General Mental Ability 5

Blood Relation, Directions

Number of Questions : 50 CEX–6136/20

Level – 1 7. Pointing to his son’s portrait, a man said to a

woman, “His mother is the only daughter of
1. Pointing to a man, Akshay said that this man your mother”. How is the woman related to
is the only son of my sister’s father-in-law. the man?
How is that man related to Akshay?
(a) Sister (b) Mother
(a) Son-in-law (b) Brother-in-law
(c) Father (d) Cousin (c) Granddaughter (d) Wife

2. Pointing to a boy, a lady says that his mother 8. I start from my office facing Southwards and
is the only sister of her mother. How is the walk 8 km, then turn right and walk 6 km. In
boy related to that lady? which direction am I going now with respect
(a) Nephew (b) Uncle to starting point?
(c) Cousin (d) Brother (a) North-west (b) North-east
(c) South-west (d) South-east
3. Introducing a woman, a man said, “Her
mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt”. How 9. Manish goes 30 m North, then he turns right
is the man related to that woman? and walks 40 m, then again turns right and
(a) Nephew
walks 20 m, then again turns right and walks
(b) Cousin
40 m. How far is he from his original position?
(c) Brother
(d) Either brother or cousin (a) 20 m (b) 30 m
(c) 10 m (d) 25 m
4. While walking with his friend, Mahesh meets
another man whose mother is the wife of 10. Sunil started walking from a point ‘P’ towards
Mahesh’s father’s only son. How is the man the South. After walking 40 m, he took a left
related to Mahesh?
turn, walked 30 m and reached a point Q. What
(a) Son (b) Nephew
is the shortest distance between P and Q and
(c) Cousin (d) Uncle
in which direction of P, is Q?
5. Pointing to Snehal, Jeevan said, “Her (a) 60 m, South-east (b) 50 m, South-west
mother’s only daughter is my daughter”. How (c) 50 m, South-east (d) None of these
is Jeevan related to Snehal?
(a) Brother (b) Son
(c) Brother-in-law (d) Father 11. A person facing North walks 10 m and then
he turns left and walks 5 m. He again turns
6. Pointing to a girl, a boy says that she is the left and walks 10 m. How far is he from his
only daughter of my mother’s father’s brother. original position and towards which direction?
How is that girl related to that boy? (a) 20 m, South (b) 15 m, West
(a) Aunt (b) Uncle (c) 10 m, East (d) 5 m, West
(c) Cousin (d) Maternal uncle

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Directions for questions 12 and 13: With the help 18. A and B are brother and sister respectively. C
of the given data, answer the following questions. is A’s father. D is C’s sister and E is D’s
A boy walked 3 km towards South. Then he turned mother. How is B related to E?
towards West and walked for 5 km. Then he turned (a) Grand-daughter
towards North and walked for 6 km. Then he turned (b) Great-grand-daughter
to his right and walked for 5 km. (c) Aunt
(d) Daughter
12. What is the distance between the final and
the starting points? 19. A is B’s sister. C is B’s mother. D is C’s fa-
(a) 3 km (b) 8 km (c) 14 km (d) 19 km ther. E is D’s mother. Then how is A related
to D?
13. In which direction was the boy moving at the (a) Grandmother (b) Grandfather
end? (c) Daughter (d) Granddaughter
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West
20. Preeti has a son, named Arun. Ram is Preeti’s
14. Starting from point A, a person walks 3 m brother. Neeta too has a daughter named
towards West and turns to his right to walk Reema. Neeta is Ram’s sister. What is Arun’s
2 m. He again turns to his right and walks 3 relationship to Reema?
m. Finally he takes a right turn and walks for (a) Brother (b) Nephew
3 m. What is his new position with respect to (c) Cousin (d) Uncle
his starting position?
(a) 2 m, South (b) 2 m, North Level – 2
(c) 1 m, South (d) 1 m, North
21. Pointing to a woman in the photograph, Deepti
15. A is to the East of C, who is to the North of E said that she is the only child of my brother-
and B is to the South of D, who is to the East in-law’s father’s sister. How is that woman
of E. What is the position of B with respect to related to Deepti?
C? (a) Cousin (b) Mother
(a) East (b) South (c) Sister-in-law (d) Daughter
(c) South-east (d) North-east
22. If ‘A @ B’ stands for ‘A is the son of B’, and ‘A
16. Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Madhu # B’ stands for ‘B is the sister of A’, then
said, “She is the only daughter of my brother’s which of the following represents ‘A is the aunt
wife’s father”. How is that lady related to of B’?
Madhu? (a) B # C @ A (b) A # C @ B
(a) Sister (b) Niece (c) A @ C # B (d) B @ C # A
(c) Sister-in-law (d) Mother
23. If ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’ and
17. A is the sister of B, C is the father of B, D is ‘A x B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’, then
the wife of C and E is the father of D. How is which of the following shows ‘P is the father
E related to B? of Q’?
(a) Grandmother (b) Grandfather (a) P × M + Q (b) P + M × Q
(c) Father (d) Son (c) P + Q × M (d) Q + P × M

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24. Ram starts walking from his home towards 29. Pooja travelled 100 km towards South, then
South. He takes a right turn, three left turns she took two turns of 45° each in clockwise
and a right turn, each time covering some direction and then she took one turn of 45° in
distance. In which direction is Ram moving anti-clockwise direction. In which direction
now? was she travelling finally?
(a) West (b) North
(a) North (b) West
(c) South-east (d) South-west
(c) South (d) East
30. One evening a man is walking towards
25. If two friends A and B start from the same the sun. After walking for a while, he takes
position simultaneously to walk in West and the following turns- right, left, left, right. Toward
North directions respectively. A, after walking which direction is he moving finally?
5 m, turns to his right to walk another 4 m. (a) South (b) North
(c) East (d) West
Finally A takes a left turn to walk 2 m.
Meanwhile B walks 4 m and takes a right 31. The square grid shown below represents the
turn to walk 3 m. What is the distance road map of a city Lumbai. The lines in the
between A and B now? grid represent the roads of the city and their
(a) 10 m (b) 8 m point of intersections represent the point of
(c) 7 m (d) 6 m intersections of the roads. The roads are either
perpendicular to each other or are parallel to
26. Starting from a point ‘M’, Shekhar walked each other. The perpendicular distance
18 m towards South. He turned to his left and between any two adjacent roads is 1 km.
walked 25 m. He then turned to his left and A person can use these roads only to travel
walked 18 m. He again turned to his left and from one place to the other in the city.
walked 35 m and reached a point ‘P’. How far
is Shekhar from the point ‘M’ and in which N orth D
direction?
(a) 10 m West (b) 10 m East
(c) 10 m South (d) 15 m West
W est E ast
27. Payal starts from a point ‘P’ and she walks A
3 km Southwards, then she turns left and
walks 4 km. What is the minimum distance
between the starting point and final point, and C S outh
in which direction with respect to the starting
point is she walking? Sajid starts from point A and travels 2 km
(a) 5 km South-west (b) 4 km South-east North, then 3 km East and then 3 km South.
(c) 5 km East (d) 5 km South-east Which further route could bring him to point
C?
28. Rajesh is facing towards South. He turns 180° I. 1 km South and then 4 km West.
followed by a turn of 45° in clockwise direction. II. 2 km West, then 1 km South and then
If he takes another turn of 135° in anti- 2 km West.
clockwise direction, then which direction is III. 1 km East, then 1 km South and then
he facing now? 5 km West.
(a) East (b) North (a) I and II only (b) II and III only
(c) South (d) West (c) I and III only (d) All the thre

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32. If south-east becomes east and north-west then which of the following represents ‘A is
becomes west, south–west becomes south the son of D’?
and all other directions are changed in a similar (a) A ÷ C × B + D (b) A + C ÷ B × D
manner, then what will be the direction for (c) A × B + C ÷ D (d) A ÷ B × C + D
north?
(a) East (b) North–West 38. If ‘P + Q means ‘P is the father of Q’
(c) South (d) North–East P × Q means ‘P is the sister of Q’ and
P ÷ Q means ‘P is the brother of Q’,
Directions for questions 33 to 35: Read the then which of the following represents ‘N is
following information and answer the questions that the nephew of M’?
follow. (a) M × A ÷ B + N (b) M × A + N ÷ B

A family of seven members namely P, Q, R, S, T, U (c) M ÷ N + B (d) N + B ÷ M

and V consist of four female members. It is divided
into three generations with two married couples, three 39. If ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’,
daughter and two mothers. S is the brother of R, ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is the daughter of Q’ and
R is the mother of U, V is Q's son-in-law and P is ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’,
the father of R. then which of the following represents ‘A is
the husband of B’?
33. Who is the husband of R?
(a) B + A – N (b) B ÷ A + N
(a) Q (b) U
(c) B + N ÷ A (d) B ÷ A ÷ R
(c) V (d) T

34. Which of the following is not true? 40. If ‘X + Y’ means ‘X is the son of Y’, ‘X – Y’
(a) Q is the mother of R means ‘X is the wife of Y’ and ‘X = Y’ means
(b) T is the brother of S ‘X is the sister of Y’, then which of the following
(c) V is the father of U
would mean, ‘L = M + N’?
(d) R and V are married
(a) L is the aunt of N
35. How many children does P have? (b) L is the sister of N
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) L is the niece of N
(c) 3 (d) Either (b) or (c) (d) L is the daughter of N

Level – 3 41. A child is looking for his father. He went

90 meters in the East before turning to his
36. Pointing to a man in the photograph, Om said right. He went 20 meters before turning to his
that is my daughter’s father’s only brother. right again to look for his father at his uncle’s
How is Om related to that man? place 30 meters from this point. His father
(a) Cousin (b) Son was not there. From here he went 100 meters
(c) Father (d) Brother to his North before meeting his father in a
street. How far from the starting point did the
37. If ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q,’ son meet his father?
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is the wife of Q’ and (a) 90 m (b) 100 m
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is the daughter of Q’, (c) 260 m (d) 140 m

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42. A boy was misdirected while returning home
from school. In order to reach his home, he
first walked 3 km south and then turned to
his left and walked 2 km straight. Then he
turned left and walked 3 km. After this, he
again turned left and walked 1 km. Finally he
reached his home. In which direction was the
boy’s home from his school?
(a) South (b) West
(c) North (d) East
43. Rani and Sarita started from a place X. Rani
went West and Sarita went North, both
travelling with the same speed. After some
time, both turned to their left and walked a
few steps. If they again turned to their left, in
which direction are the faces of Rani and
Sarita respectively?
(a) North and East (b) North and West
(c) West and North (d) East and South
44. Ganesh cycles towards South-West a
distance of 8 m, then he moves towards East
a distance of 20 m. From there he moves
towards North-East a distance of 8 m, then
he moves towards West a distance of 6 m.
From there he moves towards North-East a
distance of 2 m. Then he moves towards West
a distance of 4 m and then towards South-
West 2 m and stops at that point. How far is
he from the starting point?
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m
(c) 8 m (d) 6 m
45. A is standing 20 km to the West of B on a
straight road. A and B start walking
simultaneously eastwards and westwards
respectively and both cover a distance of 5
km. Then A turns to his left and walks 10 km.
B turns to his right and walks 10 km at the
same speed. Then both turn to their left and
cover a distance of 5 km at the same speed.
What will be the distance between them?
(a) 10 km (b) 30 km
(c) 20 km (d) 25 km
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46. A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners
of the square field as shown in the figure given
below.
A B
E
N S
W
D C
If A and C move one and a half length of the
side of the field in the clockwise direction,
while B and D move one and a half length of
the side of the field in the anti clockwise
direction, then which of the following
statements is correct?
(a) A and D are at the same place
(b) B and A are at the same place
(c) C and D are at the same place
(d) A and C are at the same place
47. Mr. Amit is facing towards north-west. He takes
164 turns and every time he takes a turn of
90° in clockwise direction. In which direction
is he facing now?
(a) North-East (b) South
(c) East (d) North-West
48. Rakesh starts walking towards west.
He travels 6 km and takes a right turn and
walks another 7 km. He again takes a left
turn and walks 4 km. He takes another right
turn and walks 3 km. Then he again takes a
left turn and walks another 5 km. Then he
takes 45° turn in clockwise direction from the
direction in which he is walking. In which
direction is Rakesh walking finally?
(a) North-West (b) North-East
(c) South-East (d) South-West
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49. A man rides his bike from point N towards Directions for question 50: Read the following
north and goes 20 km straight then he takes information carefully and answer the questions given
a 45° turn to his right and goes 20 2 km. below :

Then he takes a 135º turn to his right and

i. A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a
goes 60 km. And at last he takes another
family. Out of these, three are male members.
135° turn to his right and goes 20 2 km and ii. There are two married couples among them.
reaches the starting point. The area inscribed iii. C is the father of A and F, and E is the
by the path of the rider is: mother of C.
(a) 400 km2 (b) 440 km2 iv. B is the grandfather of F.
2
(c) 800 km (d) 840 km2
50. Which of the following pairs is one of the
married couples?
(a) EF (b) BD
(c) EB (d) Cannot be determined

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 General Mental Ability – 5 CEX–6136/20
Blood Relation, Directions
Answers and Explanations
1 b 2 c 3 d 4 a 5 d 6 a 7 d 8 c 9 c 10 c
11 d 12 a 13 c 14 c 15 c 16 c 17 b 18 a 19 d 20 c
21 c 22 d 23 a 24 d 25 a 26 a 27 d 28 d 29 d 30 d
31 a 32 b 33 c 34 b 35 d 36 d 37 b 38 b 39 c 40 d
41 b 42 d 43 d 44 b 45 a 46 a 47 d 48 a 49 c 50 c

5. d M a rried
1. b M o the r Je evan

D au ghte r
S ne hal
Hence, Snehal is the daughter of Jeevan.

Obviously, that man is the brother-in-law of Akshay. 6. a

Fa th er B ro th er

2. c From the question, lady’s mother and boy’s mother are D a ug hte r
sisters. Therefore, lady and the boy are cousins.
S ister M othe r G irl
M othe r M othe r

A u nt
L ad y Boy Boy

Therefore, the girl in the photograph is the aunt of the

boy.
3. d A u nt

7. d M o the r
M othe r/W ife H u sb an d S ister

D a ug hte r D au ghte r

Man M a rried
In tro du cing W om a n
M an W om a n

From the diagram, it is clear that the man is either brother M o the r
or cousin of the woman.
S on

Hence, woman is the wife of that man.

4. a Father
8. c The movement is shown below:
M a rried
M a hesh W ife
Sta rting P o in t
S on
M o the r
Man 8 km
Hence, the Man is the son of Mahesh.
Fina l P ositio n
6 km
I am now in South-west direction from the starting
point.

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9. c 40 m 3m N

2m 3m W E
30 m 20 m
A
3m S
Fina l po sitio n
40 m Fina l po sitio n

Hence, the person is 1 m towards South of his initial

Sta rting p osition position.

Hence, Manish is 10 m from starting position.

15. c C A N
10. c Q is towards South-east of P.

P (Start) E
W
E D

50 m S
40 m B

Hence, B is to the South-east of C.

R 30 m Q (e nd )
16. c Father
2 2 2
∴ (PQ) = (PR) + (RQ)

⇒ PQ = (40)2 + 302 = 50 m towards South-east.

M a rried
M a dhu B roth er La dy

11. d 5m Hence, that lady is sister-in-law of Madhu.

17. b E (+ )
1 0m 1 0m D a ug hte r

C (+ ) M arried D (– ) G ra nd fathe r

End 5m S tart Fa th er

Person is 5 m towards West. A (– ) B

S ister

12. a D E N
Fina l po sitio n (+) → Male
W E (–) → Female
6 km A
Sta rting p oint Hence, E is the grandfather of B.
3 km S
18. a E is mother of C and D.
C 5 km B C is father of A and B.
Therefore, B is the granddaughter of E.
Required distance = 6 – 3 = 3 km.

13. c Finally he is moving towards East. 19. d A is sister of B.

C is mother of A and B.
14. c The given information can be shown as: D is father of C.
So, A is granddaughter of D.

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20. c Arun is the son of Preeti. 25. a The given information can be shown as:
Ram is the brother of Preeti and Neeta.
Reema is the daughter of Neeta. A B
2m 5m 3m
Thus, Arun is cousin of Reema.
N

S is ter B rother 4m 4m W E
D au g h te r

S
S on

5m Sta rting p oint

C ousin
Hence, the distance between final positions of A and
B is 10 m.

21. c Fa th er S ister 26. a 35 m

O nly ch ild M
P
B ro th er-in-law D e ep ti W om a n
18 m 18 m
Obviously, that woman is the sister-in-law of Deepti.

22. d B @ C # A. 25 m
B @ C ⇒ B is son of C.
C # A ⇒ A is sister of C Hence, Shekhar is 10 m away from point M in West
⇒ A is aunt of B. direction.

S ister
C A 27. d
— – M ale P
Son
A u nt – Fe m a le
B
3 km
23. a P×M+Q
P × M ⇒ P is husband of M Final po sition
M + Q ⇒ M is mother of Q. 4 km
⇒ P is father of Q.
Payal is at distance 32 + 42 = 25 = 5 km, towards
P M — – M ale South-east.
– Fe m a le
M othe r 28. d The given information can be shown as:

Q N

24. d The given information can be shown as: W E

1 35 °
4 5°
S
In itial p osition
Fina l
N 1 80 °

W E In itial

Fina l S Hence, Rajesh is now facing West.

p osition

Hence, Ram is finally walking in East direction.

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 For questions 33 to 35:
On the basis of information given in the question, we can make
29. d Sta rting p oint
the family tree as below:
1 00 km
S o uth
Q P

W
4 5°
4 5°
T S R V

S o uth-w e st
U
2 tu rns in clockw ise
OR
1 tu rn in an ticlockw ise
Q P

Finally, Pooja is travelling towards South-west.

30. d The movement is like, S R V

C B
T U
E
o
D
(W e st) A
Where is denoting males and is denoting females.
Finally, he is moving towards West.
33. c V is the husband of R.

31. a N o rth D 34. b T is the sister of S, is the only situtation which is not
possible in either of the two situations.

35. d Either (b) or (c) can be a correct option, hence option

(d) is the answer.
W est E a st
A
B 36. d B ro th er
Om M an

C S o uth
D a ug hte r
Sajid starts from point A, traveled 2 km North, then 3
km East and then 3 km South and he finally reached
From the diagram, it is obvious that Om is the brother of
point B as shown in the figure above.
that man.
Routes given in both I and II would bring him to point C
but in case of the route given in III, there is no road to
37. b From the question, A must be male. Going by options,
move further in the East direction.
choice (b) is the answer.
A + C ÷ B × D means A is the brother of C, who is
32. b daughter of B, who is wife of D.
N
Therefore, A is son of D.
M arried
W E B D
— – M ale
R a dh a’s S
D a ug hter – Fe m ale
h ou se
B ro th er
At the time of leaving the Radha’s house, the bus was A C
running towards west.

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38. b From the question, N must be a male and must be linked
with M (where M must be his uncle or aunt). Looking at 42. d S cho ol Home
1 km
the options, we get choice (b) as the answer.
As M × A + N ÷ B would mean M is sister of A. A is father of
N and N is brother of B. Therefore, N is the nephew of M.
Note: If we choose option (a) we are not certain about
the gender of N. 3 km 3 km

S ister
M A
Son — – M ale
B ro th er – Fe m a le 2 km
N B
The home of boy was towards east from his school.
39. c From the question, A must be male and B must be
female. Going by options, we get choice (c) as the
answer, i.e. B + N ÷ A means B is the mother of N and 43. d
N is the daughter of A, therefore, A and B are father
and mother of N respectively. S a rita
M arried
B A
R a ni
X
— – M ale
D a ug hte r – Fe m a le
N

40. d L = M ⇒ L is sister of M
M + N ⇒ M is son of N. Rani is facing East and Sarita is facing towards South.
⇒ L is daughter of N.
N
44. b G 4m F
Son — – M ale 2m
A 2m
S ister D
L M – Fe m a le H 6m
E
8m

B 2 0m C 8m
41. b F N AH = 20 – (4 + 6) = 10 m.

W E
80 m
S 45. a 5 km
A 5 km 5 km 5 km
60 m E 30 m
B
1 0 km
20 m

20 m

D C A B
30 m 5 km 5 km
2 0 km

Required distance = AF = (80)2 + (60)2

Required distance = 5 + 5 = 10 km.
= 6400 + 3600 = 10000 = 100 m.

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 49. c
46. a
E
P
1 35 º
C, B N S A, D
2 0 km
4 5º
0 Q
x
W
20 2 0 km
Therefore, A and D and B and C are on the same
N R
place.
2 0 km
47. d After every four turns Mr. Amit will be at the starting
point. Therefore, (d) is the correct choice. S
1 35 º
48. a

N -W 20
N = tan 45º
5 km x
⇒ x = 20
3 km

4 km W E
⇒ Area of triangle OPQ × 2 + Area of square NOQR
7 km

6 km 1
R a ke sh S
⇒2× × 20 × 20 + 20 × 20 = 400 + 400 = 800
2

50. c EB is one of the married couples

E (–) B (+ )

C (+) D (–)

A F

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