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Family Relations. Parent Child:
How is X related to Y ? Father son Father daughter
X's is the son of Y's wife.
X is Y's father's sister's son.
Mother son Mother daughter
Y is X's mother's sister's husband.
X's mother's brother is the husband of
Y's son's mother.
Couple:
Notations: Husband Wife:
Gender:
Male: Female:
Rules:
1. Determining the gender of a person
based on the name:
Siblings:
Two brothers:
Two sisters: 2. Definition / Scope of the term Family:
Brother sister:
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Make a family tree for the following 1. Priya is the daughter of Supriya and
statements: Vipul’s son. Hetal is the sister of Priya’s
father. If Atul is Hetal’s mother-in-law’s
1. Mukesh and Anil are brothers.
son, how is Vipul’s son Nakul related to
Atul?
A. Brother B. Brother-in-law
C. Nephew D. Cannot be determined
2. Laila is Majnu's sister.
3. Pooja is the aunt of Kiran.
4. Neha is the niece of Manoj.
2. Looking at a photograph, Seema said,
5. Ajay is the grandson of Vijay.
“The woman in the photograph is the
wife of son-in-law of my father’s father-
in-law who has only one daughter”. How
is the woman in the photograph related
6. Pratap is the brother in law of Savita. to Seema.
A. Mother B. Sister-in-law
C. Aunt D. Cannot be determined
7. Shahrukh is the paternal cousin of
Salman.
8. Fiza's mother has a son and a
daughter. Fiza is a spinster.
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Set 1: Set 2:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H are 8 members in a Indrani's husband has 2 brothers and 1
family having 4 males and 4 females. A sister who is wife of Emraan and mother
and his wife have a married son, an of Rahul. Rahul's brother James is
unmarried son and an unmarried married to Nazia whose mother in law
daughter. E is F's mother in law. B is C's Manpreet is the sister of Venkat.
brother and D's father. G is the uncle of Venkat's brothers Zaheer and David
H who is the brother of D. have only one nephew. Shahrukh and
Salman are children of David. None of
the brothers of Salman's father are
married.
1. Who is Indrani's husband?
A. Venkat B. David
C. Zaheer D. Cannot be determined
1. Who is A's daughter?
2. How is Shahrukh related to Emraan?
A. E B. F C. C D. D
A. Nephew B. Brother
C. Uncle D. None of these
2. How is F’s spouse related to C?
A. Brother B. Brother-in-law
3. How is Rahul related to Nazia?
C. Uncle D. Mother
A. Sister B. Sister-in-law
C. Brother D. Brother-in-law
3. How is D related to C?
A. Son B. Nephew
4. Who is the nephew of Zaheer?
C. Niece D. Cannot be determined
A. Rahul B. James
C. Shahrukh D. Salman
4. Who is A's wife?
A. E B. F C. C D. D
5. How is Indrani's husband related to
Nazia's husband?
5. How is F's spouse related to A's
A. Father B. Maternal uncle
daughter?
C. Son D. Paternal uncle
A. Brother B. Brother-in-law
C. Uncle D. Mother
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Symbols & Notations. 3. Which of the following means W is the
mother-in-law of Z?
Set 1: A. W × X ⇨ Y + Z
A × B means A is the mother of B. B. Z + Y ÷ X + W
A – B means A is the brother of B. C. W + X – Y ÷ Z
A + B means A is the spouse of B. D. More than one of the above
A ÷ B means A is the son of B.
A ∆ B means A is the daughter of B.
A ⇨ B means A is the sister of B
1. Which of the following means P is the
nephew of S?
A. P × Q ÷ R ∆ S
B. P ∆ Q + R – S
C. P ⇨ Q + R + S
D. P – Q ∆ R – S
4. Which of the following means M is the
brother of P?
A. M ÷ N × O – P
B. M – N ∆ O × P
C. P ÷ O × N – M
D. More than one of the above
2. Which of the following means S is the
father of P?
A. P – Q ∆ R + S
B. P ∆ Q + R – S
C. P ∆ Q × R ÷ S
D. P + Q × R – S 5. K × L ⇨ M ∆ N means
A. K is the wife of N
B. K is the husband of N
C. K is the aunt of N
D. K is the mother of N