikhil. Esha is the brother of Meera. How is Esha related to Nikhil?

  1. Cannot be determined
  2. son
  3. uncle
  4. sister-in-law
  5. niece
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Answer: B. son

Chain: Meera is Nikhil's son → Esha is Meera's brother. So Esha is Nikhil's son.

Q6. Lalit is the mother of Bhavna. Pooja is the husband of Lalit. Aman is the daughter of Pooja. How is Aman related to Bhavna?

  1. niece
  2. Cannot be determined
  3. granddaughter
  4. husband
  5. sister
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Answer: E. sister

Chain: Lalit is Bhavna's mother → Pooja is Lalit's husband → Aman is Pooja's daughter. So Aman is Bhavna's sister.

Q7. Farhan is the son of Kavya. Uma is the wife of Farhan. Sana is the son of Uma. How is Sana related to Kavya?

  1. brother
  2. grandfather
  3. grandson
  4. Cannot be determined
  5. sister-in-law
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Answer: C. grandson

Chain: Farhan is Kavya's son → Uma is Farhan's wife → Sana is Uma's son. So Sana is Kavya's grandson.

Q8. Yash is the husband of Tarun. Harsh is the son of Yash. Nikhil is the son of Harsh. How is Nikhil related to Tarun?

  1. sister
  2. Cannot be determined
  3. father-in-law
  4. nephew
  5. grandson
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Answer: E. grandson

Chain: Yash is Tarun's husband → Harsh is Yash's son → Nikhil is Harsh's son. So Nikhil is Tarun's grandson.

Q9. 'P ÷ Q' means 'P is the daughter of Q'; 'P @ Q' means 'P is the brother of Q'; 'P + Q' means 'P is the father of Q'. If Deepa ÷ Kavya, Esha ÷ Deepa, Chetan @ Esha, Aman + Chetan, how is Aman related to Kavya?

  1. aunt
  2. grandfather
  3. son-in-law
  4. Cannot be determined
  5. son
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Answer: C. son-in-law

Chain: Deepa is Kavya's daughter → Esha is Deepa's daughter → Chetan is Esha's brother → Aman is Chetan's father. So Aman is Kavya's son-in-law.

Q10. 'P + Q' means 'P is the father of Q'; 'P % Q' means 'P is the wife of Q'; 'P @ Q' means 'P is the brother of Q'. If Gaurav + Pooja, Isha % Gaurav, Varun @ Isha, how is Varun related to Pooja?

  1. wife
  2. father-in-law
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. uncle
  5. grandfather
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Answer: D. uncle

Chain: Gaurav is Pooja's father → Isha is Gaurav's wife → Varun is Isha's brother. So Varun is Pooja's uncle.

Q11. 'P ÷ Q' means 'P is the daughter of Q'; 'P @ Q' means 'P is the brother of Q'; 'P − Q' means 'P is the mother of Q'. If Deepa ÷ Esha, Sana @ Deepa, Varun − Sana, how is Varun related to Esha?

  1. son-in-law
  2. sister
  3. niece
  4. wife
  5. Cannot be determined
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Answer: D. wife

Chain: Deepa is Esha's daughter → Sana is Deepa's brother → Varun is Sana's mother. So Varun is Esha's wife.

Q12. 'P # Q' means 'P is the sister of Q'; 'P + Q' means 'P is the father of Q'; 'P $ Q' means 'P is the husband of Q'. If Gaurav # Nikhil, Sana + Gaurav, Varun # Sana, Isha $ Varun, how is Isha related to Nikhil?

  1. brother-in-law
  2. grandson
  3. uncle
  4. Cannot be determined
  5. sister
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Answer: C. uncle

Chain: Gaurav is Nikhil's sister → Sana is Gaurav's father → Varun is Sana's sister → Isha is Varun's husband. So Isha is Nikhil's uncle.

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